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OKG Newsletter


Topic: Live Music Previews

SiK gives heavy metal some Texas flavor


Music

Charles Martin
Dallas band SiK will lead a posse of Lone Star holdouts across the Red River for the "Texas Metal Invasion" this Saturday, proving that metal is alive and well. "It's homegrown Texas metal," said SiK...
 
Thursday, February 21, 2008

Folk singer Duvekot returning to Norman


Music

Jim Chastain
When vibrant singer/songwriter Antje Duvekot took the stage last year in Norman's Winter Wind concert series, things weren't exactly going her way. The weather was bad, she was exhausted from travelin...
 
Thursday, February 21, 2008

Festival explores life, music of Beethoven


Music

Emily Jerman
After beginning research into Classical/Romantic composer Ludwig van Beethoven's letters " and those written about him " six months ago, Katie Davis came to a startling realization. "I feel like I kn...
 
Thursday, February 21, 2008

Chainsaw Kittens reuniting for Norman Music Festival


Music

Charles Martin
Organizers with the Norman Music Festival have announced that Oklahoma native Tyson Meade will fly in from China to rejoin his former band mates for a Chainsaw Kittens reunion at the April 26 festival...
 
Thursday, February 21, 2008

Built to Spill grows up without sacrificing music


Music

Charles Martin
Built to Spill has long been considered a member of the independent music scene, despite having a home at the major label Warner Bros. for more than a decade. However, Built to Spill guitarist and v...
 
Thursday, February 28, 2008

Family-flavored Crocodile releases EP at Opolis


Music

Charles Martin
For local New Wave band Crocodile, making music is a family affair.   The trio sculpted a study of indie pop with its debut EP, "The Great Depression," and will be celebrating the release 9 p....
 
Thursday, March 6, 2008

Dropkick Murphys will drop into OKC for Pre-St.Patrick's Day event


Music

Charles Martin
Celtic punk rockers the Dropkick Murphys will give Oklahoma City a swift kick of Irish pride just ahead of St. Patty's Day as they perform at 7 p.m. March 6 at the Diamond Ballroom, 8001 S. Eastern. T...
 
Thursday, March 6, 2008

Canadian folk group Po' Girl heads south to share its roots music with OKC


Music

Tory Troutman
Homer Simpson patronized Canada as "America Jr.," but in some shared traditions, such as music, our northern neighbors have, on occasion, handed us our hats and showed how it's done. Beyond Canada's m...
 
Thursday, March 6, 2008

One-man guitar shop not worried about big-box competitors


Music

Mike Robertson
Ron Lira " certainly one of the few full-time luthiers in Oklahoma City " has maintained a steady flow of business as Honest Ron's Guitars, in the same location at 1129 N. May since 1985. "Most of w...
 
Thursday, March 13, 2008

New Wave duo Party Dream is designed to be dumb


Music

Charles Martin
The Ohio-based, spandex-sporting tandem behind Gil Mantera's Party Dream is comprised of brothers Gil Mantera and Ultimate Donny. The band's Eighties electro-pop party sound is deceptively sincere des...
 
Thursday, March 13, 2008
 
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