OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
Red dirt swoops in Thursday to Riverwind Casino, 1544 State Highway 9 in Norman, courtesy of the Randy Rogers Band. The Texas country group is still riding high with its 2010 hit album, Burning the Day, and its smash single, “Too Late for Goodbye.” Tickets are $20-$30. Call 877-787-9637 or visit riverwind.com.

Thursday

OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
Red Dirt renegade Cody Canada returns to town with his new band, The Departed, for a 7 p.m. Thursday outdoor concert at Pepe Delgados, 786 Asp in Norman. Formerly the front man of the Yukon-based Cross Canadian Ragweed, Canada and company are touring in support of their forthcoming album, Adventus, due Nov. 13. Uncle Lucius opens. Admission is $5. Visit thedepartedmusic.com.

Thursday

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• Cody Canada interview  

Music
Joshua Boydston
Curtis Grimes
9:30 p.m. Saturday
Wormy Dog Saloon
311 E. Sheridan
wormydog.com
601-6276
$5

Music
Alyssa Grimley
After more than five years of silence, The Red Dirt Radio Hour has returned to the airwaves. The show, which features artists of the Red Dirt genre, has found a new home at 9 p.m. Sundays on KOSU. Based in Stillwater, the public radio station also airs on 91.7 FM in Oklahoma City and streams online at kosu.org.

Country
Louis Fowler
When something really catches my ear, I tend to imagine it in the closing credits of a movie, and then I work backward, formulating a plot and actors. “Never Gonna Be Enough,” the opening track on Red Dirt rockers No Justice’s latest, America's Son, had me doing that within 10 seconds.

Music
Louis Fowler
For almost two decades, Grady Cross was a member of Cross Canadian Ragweed, one of the most popular Red Dirt bands ever to cross the Red River. After years on the road and in the studio, he hung up his guitar to spend more time with his family in Yukon.