Steve Azar

Steve Azar, a Mississippi Delta native, is a hit songwriter, recording artist, and music producer. He has released seven critically acclaimed studio albums, including Waitin' on Joe, whose title track became a hit and a #1 music video, and the smash hit "I Don't Have To Be Me ('Til Monday)," a recipient of three BMI Million-Air awards. The hit single "Sunshine," also a #1 video, and the album Slide On Over Here were featured in the 2011 "Oprah's Favorite Things" edition of O Magazine. Down At The Liquor Store, by Steve Azar & The Kings Men, is backed by veteran bandmates of B.B. King and Elvis Presley, and the making of the record is chronicled in the feature documentary Something in the Water.

His latest, My Mississippi Reunion, won the 2021 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters award for best contemporary album. His song "One Mississippi" is the official state song of Mississippi. Steve and his wife Gwen founded the Steve Azar St. Cecilia Foundation in 2006, which produces the annual Delta Soul Celebrity Golf & Charity Event, raising funds for arts and educational organizations. An accomplished golfer, he has been ranked among the top five musicians who play golf by Golf Digest.

Azar is the official Music & Culture Ambassador of Mississippi and an in-demand keynote speaker. He hosts the radio show and podcast In a Mississippi Minute with Steve Azar on SuperTalk Mississippi and all podcast platforms.