Wednesday Video Spotlight: Pistol Annies perform “Unhappily Married” on “Craig Ferguson,” playing live streaming show tonight
Pistol Annies, the country music trio comprised of Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert and singer-songwriter pals Angaleena Presley and Ashley Monroe, performed the television debut of their song “Unhappily Married,” Tuesday night on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.”
“Unhappily Married” is a darkly funny track off the group’s second album, “Annie Up.”
The Annies are continuing their media blitz in support of their sophomore release at 9 tonight with a live streaming show. Yahoo! Music will live stream the group’s one-hour concert as part of its “Ram Country Live!,” a series of exclusive special music events accessible to millions of viewers on Yahoo!
Find the player for tonight’s concert embedded after the break; it will go live at showtime.
Speaking of showtime, the Pistol Annies will play June 13 at First Council Casino in Newkirk and June 14 at Lucky Star Casino in Concho. For tickets and information, go to www.ticketstorm.com.
Photo Slam to showcase 12 Oklahoma photographers Thursday at Oklahoma City Museum of Art
This digital photograph composite titled “Herding the Teacup Pink Mammathus Primigenius,” is by Norman photographer Sarah Engel-Barnett, one of the participants in Thursday’s Photo Slam at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
A version of this story appears in Wednesday’s Life section of The Oklahoman.
Photo Slam to showcase 12 Oklahoma photographers
Part art exhibit, part poetry slam, with a hint of “The Gong Show,” the juried event offers photographers a high-energy opportunity to show their work at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
That’s what the Oklahoma City Museum of Art and Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition are going for with their Photo Slam, a speedy showcase of 12 Oklahoma artists planned for Thursday night at the museum.
“It’s like a poetry slam, a story slam, the idea of a slam, where it’s like a real high-energy, fast-paced discussion,” said Chandra Boyd, the museum’s senior associate curator of education.
“The idea is that each photographer has five minutes to present their work, and they can do that in any format. … If they go over the five minutes, they get gonged. It’s fun to see the photographers’ personalities come out. They really get into this opportunity to tell about their work.”
This digital photograph composite titled “Herding the Teacup Pink Mammathus Primigenius,” is by Norman photographer Sarah Engel-Barnett, one of the participants in Thursday’s Photo Slam at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
Dynamic presentation
The Photo Slam doesn’t follow the typical art lecture format, said OVAC Associate Director Kelsey Karper.
Along with dynamic and competitive poetry slams, she said Photo Slam is inspired by PechaKucha, a presentation style developed in Tokyo in 2003. A kind of show-and-tell version of an open mike, PechaKucha — which translates roughly to “chit-chat” in Japanese — is aimed at architects and other creative types, who showcase their work and ideas in 20 images, each shown for just 20 seconds.
“It’s a way to give a presentation that’s more interesting, fast-moving and entertaining, so that’s the format that you get. But there’s a very strict time limit,” Karper said.
“We were taking these ideas from different types of really engaging presentation styles, and we kind of melded them together to come up with the Photo Slam.”
She’s not kidding about the strict time limit: Photographers who go over the time limit really will hear someone really bang a gong.
“We do encourage the artists to use their five minutes creatively. In the past, we’ve had people incorporate music. We had one photographer who went through the theater and hid things under everyone’s seats,” Karper said. “We’ve actually even had the presenting photographer taking pictures of the audience during their presentation … so I’m excited to see what this year’s group will do.”
This digital photograph titled “Bloom,” is by Weatherford photographer Summer Lu, one of the participants in Thursday’s Photo Slam at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
Oklahoma showcase
The museum and OVAC served up their first Photo Slam in 2008, and Thursday’s event will mark the third installment. The slams typically are offered in conjunction with a photography exhibition at the museum. “Herb Ritts: Beauty & Celebrity,” an exhibit of 80 black-and-white images by the legendary portrait photographer, opened last week at the museum and shows there through July 28.
