The 37th Annual Jazz in June Festival set to being on June 18 will instead kick off with a live-stream event. The live festival – now “Jazz in JuneTember”, due to COVID 19 crowd restrictions- will move to September 17-19 with concerts nightly. The Live Stream event on June 18 will feature local favorites Caleb […]
blues
Harmonic convergence
Pitch HER Perfect presents Rhythm and Flow 9 p.m. Feb. 21 The Paramount Room 701 W. Sheridan Ave. theparamountroom.com 405-532-6376 $10-$15 Annisia Anderson and Vada Patrice met singing backup for other artists, but as the duo Pitch HER Perfect, they’ve taken center stage. “We’ve been in music all of our lives, starting out in church, […]
Angry blues
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears 7 p.m. May 24 89th Street — OKC 8911 N. Western Ave. 89thstreetokc.com $17-$20 The difference between The Difference Between Me & You and the albums Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears released prior to it, in Lewis’ opinion, is clarity of purpose. “It actually has a more cohesive […]
Community grill
Ice Event Center and Grill1148 NE 36th St. 405-208-4240 What works:The catfish is delicately fried and well-seasoned. What needs work:It would be nice to see additional vegetable side dishes. Tip:Check out Jazz and Blues Mondays or live music Thursdays. Fried catfish and chicken wings are the reason Ice Event Center and Grill became successful, but […]
Life support
Fantastic Negrito w/ The Guestlist 8 p.m. Tuesday Opolis 113 N. Crawford Ave. opolis.org 405-601-5633 $12-$17 Not many people would have pegged new-era blues vocalist and guitarist Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz as a logical opener for Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell. In some ways, their backgrounds and styles of music are different, but perhaps their shared friendship and […]
Bat-or Kalo prepares for her Folk Alliance International debut as her blues-rock trio readies its next chapter
Kalo’s eponymous band also performs 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24 at VZD’s Restaurant & Bar.
Steve Earle and the Dukes wrap up 2017 with a show at Tower Theatre
The show begins 8 p.m. Dec. 21.
Blues musician and real-life most interesting man’ Watermelon Slim makes an extended return to Oklahoma
Slim, born Bill Homans, performs Aug. 20 at VZD’s Restaurant & Bar.
Amy Black returns to Oklahoma City on the heels of her new Southern soul album Memphis
Black performs 8 p.m. June 23 at The Blue Door.
Jazz in June welcomes Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio, Mike Hosty & Jamie Oldaker and more
Smith was recently named a 2017 National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Master.
