The American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City’s Bricktown district has named Lucas Ross its new executive director, effective Nov. 1, following the retirement of Johnny Baier after 22 years of leadership. Baier, who helped shape the museum’s mission of preserving and celebrating the banjo’s history, plans to return to performing as a musician and entertainer. […]
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More Than a Bar: The Bluebonnet Celebrates 10 Years Under Local Ownership
Michelle and Tanner Miller took over Norman’s Bluebonnet Bar in their 20s with the goal of keeping a historic local bar alive. On Nov. 7, they will celebrate 10 years as owners with live music all day as they look back on all the memories they have made. “We have come to realize the Bluebonnet is much […]
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Building Bayonne
Bayonne brought a unique immersive performance to Beer City Music Hall on Sept. 27, giving Oklahoma concertgoers a different kind of live music experience. In 2016, Roger Sellers adopted the stage name Bayonne and stopped releasing music professionally under his real name. Before becoming an indie pop artist, he had released music under his real name and made […]
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Still ‘Amped Up’ at 73
Robert Cray was just a high school kid with a passion for music. Albert Collins was his hero. A chance meeting between the two in 1971 helped launch Cray through the blues stratosphere and into legendary status, and it happened thanks to Cray’s classmates. His high school class had a choice for its graduation party: […]
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Free to Live benefit brings The Wise Guys to Will Rogers Theater
Free to Live Animal Sanctuary will host a benefit concert and auction Friday, Nov. 6, at Will Rogers Theatre in Oklahoma City, raising money to provide food, shelter and medical care for nearly 300 dogs and cats. The event runs from 6 to 9:30 p.m. and will include silent and live auctions, food, drinks and […]
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Oklahoma’s International Bluegrass Festival returns to Guthrie
The 29th annual Oklahoma’s International Bluegrass Festival returns to Guthrie Oct. 8-10 with three days of live music, workshops, competitions and campground jams at Cottonwood Flats. Seventeen bands will perform across three stages, with this year’s lineup including The Slocan Ramblers, The Fretliners, Johnny Mullenax and bluegrass musicians John Moore, Jens Kruger, Todd Phillips and […]
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Foreigner: Feels Like the First Time
Foreigner continues to build on its legacy and will add another chapter to its story Oct. 2 at Riverwind Casino in Norman. When bassist Jeff Pilson joined the band in 2004, he said it was fun to learn the songs and try to stay true to the band’s sound. He recalled that the chemistry was great, and the transition into the group was smooth. […]
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Red Sun spent years growing together as friends and musicians before releasing its debut album, At Their Very Best. Now, as the band members enter new stages of their lives, they are figuring out what comes next for the group. “The local music community has been integral to Red Sun,” Quinn said. Long before the […]
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Bandwagon: Bricktown Music Festival to debut Sept. 12
More than 45 artists will perform across more than 20 venues and two outdoor stages when the inaugural Bandwagon: Bricktown Music Fest takes over Bricktown from 1 to 10 p.m. Sept. 12. The free, district-wide festival will feature country, hip-hop, Americana, rock, Latin, reggae, jazz, R&B and more, with attendees encouraged to move between stages […]
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Stoney LaRue: Red Dirt Roots
For Stoney LaRue, red dirt has been more than a genre. It has been a lifestyle that has shaped his music, his career and the person he has become over more than two decades. LaRue’s connection to the red dirt music scene began long before he became one of the genre’s recognizable voices. He was born in Taft, Texas and then raised in Yanush, Oklahoma. Early in his […]