Blake Shelton (AP file)

Several music stars with Oklahoma ties will be part of “Music’s Biggest Night” when the 54th Annual Grammy Awards air live from Los Angeles from 7 to 10:30 tonight on CBS. Follow my live blog tonight right here on BAM’s Blog.

Here are the Oklahoma nominees and performers to root for tonight:

Ada native Blake Shelton is nominated for best country album for “Red River Blue” and best country solo performance for the album’s chart-topping first single “Honey Bee.” The Tishomingo resident’s No. 1 hit “God …

From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. 

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Pat Green “Songs We Wish We’d Written II” (Sugar Hill Records)

Back in 2001, Texas troubadours Pat Green and Cory Morrow paid tribute to “Songs We Wish We’d Written” with a well-received covers album featuring their take on the music of Waylon Jennings, Billy Joe Shaver, Steve Winwood and others.

More than a decade later, Green is again paying homage to an array of talented songwriters with “Songs We Wish We’d Written II.” The sequel, which just had its release date …

Pillar frontman Rob Beckley, who lives in Broken Arrow, has announced that he plans to release his first solo record in March. His album will be the first release on new record label idefi Music.

“I am incredibly excited that Idefi believes in me enough to be their initial launch artist. I believe in Idefi and what it stands for and am incredibly honored” he says in the announcement. “An unknown future is as exciting as it gets in business, especially the music industry.”

For years, Beckley served as lead …

Emerging pop singer-songwriter Cady Groves, who grew up in Marlow, Cache and Yukon, released her “This Little Girl” EP Tuesday.

Featuring tracks including her popular first single “This Little Girl,” the digital EP will be available at all digital service providers and will include fan favorite track “We’re The Sh*t” as well as Groves remarkable cover of Adele’s “Someone Like You.” The physical version will be available www.cadygroves.com and will include the same tracks as the digital version with the addition of Groves duet “Oh Darlin’” with Plug in Stereo.

Groves, …

The All-American Rejects, who formed in 1999 in Stillwater, have released the music video to their new single “Beekeeper’s Daughter.”

“Beekeeper’s Daughter” is the first single from the band’s long-awaited new album “Kids in the Street,” due out March 27 on Interscope Records. The band also has revealed in a YouTube video the cover art for “Kids in the Street.”

“Kids in the Street” is the band’s first album since 2008′s “When the World Comes Down,” which spawned the smash “Gives You Hell.”

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Shawnee singer-songwriter Samantha Crain has released this video for her song “It’s Simple.” The video is part of the “Be Nice to Your Kids” series from Delo Creative. This installment was sponsored by Dwelling Spaces.

“A Simple Jungle,” Crain’s three-track EP that features “It’s Simple,” was recently listed among Amazon.com’s Editor Picks for top MP3 albums of 2012.

Crain will be featured at the Feb. 19 Winter Wind Concert in the Norman Depot, 200 S Jones Ave. Tickets are $15 for the 7:00 pm concert. Refreshments will be served.

Having …

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The Black Keys have released the music video for “Gold on the Ceiling,” from their 2011 album “El Camino.”

The celebrated duo is coming to Tulsa for an April 28 show at the BOK Center. For more information, go to www.bokcenter.com.

“El Camino” was released Dec. 6 on Nonesuch Records, debuting at No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200. The duo recently was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine for the first time.

The duo embarks on the first leg of its …

Roger Creager

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Today’s featured event:

TULSA – Celebrate the release of Texas country artist Roger Creager’s new album, “Surrender,” at 8 tonight at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N Main. Doors open at 7 p.m.

For more information, go to www.cainsballroom.com.

For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.

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Season 7 “American Idol” winner David Cook, who has Tulsa ties, has released today an EP titled “This Quiet Night” exclusively through Walmart. The CD includes acoustic performances of five songs from his 2011 album “This Loud Morning.”

Emerging pop singer-songwriter Cady Groves, who grew up in Marlow, Cache and Yukon, also is released today her “This Little Girl” EP.

Featuring tracks including her popular first single “This Little Girl” the digital EP will be available at all digital service providers and will include fan-favorite track “We’re The Sh*t” as well …

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Tulsa-born singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist St. Vincent is huge in the new music video for “Cheerleader,” one of the tracks from her 2011 album “Strange Mercy.”

As previously reported, St. Vincent (who was born Annie Clark) made a guest appearance on Friday’s episode of the IFC sketch series “Portlandia,” and you can check out that rather funny clip of her modeling a totally impractical police uniform here as well. Her appearance on the show reunited her with “Portlandia” masterminds Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, who starred in …