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IndianGiver — Plafond EP

If you were to peruse the “About” section of IndianGiver’s Facebook page, you’ll notice how the instruments attributed to each of the Oklahoma City band’s five members are described with downright flippancy: Dylan Jordan plays “sticks & animal skins,” while Jazzton Rodriguez earns his keep with “shanties & loud noises,” and so on.
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Various artists — Never Give Up: Celebrating 10 Years of The Postal Service

Few indie bands have had the impact on current music that The Postal Service has. Even fewer have done so with only one album.
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Big Worm — Bench All-Stars

Fans of the comedy classic Friday may recognize the name Big Worm, but the Big Worm behind Bench All-Stars is rooted not in South Central L.A., but on the streets of Oklahoma City.
05/08/2013 | Comments 0

Code 22 — Going Soft: The Acoustic Album!

The guys of Oklahoma City’s Code 22 seem like a likable group of fellas. Their latest release, Going Soft: The Acoustic Album!, is likable enough as well — so likable that on first listen, I took its clean, acoustic sound and clear, unstressed vocals as an alternative praise-and-worship band.
05/08/2013 | Comments 0

Eureeka — Polysynthetic Fields

It’s always refreshing to hear music that embraces its own eccentricity, yet presents it in an accessible and meek fashion. Eureeka — the Norman-based duo of Jordan Vargas and Devin Wahl — has tapped into this rarified air on its self-released EP, Polysynthetic Fields.
05/08/2013 | Comments 0
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Country legend Charlie Louvin still going strong


April 19th, 2007

Despite 65 years and counting as a performer, country music legend Charlie Louvin says he still hasn't reached the point where it feels like work. "I'm from a generation where there's no such thing a...

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Despite 65 years and counting as a performer, country music legend Charlie Louvin says he still hasn't reached the point where it feels like work.

"I'm from a generation where there's no such thing as work, as long as you enjoy what you're doing," said Louvin, who will perform Thursday at The Blue Door, 2805 N. McKinley, to promote his first album in 10 years.

HISTORY
Louvin, with his late brother, Ira, started singing live on radio stations in the early Forties, and in 1955 scored the first of 12 hits on the Billboard country chart.

After the brothers parted ways in 1964 and Ira's untimely death in 1965, Charlie Louvin went on to record 12 solo albums and rack up another six charting singles.

INFLUENCE
With the passage of time, the Louvin Brothers' legend grew, and their songs became touchstones for the new generation of alt-country musicians such as Uncle Tupelo and Emmylou Harris.

After the Louvin Brothers were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in October 2001, Charlie was invited to open on a national tour with Cheap Trick and Cake.

"I was afraid the audiences were gonna start yelling, 'Get that country stuff off the stage,' but they loved it," Louvin said. "C.G. Niebank

 
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