Carlos Knight, art director at This Land Press, selected the dozen Photo Slam participants from a pool of applicants. Oklahoma City photographer Rex Barrett will be the master of ceremonies for the juried showcase.
The 12 chosen photographers — Lucia Martinez, Wendy Mutz, Kurt Nagy, Zach Nash, Ben Pendleton, all of Oklahoma City; Natalie Slater and Chad Clark, both of Tulsa; Sarah Engel Barnett, Norman; Summer Lu, Weatherford; Thomas Tucker, Edmond; Crystal Walters, Pryor; and Reginna Zhidov Chickasha — come from around the state and have varying degrees of photography experience.” from students to pros.
“It’s any level, it’s anyone who’s aspiring or accomplished. So “I think that’s the really fun part. You’ve got like professional photographers up against people who are hobbyists,” Boyd said.
“This is really their chance to get into the museum and fill the auditorium with people who are also photo enthusiasts. … We’ve had really good attendance in the past. I think by partnering with Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, they are good to help us really connect to the art community in a way that we normally don’t get to do.”
In addition, the 12 participants work in varying styles, techniques and subject matters. Traditional photographs, iPhone shots and photo manipulations are expected to be included.
“It is limited to photography, but within photography, there’s all these variations in different styles and ways of working and photographic methods,” Karper said. “That’s part of what makes it really interesting.”
The gong doesn’t hurt, either.
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Photo Slam
When: 7 p.m. Thursday.
Where: Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive.
Admission: Free. Admission to the rest of the museum is $5 after 5 p.m. Thursdays.
Information: www.ovac-ok.org or www.okcmoa.com.
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Jason Boland & The Stragglers release new album “Dark and Dirty Mile”
Red dirt band Jason Boland & The Stragglers released today its seventh studio album, “Dark & Dirty Mile.” Frontman Jason Boland, a Harrah native, and singer-songwriter Shooter Jennings co-produced the album.
Jason Boland & The Stragglers play “real” country music – something that we don’t hear a lot of these days on the radio. For more than a decade, the band has played to packed houses from Texas to Illinois and all parts in between while also selling more than 500,000 albums.
Following in the footsteps of Boland’s last release, 2011′s “Rancho Alto,” the band continues to be torchbearers of the traditional country genre.
Upon the release of “Rancho Alto,” nation press began to take notice including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Examiner and Blurt.
To celebrate the new release, The Stragglers will play a show Friday night at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa. For more information, go to www.cainsballroom.com.
Look for my new interview with Boland and my review of “Dark and Dirty Mile” on Friday.
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Video: “The Voice” elimination episode airs tonight, Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame hosting “Swatch Party” for Swon Brothers tonight
As previously reported, Muskogee’s The Swon Brothers delivered a poignant and tuneful tribute to the late, great George Jones Monday night during “The Voice” live playoffs.
“The Voice” performance recap will air from 7 to 8 tonight on NBC, following by the live elimination episode from 8 to 9 tonight.
The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame, 401 S 3 in Muskogee, is hosting a “Swatch Party” tonight in honor of the hometown contenders. The doors will open at 6:30 tonight. The event is free and open to the public.
The Swon Brothers are competing in the Top 12 on Season 4 of the hit reality TV show. The first duo to make it to the show’s live founds, they are among the three remaining contestants on fellow Oklahoman Blake Shelton’s team.
Zach and Colton Swon took to the piano and guitar to perform an acoustic rendition of The Possum’s classic “Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes.” It showcased both their voices and musicianship as well as their diehard love for country music.
George Jones died April 26 at the age of 81.
In addition, the Swon Brothers and the other Team Blake and Team Shakira joined forces for a group rendition of The Script/will.i.am hit “Hall of Fame”:
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Video: Pistol Annies perform on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”
Pistol Annies, the country music trio comprised of Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert and singer-songwriter pals Angaleena Presley and Ashley Monroe, performed “I Feel a Sin Comin’ On” Monday night on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”
The song is off the trio’s sophomore album, “Annie Up,” which came out last week. (If you have trouble finding the performance on the full episode video, remember the musical guest is the last segment on the show.)
