Two new club concepts will replace Hotel Habana’s former clubs while Angles reopens its doors. Habana clubs Copa and Finish Line, the two clubs in Hotel Habana, closed recently after decades of service. Tom Lagatta, Hotel Habana managing partner, said they did not renew the club’s leases because they needed the revenue, so they plan […]
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Living Legacy
Shortly after midnight on Dec. 18, 2017, 20-year-old Ada-born musician Connor Hicks died in a traffic accident on a foggy two-lane road in Seminole County. A little over a year later, Legacy, a collection of his previously unreleased songs, gives listeners one more chance to hear new music from Hicks. “We actually had a few […]
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Consummate scribe
Radney Foster 8 p.m. May 16-17 The Blue Door 2805 N. McKinley Ave. bluedoorokc.com 405-524-0738 $35-$40 Radney Foster, one of the most lively Nashville-based songwriters in a city full of them, was wide awake at 9:30 a.m. for a phone interview with Oklahoma Gazette, far earlier than the interview times scheduled by most other night-dwelling […]
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Deeply rooted
Mallory Eagle album release show 9 p.m. May 10 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $10-$12 21+ The title of country singer-songwriter Mallory Eagle’s debut album, Red Dirt Home, could be taken as a clear nod to the famously iron-stained soil of her home state. And, of course, it is that. But Red […]
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COVER Hot list
When Jabee, Bowlsey, The So Help Me’s and Gabrielle B. take the stage 7 p.m. Thursday at the OKG Music Show at Tower Theatre, 425 NW 23rd St., they will represent some of the best music of the Oklahoma City scene, but there are plenty of extraordinary artists who are on their way up. It’s […]
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Writer’s way
The city’s — and perhaps region’s — biggest annual songwriting event is moving to one of its hottest venues. The two-day Oklahoma Songwriter’s Festival, now in its third year, is set to make its Tower Theatre debut April 13-14 after two years of showcase performances at ACM@UCO Performance Lab. Several private events are scheduled for […]
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Wade Bowen joins Josh Abbott Band to bring Texas red dirt to FireLake Arena
The show runs 8-11 p.m. March 24 in Shawnee.
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Little Big Town’s Kimberly Schlapman talks Elton John, Taylor Swift and Reba McEntire as Colonel Sanders
The Nashville quartet launches The Breakers tour 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8 at Chesapeake Energy Arena.
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Many of 2017’s best listens were deeply personal, bravely diving into aspects of human emotion that some artists dare not approach.
Many of 2017’s best listens were deeply personal, bravely diving into aspects of human emotion that some artists dare not approach.
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Jason Isbell gets political with Oklahoma Gazette in the wake of Roy Moore’s Alabama defeat
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit plays 8 p.m. Jan. 4 at The Criterion.