You might have never heard of Rudy Love, but odds are good you have heard his music. Jay-Z and George Clinton are fans. Love, born in Checotah and based in Wichita, Kansas, is the subject of the documentary This Is Love, which features interviews with Clinton, Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood (who also serves as […]
Motown
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“I don’t know a person that doesn’t love Motown music,” Johnson said.
“I don’t know a person that doesn’t love Motown music,” Johnson said.
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Lyric Theatre’s Dreamgirls embodies the spirit of classic Motown
Dreamgirls plays at Civic Center Music Hall Wednesday-Saturday.
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Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats play ACM@UCO Performance Lab
Memphis and soul-influenced singer Nathaniel Rateliff brings his soulful moves and new band to OKC.
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Vanishing on 7th Street
There, amid neon signs and a Motown-stuffed jukebox, they escape the darkness that aims to make them disappear. The punch line? “Star Wars” prequel pretty boy Hayden Christensen is the star. Actually, he’s not half-bad in “Vanishing on 7th Street,” the latest thriller from Brad Anderson, who has a streak for making great ones that […]
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Laura Stevenson and the Cans — Sit Resist
Laura Stevenson and the Cans’ “Sit Resist” does that, too, but on steroids. Genres that are beautifully integrated here include (but are not limited to) folk, pop, rock, indie rock, indie pop, ’50s girl pop, Motown, gospel and waltz. And somehow, she ties it all together into an incredibly coherent album. Wow. The unifying thread […]