{"id":107512,"date":"2020-11-25T10:25:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T16:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=107512"},"modified":"2020-11-20T14:48:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T20:48:31","slug":"grammy-museum-mississippi-to-present-have-yourself-a-delta-little-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/grammy-museum-mississippi-to-present-have-yourself-a-delta-little-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"GRAMMY MUSEUM\u00ae MISSISSIPPI TO PRESENT HAVE YOURSELF A DELTA LITTLE CHRISTMAS!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LIVESTREAMED HOLIDAY SHOW ON DEC. 7 SPECIAL EVENING OF FESTIVE AND INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC TO BE LIVESTREAMED FROM THE MUSEUM’S SANDERS SOUNDSTAGE<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

GRAMMY Museum\u00ae Mississippi will present its second annual Have Yourself a Delta Little Christmas!<\/strong> program on Monday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m<\/strong>.\u2014livestreamed from the Museum’s Sanders Soundstage <\/strong>in Cleveland, Miss. Tickets for this evening of festive and inspirational holiday music are $20 and currently on sale at live.grammymuseumms.org<\/a>. The program will feature special guest performances by Delta favorites and headliners Fish Michie <\/strong>and Kristian Dambrino<\/strong>, as well as the Buford Sisters<\/strong>, Variety<\/strong>, and Tricia Walker<\/strong>. Proceeds from Have Yourself a Delta Little Christmas! will support the educational mission of GRAMMY Museum Mississippi, which seeks to use music as a gateway to learning by inspiring and cultivating creativity, critical thinking and self-expression. For more information on GRAMMY Museum Mississippi and its programs, visit www.grammymuseumms.org. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABOUT FISH MICHIE
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Jim \u201cFish\u201d Michie hails from Merigold, Miss. He joined his first band in 1966 and has continued playing ever since. After a career with the Tangents<\/strong>, affectionately known as the \u201cHouse Band of Mississippi,\u201d Michie moved to Nashville, where he toured with Larry Stewart <\/strong>of the country
supergroup Restless Heart. He has appeared with artists Lee Roy Parnell<\/strong>, T. Graham Brown,<\/strong> Charmaine Neville<\/strong>, Gary Rossington<\/strong>, Ace Cannon<\/strong>, Vince Gill<\/strong>, Bo Diddley<\/strong>, and many others. He has appeared with the Yalobushwhackers on the Thacker Mountain Radio show and has recorded with Buddy Miles<\/strong>, Bob Babbitt<\/strong>, Big Mike Griffin<\/strong>, and Duff Dorrough<\/strong>, to name a few. Michie currently plays the downtown Nashville area with blues and jazz groups, accompanies classes at the Nashville Jazz
Workshop<\/strong>, and leads his jazz quartet, Fish and the Chips. Michie holds a master’s degree in counseling from Delta State University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


