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Joe Wertz
Acting just doesn't release enough creative energy, so many screen celebrities try to make the jump from cinema to stage. Joining the ranks of Billy Bob Thornton, Eddie Murphy and Johnny Depp is Osc...

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Joe Wertz
Oklahoma native and red-dirt country pioneer Jason Boland has been packing bars and selling out shows for more than seven years, positioning himself and his band, the Stragglers, as underground legend...

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Charles Martin
New York City's indie-rock breakthrough Blonde Redhead is among the current bands poised to make a leap into the mainstream, and its tour will stop off Thursday at the Bricktown Ballroom. The band h...

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Charles Martin
Hailing from New Zealand, The Brunettes are a duo led by Jonathan Bree and Heather Mansfield, neither of whom are tinny, disposable pop-rockers or shoe-gazing intellectuals. Their music is upbeat, but...

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Bryan Mangieri
Although many might recognize the California-based indie-rock band Pinback because of a song they did for Fox network's teen television drama "The O.C," the themes the band explores in other tunes mig...

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Lauren Parajon
Lounging at Starbucks while enjoying a warm coffee and a cheesecake-topped pumpkin muffin, Matt Kendrick looks like the average 24-year-old guy, right down to his eBay-purchased Billy Joel T-shirt and...

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Dave Bond
The Rev. Al Green hasn't lost his reputation for putting on a stellar show. Looking toward Friday's concert at Riverwind Casino in Norman, he recounted his last visit to Oklahoma. "Well, I did Tulsa,...

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Brian Mangieri
If Norman garage band The Mean Spirits set up shop in your neighborhood, area residents probably would think, "Well, there goes the neighborhood." "The first description I ever heard anyone say ...

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Joe Wertz
Although guitarist James Slaw describes the band as "just a couple local players," the seven members of the metro act A Little Jazz are more musical heavyweights then they might let on. When Grammy ...

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Charles Martin
Management with Oklahoma City-headquartered CD Warehouse, which sells music to a worldwide market with more than 150 franchise stores, is hoping a new digital music kiosk will keep their brick-and-mor...