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‘Surprise Surprise’

Jeremy Martin

Josh Abbott Band 8 p.m. Jan. 11 The Criterion 500 E. Sheridan Ave. criterionokc.com 405-840-5500 $25-$50 Josh Abbott had a full day ahead. “I’m on dad duty right now,” Abbott said toward the end of our phone interview. “I just finished grocery shopping … and now I have to unload the groceries, which is the […]

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Yesterday road

Jeremy Martin

The Yellow House Revisited 8 p.m. Dec. 13 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $30-40 If, as the Oklahoma Tourism & Recreation Department’s Travel Promotion Division tells us, famous Stillwater musicians’ hangout The Farm is “the undisputed birthplace of Red Dirt music,” in the 1980s and early ’90s, The Yellow House is where […]

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South bound

Nathan Poppe

Buddy South made a stellar first impression on me. Windows down; local NPR affiliate turned way up. What I initially thought was a Drive-By Truckers cut ended up being something a bit more fun and funny. Now, it’s your turn to say hi. Oklahoma City-based quintet Buddy South is the country/Southern rock twist cone that’s […]

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Circus act

Ben Luschen

Kinky Friedman 8 p.m. Tuesday The Blue Door 2805 N. McKinley Ave. bluedoorokc.com 405-524-0738 $35-$40 There is no question that viewing great art has the potential to inspire an individual’s own great works. The Parthenon and ancient Greece had a lasting impact on architecture. Great African art helped inspire Pablo Picasso’s Cubism. Citizen Kane went […]

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Consummate scribe

Ben Luschen

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

Ben Luschen

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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Writer’s way

Ben Luschen

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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