Jim James w/ Amo Amo 8 p.m. May 12 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $40-$50.50 Following up the fan-favorite albums he released as a solo artist and as frontman for My Morning Jacket never really worries Jim James in the recording studio. “I try not to think about it too much,” James […]
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Static sensation
Parker Millsap 8-10 p.m. May 4-5 Sooner Theatre 101 E. Main St., Norman soonertheatre.org 405-321-9600 $20-$25 There is an anxious limbo period many artists go through between recording an album and releasing it to the public months or even more than a year after the fact. It’s more than adequate time for the mind to […]
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Class session
There are a few songs in the canon of classic rock music that are ubiquitously known: Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’,” Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama” and Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run.” One could argue that Foreigner — led by the songwriting talents of English guitarist and band co-founder Mick Jones (not to be confused with […]
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Saving breath
Jim Heath no longer delivers his embellished, fiery Southern Baptist-style sermons during Reverend Horton Heat shows, but it’s not for a lack of things to say. The psychobilly king — who has combined elements of blues, punk, surf, roots and rock ’n’ roll as the guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for the Dallas-based rockabilly […]
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Wanda Jackson’s Tower Theatre opener Vibro Kings dress to impress
Vibro Kings join the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Jackson 8 p.m. Feb. 17 at Tower Theatre.
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Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma uses Million Dollar Quartet to open up its summer season
The production is a collaboration with ZACH Theatre in Austin, Texas.
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Exene Cervenka celebrates 40 years of punk rock with X at Diamond Ballroom
The Oklahoma pop-punk sisters of Skating Polly open for the band.
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The Brian Setzer Orchestra takes a three-day residency in Oklahoma on its annual Christmas tour
Setzer released the new concert DVD Rockabilly Riot: Osaka Rocka — Live in Japan 2016 earlier this month.
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OKCMOA takes another crack at annual Omelette Party
This year’s Oklahoma City Museum of Art Omelette Party fundraiser theme is rock ‘n’ roll.
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Texas-based trio Mothership is inbound to bring another helping of heavy rock ’n’ roll to its devoted Oklahoma City fan base
Texas-based trio Mothership is inbound to bring another helping of heavy rock ’n’ roll to its devoted Oklahoma City fan base