Saturday 25 May
OKG Newsletter
Stephen Carradini
Charlie's sheen
The legacy of Oklahoma City’s jazz pioneer Charlie Christian endures in the annual music festival that bears his name.
Music
Stephen Carradini
Charlie Christian International music festival
Tuesday-June 4
Various locations
CharlieChristianFestival.com
Red City Radio — The Dangers of Standing Still
No letup of enthusiasm, speed in this debut
Rock
Stephen Carradini
There’s something to be said for sticking to your guns, and Red City Radio is saying it.
Man-made Objects — EP
Beautifully recorded psych and shoegaze tunes
Indie
Stephen Carradini
Man-Made Objects’ shoegaze and psych tunes rely heavily on songcraft, relegating reverb to an effect on guitar and vocals instead of the featured element.
Laura Stevenson and the Cans — Sit Resist
Disparate genres tie into an incredibly coherent sound
Indie
Stephen Carradini
I lauded Emily Arin’s latest earlier this year because of its ability to seamlessly fuse disparate genres into one thing.
Brandi Carlile — Live at Benaroya Hall with the Seattle Symphony
Singer/songwriter's powerful voice successfully gets the 'with strings!' treatment
Folk
Stephen Carradini
Brandi Carlile’s singer/songwriter tunes subsist on two things: her powerful voice and pop sensibility.
Roy Orbison — The Monument Singles Collection (1960-1964)
Classic songwriter gets a massive, well-deserved re-release
Pop
Stephen Carradini
Having long enjoyed Roy Orbison’s radio singles, I’m glad to see a massive set of his tunes see a re-release.
Jimi Hendrix — South Saturn Delta
Jaw-dropping B-sides, just in case you forgot how awesome Hendrix is
Rock
Stephen Carradini
I am not the type to worship guitarists, as I prefer songwriting to epic solos.
MilkDrive — Road from Home
Average 'newgrass' release filed next to Nickel Creek
BOK to donate land for Oklahoma pop culture museum
Donation contingent on $40 million bond issue
News
Stephen Carradini
If the correct pieces fall into place, Oklahoma will have a museum of Okie-related pop culture up and running in Tulsa by 2015.
Altar-ed images
Holy hardcovers! A new exhibit shares pages and images from 2,000 years of the Bible, including a Dead Sea Scroll and a Gutenberg edition.
Visual Arts
Stephen Carradini
Passages
Monday-Oct. 16
Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch
okcmoa.com, 236-3100
$12
Still groovin’
No matter its age, Groovefest gets going Sunday, bringing a day's worth of good music and — fingers crossed — good weather to Norman.
Music
Stephen Carradini
Groovefest
Noon-9 p.m. Sunday
Andrews Park, 201 W. Daws, Norman
groovefest.org
Free
Brine Webb, The Nghiems to release CDs at same show
Pepe Delgado's in Norman to host show
Music
Stephen Carradini
Listeners will get a double dose of new tunes at 7 p.m. Friday, as Brine Webb drops “O You, Stone Changeling” and The Nghiems unveil “The Pine Tree, The Mushroom & the End of the World” in a double CD-release show at Pepe Delgados, 786 Asp in Norman.
Empty Space Orchestra — Empty Space Orchestra
Brilliant, jazz-influenced post-rock
Indie
Stephen Carradini
I’m not sure why I’ve encountered large amounts of jazz-influenced post-rock this year, but I’ve heard so much of it that I’ve got Colin Stetson’s mindblowing “New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges” atop my current best of 2011 list.
Robert Johnson — The Centennial Collection
All of the blues great's tunes on two CDs.
Folk
Stephen Carradini
I don’t like blues. I appreciate that it beget most music I listen to, but I just can’t stand to hear the repetitive form.
The Boom Bang — World War Fun
These amps go to 1,000.
