Live Music Previews

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 […]

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, […]