Even with slumping sales, 2007 was still a great year for new music, much of which never would have met my ears, were it not for the Internet. Here are seven for ’07, detailing my of my picks of this year’s album peaks and pits. No. 1Ryan Adams“Easy Tiger” The always restless and brash Adams […]
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Hinder lead singer cited for drunk driving
Hinder front man Austin Winkler was arrested in Arkansas on a drunk-driving complaint, the Associated Press reported. An Arkansas patrolman pulled over a sport-utility vehicle spotted driving with no headlights at 11:30 p.m. on Dec. 21, the AP reported. The patrolman later identified the driver as Winkler, 26, lead singer of the Oklahoma City […]
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Okies abound on Grammy nominations list
Oklahoma bands and musicians garnered nearly a dozen nominations for the 50th annual Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy has announced. Some of the nominations earned by Okies ” past or present ” include: ” Carrie Underwood’s “Oh Love” (with Brad Paisley) for best Country Collaboration with Vocals and best Country Song, and “Before He Cheats” […]
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Devil Doll combines retro pinup look with punk sensibilities
Devil Doll sounds like the soundtrack from a bar brawl between June Carter Cash and Patti Smith, yet comes wrapped as a sultry, dark-haired pinup starlet: leading lady Colleen Duffy. The fun-loving retro-rockers, known for their boisterous and energetic live performances, will take over Oklahoma City’s Blue Note stage tonight, and just might leave the […]
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Shoe Gypsy owner debuts new indie band, CD
Apparently, when Ryan Walker isn’t slinging footwear at Shoe Gypsy in Nichols Hills, he is off somewhere writing gorgeous, quirky songs or recording near-brilliant albums with Oklahoma City indie band Emelo. The band’s album, “Tranquilizers, Brain Screwdrivers and a Book Full of Cheery Poems,” will be un-bagged formally Friday at VZD’s. Recorded and produced by […]
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Garth Brooks ‘never intended’ to sing at statehood concert, says spokeswoman
The Oklahoma Centennial Spectacular, held on Nov. 16, was a celebrity-studded variety show filled with performances from well-known Sooner State musicians “¦ except country superstar Garth Brooks. As soon as Vince Gill took the Ford Center stage to sing “Oklahoma Rising,” it became clear to the many in the sold-out crowd that the show was […]
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Oklahoma City’s The City Lives debuts new CD
The liner notes for “American Kids,” the Oklahoma City indie-pop band The City Lives’ newly released full-length CD, notes that food from Arby’s was used as partial payment to a recording engineer for the 11-track recording. Featuring some of the most honest and well-written songs released by a metro rock band, “American Kids” just might have […]
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Carrie Underwood joins other Oklahoma performing musicians at Centennial Spectacular
ticians and musicians. Confetti cannons were in full-blast and Santas danced as Oklahoma City rock band The Flaming Lips opened the night as the first music performance of the Centennial Spectacular. Lead singer Wayne Coyne gestured to fans, jumped around and took time to pop a giant yellow balloon to the sold out Ford […]
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Flaming Lips to headline New Year’s Eve concert downtown
Break out the glitter and silver confetti, because Oklahoma City will say goodbye to 2007 and celebrate the new year with The Flaming Lips. OKC’s three-time Grammy- winning psychedelic band will take the stage at 7 p.m. Dec. 31 at the Cox Convention Center as part of the Arts Council of Oklahoma City’s annual […]
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Garth Brooks passes Elvis in solo sales
It’s official: An Oklahoman now wears the crown of music royalty. Garth Brooks dethroned “The King” Elvis Presley, to become the best-selling solo artist of all time, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. Brooks was given the honor, along with a special Career Award last week, during a ceremony on Brooks’ star on […]