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A few solid standbys and several surprises are on the list as readers once again made their picks of the best local music for the Gazette’s annual Woody Awards. ROCK BAND New York SummerThese metro pop-rockers shimmer like the season the Oklahoma City band is named after. Recently culled from other acts, the four-piece ” […]

The “Rockabilly Queen” will hold court with fans, politicians and community leaders, and perform a free concert on Sept. 30 to celebrate the official dedication of city alley renamed in her honor. Wanda Jackson Way will be officially unveiled at a 1:30 p.m. ceremony held at the alley, which runs parallel to East Reno Avenue […]

The “Rockabilly Queen” will hold court with fans, politicians and community leaders, and perform a free concert on Sept. 30 to celebrate the official dedication of city alley renamed in her honor. Wanda Jackson Way will be officially unveiled at a 1:30 p.m. ceremony held at the alley, which runs parallel to East Reno Avenue […]

Organizers revealed dates for the 2010 Norman Music Festival last week and announced that the third annual outdoor concert has been expanded into a two-day event. To be held April 24-25 next year, NMF will again stage in downtown Norman, but festival chair Quentin Bomgardner said that the Saturday concerts will be indoors, with evening […]

Organizers revealed dates for the 2010 Norman Music Festival last week and announced that the third annual outdoor concert has been expanded into a two-day event. To be held April 24-25 next year, NMF will again stage in downtown Norman, but festival chair Quentin Bomgardner said that the Saturday concerts will be indoors, with evening […]

IN: auto 0in”>Lusk sees the benefit in playing a festival crowd versus a typical show with just support acts and headliners. “Personally, I think anything is beneficial if a band is willing to take advantage of it,” he said, “but naturally at a festival, I find that a lot of people are there just for […]

Seven of the country’s top drum corps will roll into Edmond on July 15 to strike sticks and trade licks at the University of Central Oklahoma, school officials announced last week. The DCI Summer Music Games Tour performance at UCO’s Wantland Stadium is the first-ever metro stop for Drum Corps International, an organization of competitive […]

Seven of the country’s top drum corps will roll into Edmond on July 15 to strike sticks and trade licks at the University of Central Oklahoma, school officials announced last week. The DCI Summer Music Games Tour performance at UCO’s Wantland Stadium is the first-ever metro stop for Drum Corps International, an organization of competitive […]

Before they booked a show, recorded a song or even knew what to call themselves, Brandon Lovelace and his three band mates started writing. Songs and albums would have to wait. What Lovelace and fellow musicians Matt Toney, Casey Heald and Zach Dumbleton instead penned in December 2007 was an agenda. The action-item accounting was […]

The Donkeys with Action! 10 p.m. Wednesday, July 8Opolis113 N. Crawford, Norman447-3417$8 advance, $10 door The Donkeys will make you feel good. The San Diego foursome and indie darlings bring retro charm and sweet, bell-tone vocals that soothe with layered coos and melodic ahhs. The band’s latest, the 11-song “Living on the Other Side,” is […]