Trisha Yearwood (Associated Press photo)

Country music star and Owasso resident Trisha Yearwood is planning a a follow-up to her best-selling 2008 cookbook ”Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen.”

“Home Cooking with Trisha Yearwood” will be released in April 6, 2010. She once again worked with mother Gwen Yearwood and sister Beth Yearwood Bernard to compile her second book of hearty Southern family favorites.

The book will feature practical recipes, personal anecdotes and delicious depictions of the hearty fare you’ll find at Yearwood family gatherings, according TrishaYearwood.com. 

“Home Cooking with Trisha Yearwood” focuses on recipes…

A version of this story appears in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.

Carrie Underwood’s got the write stuff for new album
Underwood co-wrote seven of 13 titles on her New album, ‘Play On’

Between the No. 1 hits and the TV appearances, the magazine covers and the red carpet fashions, music fans can be forgiven for forgetting that country superstar Carrie Underwood was once an aspiring journalist.

But the credits for her new album “Play On” serve as a pointed reminder that the Oklahoma native was sharpening her pen long before she…

Garth Brooks (Associated Press photo)

After spending most of this decade in retirement, Oklahoma music superstar Garth Brooks is back in demand – big time.

Tickets for Brooks’ first 20 shows at the Wynn Las Vegas resort sold out in less than five hours after going on sale Saturday morning, according to The Associated Press. The resort said Saturday it reached maximum capacity for callers at 141,934, with many getting busy signals.

Officials told the AP that the ticket Web site had more than 5.4 million page views with 40,000 waiting to buy…

Garth Brooks (Associated Press photo)

Tickets to Oklahoma music superstar Garth Brooks’ first concerts at the Wynn Las Vegas casino and resort go on sale at 10 a.m. Oklahoma time (8 a.m. Pacific) this morning, according to CMT.com.

During select weeks, the Owasso resident will perform one show on Fridays and Sundays and two shows on Saturdays. The initial performance dates are Dec. 11-13, Jan. 1-3 and 22-24 and Feb. 12-14 and 26-28.

Tickets may be booked on the Wynn Las Vegas Web site or by phoning (702) 770-7469. Tickets are priced at…

Vince Gill (Photo by Steve Gooch/The Oklahoman Archives)

Chris Daughtry of the band Daughtry (Associated Press photo)

Several additional performers have been announced in the past few days for next month’s 43rd Annual CMA Awards, including big cross-genre duets pairing Oklahoma native Vince Gill and rock band Daughtry and Kenny Chesney with Dave Matthews.

In addition, Oklahoma resident Miranda Lambert, Tim McGraw, Jason Aldean, Billy Currington, Lady Antebellum and Zac Brown Band are recent additions to the Country Music Association’s awards show lineup.

The 43rd Annual CMA Awards, hosted by Brad Paisley and Oklahoma native Carrie Underwood,…

Country music star Garth Brooks appears at a news conference in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. Brooks announced that he’s coming out of retirement. He retired in 2000 to spend more time with his three children, and since then has appeared occasionally at special events, awards shows, and charity events. (Associated Press photo)

Oklahoma superstar Garth Brooks experienced a busy and happy few days last week.

On Thursday, he announced in a Nashville press conference that he was coming out of retirement after nine years of staying mostly off the road…

Oklahoma State University celebrities Barry Sanders, Garth Brooks and Robin Ventura speak at a press conference before the college football game between Oklahoma State University and the University of Missouri Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater. (Photo by Steve Sisney, The Oklahoman)

Oklahoma State honored three of its greatest graduates Saturday, when Garth Brooks, Barry Sanders and Robin Ventura were added to the OSU Alumni Hall of Fame.

Country music star Brooks is the No. 1-selling solo artist in U.S. history. Sanders is a Heisman Trophy winner who became a premier…

A float moves through downtown Stillwater as part of the 2007 OSU Homecoming Parade. (Photo by Matt Strasen/The Oklahoman Archives)

Today’s featured event:

STILLWATER – Take in the homecoming festivities at Oklahoma State University, including the Sea of Orange Homecoming Parade at 2 p.m. in downtown.

This year’s OSU Alumni Hall of Fame inductees – country music superstar Garth Brooks, football great Barry Sanders and baseball star Robin Ventura – will be grand marshals for the parade.

For more information, go to www.okstate.edu.

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

-BAM

Garth Brooks (Associated Press photo)

The song that has been on my brain the most this week:

- “Ain’t Goin’ Down (’Til the Sun Comes Up),” Garth Brooks, from his 1993 album “In Pieces.”

With all the news breaking this week about the Oklahoma superstar, it’s hard to imagine that I wouldn’t have significant portions of his discography running through my head.

Brooks announced Thursday that he is coming out of retirement to become a headline performer in Las Vegas. On Saturday, he will be honored as one of the 2009 inductees into the Oklahoma State…

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood (Associated Press photo)

The excitement about Oklahoma music superstar Garth Brooks’ decision to come out of retirement is bubbling over in his home state.

The Owasso resident announced Thursday that he plans to end his nine-year retirement and play a series of special engagements beginning Dec. 11 at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas.

Brooks, who was born in Tulsa and raised in Yukon, likened his upcoming solo acoustic shows in Vegas to performances he used to give at Willie’s Saloon, a Stillwater bar where he played often…