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Victoria Cummings-Bobo
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Growing up in Itawamba County, Mississippi, Victoria Cummings-Bobo learned from her Granny the value...
Sharde Thomas
![Sharde-Thomas-DOYLE-35-WEB Sharde-Thomas-DOYLE-35-WEB](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Sharde-Thomas-DOYLE-35-WEB-1024x683.jpg)
Growing up next door to her grandfather–the late master fife player Otha Turner–Sharde T...
Paul Gore
![CZ4A4929 CZ4A4929](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/CZ4A4929-1024x683.jpg)
Sign painter and muralist Paul Gore received his first set of paintbrushes from his father when he w...
Vishwanath Shenoy
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Vishwanath N. Shenoy is a sitar player living in Clinton, Mississippi. He was born in India, and in ...
Alan Kolodny
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Alan Kolodny learned to crochet at a young age from his grandmother. As an Orthodox Jew, she would m...
Janice Mitchell
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Quilter Janice Mitchell was born in Texas, and grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In junior high...
The Veal Brothers
![The Veal Brothers performing at Roots Reunion in Hattiesburg, November 2005. The Veal Brothers performing at Roots Reunion in Hattiesburg, November 2005.](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/P1010006.FI_-1024x970.jpg)
Larry Veal, Sr., was born in 1966 and grew up in the small southwestern Mississippi town of Gloster....
Larry Armstrong
![Woodcarver Frank Armstrong of West Point (photo by Wiley Prewitt for the Mississippi Arts Commission). Woodcarver Frank Armstrong of West Point (photo by Wiley Prewitt for the Mississippi Arts Commission).](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/MFA.2016.001.FI_-782x1024.jpg)
Born on a small Tennessee farm in 1923, Larry Armstrong soon looked for a way to get out from behind...
Wilson Trucking/Bellevue Jam Session
![Musicians performing at the weekly jam session at Wayne Wilson Trucking in Bellevue, Mississippi (photo by Chris Goertzen for the Mississippi Arts Commission). Musicians performing at the weekly jam session at Wayne Wilson Trucking in Bellevue, Mississippi (photo by Chris Goertzen for the Mississippi Arts Commission).](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/FI-7-1024x991.jpg)
Every Friday night, the Wayne Wilson Trucking Company in the Bellevue community (just west of Hattie...
Sparta Opry
![The Sparta Opry house band on stage. The Sparta Opry house band on stage.](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/photo.FI_-1021x1024.jpg)
For nearly 20 years folks looking for good music and good food have gravitated towards Sparta, a sma...
Sebastopol Opry
![Guitarist and singer Bette Jones performing at the Sebastopol Opry, August 2005 (all photos in this entry by Wiley Prewitt for the Mississippi Arts Commission). Guitarist and singer Bette Jones performing at the Sebastopol Opry, August 2005 (all photos in this entry by Wiley Prewitt for the Mississippi Arts Commission).](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/MFA.2016.0009.FFFIII-918x1024.jpg)
The Sebastopol Opry is a locally produced, bimonthly country and bluegrass show. It is presented on ...
Mexican Baking Traditions
![Jose Flores from Panaderia Nuevo Leon in Vardaman removes a tray of bolillos (white bread) from the baking oven (photo by Kate Medley for the Mississippi Arts Commission). Jose Flores from Panaderia Nuevo Leon in Vardaman removes a tray of bolillos (white bread) from the baking oven (photo by Kate Medley for the Mississippi Arts Commission).](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/VardamanBakery0007.jpg.FI_-978x1024.jpg)
Fresh-baked bread is an essential part of the daily culinary routine in Mexico, where neighborhoods ...