Wolf Parade 8 p.m. Feb. 5 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $22-$32 True to its name, Wolf Parade is not standing still. “If your job is to output art and creative content, and if you’re not constantly re-interrogating your process and what you want to say, unless you’re just working in a […]
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No apologies
K.C. Clifford album release 8 p.m. Jan. 25 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $20-$30 Before you even put K.C. Clifford’s new album into the CD player, it offers advice and encouragement. “This one’s for me and for any of you who ever dared make the long walk home to yourself only to […]
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‘Surprise Surprise’
Josh Abbott Band 8 p.m. Jan. 11 The Criterion 500 E. Sheridan Ave. criterionokc.com 405-840-5500 $25-$50 Josh Abbott had a full day ahead. “I’m on dad duty right now,” Abbott said toward the end of our phone interview. “I just finished grocery shopping … and now I have to unload the groceries, which is the […]
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Making adjustments
Westering started out as an instrumental math-rock band, but adding vocals balanced the equation. The Oklahoma City five-piece featuring vocalist Jamie Bramble, drummer Andrew Dolman, bassist Dalton Farr and guitarists Bryan English and Stephen Brand celebrates the release of its self-titled debut EP 8 p.m. July 27 at The Paramount Room, 701 W. Sheridan Ave. […]
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Circus act
Kinky Friedman 8 p.m. Tuesday The Blue Door 2805 N. McKinley Ave. bluedoorokc.com 405-524-0738 $35-$40 There is no question that viewing great art has the potential to inspire an individual’s own great works. The Parthenon and ancient Greece had a lasting impact on architecture. Great African art helped inspire Pablo Picasso’s Cubism. Citizen Kane went […]
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Summer vibes
Oklahoma Singer Songwriter Series: Felina & The Feels nightfall (around 9 p.m.) June 1 Blue Doors at Tenkiller 98413 Oklahoma Highway 100, Gore bluedoorsattenkiller.com 918-489-2174 $10 Norman-based singer-songwriter Felina Rivera played her first set at Blue Doors at Tenkiller in September during the inaugural Indigo Fest — an environmentally conscious music and art festival focused […]
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Roamin’ holiday
John Calvin Abney album release show 8 p.m. Saturday The Blue Door 2805 N. McKinley Ave. bluedoorokc.com 405-524-0738 $20 Whenever John Calvin Abney needed to step away from life and think, he would cross the street from his old house on Tulsa’s S. Yale Avenue and visit the historic Route 66 diner Tally’s Good Food […]
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Consummate scribe
Radney Foster 8 p.m. May 16-17 The Blue Door 2805 N. McKinley Ave. bluedoorokc.com 405-524-0738 $35-$40 Radney Foster, one of the most lively Nashville-based songwriters in a city full of them, was wide awake at 9:30 a.m. for a phone interview with Oklahoma Gazette, far earlier than the interview times scheduled by most other night-dwelling […]
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Second helping
Spoon w/ Walker Lukens 7 p.m. May 17 The Jones Assembly 901 W. Sheridan Ave. thejonesassembly.com 405-212-2378 $30 Walker Lukens loved his last show in Oklahoma City. Luckily, he gets a return visit to the city May 17 opening for Austin, Texas, colleagues Spoon at The Jones Assembly. Genre-bending singer-songwriter Lukens’ last gig in OKC […]
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Highly regarded
Sophia Massad has no patience for romantic partners who discourage or insult their counterparts as a mechanism for dealing with their own insecurities. Her conviction comes from firsthand experience. “It sucks,” Massad said. “There’s no reason to be in a relationship with someone who’s putting you down.” The local musician, singer-songwriter, vocal coach and music […]