Before Michael Schwarz could even fully process the orange flames jumping on the television screen, he jumped in his car and made his fastest-ever drive on a familiar trek down to Spencer where the historic Dunjee School — a place he had visited 20 to 30 times after getting involved with the group Abandoned Oklahoma […]
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Rebel Son
Son Volt June 18 The Jones Assembly 901 W. Sheridan Ave. thejonesassembly.com 405-212-2378 $25-$30 Recorded in part in Tulsa’s Woody Guthrie Center, Son Volt’s latest album, Union, is one of protest music and a tribute to the tradition itself. Though protest songs have seen a resurgence for obvious reasons in the Trump era, Son Volt […]
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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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Lauren Barth releases debut Forager as she makes a new Oklahoma home
Eager for a fresh start, Barth set out from California without a clear plan for the future.
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Despite debt from previous events, WoodyFest continues to sing
The festival’s Women of WoodyFest series also continues Saturday at The Blue Door.
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Smithsonian Folkways debuts previously unrecorded Woody Guthrie songs on its new Roll Columbia collection
Guthrie was commissioned to write 26 songs in the 1940s for a documentary about Columbia River dams in the Pacific Northwest.
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The Oklahoma Room at Kansas City’s Folk Alliance International Conference gives musicians a chance to connect
Shawnee-born singer-songwriter Kierston White will be attending her first Folk Alliance International Conference in February.
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Star-studded tribute show celebrates the Bob Dylan Archive’s Tulsa arrival
On a Night Like This organizer Steve Ripley played with Bob Dylan on the Shot of Love tour in the early ’80s.
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Home in the ‘Oklahoma Hills’
The George Kaiser Family Foundation intends to open the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa’s Brady District by the end of 2012. The foundation has purchased the folk singer and activist’s comprehensive archives — including hundreds of notebooks, diaries and scrapbooks containing letters, 581 artworks, novels, essays, unpublished short stories and lyrics to some 3,000-plus songs […]
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Home in the ‘Oklahoma Hills’
The George Kaiser Family Foundation intends to open the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa’s Brady District by the end of 2012. The foundation has purchased the folk singer and activist’s comprehensive archives — including hundreds of notebooks, diaries and scrapbooks containing letters, 581 artworks, novels, essays, unpublished short stories and lyrics to some 3,000-plus songs […]