Photo: Dylan Johnson Hundreds of musicians and tens of thousands of fans converge on downtown Norman tonight, Friday night and all day Saturday for the sixth edition of Norman Music Festival . Get the NMF6 iPhone app here! I'll be there all three days, as should anyone that supports local music. (This event is 100% FREE!) After the jump, get your handy hour-by-hour band schedule and listen [...]
The Oklahoma Film & Music Office (OF&MO) has announced its plans for the 2013 South by Southwest Music Conference (SXSW) that will take place in Austin, Texas March 11, 12 & 13. Oklahoma's Buffalo Lounge , located at The 512, 408 E 6th Street (6th & Trinity), provides the state with its own venue, hosting three days of film, interactive, and music events. The goal is to provide exposure for participating Oklahoma companies and talent to a global audience. OklahomaRock.com will publish a running list [...]
The lineup for the main stage and second stage of this year's Norman Music Festival (April 25, 26 & 27) were announced today. Main Stage: The Joy Formidable , Big Sam’s Funky Nation , King Khan & BBQ Show , Defining Times , Mike Dillon , Josh Sallee , The Grown-Ups and Feathered Rabbit . [...]
Beau Jennings & the Tigers are releasing their new EP, Sweet Action , on Saturday night at VZDs . Purchase: iTunes | Amazon | BandCamp Sweet Action by Beau Jennings & The Tigers SHOW INFO: • Where: VZDs , 4200 N. Western Ave., in Oklahoma City • With: Black Canyon (releasing their self-titled album) & Matt Jewett & the Rowdy Dow [...]
Well another year has passed and I figured this would be the year I wouldn't post my Christmas mix but a few folks I like and others I hadn't heard of have released some Christmas music so here we are again. As I say every year: these may be holiday songs but many of them are solid songs period - many deal with themes if lost hope, loneliness and the rigors of the holiday season. In fact several of these songs remain some of my favorites - you be the judge - check them out and see which [...]
Here's a music video of Beau Jennings singing "The Ballad of Jeremiah Johnson", from the 1972 Western film Jeremiah Johnson . The video was shot by Austin Tolin , on the side of a highway in Alaska, where they were shooting scenes for the Will Rogers documentary, The Verdigris .
NewsOK 's music performance and interview series, "Static Squared" is a collaboration between "Static" music series and IAO Gallery's "Static" film series. This episode's guests are Beau Jennings and Tim Miser . "Cimarron River" (written by Ben King): George Lang asks about the choice of an old Cheyenne song for their duet, Jennings' work with a "Wrecking Crew" of Oklahoma musicians and how Miser records in his home studio. Kudos to [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Bailterspace : "No Sense" [mp3] from Strobosphere (out August 21st) search for more Bailterspace posts at Largehearted Boy Beau Jennings : free and legal Holy Tulsa Thunder album [mp3] [...]
The newest issue of Oklahoma Today is officially on newsstands today. This issue is a special Oklahoma country music collector's edition, with six different covers available. "With our state’s incredible history and talent in every conceivable facet of country music, even we are a little surprised it took us fifty-five years to produce this issue. It includes a state-of-the-genre feature written by Holly Bailey, senior political reporter for Yahoo! News; a discography by Ryan LaCroix; and a history piece on Roger Miller by Randy Krehbiel. Thanks [...]
Beau Jennings is featured in the newest episode of Fowler VW of Norman & TheSpyFM.com 's video series, "VDub Sessions" . Jennings performs "The Verdigris" in a green 1977 Vanagon as they drive around Norman. The video was shot by Nathan Poppe and produced by Jonathan Fowler. The song is the title track off Jennings' album and upcoming documentary The Verdigris: In Search of Will Rogers . Help make this documentary [...]
Photo: Brad Fielder Hundreds of musicians and tens of thousands of fans converge on downtown Norman tonight, Friday night and all day Saturday for the fourth edition of Norman Music Festival . Get the NMF4 iPhone app here! I'll be there all three days, as should anyone that supports local music. (This event is 100% FREE!) After the jump, get your handy hour-by-hour band schedule and listen [...]
The Verdigris: In Search of Will Rogers is a documentary and a companion record from Beau Jennings , who has spent the last several years writing songs about Rogers. Donate Online: Kickstarter Bradley Beesley ( Okie Noodling , Fearless Freaks ) will film and follow Jennings across the United States as he performs these original songs at locations where significant events in Rogers’ life occurred — from Oklahoma to Hollywood to Alaska. [...]
Norman Music Festival has unveiled its lineup for the 2011 edition of the festival! The Walkmen and Peelander-Z were announced as main stage performers in February . Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears , Ty Segall, Keller Williams, White Denim, Colour Revolt, Stardeath and White Dwarfs, The Trishas, Audra Mae, Foot Patrol, The Fortune Tellers, The Non, Penny Hill, MONTU, Pidgin Band, Travis Linville, Beau Jennings, Ali Harter, SoYé, Jabee, Emory Grey, Algebra, aDDLib, Josh Sallee, The Mimsies, The Hex, [...]
Night Reports , a project from California-resident Derrick Brown and Oklahoma ex-pat Beau Jennings, have released their debut album, You're All Out . Purchase: BandCamp Their song "Hang On Me Darlin'" features Shawnee's Samantha Crain . Tracklisting after the jump. (more...)
Here's a collection of Oklahoma-infused Christmas music from ACM@UCO , Admiral Twin , Beau Jennings , Big Love Hospital , Brad Fielder , The City Lives , Colourmusic , Evangelicals , The Flaming Lips , Gayla Peevey , Gene Autry , Jeff [...]
Beau Jennings has released a digital EP, Six Stories , today for FREE download. Tracklisting after the jump. (more...)
George Lang and NewsOK.tv have unveiled another episode of the music performance and interview series, "Static" . This week's guest was Beau Jennings . Purchase Holy Tulsa Thunder on iTunes . Beau talks about why he comes back to Norman to record music and his upcoming album and film about Will Rogers. (more...)
Photo: Jeremy Charles Hundreds of musicians and tens of thousands of fans converge on downtown Norman this Saturday and Sunday for the third edition of Norman Music Festival . Get Your Official Map/Schedule here! I will be there with Mrs. OklahomaRock and Baby OklahomaRock. I hope to see many of your faces there as well. (This event is totally FREE!) To get your ears ready, here's some [...]
Photo: Jeremy Charles Another partial list of bands playing this year's Norman Music Festival (April 24 & April 25) was announced this week on 105.3 The Spy . This is only a partial list. More bands will be announced in the coming weeks. Oklahoma bands are in bold . You can view the previously announced bands here . Bear Colony , The Burning Hotels , [...]
Over the next couple of weeks, we will be counting down the Top 100 Oklahoma Albums of the 2000s . Every weekday, we will unveil another ten Oklahoma albums that helped shape the way Oklahoma music is heard by the outside world. We asked three dozen musicians, fans and journalists for their opinions on the top albums of the past decade. With their guidance and our own opinions, we compiled what we hope is a decent and fair list. Hopefully, there's a good bit of reflection, discovery and enjoyment when listening to these albums [...]
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