Though known by many as one of two titular co-stars in the popular mid-2000s Nickelodeon comedy Drake & Josh, Drake Bell’s music career is lengthy and includes much more depth than one might assume from a former child star. His pop-rock song “Found a Way” was an excellent theme for the television series created by […]
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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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Director Mickey Reece makes his deadCenter Film Festival debut with a surreal Elvis feature
Mickey Reece’s Alien screens 8:30 p.m. Friday and 6 p.m. Saturday at Harkins Theatres Bricktown 16.
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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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Cyndi Lauper’s Detour tour stops Sept. 13 at Civic Center Music Hall
Lauper takes a short break from pop music to take on a collection of country covers on her latest studio album.
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Congrats, wanda (belated)
We’re giddy for Jackson and OKCPS for immortalizing such a prodigious musical figure. But really, you’re just now inducting Wanda freaking Jackson, the Queen of Rockabilly? What took so long? Jackson graduated from Capitol Hill High School in 1955 (sorry, Wanda; we have to give the date) and signed to Capitol Records a year later. […]
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Wanda Jackson — Unfinished Business
Here she builds on the success of last year’s The Party Ain’t Over, her collaboration with Jack White, but unlike that effort, this album is raw, spare and constructed to showcase the Oklahoma-born-and-bred Jackson’s prodigious gifts. Ample credit goes to Justin Townes Earle, who produced this 10-song collection of blues, country, gospel and soul covers. […]
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Slim chance
You might think that Denver alt-country act Slim Cessna’s Auto Club would have claimed Oklahoma City as a second home a long time ago, but in its two-decade existence, this show marks its first time here. “It makes sense really, for us to play more in Oklahoma City,” bandleader Slim Cessna said. “I can’t believe […]