Towards the back of Oklahoma City’s only vinyl bar sits a large window overlooking the lit up buildings adorning the city’s December skyline. It is a breathtaking view, not because it’s particularly grand or even rare for buildings lining Automobile Alley, but because of its striking intimacy. It’s the perfect view for a space designed […]
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The Story Behind Gayla Peevey
For 72 years, children and adults alike have sung along to the holiday classic, “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas.” It’s one of those songs that nearly everyone knows the words to. What you might not know, though, is that it was first sung and recorded by a young girl from South Oklahoma City named […]
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Live Masterpiece
At 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 3, Tulsa’s historic Cain’s Ballroom was nearly full. Fans in their teens and twenties wearing eyeliner and camo pants packed tightly together between portraits of famous country musicians. Words inscribed above the stage reminded everyone that they were standing in the “Home of Bob Wills.” The crowd began to […]
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Fireside Seats
While Edmond Memorial played rival Edmond North on Nov. 14, one couple—just across the street from the riotous postseason game—set up string lights, built a fire, and prepared a woodland stage in their backyard. Jessica and Caleb had dreamed of hosting house shows in the hollow carved from the brush behind their home since the […]
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Country’s Trailblazer
This November marks the 70th anniversary of Jean Shepard’s induction into the legendary Grand Ole Opry. Shepard was the eighth woman to be given membership as a solo artist. To commemorate the historic milestone, a documentary detailing her life came out on November 21 on SHINE Oklahoma Music’s YouTube called “Jean Shepard: Trailblazer.” Shepard, a […]
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Startup sound
Computer Girl with BaileyBoy and Monte 9 p.m. Saturday Oct. 11 51st St. Speakeasy 1114 NW 51st St. 51stspeakeasy.com $5 OKC electronic rock band Computer Girl’s new full-length debut Screech is the follow-up to 2021’s self-titled EP. So what’s changed in three years? “Everything,” said drummer Jenna Bennett. Computer Girl the EP, which began as […]
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Radioactive dreams
Chat Pile 8 p.m. Thursday Oct. 16 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheater.com$40.92-53.79 When we spoke to guitarist Hayden Pedigo about his excellent album I’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away back in June, he seemed at least as excited about his upcoming collaboration with Chat Pile, In the Earth Again. “I think we […]
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SHINE: Wanda Jackson
SHINE on Oklahoma Music series: Interview with Wanda Jackson, who still lives in Oklahoma City and is a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and many other Halls of Fame. Wanda is the very first female to chart a rock song on the Billboard hit list and only the fifth female to […]
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Ends meet
Panda Bear with Deakin 8 p.m. Saturday Oct. 4 Beer City Music Hall 1141 NW Second Stbeercitymusichall.com $39.12 Way back before the turn of the century in 1999, Release Magazine called Panda Bear’s self-titled debut “soft, fragile and remarkably sentimental” and compared it to “a rugged diamond waiting to be cut.” Released in February, Sinister […]
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Mixed emotions
I Think I Feel a Little Different (Part 1 & 2) release show 7 p.m. Friday Sept. 26 Mt. Reidymessage @sdotreidy on Instagramsreidy.bandcamp.comFREE When S. Reidy recorded 2024’s I Think I Feel a Little Different, the Norman hip-hop artist was in an emotional state he didn’t necessarily want to return to. On Sept. 19, he’s […]