Gentle GhostNoon Sunday, Main Stage, 100 Block of West Main Street Eerie guitar riffs and ethereal vocals blend into peaceful harmony for Norman-based Gentle Ghost. The band evolved from the mind of Sethy McCarroll, current drummer for Toil and Trouble and bassist for both Student Film and Umbrellas. For his latest project he organized, he […]
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The Orbans journey to NMF a choppy one
The Orbans 11 p.m., Saturday, Blackwatch Studios Stage The musical journey for Fort Worth’s The Orbans has been anything but smooth sailing ” more like rough, choppy waters in the midst of a hurricane. Founder Peter Black formed an outfit known as Thief in late 2004 while attending the University of Oklahoma. The band cycled […]
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Colourmusic focus on color in their music and get crazy on stage
Colourmusic 11 p.m. Saturday, Opolis Stage, 113 N. Crawford Be prepared for a crazy kaleidoscope of psych-rock madness. The members of the Stillwater band, together since 2005, describe their sound as “hardcore and a little Oklahoma sex rock.” Founders Ryan Hendrix and Nick Turner, a London native, met 12 years ago at Oklahoma State University. […]
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Sustainable OKC has a bike-riding, Paseo-loving new president
When in the area of The Village or the Paseo, be on the lookout for a glasses-wearing, bike-riding, grocery-toting redhead: that’s Dan Yates, the new president of Sustainable OKC. Taking office Feb. 1, Yates was unanimously elected to the position, replacing past president Shauna Lawyer Struby. He has been part of the group for three […]
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The Red Alert grow up on-stage, musically and literally
The Red Alert 1 P.M. Sunday, Blackwatch Studios Stage Siblings Christy Hanewinkel and Hank Hanewinkel III were never the same after a fateful White Stripes concert in 2003. The Tulsa duo, then 14 and 8 years old, came back home, picked up a guitar and some drumsticks and formed a cover band, The Red Stripes. […]
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Odis drops in to NMF before buckling down and cranking out some recordings
Odis 11:45 P.M., Saturday, Blackwatch Studios Stage Odis arrived with a bang. The act debuted its first CD, “Feel,” in 2008 to a sold-out show at the House of Blues in its Dallas hometown. A mere two months later, Quick magazine named “Feel” as the Big Album of 2008, and The Fort Worth Star-Telegram designated […]
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After a life racing, retired greyhounds find new families through a Central Oklahoma nonprofit
Hounds of the Heartland is in the 45 mph couch-potato business. Retired racing greyhounds, as they’re more commonly known, are sent to this organization for a chance to find a family. There are similar groups in the state, but HOH is the only one that serves the metro Oklahoma City area. Although there are actually […]
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New local business born from adversity gives portion of profits to those affected by breast cancer
Adam Bunch was lying in bed one morning around the first of February when the idea suddenly hit him. His wife, Debra, had been diagnosed with breast cancer on Dec. 27, 2009. Two days later, she lost her job. Money was tight, and Adam, a part-time server at BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse, knew he wouldn’t […]
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Combining members of a dozen local projects, Oklahoma City’s Eden Sharmaine drops its debut album
Eden Sharmaine with Pretty Black Chains, For the Atlantic and more8 p.m. Saturdaythe Conservatory8911 N. Westernwww.conservatoryokc.com879-9778$7 Anything goes for Eden Sharmaine. The band soaks in the diverse stylings of practically every musical genre: rock, folk, pop, even the “raw, rocking music” of Charlie Parker, and churns out a sound that’s completely new. With more than […]
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YouthBuild helps young adults in low-income communities work to finish school
To take a drive down S.W. 17th Street in Oklahoma City is to tour a modern day Bailey Park from Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life.” The street is lined with small, cookie-cut buildings; children play basketball, friends talk and walk, and workers greet each other as they pass. What goes on at the address […]