ABOUT KRISTIAN DAMBRINO
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A finalist in the Willie Morris Writing Competition <\/strong>and published author, Kristian Dambrino has written hundreds of original songs as well as two original plays. She has also used her extensive creative talents as a production vocalist for Celebrity Cruises. Dambrino, who holds a bachelor’s degree in graphic design from Delta State University and a masters in music business from Berklee College of Music, currently lives in Nashville. She performs regularly all over the United States and is heavily influenced as a jazz and blues singer by the music of Bill Evans<\/strong>, Billy Strayhorn<\/strong>, Duke Ellington<\/strong>, Peggy Lee<\/strong>, Nina Simone<\/strong>, Mavis Staples<\/strong>, and Ella Fitzgerald<\/strong>. After working as a graphic designer and a freelance photographer for years, Dambrino returned to college and earned a master’s of science degree from the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. She currently works as a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner, implementing psychiatric assessment and medication management for disadvantaged, marginalized patient populations impacted by severe and persistent mental illness.
In 2016, Dambrino wrote and recorded a jazz\/blues duet album of original compositions entitled, Bluer Than This<\/strong>, with Fish Michie. The album was awarded the 2017 Mississippi Institute of Arts & Letters Award for Best Contemporary Music Composition. Dambrino and Michie’s follow-up Christmas album, Tidings of Comfort & Joy, was released in November 2017. Currently, Michie and Dambrino have finished writing and recording their third follow-up album, Change of Heart, which will be released early in 2021.
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ABOUT TRICIA WALKER
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A Mississippi singer\/songwriter, Tricia Walker has become one of the clearest voices of her own time and place. Her songs have been recorded on GRAMMY\u00ae-nominated discs by Kathy Troccoli<\/strong>, Debby Boone<\/strong>, the Imperials<\/strong>, Patty Loveless<\/strong>, Faith Hill<\/strong>, and Alison Krauss<\/strong>, whose performance of Walker\u2019s \u201cLooking in the Eyes of Love\u201d earned a GRAMMY Award. Walker\u2019s instrumental skills earned her a spot as a backing musician and vocalist for Connie Smith<\/strong>, Shania Twain<\/strong> and Paul Overstreet<\/strong>. Along with Pam Tillis<\/strong>, Karen Staley<\/strong> and Ashley Cleveland<\/strong>, Walker was a founding member of \u201cWomen in the Round,\u201d one of the most celebrated foursomes at Nashville\u2019s prestigious Bluebird Caf\u00e9<\/strong>. Walker returned to her native Mississippi in 2006 to become director of the Delta Music Institute<\/strong>, an entertainment industry studies program at Delta State University, where she retired from that position in 2019. She was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award<\/strong> the same year by the Mississippi Writer\u2019s Guild<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


ABOUT THE BUFORD SISTERS
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Hailing from Glendora, Miss., the Buford Sisters have been singing together since before they can remember. Their annual Christmas concert features three generations of Buford women \u2014 mother Gwin<\/strong>, four daughters and two granddaughters. The four musically talented sisters \u2014 Lee Threadgill<\/strong>, Pryor Lampton<\/strong>, Sarah Goodwyn<\/strong> and Donna Spell<\/strong> \u2014 will share the spotlight for GRAMMY Museum Mississippi\u2019s \u201cHave Yourself A Delta Little Christmas\u201d show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


ABOUT VARIETY<\/strong>

<\/strong>The popular brother\/sister duo of Eric and Shara Edwards<\/strong>, Variety has been performing together for more than 25 years, traveling across the country entertaining audiences with multiple styles of music, from country to R&B. They have performed for private parties, family reunions, festivals, and churches. Even though the sister and brother perform a \u201cvariety\u201d of music, gospel music has always been the forefront for the duo. They are one of the first members of the Cleveland Deep Roots<\/strong> music roster and, together, they have recorded four gospel albums, with Eric Edwards also releasing a solo R&B album entitled Those Vinyl Days<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


ABOUT GRAMMY MUSEUM MISSISSIPPI
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Developed by the Cleveland Music Foundation<\/strong>\u2014a nonprofit organization founded in 2011\u2014the 28,000-square-foot GRAMMY Museum Mississippi<\/strong> is housed near the campus of Delta State University, home of the Delta Music Institute’s Entertainment Industry Studies <\/strong>program, which features the most unique audio recording facilities in the South. Affiliated with the Recording AcademyTM<\/strong>, GRAMMY Museum Mississippi is dedicated to exploring the past, present, and future of music, and the cultural context from which it emerges, while casting a focused spotlight on the deep musical roots of Mississippi. The Museum features a dynamic combination of public events, educational programming, engaging multimedia presentations, and interactive permanent and traveling exhibits, including a Mississippi-centric area that introduces visitors to the impact of Mississippi’s songwriters, producers, and musicians on the traditional and modern music landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


For more information, visit grammymuseumms.org<\/a>, “like” GRAMMY Museum Mississippi on Facebook, and follow @grammymuseumms on Twitter and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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