Rodrigo y Gabriela 6:30 p.m. Sunday The Jones Assembly 901 W. Sheridan Ave. thejonesassembly.com 405-212-2378 $39.50-$59 Rodrigo y Gabriela’s fifth studio album, Mettavolution, finds the acoustic duo discovering how to evolve through simplification, but that’s more complicated than it sounds. “We’re playing very differently, a lot of new techniques,” said rhythm guitarist Gabriela Quintero. “[Lead […]
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Guide to the Holidays: Hometown Christmas
For Norman-based duo The Imaginaries, Christmas has, in many ways, been the most wonderful time of the year. Married musicians Maggie McClure and Shane Henry’s holiday songs have been featured in Hallmark movies, played on the radio and earned them invitations to play NBA halftime shows, including a New York Knicks Game at Madison Square […]
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Trap Mozart
Black Violin 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 Visual and Performing Art Center Theater Oklahoma City Community College 7777 S. May Ave.
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Cover: Broke music
Working as a musician in OKC can mean going to extremes to earn $62.50 — or significantly less. “We were supposed to get a guarantee of $250, and we were supposed to get a free pizza,” Elecktra said, recalling a show at a now-closed venue. “The drummer had something crazy come up and needed to […]
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Halloween Guide: Rock monster
Gwar 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30 Diamond Ballroom 8001 S. Eastern Ave.
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Halloween Guide: Blood count
Drac & the Swamp Rats 8 p.m. Oct. 31 Blue Note Lounge 2408 N. Robinson Ave.
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Pitter patter
The Premature E-Jack-O-Lantern Party 9 p.m. Saturday The Paramount Room 701 W. Sheridan Ave. facebook.com/theparamountroom Free In the 2017 Letterkenny episode “The Haunting of MoDean’s II,” Wayne, to much delight, references an annual pre-Halloween party called “Premature Ejacu-lantern.” Letterkenny fan and Mt. Terror synthesizer player Jeremiah Holland, who named his own event after the joke, […]
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Dancing days
Daybreak Festival Oct. 24-26 Big Creek Events County Road 143, Byars daybreakfestival.com $20-$299 To be honest, if the organizers behind Daybreak Festival were making a playlist instead of scheduling a lineup, electronic dance music (EDM) might not be their first choice. “I don’t know that much about electronic dance music,” said Darren Bond, owner of […]