Dennis Spielman and Jeff Provine play fictional ghost hunters on their podcast Tales Unveiled, but the people who share their ghost stories are (mostly) real. Now in its second season, the podcast follows reporter Sam Saxton (voiced by Uncovering Oklahoma producer Spielman) and professor Geoff DeRoot (Haunted Oklahoma City author Provine) as they interview Oklahomans […]
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Perfect partnership
The musicians playing on it never broke up or really even formed a band, exactly, but Years to Burn is basically a reunion album. The follow-up to 2005’s In the Reins, Years to Burn, released in June, is the second collaborative album released by Iron & Wine and Calexico. Calexico and Iron & Wine 8 […]
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Moving Mavericks
When guitarist Eddie Perez joined The Mavericks in 2003, the hard-to-classify band was more than a decade old and had recorded multiple Grammy-nominated hit songs and albums. It broke up the following year. “I think the first time around, I felt a little bit like, ‘Man, we just got this thing started, and now, it’s […]
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Best of OKC 2019: Arts, Culture & Entertainment
Best local cover band My So Called Band Nicnos Superfreak Uncle Zep Weekend Allstars Best local original band or singer Mike Hosty Jabee Kyle Dillingham & Horseshoe Road Sophia Massad The Dirty Little Betty’s Best radio personality or team Joey and Heather 98.9 KYIS Lisa and Kent, 92.5 KOMA Rick and Brad, 100.5 KATT Shawn […]
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Reggae royalty
Bob Marley, in a 1975 interview, said he did not necessarily play reggae music. “When people say reggae them expect a type of music,” he said. “As far as me is concerned, I never give it a name. Just play music. Once you put it in a bag and call it reggae and then maybe […]
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Lion, tamer
Occasionally, the stuff people shout at the stage is more useful than “Free Bird.” “I get helpful hints and advice through interactions at shows sometimes,” said Pedro the Lion’s David Bazan. “In San Francisco a year or two ago, maybe more now, I guess … I was sort of shrinking from my role as, you […]
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Flipped out
Tyson Meade 8 p.m. Aug. 2 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $10-$25 When former teenagers who used to bravely traverse the local mosh pits in the early 1990s start boring their children with stories about bands with names like Radial Spangle and Coma Club, eventually they tell the tale of Tyson Meade. […]
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Kabuki rodeo
Cowboy Swordfight! Sunday-Monday Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 Free-$10 Inspiration for Jack Fowler’s latest art exhibition came from concerns that he might be hanging meaningless garbage in his house. “I’ve got stuff on my walls from my travels that probably don’t mean anything to the people that are from those countries,” Fowler […]
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Summer recreation
We Got This: A Fundraiser for Kids at the Douglass Center 7 p.m. Sunday Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 Free with donation Jabee Williams feels called to use his platform to stand up for issues when others might not be able to speak out. That is why he hosts a fundraising concert […]
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X factor
X 8 p.m. Monday Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $30-$40 In More Fun in the New World: The Unmaking and Legacy of L.A. Punk, John Doe compared touring with his band X in the 1980s to a kind of self-centered mission trip. “We felt a duty to spread the gospel we thought […]