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Bud and Hazel Huddleston

Bud and Hazel Huddleston were working musicians in Tippah County and across North Mississippi for ov...
John Horton

Blues guitarist, vocalist, and bandleader John Horton was born in Arcola in 1959. His family initial...
Jimmy “Duck” Holmes

Jimmy “Duck” Holmes is the proprietor of one of the oldest juke joints in Mississippi, t...
Melvin “House Cat” Hendrex

Melvin “House Cat” Hendrex has been an active musician and performer for several decades...
Bernadette Goodness

Saucier resident Bernadette Goodness began learning the traditional dances of her native Philippines...
Manuel “Cucho” Gonzalez

As a child growing up in Puerto Rico, Manuel “Cucho” Gonzalez’s mother introduced him to the m...
Renata Gil

Raised in the sprawling metropolis of Sao Paulo, Brazil, bossa nova singer and dancer Renata Gil mov...
Wendy Garrison

Wendy Garrison is an 8th generation Marylander. She is the middle child of three girls and grew up i...
Mario Garcia Group

Many of the immigrants from Mexico to Mississippi’s Gulf Coast attend Our Lady of Fatima Catholic ...
Charles Fairley

Charles Fairley, Jr., was born in 1932 on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in Moss Point. He began playing...
Hezekiah Early

Natchez-based drummer, harmonica player, and vocalist Hezekiah Early was born on October 7, 1934, on...
YZ Ealey

YZ Ealey—“YZ” is his given name—was born in Sibley, about 14 miles south of Natchez on March...