Read more Oklahoma Gazette election coverage here and here. As Maintain OKC Schools coalition sees it, the $180 million proposed bond package calling for major facility improvements to the state’s largest school district is a straightforward decision. “It is about taking care of what we already have,” said Roy Williams, a member of the steering […]
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Cover Story: Mariachi festival helps keep the music playing at OKC schools
Through the help of community and school leaders, the Anita Martinez Mariachi Festival, Feb. 4-7, aspires to keep the music playing at OKCPS.
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This documentary chronicles a proto-punk band in the 1970s that formed to rebel against Detroit’s slick Motown crooning.
This documentary chronicles a proto-punk band in the 1970s that formed to rebel against Detroit’s slick Motown crooning.
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Compared to Cope’s previous offerings, this new journey is a bold progression into fresh sonic territory.
Compared to Cope’s previous offerings, this new journey is a bold progression into fresh sonic territory.
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With Understudies, there’s the feeling that somewhere along the way, IndianGiver members vocalized a collective love of Grizzly Bear and a desire to begin a journey toward the same folk-rock-meets-baroque-pop mold.
With Understudies, there’s the feeling that somewhere along the way, IndianGiver members vocalized a collective love of Grizzly Bear and a desire to begin a journey toward the same folk-rock-meets-baroque-pop mold.
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Kings of everything
A young woman went to Key Arena on March 28 to see the Okie-tied rockers, probably jammed out to “Sex on Fire” and “Use Somebody” and then walked away with measles. As a precaution, the Washington State Department of Health even published the woman’s schedule online so that those who were in her vicinity that […]
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Odyssey of the mind
The No. 1 thing that Brian Haas — pianist and founder of Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey — wants to get across is gratitude. Of course, a lot of musicians say this. But Brian Haas perhaps has more to be thankful for than your typical grateful artist. Think about it. Haas started a jazz band in […]
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Saddle up
Life has been a whirlwind the past few months for Oklahoma City-based band Horse Thief. Its highly anticipated debut album, Fear in Bliss, has already received critical praise from national media doting on the Bella Union label’s new darlings. Horse Thief is headed back to its roots for a special album release show April 18 […]
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Sporting goods
Punk band Bad Sports started eight years ago. Bassist Daniel Friend and guitarist Orville Neeley had been in a band together previously, but one day, Neeley showed up with demos of new songs. “It was way better than the band we were in,” Friend said, “so we decided to do that instead.” Bad Sports met […]
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Higher ground
Local country band Lower 40 — with a top 30 single and having had shows in front of audiences numbering in the thousands — ostensibly became a band because of vocalist Kyle Earhart’s height. In 2011, Land Run Records needed a band to be in a film. “They had this vision of a trio-type band […]