Kamasi Washington/Jeremy Thomas Quartet 8 p.m. March 7 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $30-$45 On the short car ride home from his brother’s choir concert, Jeremy Thomas, 13 at the time, heard something that changed his life. “My dad turned on the radio, and he stopped at the jazz station,” Thomas said. […]
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Radney Foster 8 p.m. May 16-17 The Blue Door 2805 N. McKinley Ave. bluedoorokc.com 405-524-0738 $35-$40 Radney Foster, one of the most lively Nashville-based songwriters in a city full of them, was wide awake at 9:30 a.m. for a phone interview with Oklahoma Gazette, far earlier than the interview times scheduled by most other night-dwelling […]
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COVER: Pop-culture portrayals of Oklahoma have improved over the past couple decades
Though the upcoming Steven Spielberg film won’t include OKC as a location, the novel version of Ready Player One is partially set in the city.
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Rapper Vince Staples brings his brand of afrofuturism to The Jones Assembly
Rapper Vince Staples brings his brand of afrofuturism to The Jones Assembly.
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Little Big Town’s Kimberly Schlapman talks Elton John, Taylor Swift and Reba McEntire as Colonel Sanders
The Nashville quartet launches The Breakers tour 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8 at Chesapeake Energy Arena.
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How Bone Thugs-N-Harmony beat the odds and changed the future of rap music
The Ohio-based rap quintet plays Jan. 7 at Tower Theatre.
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Many of 2017’s best listens were deeply personal, bravely diving into aspects of human emotion that some artists dare not approach.
Many of 2017’s best listens were deeply personal, bravely diving into aspects of human emotion that some artists dare not approach.
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Matisyahu is known for 2000s rap-influenced reggae and dancehall hits like 2004’s “King Without a Crown” and 2009’s “One Day.”
Matisyahu is known for 2000s rap-influenced reggae and dancehall hits like 2004’s “King Without a Crown” and 2009’s “One Day.”
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Tulsa-born Annie Clark follows her Grammy-winning St. Vincent with marvelous and layered Masseduction
Fun. guitarist Jack Antonoff contributed to the album as a producer.
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Brooklyn emcee Talib Kweli talks ‘grown-man’ rap and grassroots hip-hop ahead of his Sept. 2 show at Tower Theatre
Kweli is most known as half of the late-’90s hip-hop duo Black Star with fellow Brooklyn artist Mos Def.