Lambert also sat down on Leno’s couch and chatted with the host about her recent Academy of Country Music Awards victories, her starstruck reaction to partying with Reba McEntire, Faith Hill and Shania Twain, her first concert – Garth Brooks at Texas Stadium “when he fly and like lit the stage on fire” – and of course, the tabloid rumors about her and her superstar husband Blake Shelton.
As previously reported, the Annies will perform the television debut of “Unhappily Married,” another song off “Annie Up,” tonight on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.” Ferguson’s show airs at 11:35 p.m. weekdays on the CBS Television Network, according to a news release.
In addition, Pistol Annies will play June 13 at First Council Casino in Newkirk and June 14 at Lucky Star Casino in Concho. For tickets and information, go to www.ticketstorm.com.
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Pistol Annies to debut new song “Unhappily Married” tonight on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson”
Pistol Annies (AP file)
Pistol Annies, the country music trio comprised of Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert and singer-songwriter pals Angaleena Presley and Ashley Monroe, will perform the television debut of “Unhappily Married,” off their new album, “Annie Up,” tonight on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.”
Ferguson’s show airs at 11:35 p.m. weekdays on the CBS Television Network, according to a news release.
Pistol Annies debuted as a band in 2011 at the Academy of Country Music’s “Girls Night Out” special on CBS. The band has earned American Country Awards and CMT Awards nominations for their first album, “Hell on Heels.” Known by their band nicknames, “Lone Star Annie” (Texas-born Lambert), “Hippie Annie” (Tennessee-born Monroe) and “Holler Annie” (Kentucky-born Presley), the Pistol Annies released their second album, “Annie Up,” last week.
Actor Ray Liotta and comedian DeAnne Smith also will visit “The Late Late Show” tonight.
In addition, Pistol Annies will play June 13 at First Council Casino in Newkirk and June 14 at Lucky Star Casino in Concho. For tickets and information, go to www.ticketstorm.com.
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Video: Broncho to play Bumbershoot Sept. 1, re-release album nationally June 4
Tulsa/Norman punk band Broncho will play Seattle’s Bumbershoot festival set for Aug. 31-Sept. 2. The lineup also includes Heart, Death Cab for Cutie, fun., Kendrick Lamar, The Joy Formidable, Eric Burdon & The Animals, MGMT, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience, The Breeders and more.
Broncho will play Sept. 1, and their catchy song “Try Me Out Sometime” is featured in the Bumbershoot promotional video posted below. The festival also has given the band a very nice spotlight you can read by clicking here.
“Try Me Out Sometime” is featured on the band’s 2011 self-released debut album “Can’t Get Past the Lips,” which ranked No. 5 on my all-Oklahoma list of the top 10 albums of that year.
Broncho recently signed to Fairfax Recordings, which will re-release “Can’t Get Past the Lips” nationally on June 4, reports my excellent colleague George Lang on his Staticblog.
The band, fronted by guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Ryan Lindsey, will share the bill with Social Distortion June 1 at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa. For more information, go to www.cainsballroom. com.
A week later, Broncho will embark on a national summer tour with Two Gallants.
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Tickets on sale May 17 for Luke Bryan, Thompson Square and Florida Georgia Line show at Tulsa’s BOK Center
TULSA – Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, May 17 for Luke Bryan’s “Dirt Road Diaries Tour” fall stop at the BOK Center.
The tour, featuring duos Thompson Square, which features Miami, OK, native Keifer Thompson and his wife Shawna, and Florida Georgia Line, which consists of Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard, will play Saturday, Sept. 14 at the Tulsa arena.
Tickets for the show are priced at $27.50 and $52, according to a news release. They will be available starting May 17 online at www.bokcenter.com, Arby’s Box Office, all Tickets.com outlets, or by calling (866) 7-BOKCTR.
