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Blake Shelton will be a musical guest on "Live with Regis and Kelly" (CBS, 9am CST) this morning. Shelton released his latest album, Red River Blue , yesterday. Glenn Close will also be a guest on the show.

MusicFog recently featured Okemah-native John Fullbright performing "Me Wanting You". The video was recorded at Cherokee Creek Music Festival near Llano, Texas, in May 2011.

Grooms release their sophomore album, Prom , today on Kanine Records . Purchase: Amazon | InSound "The album is dark, recalling times of naivety with regret. "Prom" is a perfect example, a man looking back at mental snapshots of being a seventeen year old: '17 is the whole world. In my room: The Smiths and girls.'" - TJ Matzen ( Playground Misnomer ) Tracklisting after the jump. [...]

Blake Shelton will be the musical guest on "Late Show with David Letterman" (CBS, 10:35pm CST) tonight, playing music from his new album Red River Blue . Roseanne Barr and Ryan Gosling will also be guests on the show.

Blake Shelton unveils his eighth studio release, Red River Blue , today. Purchase: iTunes | Amazon "Singing with more confidence than ever, and collecting solid songs that highlight his playful personality and his vocal talent, Shelton adds fuel to the upward trajectory with the best album of his career." - Michael McCall, Associated Press "Newly nesting and fresh from his pop-crossover hit 'Honey Bee,' he's lost [...]

AMusicChannel.tv unveiled another episode of 'Extended Play' last week, featuring K.C. Clifford . Click below to play the video. Clifford is interviewed by Graham Colton .

Here's Ford Chastain 's music video for "Creatine".

Another episode of the mini-documentary series "Chevy Bricktown Showcase" debuted this morning. This episode's guest is Oklahoma City's O Fidelis . O Fidelis were interviewed by Daniel Walcher at Nonna's Purple Bar in Bricktown. Chevy Bricktown Showcase is brought to you by Griffin Marketing Solutions and the Oklahoma Chevy Team Dealers. The videos are directed and produced by Tommy Smeltzer and Kevin Muir. (more...)

Here's Fiawna Forte 's music video for "Dame". The video was shot at Yellow Dog Studios in Austin, Texas by Kelly Kerr .

David Cook will be on "The Talk" (CBS, 1pm CST) this afternoon. Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy will also be guests on the show.

Samantha Crain and Penny Hill talk about Angelina Jolie, MS Paint and homemade tattoos in Norman. The music playing is Penny Hill's "Olympia" from her upcoming 73, coming this fall from Nice People . The video is part of ChangeYrLife , shot by Delo Creative .

Lizard Police recently released their debut album, Make Muscles . Purchase: BandCamp Make Muscles by Lizard Police The album was recorded during the summer of 2010 by Hank Charles at Valcour Sound in Broken Arrow. It was pressed and released by Little Mafia Records in Oklahoma City. "It's their first album and it's already better than most bands' third.It's full of chaotic brain knots of joy and heartbreak, [...]

Colin Nance recently released his debut album, Summer Fever . Name Your Price: BandCamp Summer Fever by Colin Nance Tracklisting after the jump. (more...)

Samantha Crain and the Cat Calls (which includes Penny Hill ) recently performed an unreleased song "It's Simple," in a turn lane in Omaha, Nebraska. Love Drunk shoots live, one-take music videos of Nebraska artists and artists touring through Nebraska. These videos are featured on hearnebraska.org .

Here's Klipspringer 's music video for "I Like Beer", off their 2000 album Sleepwalking and the Married Virgin .

Here's Day One 's music video for "Murder Case", off their debut album, Art By Death . The video was directed by Matthew Oakley . (more...)

Garth Brooks and J.J. Cale will be two of the fifteen inductees for the 2011 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame . "This is an amazing group of songwriters and songwriter/artists. Every one of them is extremely worthy of induction, and it is our honor to place each of their names in nomination." - John Van Mol, chair of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation (NaSHOF) Brooks is nominated in the Singer/Songwriter category. Other nominees include Larry Gatlin, Amy [...]

Shitty/Awesome have released a new song, "S.A.", for FREE download today! MP3: Shitty/Awesome - "S.A." The track will be featured on the band's upcoming self-titled LP, expected in August on Guestroom Records Records .

Matt Lowery recently released his new EP, A Star I Can't Reach . Purchase: BandCamp A Star I Can't Reach by Matt Lowery The EP was recorded by Dustin Ragland at Duplecio Studio in Oklahoma City and mixed at Blackwatch Studios in Norman. Cover artwork was designed by Justin Falk . Tracklisting after the jump. (more...)

Another episode of the mini-documentary series "Chevy Bricktown Showcase" debuted this morning. This episode's guest is Edmond's Brianna Gaither . Gaither and her band were interviewed by Junebug Spade at Red Pin Bowling Lounge in Bricktown. Chevy Bricktown Showcase is brought to you by Griffin Marketing Solutions and the Oklahoma Chevy Team Dealers. The videos are directed and produced by Tommy Smeltzer and Kevin Muir. (more...)