Tyler, The Creator plays at Diamond Ballroom May 31.
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Ellis Paul returns to play in front of The Blue Door’s captive crowd
Folk musician Ellis Paul is interested in how Oklahoma and various regions across the United States approach songwriting.
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The Dictators NYC brings proto-punk history to Blue Note Lounge
Members of legendary punk group The Dictators bring their nearly complete act to OKC.
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Brother duo Disclosure comes to The Criterion
UK duo Disclosure’s first album, Settle, debuted in 2013 to near universal acclaim.
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Shawn James and The Shapeshifters bring burly act to Norman Music Festival
The Shapeshifters’ brand of swampy blues is informed by a background in metal.
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The Electric Rag Band’s My Side is a fun call to get up and move
The Electric Rag Band’s sixth album is a guaranteed good time.
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Unheard Woody Guthrie tunes, audio history tour set for release
A three-disc collection of an “audio tour” of Guthrie’s music and his home, “My Name is New York,” will be released Sept. 23.
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Soul Williams — Love, Soul: The Musical Letters Collective, Part 1
With a humble swagger and beats that could knock down the walls of Jericho, Williams’ newest album fills the pews with a low-down gospel message that, refreshingly, isn’t afraid to pull out a whip and strike down the false prophets crowding the temples of the holy. For example, the second track, “Revolutionary Minds” — co-written […]
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The Younglings — The Younglings
The album bounds to a start with a drum cascade firmly out of the Queens of the Stone Age bible before making a firm turn with an old-school guitar riff that devolves into sparse verses and fleshed-out choruses. “Take My Hand” follows a similar path, if lighter and prettier, that veers into snotty series of […]
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Saloony tunes
Photo: Mark Hancock “It’s still one of the best rooms around to see a band because you have the balcony and the dance floor,” said Keeton, a veteran blues rocker who first played the music venue in the mid-1990s. “It’s a great bar. No place else combines that divey-ness with the ability to pull off […]