Herbie Hancock at Chapman Music Hall in the Tulsa Performing Arts Center The legendary Herbie Hancock brought his spring tour to Tulsa this past Sunday night performing a career spanning set to a packed house at Tulsa Performing Arts Center’s Chapman Music Hall. After greeting the welcoming audience, Hancock declared the way the night’s music […]
Beat Root Revival and Kierston White at the Depot w/2024 WoodyFest Roadshow Concert Over the years I’ve seen more concerts and music performances than I could ever hope to put a number on. But, I can say with 100% certainty, that this past Friday night I attended my very first concert held inside a train […]
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No Fooling! The Woody Guthrie Folk Festival announced its artist line-up Monday April 1st. The annual festival takes place this July 10th-14th in Woody Guthrie’s hometown of Okemah, Oklahoma which is about 60 miles from either Oklahoma City or Tulsa. With a line-up featuring some of the best songwriters in Oklahoma as well as national […]
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Ted Russell Kamp – California Son Ted Russell Kamp returns with his newest album, California Son, which releases March 22, via KZZ Records/Blue Elan. Perhaps best known for his long time role as the bassist in Shooter Jennings band, Ted Russell Kamp is an LA based singer songwriter, producer, and a Grammy winning bass player […]
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Tool – Oklahoma City at the Paycomm Center Tool brought their Winter Tour 2024 to Oklahoma City this past Saturday night, and I can’t think of a better way of officially kicking off my 2024 concert activities than with a honest to God, “rock concert”. There was an air of excitement surrounding this show that […]
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Top Picks of 2023: Dave Nowels Self-Indulgence New music Much like the previous year, 2023 was lean for me when it came to new releases as a whole. Between outside commitments, work and general life responsibilities my ‘fun’ time decreased again. That makes for balancing my gazillion interests challenging, such as photographing, writing and even […]
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Bruce Hornsby at the Tower Theatre October 2023 I can think of few things finer than spending an October Sunday evening with Bruce Hornsby, and by golly that’s just what I did. This past Sunday in Oklahoma City, the Tower Theatre hosted an Evening with Bruce Hornsby, which just happened to coincide with the 25th […]
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Peter Gabriel show in Dallas Peter Gabriel brought his 2023 North American i/o tour to Dallas’ American Airlines Arena this past Thursday evening, his first stop in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area in well over a decade. Touring once again in support of his highly anticipated new album, i/o which officially releases on December 1st. Gabriel […]
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Counting Crows brought their Banshee Season Tour into Riverwind Casino’s Showplace Theatre in Oklahoma City this past Friday evening, promptly taking the stage at 8pm, greeting the adoring audience like old friends. The band wasted little time, launching into a powerhouse trio of “Sullivan Street,” “Accidentally In Love,” and their breakout hit, “Mr Jones.” […]
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“It’s a folk singer’s job to comfort disturbed people and to disturb comfortable people.” Still basking in the post concert glow from the previous day’s schedule, I hit the interstate earlier than initially planned and rolled back into Okemah specifically to see My Politic perform their noon set on the Crystal Theatre stage. If you […]
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