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After shuttering through the pandemic, The Blue Door has reopened its doors after undergoing a facelift but the venue’s signature charm — its intimate and songwriter-focused room — has remained intact.

Tags: Music Features, Oklahoma City, The Blue Door, OKC music, OKC Entertainment

Oklahoma Gazette suggests 10 ways to welcome the new year.

Tags: Community & Lifestyle, New Year’s Eve, The Fashion Art & Beauty Gala, The F.A.B. Fashion Art & Beauty Gala, Blac Box Collective, Nicole Moan, Nicole Moan’s Misfit Toys, Willa Williams, Jim Thompson, Tara McKinney, Palm Tree Don, Oklahoma City Ballet, Amy Potter, Rio Byerly, R.A.C.E. Dance Company, Castle Row Studios, Party Like It’s 1999 — New Year’s Eve Bash, FlashBack RetroPub, DJ Reaper, New Year’s Eve at Parlor, Parlor, Parlor OKC, Deep Deuce, Angles’ New Year’s Eve Party 2020, Angles, New Tribe New Year: Dark Side of the Moon, The Blue Door, New Tribe, Pink Floyd, NYE with The Imaginaries, The Imaginaries, Social Capital, Shane Henry, Maggie McClure, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Scissortail Park, Angry Scotsman Brewing’s New Year’s Eve Celebration, Angry Scotsman Brewing, The Bottom of the Barrel, New Year’s Eve Masquerade Ball, The Sanctuary Barsilica, Speakeasy’s ’90s–’00s Dance Party, 51st Street Speakeasy, Groovy’s Roaring ’20s New Year’s Eve Party!, Groovy’s

Red Dirt Rangers’ Kids Christmas Show returns for its 25th year (at least).

Tags: Music Features, music, Red Dirt Rangers’ Kids Christmas Show, The Red Dirt Rangers, John Cooper, The Blue Door, Blue Shoe: Music for Kids of All Ages, Red Dirt Relief Fund, Brad Piccolo, Ben Han, Katie Dale

Singer-songwriter Maddie Razook celebrates the release of her new solo album at The Blue Door.

Tags: Music Features, Maddie Razook, Archive, Pigments, Lust, music, The Blue Door, Beneath the Skin, Connor Schmigle, Spinster, Lacey Elaine

Eliza Gilkyson faces the unpleasant realities of modern times with Secularia’s “anti-gospel” songs.

Tags: Music Features, Eliza Gilkyson, music, Secularia, The Blue Door, Jim Henry, Cisco Ryder, Shawn Colvin, Sam Butler, Tosca String Quartet, Jimmy LaFave, Woody Guthrie Folk Festival

Amilia K Spicer makes a stop in OKC in support of her most recent album Wow and Flutter.

Tags: Music Features, Amilia K Spicer, Woody Guthrie Festival, Wow and Flutter, The Blue Door, Seamless, Like an Engine, No Depression

Peter Asher recounts his role in 1960s British pop music in a one-man show.

Tags: Music Features, Peter Asher, Peter & Gordon, Paul McCartney, Gordon Waller, Apple Records, The Beatles, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Joni Mitchell, The Blue Door, British Invasion, Jane Asher

After some false starts, Carter Sampson gives her fifth album the release it deserves.

Tags: Music Features, Carter Sampson, Lucky, musician, songwriter, The Blue Door, Katherine McHale Slaughterback, Shel Silverstein

Singer-songwriter Travis Meadows finds hope on his most recent album, First Cigarette.

Tags: Music Reviews, Travis Meadows, The Blue Door, Killin' Uncle Buzzy, First Cigarette, Old Ghosts & Unfinished Business

Texas country legend Kinky Friedman brings an album full of new material to The Blue Door.

Tags: Music Features, Matlock, Andy Griffith, Kinky Friedman, Peace Crops, Texas, politics, country music, Willie Nelson, songwriting, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, The Blue Door, Nashville, Roger Miller, Shel Silverstein, Leonard Cohen, Glaser Sound, Davy Crockett, David Hasselhoff, Warren Zevon, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, Gram Parsons, Jesus, Christianity, Judaism

Country singer/songwriter Jason Eady brings his newest album to The Blue Door before its Aug. 10 release.

Tags: Music Features, Air Force, Jason Eady, The Blue Door, Fort Worth, Rob Ickes, Trey Hensley, Courtney Patton

Always-going John Calvin Abney slows down and reflects on his highway album Coyote.

Tags: Music Features, The Blue Door, John Calvin Abney, Tally’s Good Food Cafe, Tulsa, Route 66, diner, John Moreland, indie folk, dream pop, Samantha Crain, Drive-By Truckers, Bluebonnet Bar, Penny Pitchlynn, Broncho, Camille Harp, Samantha Crain, Kierston White, songwriting

Radney Foster expands his writing repertoire with a book of short stories

Tags: Music Features, The Blue Door, Radney Foster, songwriting, Nashville, Keith Urban, creative writing, journaling, country, country music, Kendrick Lamar, Pulitzer Prize, Nobel Prize, Bob Dylan, Wynton Marsalis

Tags: Music Features, Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma, acm@uco, alternative country, americana, Chickasha, Erin O'Dowd, folk, hayes carll, Jason Scott, songwriting, The Blue Door, travis linville, Up Ahead

Tags: Music Features, Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma, acm@uco, americana, bluegrass, carter sampson, Christian music, Erik the Viking, folk, Jason Scott, john calvin abney, kyle reid, Living Rooms, Mile 0 Fest, ON Studios, religion, singer-songwriter, songwriting, The Blue Door, Tower Theatre, travis linville