{"id":463,"date":"2012-02-20T22:56:56","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T22:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=463"},"modified":"2012-02-20T22:56:56","modified_gmt":"2012-02-20T22:56:56","slug":"music-of-the-south-symposium-31-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/music-of-the-south-symposium-31-33\/","title":{"rendered":"Music of the South Symposium (3\/1-3\/3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-464\" title=\"MotSS_LocalVoice.indd\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/LivingBlues1.jpg?resize=200%2C400\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/LivingBlues1.jpg?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/LivingBlues1.jpg?resize=150%2C300&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>The 2012 Music of the South Symposium celebrates the 25th anniversary of the <strong>Center for the Study of Southern Culture<\/strong>\u2019s MA Program in Southern Studies and recognizes the rich tradition of music research explored by students in the program.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, March 2nd, the Center hosts a variety of panels and lectures on music research. The Symposium kicks off with a panel discussion, \u201c40 Years of Living Blues.\u201d This is followed by a discussion of New Media produced by the Center and then a series of films by <strong>Dr. Bill Ferris<\/strong>, <strong>Eric Feldman<\/strong>, and local musician <strong>Tyler Keith<\/strong>. A reception for students, faculty, alumni and friends of the Southern Studies MA Program will start at 5 pm at Barnard Observatory, featuring music by <strong>Warren Black<\/strong>, <strong>Jake Fussell<\/strong>, <strong>Steve Cheseborough<\/strong>, and others.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, March 3rd, the Center hosts a day of lectures, academic readings, and film screenings focusing on such topics as Gospel music, <strong>Elvis Presley<\/strong>, and <strong>Thacker Mountain Radio<\/strong>. The conference concludes with a concert at the Lyric Theater at 8 pm. Among the music acts performing will be <strong>Tyler Keith<\/strong>, <strong>Tim Lee 3<\/strong>, <strong>Tommy Bryan Ledford Band<\/strong>, <strong>Jay Lang &amp; The Devil\u2019s Due<\/strong>, <strong>Caroline Herring<\/strong>, and others.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em>All lectures, panel discussions and films are free and open to the public. <\/em><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.olemiss.edu\/depts\/south\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">For more detailed information, please visit: www.olemiss.edu\/depts\/south\/<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2012 Music of the South Symposium celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Center for the Study of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,185],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-shows","category-southern-culture"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}