Live Music Previews

Even if it is a tongue-in-cheek Eighties cover band, Syke! is an act to be taken seriously.   “It was like lots of other bands that ever start: It was everybody sitting around and drinking,” said drummer Doyle Dodd.   COVERING BASESThe only influence the band collectively could agree upon was The Cars, but singer […]

While artists such as Elvis Costello and Sting recently have dabbled in classical music, four classically trained Oklahoma City musicians have joined forces to form what they call a “rock string quartet.”   The brainchild of longtime friends Sarah Wilhite and Jenn Mills, The Stringents came to life in 2006 and quickly began winning over […]

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 […]