Son Volt June 18 The Jones Assembly 901 W. Sheridan Ave. thejonesassembly.com 405-212-2378 $25-$30 Recorded in part in Tulsa’s Woody Guthrie Center, Son Volt’s latest album, Union, is one of protest music and a tribute to the tradition itself. Though protest songs have seen a resurgence for obvious reasons in the Trump era, Son Volt […]
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Emotional spelunking
Cavern Company 8:30 p.m. Saturday 51st Street Speakeasy 1114 NW 51st St. 51stspeakeasy.com 405-463-0470 $3 Post-Tension, OKC indie rock conglomerate Cavern Company is learning to ease up and dig in. “Sonically, this EP is one step closer to where we really want to be as a band,” said frontman Zach Shomaker, describing Cavern Company’s second […]
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Suited for leadership
A business suit cannot stop a bullet, it will not make you invisible to racial profiling and it will not grant you mystical superpowers to overcome institutional racism. Korey Eakers did not co-found the lifestyle brand and mentorship program Grand Gentlemen because he believed that fashion could extinguish centuries of institutional racism, but he hoped […]
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Universal language
Lincka 10 p.m. Friday Opolis 113 N. Crawford Ave., Norman opolis.org 405-230-0311 $10 After having a song featured on National Public Radio (NPR) and playing Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center, Lincka Elizondo is going wherever she pleases. Recording the follow-up to 2017’s Para Ti — which included “Gardenias,” listed alongside tracks by Marty Stuart, Beth Ditto […]
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Force awakened
Insomnia album release show 8 p.m. Friday 89th Street — OKC 8911 N. Western Ave. ticketstorm.com 405-463-9203 $10-$12 Most people know what it’s like to lie in bed with tired eyes but a racing mind. Few people, however, have felt it to the extent of Jonathan Garrett, known locally as singer-songwriter Johnny Manchild. “It kind […]
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Downtown tradition
Festival of the Arts April 24-29 Bicentennial Park 500 Couch Drive artscouncilokc.com 405-270-4848 Free There are plenty of reasons Arts Council of Oklahoma City’s Festival of the Arts, which attracts an average of 750,000 visitors to downtown Oklahoma City, has become the city’s unofficially official spring party: plenty of food, music and, of course, art. […]
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COVER: Pop-culture portrayals of Oklahoma have improved over the past couple decades
Though the upcoming Steven Spielberg film won’t include OKC as a location, the novel version of Ready Player One is partially set in the city.
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High-energy Southern showstoppers JJ Grey and Mofro bring their act to The Jones Assembly
High-energy Southern showstoppers JJ Grey and Mofro bring their act to The Jones Assembly.
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Cover Story: Four-day Gathering of the Juggalos festival brings ICP fans to OKC
“After fleshing all of that out, we were able to determine that these guys — despite all of the hype — are very organized in terms of how they put on a festival,” he said.
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Photo blog: Paul McCartney at Chesapeake Arena
Set list “A Hard Day’s Night,” The Beatles “Save Us,” Paul McCartney “Can’t Buy Me Love,” The Beatles “Letting Go,” Wings “Temporary Secretary,” McCartney “Let Me Roll It,” Wings “I’ve Got a Feeling,” The Beatles “My Valentine,” McCartney “Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five,” Wings “Maybe I’m Amazed,” Wings “We Can Work It Out,” The Beatles “In […]