{"id":143509,"date":"2024-10-03T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=143509"},"modified":"2024-10-02T20:57:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T01:57:21","slug":"free-concert-on-the-square-october-25-square-jam-session-will-feature-maggie-rose-neon-junkies-and-thistle-ridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/free-concert-on-the-square-october-25-square-jam-session-will-feature-maggie-rose-neon-junkies-and-thistle-ridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Concert on the Square October 25: Square Jam Session will feature Maggie Rose, Neon Junkies, and Thistle Ridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last month, Visit Oxford<\/strong> announced the music lineup for the inaugural Square Jam Session<\/strong> concert on the Courthouse Square, which will run from 5 to 9 pm Friday, October 25, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The free event will usher in a big football weekend, as Ole Miss<\/strong> extends the Oklahoma Sooners<\/strong> a welcome to the Southeast Conference<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A stage will be set up in the parking bay in front of City Hall<\/strong>, where the University basketball teams have put on Square Jam over the past several years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The live music, food, and community celebration will feature performances from local bands Neon Junkies<\/strong> and Thistle Ridge<\/strong>, as well as prominent, eclectic country singer\/songwriter Maggie Rose<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along with three strong musical acts, there will be food trucks nearby serving refreshments to round out a perfect night in the heart of town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are so excited to welcome Oklahoma into the SEC,\u201d said Kinney Ferris<\/strong>, Executive Director for Visit Oxford. \u201cIn their first year, these fans will get to experience Oxford at its finest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maggie Rose returns to the Square<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Since performing at Double Decker Arts Festival<\/strong> in 2022, Nashville<\/strong> artist Maggie Rose has gained considerable momentum in her field. After spending days, weeks, and sometimes months on end touring, it\u2019s no wonder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI feel like an intruder in my own home right now,\u201d she joked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rose also released an album in April that has already captured the attention of a large swath of the record industry and is sure to become a career landmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her fourth effort, No One Gets Out Alive<\/em>, is a musical reflection of Rose\u2019s past several years in more ways than one. Like many artists, she took a hard nose to the challenges of remote recording, which every professional musician has had to adapt to in one way or another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also having suffered personal losses, she found herself coming to grips with \u201cthe inevitable unpredictability of life,\u201d which drove Rose to the realization that she could no longer wait for an ideal set of circumstances to prepare for a new record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting an album started in the lean days of Covid had its hurdles, but there were also plenty of skilled players looking for studio work during that time, because live shows were scarce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One positive byproduct of remote recording for Rose was being able to implement a 64-piece orchestra on some tracks, which she said was a feat that may not have happened under normal circumstances and was a \u201cdoubling down\u201d on the idea of going all-in on a record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rose\u2019s bullish approach to putting the album together, in collaboration with composer and arranger Don Hart<\/strong>, was a huge factor in making it become a strong hark back to the Laurel Canyon<\/strong>, California<\/strong>, sounds of the late-\u201960s\/early-\u201970s popularized by artists like Joni Mitchell<\/strong> and Carole King<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThematically, I wanted to make something for myself that would help me kind of process some loss and growth,\u201d said Rose, \u201cand also help people who\u2019d been collectively through what we all were going through.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She considers herself very \u201calbum forward\u201d when it comes to conceptualizing a project, which is increasingly rare in this age of streaming music. Also, writing the album in a period of six months helped add \u201ccohesion to the record,\u201d and made the songs \u201cinherently linked together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although Rose enjoys performing certain new songs in her live set\u2014particularly the title track, which she sang phenomenally during her 100th Opry<\/strong> performance last December\u2014she still maintains that they are \u201cstronger when bundled together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her connection to Oxford <\/strong>now reaches back to the 2010s, when she began dating her now-husband, Ole Miss graduate, accomplished drummer, and talent manager, Austin Marshall<\/strong>. Marshall invited her to catch his band Dickey Do & the Don\u2019ts<\/strong> (affectionately known as the “4th Best Country Band in North Mississippi”) play a show at Proud Larry\u2019s<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rose liked the environment so much at Larry\u2019s that she booked her own gig there shortly after, which fell on a football home game weekend. \u201cEven though it was definitely a party atmosphere, I feel like we had a really engaged audience,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reflecting on her \u201922 Double Decker performance, Maggie recalled the thrill of seeing the legendary R&B\/gospel singer Mavis Staples<\/strong> standing on stage right watching her band\u2019s set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also had a memorable show at The Lyric<\/strong>, which was capped off by the audience being holed up in the historic theater by a tornado warning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were all in it together,\u201d she said, \u201cand I feel like everyone\u2014given it could have turned into panic\u2014was pretty cool, and we had a great night.\u201d She recalls it as the first time her band performed \u201cNo One Gets Out Alive,\u201d which thankfully didn\u2019t turn out to be an ominous foreshadowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Square is such a great place for gathering any time of year, not just football season,\u201d she said. And, she had bought her favorite pair of cowboy boots at Hinton & Hinton<\/strong> on Courthouse Square, nearby the Jam Session stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Neon Junkies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Two great local bands take part<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The night of music begins at 5 pm with a newcomer to the Oxford music scene, Neon Junkies, who have been called \u201cOxford’s freshest country and western swing band.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Led by the talented Jameson Hollister<\/strong> on guitar, vocals, and fiddle, and accompanied by seasoned, top notch players Jesse Pinion<\/strong> (guitar), Eric Carlton<\/strong> (piano), Bradley Gordon<\/strong> (drums), Kell Kellum<\/strong> (pedal steel guitar), and Nate Robbins<\/strong> (bass), Neon Junkies play so many upbeat country classics back-to-back that folks on the dancefloor are bound to two-step their boots off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The powerhouse group performs hip-shaking favorites by George Strait, Vince Gill, Waylon Jennings,<\/strong> and Alan Jackson<\/strong> topped with their own North Mississippi special sauce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neon Junkies are followed by Thistle Ridge, who have been carving out their way in the Oxford music scene since they began doing live performances in mid-2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The band, whose core is made up of two Oxford High School<\/strong> graduates, Lucas McKeown<\/strong> and Cole Campbell<\/strong>, recently released an EP, titled \u201cI Hope You Know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only has Thistle Ridge performed their rootsy, vocal harmony-driven set at local Oxford venues, but they\u2019ve also built a solid network throughout the Southeast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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