The “Rockabilly Queen” will hold court with fans, politicians and community leaders, and perform a free concert on Sept. 30 to celebrate the official dedication of city alley renamed in her honor. Wanda Jackson Way will be officially unveiled at a 1:30 p.m. ceremony held at the alley, which runs parallel to East Reno Avenue […]
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Norman Music festival expands to two-day event
Organizers revealed dates for the 2010 Norman Music Festival last week and announced that the third annual outdoor concert has been expanded into a two-day event. To be held April 24-25 next year, NMF will again stage in downtown Norman, but festival chair Quentin Bomgardner said that the Saturday concerts will be indoors, with evening […]
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Rockabilly Queen’ plans to hold court
The “Rockabilly Queen” will hold court with fans, politicians and community leaders, and perform a free concert on Sept. 30 to celebrate the official dedication of city alley renamed in her honor. Wanda Jackson Way will be officially unveiled at a 1:30 p.m. ceremony held at the alley, which runs parallel to East Reno Avenue […]
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Thick with racial tension, shady dealings, urban gardeners fight for South Central plot
In 1992, to soothe tensions after riots induced by the Rodney King verdict, the city of Los Angeles sectioned off a 14-acre garden plot, hoping to sow seeds of community goodwill that would overgrow weeds of urban blight and anger. In the decade after the garden was built, it blossomed at the hands of mostly […]
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Thick with racial tension, shady dealings, urban gardeners fight for South Central plot
In 1992, to soothe tensions after riots induced by the Rodney King verdict, the city of Los Angeles sectioned off a 14-acre garden plot, hoping to sow seeds of community goodwill that would overgrow weeds of urban blight and anger. In the decade after the garden was built, it blossomed at the hands of mostly […]
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Oklahoma bands new, known take center stage at Tulsa’s Dfest
IN: auto 0in”>Lusk sees the benefit in playing a festival crowd versus a typical show with just support acts and headliners. “Personally, I think anything is beneficial if a band is willing to take advantage of it,” he said, “but naturally at a festival, I find that a lot of people are there just for […]
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Metro pop-rockers Theatre Breaks Loose prepare for roll on national playbill
Before they booked a show, recorded a song or even knew what to call themselves, Brandon Lovelace and his three band mates started writing. Songs and albums would have to wait. What Lovelace and fellow musicians Matt Toney, Casey Heald and Zach Dumbleton instead penned in December 2007 was an agenda. The action-item accounting was […]
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Trio of metro shows pack country charm, Euro trance-metal, organ-laced psychedelia
The Donkeys with Action! 10 p.m. Wednesday, July 8Opolis113 N. Crawford, Norman447-3417$8 advance, $10 door The Donkeys will make you feel good. The San Diego foursome and indie darlings bring retro charm and sweet, bell-tone vocals that soothe with layered coos and melodic ahhs. The band’s latest, the 11-song “Living on the Other Side,” is […]
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Trio of metro shows pack country charm, Euro trance-metal, organ-laced psychedelia
The Donkeys with Action! 10 p.m. Wednesday, July 8Opolis113 N. Crawford, Norman447-3417$8 advance, $10 door The Donkeys will make you feel good. The San Diego foursome and indie darlings bring retro charm and sweet, bell-tone vocals that soothe with layered coos and melodic ahhs. The band’s latest, the 11-song “Living on the Other Side,” is […]
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UCO hosts DCI Summer Music Games Tour performance
Seven of the country’s top drum corps will roll into Edmond on July 15 to strike sticks and trade licks at the University of Central Oklahoma, school officials announced last week. The DCI Summer Music Games Tour performance at UCO’s Wantland Stadium is the first-ever metro stop for Drum Corps International, an organization of competitive […]