Music
Joshua Boydston
Norman folkster Penny Hill had plenty of thoughts for songs, but it took prodding from friends for her to fly.
Saturday 25 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: norman
Cent-ered
Music
Joshua Boydston
Norman folkster Penny Hill had plenty of thoughts for songs, but it took prodding from friends for her to fly.
Morgan road
Music
Joshua Boydston
Crooner Kylie Morgan is plotting a path to country stardom, and she’s only 15.
The fifth element
How does Norman-based jamtronica quartet Montu brighten up its already shiny live shows? With lights and lasers. Pew-pew-pew!
Music
Joshua Boydston
It’s all about creating something to remember — in every sense of the word — for the four-piece that started as a modest jam session between Godsy and keyboardist John Barkley on a single amplifier. A drummer in Colby Cowart followed before Russell came aboard, and it’s been a big party ever since.
White water
Washington’s Columbia Valley moves away from some American styles to produce white wines with an Old World sense of restraint.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
Reason No. 1 to shop the Washington section of your favorite wine shop is probably price. According to Wine Spectator magazine’s Augustus Weed, “Exploring Washington’s white wines can be easy on the wallet, with most of the bottlings … priced at $20 or less.”
Sharing is caring
The state’s largest free music festival hopes a monthly wine-share will lure donors to ease the financial crunch of staging a three-day event.
Food and Drink Features
Charles Martin
Throwing a party is expensive. Even stocking cheap beer and snacks for a handful of friends can be pricey, so imagine preparing for 35,000 to 50,000 friends all descending on a small stretch of downtown Norman for a three-day festival with no ticket sales to help bring in the largest roster of musicians of any other Oklahoma music festival.
The Walkmen, Peelander-Z to headline Norman Music Festival 4
Local bands to be announced this week
Music
Stephen Carradini
Norman Music Festival has announced via Facebook that NYC indie-rock band The Walkmen will be headlining NMF4, scheduled for April 28-30. Japanese pop-punk act Peelander-Z also will be playing the main stage.
Sticky situation
How does a band follow backlash? Internet sensation Tapes ’n Tapes ended its label deal and went back to the basics: the music.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Tapes ’n Tapes with Oberhofer
9 p.m. Tuesday
Opolis
113 N. Crawford, Norman
opolis.org, 820-0951
$15
Young Greeks
The Greek goddess of the underworld, Persephone, will be among the myths explored in Saturday’s “Gods and Heroes.”
.t2.jpg)
Kids
Courtney Silva
Myths of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome will be explored for two consecutive Saturdays at the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, 2401 N. Chautauqua in Norman, with the children’s workshop “Gods and Heroes.”
Art this
Mediterranea, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art
OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
Experience the culture and monuments of the Mediterranean region through the eyes of American artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries with “Mediterranea.”
