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For Black History Month, Urban Roots at 322 N.E. Second takes us back in time with texts and narratives related to African and African-American history, exchanged from generation to generation.
Saturday 25 May
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OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
For Black History Month, Urban Roots at 322 N.E. Second takes us back in time with texts and narratives related to African and African-American history, exchanged from generation to generation.
The Moody muse
Critically acclaimed for her folk songs, Ruth Moody practically has music embedded in her DNA.
Music
Joshua Boydston
The Ruth Moody Band
7 p.m. Saturday
The Blue Door
2805 N. McKinley
bluedoorokc.com
524-0738
$15-$20
Jon Lyle Williams and the Bravest Retreat — Jon Lyle Williams and the Bravest Retreat
Rock
Joshua Boydston
Who doesn’t miss the music the ’90s brought? It was heartfelt, catchy, soulful and universally accessible — everything popular music isn’t now.
Beaming with blues
In the current blues-rock revival, Luella and the Sun radiate with economy and eccentricity.
Music
Zach Hale
Luella and the Sun with Fiawna Forté
9 p.m. Saturday
Kamps 1310 Lounge
1310 N.W. 25th
kamps1310lounge.com
819-6004
$5
No Justice — America’s Son
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.
Tom Skinner — Tom Skinner
Country
Louis Fowler
Sincerity is nearly dead in songwriting. The image of the earnest singer with eyes tightly shut and a crack in his voice as he plunges to emotional depths has become a joke.
