Live Music Previews

Tulsa-based jazz band Harmonious Monk is spreading the good vibes of God, Miles Davis and the hippie nature of wonderment.   “When we play, what is most important is that we are brothers sharing time and thoughts,” explained drummer Andrew Owen Bones. “Jazz might crawl up inside itself like a Gollum to speak about nothing […]

Scott Booker’s long experience managing bands ” not the least of which is The Flaming Lips ” makes him uniquely qualified to run Great Society, his new record label.   Warner Bros. Records is on board with his latest imprint, in no small part due to his years with the Lips.   “They already knew, […]

You’ve got to be bold to include your appearance on TV reality show “Elimidate” as a resume builder in music, but with a name like Scotty Karate, boldness is probably just second nature.   But the episode, which showed Karate throwing pizza on an arrogant competitor, shouldn’t dissuade anyone seeking out his high-energy honky-tonk. The […]