Telarc Any time you have three jazz masters live on stage together, tearing into a set of bop standards, it’s going to be a good thing. And this album, featuring Oscar Peterson on piano, Milt Jackson on vibes and Ray Brown on bass, fits that bill. Following up on a 1999 release of […]
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Blues legend emphasizes music over message
Long recognized as one of America’s best country-blues fingerpickers and a scholar of acoustic blues, Paul Geremia has a very clear memory of when music first captured his attention. “My father had an old jazz recording of Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five, which was one of my favorite records when I was a teenager,” […]
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Rahsaan Roland Kirk – Brotherman in the Fatherland
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Toby Keith: Big Dog Daddy
Show Dog If you are heading to the lake this weekend and your plan includes having a good time, partying and not thinking too much, then Toby Keith’s new album “Big Dog Daddy” could be the sound track to a beer-soaked boat-nanza. Oklahoma native Keith isn’t breaking new ground with this one, but […]
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Casiotone shifts focus to songwriting
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone’s first three albums were made with the idea that art can be truly unique and amazing when made with strict boundaries. Or in Casiotone’s case, one: a Casio keyboard. “I like the idea of making stuff with sort of a limitation,” sole member Owen Ashworth said. “I like the idea […]
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Garbage – Absolute Garbage
Geffen You can’t sum up popular Nineties music any better than with Scottish/American alt-rockers Garbage. A new compilation album, set to be released on July 17, features the “best of” Garbage, as well as a bonus disc of remixes. All of the band’s major hits’ “Stupid Girl,” “Only Happy When It Rains,” […]
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Jimmy Webb prefers intimate venues
Jimmy Webb, an Oklahoma native best known for his continuing career as one of America’s most highly regarded and prolific popular songwriters, is accustomed to performing in venues of all sizes. However, he said he has a special regard for performing in the intimate surroundings of small spaces that place him close to the audience. […]
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Touring makes The Gunship homesick for Norman
Norman’s The Gunship set out to play 50 shows in two months, and that’s just what they did. From one coast to the next, the Okie rockers have been firing off round after round of its own brand of post-punk vintage rock and finding out just how special home is. “We didn’t realize just how […]
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Countrybilly’ band Two Tons of Steel drops into Oklahoma
For 11 years, San Antonio-based Two Tons of Steel has held down the fort at the legendary, un-air-conditioned Gruene Hall in New Braunfels, Texas, for its annual Tuesday-night summer concert series, averaging 12,000 fans each year. Yet despite trips to Europe and Cuba, they’ve never played in Oklahoma. “We go east and south, but we […]
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The Hold Steady gets personal in lyrics
With little to no love from radio or television, Hold Steady cracked the charts at 124 with its latest album, “Boys and Girls in America.” On this third disc, the self-described bar band rambles and soars through 11 tracks about drugs, infatuation and the complexities of young love. “One thing I love about Craig (Finn)’s […]