Editor’s note: Oklahoma Gazette is featuring Norman Music Festival performers each week leading up to its 2018 event Thursday-Saturday in Norman. Though much of Quit the Curse is built around the idea of incommunicative lovers and the dysfunction within modern dating dynamics, Michigan singer-songwriter Anna Burch now feels a little distant from the album’s subject […]
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Judah & the Lion brings its unique Folk Hop n’ Roll to The Jones Assembly
The “Take It All Back” band will play Feb. 3 before a sold-out Jones Assembly crowd.
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Tulsa’s John Moreland plays his 2017 finale Dec. 2 at Tower Theatre
A once avid sneaker collector, Moreland now tries to keep focused on his songwriting craft.
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Guitarist and songwriter Bronson Taalbi uses a fortuitous song appearance on Breaking Bad to kick-start his music career
Taalbi, touring as part of his folk-rock project Bronson Wisconsin, performs Sunday at Red Brick Bar in Norman.
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Dawes schedules an intimate evening of music for Jan. 29 at ACM@UCO Performance Lab
Drummer Griffin Goldsmith talks about his family’s music tradition, Bob Dylan’s songwriting legacy and We’re All Gonna Die with Oklahoma Gazette.
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Girl grows up
Given the silly name and bright, Simon & Garfunkel-inspired harmonies, Brooklyn folk-rock act Girlyman sounds like it was born out of a happy place. The thing is, it wasn’t. “Our first rehearsal was scheduled for Sept. 11. We were putting together press kits and complaining about how crappy doing it was … what an upstream […]
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Barry Manilow — 15 Minutes
1. The recording style and instrumentation of the folk-rock “15 Minutes” sounds straight out of the ‘80s, which, I suppose, so is Manilow. Kinda. 2. Vintage disco with Manilow semi-rapping. He hasn’t had to “Work the Room” in 30 years, so this just feels wrong. “Startin’ in sweet with a rockin’ beat / Show ‘em […]