Music
Chris Parker
Tom Russell
8 p.m. Thursday
The Blue Door, 2805 N. McKinley
BlueDoorOKC.com, 524-0738 |
$25 advance, $30 door
Friday 24 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: Americana
Russell’s brand
Tom Russell forces his way out of the constricting Americana box, preferring to let his songs speak for themselves.
Music
Chris Parker
Holly would
Singer/songwriter Holly Golightly doesn’t let her British origin keep her from tackling traditional American music.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs with John Moreland and Skating Polly
7 p.m. Thursday
The Conservatory, 8911 N. Western
Conservatoryokc.com, 607-4805
$10
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OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
Austin, Texas-based acoustic Americana act The Atomic Duo plays a show at The Blue Door, 2805 N. McKinley, on Wednesday, June 8.
Nik Freitas — Saturday Night Underwater
Calm, mature pop songs with a deft touch
Piñataland — Hymns for the Dreadful Night
Beautiful arrangements, skilled players and excellent production. What more could you want?
Indie
Stephen Carradini
As a newly minted music producer, I’m now professionally invested in the way that recordings sound (which means I have even more distaste for the intentionally terrible recordings of the San Francisco garage-rock scene).
Heart of Holland
Genre-mixing vocalist Jolie Holland surrenders her soul and offers up a ‘Pint of Blood.’
Music
Chris Parker
Jolie Holland with Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside
9 p.m. Monday
Opolis
113 N. Crawford, Norman
opolis.org, 820-0951
$10 advance, $12 door
Soundcheck: The Okee Dokee Brothers
Award-winning 'kindie' singers to play eight metro library shows
Music
Matt Carney
Whether it’s playing bluegrass in homeless shelters or kids’ music in public libraries, Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing are going to do their darndest to get their audiences’ hands clapping and feet stomping.
Slim start
Americana fighter Langhorne Slim’s ready to step up, both musically and financially.
Music
Chris Parker
Langhorne Slim with The Donkeys and Ryan Lawson
113 N. Crawford, Norman
820-0951
opolis.org
$8 advance, $10 door
Wilco – The Whole Love
Wilco’s relevant again!
Indie
Matt Carney
As far as Wilco albums go, 1999’s “Summerteeth” and 2004’s “A Ghost Is Born,” are two of the band’s most beloved, but rarely by the same fans. The former, the group’s third full-length, is a joyful romp of Americana indie rock and pop, bubbling along on a turgid undercurrent of relational struggle, drug abuse and loneliness.
Independence 76 — Magpie Parables
Folk
Matt Carney
It’s been a long while since I’ve heard a work of Americana as sprawling and ambitious as Independence 76’s debut album, Magpie Parables.
