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Jack Magee
![Old-time fiddler Jack Magee of Magee, Mississippi (photo courtesy of the artist). Old-time fiddler Jack Magee of Magee, Mississippi (photo courtesy of the artist).](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/P1010004.jpg.FI_-768x1024.jpg)
A passionate old-time fiddler, Jack Magee draws on family tradition and also modern conveniences suc...
Lil Poochie
![Little Poochie, Soul Survivors Festival, Ferriday, LA (photo by Scott Baretta for the Mississippi Arts Commission). Little Poochie, Soul Survivors Festival, Ferriday, LA (photo by Scott Baretta for the Mississippi Arts Commission).](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/photo.FI_-8-941x1024.jpg)
Vocalist and guitarist Robert Lee “Lil Poochie” Watson was born in Natchez on March 29, 1951 but...
Thallis Lewis
![Thallis Lewis (photo by Tammy Greer for the Mississippi Arts Commission). Thallis Lewis (photo by Tammy Greer for the Mississippi Arts Commission).](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Greer-Lewis-portrait.FI_.fi_-1024x1005.jpg)
Thallis Lewis recently retired after working for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians for 43 year...
Lane Chapel Male Quintet
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The Lane Chapel Male Quintet is based out of Tupelo and performs a wide variety of music, ranging fr...
Guelel Kumba
![Senegalese singer and guitarist Guelel Kumba of Oxford (photo by Scott Barretta for the Mississippi Arts Commission). Senegalese singer and guitarist Guelel Kumba of Oxford (photo by Scott Barretta for the Mississippi Arts Commission).](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Guelel-11.FI_-709x1024.jpg)
Guelel Kumba is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter of Fulani heritage who is currently based in Oxf...
Debbie Kreiser
![Debbie Kreiser (photo by Chris Goertzen for the Mississippi Arts Commission). Debbie Kreiser (photo by Chris Goertzen for the Mississippi Arts Commission).](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/photo-1.FI_-768x1024.jpg)
Debbie Kreiser has always loved music, and needs to be around it—otherwise, she gets what she call...
The Kattawar Brothers
![Jerry Kattawar of the Kattawar Brothers. Jerry Kattawar of the Kattawar Brothers.](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/JerryKattawar3.FI_-775x1024.jpg)
The Kattawar Brothers consist of Jerry Kattawar on piano and Mike Kattawar on drums. The Greenville-...
The Jones Sisters
![Acapella gospel group The Jones sisters of Oxford, Mississippi (photo courtesy of artist). Acapella gospel group The Jones sisters of Oxford, Mississippi (photo courtesy of artist).](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/photo.FI_-6-e1712162251129-1021x1024.jpg)
The Jones Sisters are a gospel group from Oxford comprised of five sisters who span eight years in a...
James “Super Chikan” Johnson
![James “Super Chikan” Johnson performing on his “chikantar” at the 2004 Governor’s Awards ceremony, Jackson. James “Super Chikan” Johnson performing on his “chikantar” at the 2004 Governor’s Awards ceremony, Jackson.](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/photo-FI-1024x908.jpg)
James “Super Chikan” Johnson was born in the small Delta community of Darling in 1951 and grew u...
“Big” Jack Johnson (1940-2011)
![Clarksdale guitarist and vocalist “Big” Jack Johnson, performing at the Ground Zero Club in his hometown (photo courtesy of Panny Mayfield). Clarksdale guitarist and vocalist “Big” Jack Johnson, performing at the Ground Zero Club in his hometown (photo courtesy of Panny Mayfield).](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/photo-18-748x1024.jpg)
Guitarist and vocalist “Big” Jack Johnson was born in Lambert, Mississippi, in 1940. He was insp...
Wesley Jefferson (1944-2009)
![Blues bassist and singer Wesley “Junebug” Jefferson of Clarksdale (photo by Scott Barretta for the Mississippi Arts Commission). Blues bassist and singer Wesley “Junebug” Jefferson of Clarksdale (photo by Scott Barretta for the Mississippi Arts Commission).](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Wesley-3-769x1024.jpg)
Bassist, vocalist, and bandleader Wesley Jefferson has been a stalwart of the Clarksdale blues scene...
Jamie Isonhood
![Piano player and singer Jamie Isonhood from Yazoo City. Piano player and singer Jamie Isonhood from Yazoo City.](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/photo-16-836x1024.jpg)
Jamie Earl Isonhood was born in Benton in Yazoo County in 1944. An only child, he grew up in the Yaz...