Music
Joshua Boydston
Peter Wolf Crier with Retribution Gospel Choir and Sherree Chamberlain
9 p.m. Saturday
Opolis, 113 N. Crawford, Norman
www.opolis.org, 820-0951
$8 advance/$10 door
Wednesday 22 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: Folk
Wolf men
The duo that comprises folk-pop’s acclaimed Peter Wolf Crier proves to be howlingly good
Music
Joshua Boydston
‘Dark’ horse
After 10 albums, folksinger John Gorka gets more up close and personal with ‘So Dark You See,’ mixing heartbreak with social commentary.
Music
Chris Parker
John Gorka
7 p.m. Sunday
Performing Arts Studio, 200 S. Jones, Norman
Pasnorman.org, 307-9320
$20
Brandi Carlile — Live at Benaroya Hall with the Seattle Symphony
Singer/songwriter's powerful voice successfully gets the 'with strings!' treatment
Folk
Stephen Carradini
Brandi Carlile’s singer/songwriter tunes subsist on two things: her powerful voice and pop sensibility.
Laura Stevenson and the Cans — Sit Resist
Disparate genres tie into an incredibly coherent sound
Indie
Stephen Carradini
I lauded Emily Arin’s latest earlier this year because of its ability to seamlessly fuse disparate genres into one thing.
Nik Freitas — Saturday Night Underwater
Calm, mature pop songs with a deft touch
Matt the Electrician — Accidental Thief
Maybe the Avetts’ long-lost brother?
Folk
Stephen Carradini
Banjo-playing Matt the Electrician actually was an electrician before he took up music full-time. This sort of earnest, workingman’s dignity powers his pop folk.
Paul revered
After folk musician Ellis Paul needed his fans’ help — and got it — he’s been crafting his finest songs ever in thanks.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Ellis Paul
7 p.m. Friday
The Blue Door
2805 N. McKinley
bluedoorokc.com, 524-0738
$20 advance, $25 door
VOTD: Typhoon climbs a tree for La Blogotheque
Dogs, hanging instruments and hipsters all around you. Sounds like a typical Take Away Show to me.
The 2000s saw folk singers assemble indie-orchestra bands loaded with violins, cute musician girls and scruffy faces (Sufjan Stevens, Lost in the Trees, Austin, Texas's Mother Falcon).
Portland’s Typhoon just may have literally taken this sub-sub-genre as high as it’s ever gone.
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.
Jackie-O Motherf***er — Earth Sound System
Earth to Jackie-O: Do you read me? No? OK, then.
Folk
Matt Carney
Naming your band Jackie-O Motherfucker is the titling equivalent of purchasing a license to record whatever the hell music you want, as far as I and the Americana-experimentin’ Portland indie collective are concerned.
