The “Queen of Rockabilly” performed for downtown crowds this afternoon at a ceremony organized to formally dedicate an Oklahoma City street named in her honor. The newly named Wanda Jackson Way is adjacent to Flaming Lips Alley and intersects Mickey Mantle Drive in Bricktown. After accolades from Mayor Mick Cornett and other city and state […]
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Rockabilly Queen’ plans to hold court
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 […]
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Rockabilly Queen’ plans to hold court
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 […]
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Norman Music festival expands to two-day event
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 […]
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Norman Music festival expands to two-day event
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 […]
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Oklahoma bands new, known take center stage at Tulsa’s Dfest
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 […]
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Metro pop-rockers Theatre Breaks Loose prepare for roll on national playbill
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 […]
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Trio of metro shows pack country charm, Euro trance-metal, organ-laced psychedelia
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 […]
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Metro pop-rockers Theatre Breaks Loose prepare for roll on national playbill
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 […]
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Trio of metro shows pack country charm, Euro trance-metal, organ-laced psychedelia
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 […]