Setzer released the new concert DVD Rockabilly Riot: Osaka Rocka — Live in Japan 2016 earlier this month.
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Bourbon, Barbeque & Blues raises money for arts program
Local organizers raise money for Classen School of Advanced Studies with a barbecue.
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Charlie Christian International Music Festival celebrates music pioneer’s 100th birthday
A local music festival celebrates Oklahoma musician Charlie Christian, widely regarded as the first major soloist on the electric guitar.
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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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Gov’t Mule’s Warren Haynes has blazed trails with his guitar for decades
Warren Haynes’ respect for Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd is matched only by his desire to beat them.
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Dustin Prinz – Eleven
He does just that, capably crafting a diverse collection of songs that run the gamut of Death Cab For Cutie-leaning indie (“So Many Deserving”), polished folk pop (“Freedom”) and ’90s alt-rock (“Next Time You’ll Know”), making for a tight, acoustic-driven affair with lots of personality. Stripped-down usually necessitates simplicity, but Prinz is so at ease […]
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Rachel Brashear — Revolution
The compilation wastes no time; it begins with a single guitar playing a classic rock riff and is soon accompanied by bass and drums and Brashear’s voice singing, “We push and pull, we push and pull, we push until the balance is uneven,” with tangible frustration. The EP is filled with slicing, bluesy guitar riffs, […]
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Jingle Bell Rockabilly
His big band is back again, ready for another sold-out night of big-band jingle jangle as only guitar rocker Brian Setzer can deliver. He’s done so from the late-’70s rebirth of rockabilly with him at the wheel — The Stray Cats — to the 10th anniversary of his Brian Setzer Orchestra’s Christmas Rocks tour. “I […]
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Don’t ‘Get Stoned’
The band confirmed the break Nov. 20 and said he has left the band for “personal reasons.” Read as: Too much party, not enough band. This summer, he also took time off to go through rehab, his publicist confirmed. No replacement has been announced. During the making of the band’s most recent 2012 album, Welcome […]
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Music Made Me: Chase Kerby
Photo: Doug Schwarz Jeff Buckley, Grace (1994) As cliché as it has become to say that you’re a Buckley fan, I’ll never stop admitting it. This was one of those records I got at the perfect time in my life. His lyrics are poetry, and his melodies are undeniably brilliant. He’s also the one who […]