Oxford, Mississippi

Everything Oxford is known for

15 songs mention this city 12 artists from here

Oxford, Mississippi, a college town in the North Central Hills region, is home to a vibrant music scene. The city, located about 75 miles south-southeast of Memphis, Tennessee, has been a nurturing incubator for artists across various genres.

Twelve artists, including Jimbo Mathus and The Colour Revolt, call Oxford home. The city is also mentioned in fourteen songs, such as "Rebel" by Pony Bradshaw and "Hotty Toddy" by Josh Abbott Band.

Music in Oxford

Songs About Oxford

Don't Stop Believin'
Journey
100%
Oxford Town
Bob Dylan
60%
"Oxford Town, Oxford Town / everybody's got their heads bowed down"
Hippy Hotel
Blue Mountain
42%
"(the day they tore down the hippy hotel)"
Every Single Summer
McCoy Moore
35%
"I wonder what Miss Ole Miss is doin' now"
He Went to Jared
HARDY
20%
"He went to Ole Miss, I went to work"
Maybe It Was Memphis
Rob Baird
7%
"Read about you in a Faulkner novel"
We Didn’t Start the Fire
Billy Joel
7%
"Ole Miss, John Glenn"
6%
"Old Bill Faulker, the whiskey chief"
Maybe It Was Memphis
Pam Tillis
4%
"Read about you in a Faulkner novel"
Mississippi
Afroman
4%
"So absurd, up in Oxford"
Hotty Toddy
Josh Abbott Band
4%
"yet she's Oxford Grove"
3%
"Oxford want a full-blown lecture from me"
Country Nation
Brad Paisley
2%
"and Rebels"
William Faulkner
Tennessee Jet
2%
"My name's William Faulkner, just like the author"
Know You Like That
Jordan Davis
1%
"About that road trip to Ole Miss"

History of Oxford

Rowan Oak - William Faulkner Home

1930

The antebellum home in Oxford where William Faulkner lived and wrote most of his major novels, including 'The Sound and the Fury' and 'Absalom, Absalom!'

Everything Near Oxford

6 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

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