Live Music Previews

Darden Smith 8 p.m. Thursday the Blue Door 2805 N. McKinley www.bluedoorokc.com 524-0738 $20 Darden Smith is an artist. Indeed, he believes we all are at heart. But losing your way is a part of being human, and around the millennium, after almost 15 years as a professional musician, he began to question his chosen […]

Music festivals litter spring and summer, but by October, options for outdoor entertainment start thinning out. But the Kings River Fall Musicfest has stepped in as a free, family-oriented event. With a day’s worth of eclectic music, a bushel of kids’ activities and vendors filling the 60 acres of Kings River Park at 4144 S.W. […]

Bloody Ol’ Mule, Doc Slither’s Snake Oil Salvation and Christophe 9 p.m. Saturday Blue Bonnet Bar 321 E. Main, Norman www.myspace.com/bluebonnetbar 447-2480 $5 Certain genres have a timeless appeal, whether it’s the smoky purr of barroom jazz, the high-energy jangle of rockabilly or the earsplitting release of punk. Outlaw country is no different, and two […]

Charlie Hall is about to enter his 20th year in the music business. The Putnam City North and University of Central Oklahoma graduate has been involved with some of the best-selling Christian worship albums of all time. Along the way, he helped launch the contemporary praise act Passion and has maintained a solo career in […]

The sound of East Oklahoma City was inescapable in the 1920s. For a time, Second Street ” an area dubbed “Deep Deuce” and “Deep Second” by locals and those in the know ” was held in the same regard as New Orleans’s Bourbon Street and Central Avenue in Los Angeles. “Music was everywhere on the […]

l out all the stuff they have to interact with: the clap-your-hands and stomp-your-feet stuff. You try to keep that energy as high as you can,” he said. After than first basket, the crowd settles down a bit and Huckabee concentrates on reading the rhythm of NBA basketball. Huckabee, 33, is a Detroit native who’s […]

Somebody’s Darling 9 p.m. Friday Brewhouse 110 W. Main, Norman www.brewhousemusic.com 321-2739 Like a relationship that just feels right, Somebody’s Darling came together quickly and hit it off well. The quartet hit the ground running, playing its first show during its first month together. Within a year, the Dallas act won 2008’s Shiner Rising Star […]

Love Language with Local Natives and The Union Line 8 p.m. Tuesday ACM@UCO Performance Lab 323 E. Sheridan www.acm-uco.com 974-4700 $15 You can’t recreate the past. No matter how beautiful a moment is, attempts to recapture time are doomed to fail. This was the lesson for Stuart McLamb, whose act’s eponymous 2009 debut sparked significant […]

The Smashing Pumpkins with The Pretty Black Chains and Cherri Bomb 8 p.m. Friday Cain’s Ballroom 423 N. Main, Tulsa www.cainsballroom.com 866-977-6849 Sold out The Smashing Pumpkins album is massive. In fact, the effort is so expansive it’s only arriving piece by piece. The first “Teargarden by Kaleidyscope” tune, “A Song for a Son,” was […]

Anthrax with Horse Called War, Forte and Anti-Mortem 8 p.m. Thursday Diamond Ballroom 8001 S. Eastern www.diamondballroom.net 866-977-6849 $19 advance, $24 door It’s one of thrash metal’s signature acts, alongside Slayer, Metallica and Megadeth. One thing that characterized Anthrax, particularly early on, was a playfulness and sense of humor mixed within the churning, rhythmic mosh […]