About Thacker Mountain Radio:

Thacker Mountain Radio Hour is a weekly public radio show in Oxford, Mississippi that features author readings and a wide array of musical performances.

About Dawn Barham

Dawn Barham is a lifelong guitar player, starting with lessons in 3rd grade after “her parents decided I wasn’t going to quit asking.”

Barham recently retired after 34 years as Director of Performing Arts at the Mississippi School for Math & Science (MSMS) in Columbus, MS. She was an instructor of Guitar Studies and director of the guitar students’ performing ensemble.

While at MSMS Barham instituted the innovative “Sights and Sounds of Mississippi” program,

As she told the National Association for Music Education, “…by the end of their two years, my performing ensembles, collectively known as the MSMS Blue Notes, are performing an exciting and dynamic program of music with ties to the birthplace of America’s music—Mississippi!

“Blues, jazz, spirituals, gospel, country, soul, and early rock and roll. Through the “Sights and Sounds of Mississippi” program, the students break down social and cultural barriers by making music together while engaging in an open and interactive conversation about diversity, culture, and history.”

Barnham is currently on the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Authority for Educational Television.

Beware! Dawn Barham shreds! She is the past frontwoman for the rock band, the Juke Joint Gypsies.

Her most recent releases are the albums, “Dodging Shadows and “Broken Promises.”