Bryan’s cache as a seasoned performer has long been recognized by his growing legion of fans and has recently captured the attention of the music community. His ability to draw great crowds to his concerts became evident earlier this year as it was announced that the first leg of shows on his headline tour, the “Dirt Road Diaries Tour,” all sold-out. The tour has been extended with a second leg including the Tulsa concert.
“I feel like I have waited a lifetime to take my own show on the road,” Bryan said in the news release. “The band and I have a lot of exciting things in store for the fans and are eager to get it started!”
Bryan’s recent Academy of Country Music Award wins for Entertainer of the Year and Vocal Event of the Year (“Only Way I Know” with Eric Church and Jason Aldean), along with his first-time ACM hosting duty with Oklahoma superstar Blake Shelton, are just a few of the career highlights the Georgia native has enjoyed lately. Additional accolades include multiplatinum albums sales, back-to-back No. 1 singles and his first No. 1 album debut with “Spring Break…Here To Party.” His spring break shows in Panama City Beach, Fla., back in March brought in 120,000 fans during the two-day concert event, and his performance at the Houston Rodeo was the second largest attendance in the rodeo’s history with 75,000 fans.
His last studio album, “tailgates & tanlines¸” produced three back-to-back platinum singles, became a Top 10 album of 2012 and sold 7 million tracks. He has placed a total of six career singles at No. 1 and was named the No. 1 Artist of 2012 and No. 1 Male Artist of 2012 by Country Aircheck. Billboard named “tailgates & tanlines” the No. 2 Country Album and the No. 3 Country Artist Album of 2012 and claimed Bryan as the No. 3 Top Country Artist of the Year. Also in 2012, he took home 11 music awards, including a record nine wins at the American Country Awards as well as his first American Music Award.
For more information about the Tulsa show, go to www.bokcenter.com.
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Best Bets for May 10-12, 2013: Turnpike Troubadours, Asian Festival, OKC Philharmonic and Jason Aldean
Turnpike Troubadours
Here are my picks for the Best Bets in entertainment in Oklahoma this weekend, as listed in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
1. CONCHO — Hear Oklahoma red dirt band the Turnpike Troubadours at 8 p.m. Saturday at Lucky Star Casino, 7777 N U.S. 81. Doors open at 7 p.m. Information: 262-7612 or www.luckystarcasino.org.
2. Take in food, art, crafts and activities from nine Asian cultures at the free 27th Annual Asian Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Langston University Oklahoma City campus, 4205 N Lincoln Blvd. Information: 819-3652 or (918) 853-1929.
3. Listen to the Oklahoma City Philharmonic play its season finale “A Globetrotter’s Guide to the Orchestra,” featuring selections from Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Strauss and more, at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Civic Center, 201 N Walker. Information: 842-5387 or www.okcphilharmonic.org.
4. TULSA — Catch country superstar Jason Aldean, plus special guests Jake Owen and Thomas Rhett, in concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the BOK Center, 200 S Denver. Information: (866) 726-5287 or www.bokcenter.com.
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Wednesday Video Spotlight: Pistol Annies release “Hush Hush” official video, perform on “Today,” “Letterman,” “The View”
It’s been a big week for country trio the Pistol Annies – Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert, Angaleena Presley and Ashley Monroe – who released on Tuesday their sophomore album, “Annie Up.”
The album is the follow-up to their successful 2011 group debut “Hell on Heels,” which Lambert took to Twitter (@mirandalambert) today to announce has gone gold.
The Annies also have released the official music video to the new album’s first single, “Hush Hush.”
Plus, the trio has been on a big album release TV blitz in honor of the new album, including appearances on the “Today” show, “The Late Show with David Letterman” and “The View.”
They will play Monday on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and Tuesday on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson”
The trio is planning a series of live shows in support of “Annie Up,” too. The group will play June 13 at First Council Casino in Newkirk and June 14 at Lucky Star Casino in Concho. For tickets and information, go to www.ticketstorm.com.
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