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A lot has changed since DJ Skribble first stepped behind a pair of turntables. Born Scott Ialacci, the Long Island DJ first made a name for himself in the early 1990s as a member of New York rap group the Young Black Teenagers. After two albums garnered only mediocre success, the group split, but Skribble […]

Independently owned record stores throughout the metro will join hundreds of others across the country and around the world in celebrating the second annual Record Store Day on Saturday. Through in-store concerts, discounted merchandise and free promotional goodies, these local shops are commemorating a unique culture that still exists in smaller, hands-on music stores. PROMOTION […]

Oklahoma fans eager to be the earliest ticket holders for U2’s fall concert in Norman will have to shell out for a subscription to the band’s official Web site. Although tickets for the Oct. 17 concert at the University of Oklahoma’s Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium go on sale April 17, pre-sale tickets will be […]

Rosanne Cash will present Oklahoma native Wanda Jackson at Saturday’s 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio. Museum spokesman Margaret Thresher confirmed Friday that Cash will introduce Jackson at the 8 p.m. ceremony. Cash is a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and the daughter of country legend Johnny Cash. Her 1985 hit, “I […]

At 29 years old, Derek Trucks has been performing onstage more than half his life. He picked up his first guitar at 9 ” a measly $5 buy from a local garage sale. Only two years later, Trucks was sitting in with his uncle’s group The Allman Brothers Band and performing alongside blues legend Buddy […]

Jesse Hughes hasn’t always been a rock star.  The former journalist was once a Republican activist on Sonny Bono’s 1992 Senate campaign. It’s not exactly the background you’d expect for the lead singer of a band called Eagles of Death Metal. “My original personal life choice was not to be a rock ‘n’ roller,” Hughes […]