Monday 20 May
OKG Newsletter
Stephen Carradini
Mark Growden — Lose Me in the Sand
Some great tunes, as well as some odd ones
Country
Stephen Carradini
Mark Growden’s 2010 release, “Saint Judas,” saw him comfortably in mournful, New Orleans jazz mode.
Kite Flying Robot — Solid Gold
Here's to cool.
Indie
Stephen Carradini
For an album that boasts 13 different instruments, eight vocalists and a bling-tastic title, I expected the Oklahoma City-based Kite Flying Robot’s debut to be a giddy, stuffed-to-the-hilt affair.
Harry Connick Jr. — In Concert on Broadway
Connick is on fire, and his band plays like maniacs.
Jazz
Stephen Carradini
Do you miss the era where Frank Sinatra was the biggest thing around? Do you pine over the days when the musical was king in pop culture? Are you already a fan of Harry Connick Jr., who apparently never left those days?
Scoop of Brahms
Brightmusic continues its season with a program featuring the cream of the crop of ‘German Romanticism’ composers.
Music
Stephen Carradini
Brightmusic Society of Oklahoma
7:30 p.m. Monday
Fee Theatre, Casady School, 9500 N. Penn
7:30 p.m. Tuesday
St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, 127 N.W. Seventh
brightmusic.org
Speak this
OKG7 things to do
Stephen Carradini
Aron Ralston, the man whose miraculous story of being pinned by a boulder for five days in a Utah canyon recently became the Oscar-nominated Best Picture “127 Hours,” will speak at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 100 Campus Drive in Weatherford.
Adele — 21
This disc screams, 'Star! Star! Star!'
Pop
Stephen Carradini
Adele doesn’t really need my help, but I’ll say it anyway: “21” shows her blossoming into a diva that could be a force for a long, long time.
The Rural Alberta Advantage — Departing
More somber than its beloved predecessor
Folk
Stephen Carradini
The Rural Alberta Advantage wrote two of my favorite songs of 2009: “Don’t Haunt This Place” and “The Dethbridge in Lethbridge.”
Duke Garwood — Dreamboatsafari
Jazz/blues/noise with some acoustic stuff thrown in
Braids — Native Speaker
All the indie kids are gonna get cooties
Typhoon — A New Kind of House
Astounding acoustic/folk/indie/Arcade Fire, etc. music
Indie
Stephen Carradini
I love music with depth. Give me a complicated arrangement with lots of instruments and a gnarly lyric to be parsed, and I’m happy as a clam.
Brooklyn Rundfunk Orkestrata — The Hills Are Alive
Fans of musicals or WTF head trips, rejoice!
Eclectic
Stephen Carradini
Cult movies. Some people can’t take them at all. Some people watch them once, marvel at them, and then move on. Some viewers fall into the cult and learn everything about it.
Kerri Arista — 50 Different Ways
Not heart-stopping, but not snooze-inducing either
Country
Stephen Carradini
Kerri Arista’s “50 Different Ways” is a solid acoustic country/pop album all the way through.
Wind chimes
Choir to debut twelve pieces from renowned composers
Music
Stephen Carradini
Oklahoma City’s The Mary Heath Endowment has commissioned sacred choral music by renowned composers for the last 12 years.
The Caribbean — Discontinued Perfume
Bizarre, experimental, sort-of indie-pop for adults
Indie
Stephen Carradini
Any album that starts off with a song called “Thank You for Talking to Me About Israel” is not going to be your average disc.
