Woody Guthrie Folk Festival July 10-14 Okemah 1 E. Sheridan Ave., Suite 100 woodyfest.com $40-$120 Radoslav Lorković was first introduced to Woody Guthrie when the father of modern American folk music made him cry at a Minnesota summer camp. “It’s a common story,” Lorković said. “I’m learning how to speak French at a summer camp. […]
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KOSU and The Spy are making some tweaks to their programming, bringing new music shows into the market
The shift puts an emphasis on music discovery and come-and-go programming during the afternoons and weekends.
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Turnpike Troubadours celebrates five years of Medicine Stone Music Festival ahead of a new album release
The band will host an album release show Oct. 20 at The Criterion.
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Historic guitarist’s move to Greece signals an era’s end in Oklahoma City’s eclectic music scene
Miho Kolliopoulos is the brother of pioneering punk vocalist Basile Kolliopoulos, who died in 2013.
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Bob Childers’ Gypsy Cafe event raises money for Red Dirt Relief Fund
The event features more than 70 artists and is spread across three Stillwater venues.
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The Blue Door’s annual tribute to Woody Guthrie confronts perceived fascism
Blue Door owner Greg Johnson has been organizing a Woody Guthrie tribute every year since 1991.
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Cover Story: Gazette Music Awards class of 2016 winners and honorees
Reader votes were tallied and revealed one unsurprising truth: The fans got it right.
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Red Dirt Rangers plays annual kids holiday show Sunday
That red on Santa’s suit is going to be a little bit darker this year as local Americana legends the Red Dirt Rangers drop by the Blue Door once again with their annual kid’s Christmas concert, a venerable Oklahoma City holiday musical tradition that has been going on so long even the band has lost […]
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Thinkin’ about Woody
Photo: Robin Carson / Woody Guthrie Archives No one disputes that Woody Guthrie is the most significant Anglo-American folksinger, period. He merged the British ballad musical and storytelling tradition with African-American blues; added the incisive and humorous sociopolitical commentary of Will Rogers; and became the emblematic folk-music spokesperson for the downtrodden, beat-up, misused and abused […]