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, …

Oklahoma country music star Toby Keith has released a YouTube video thanking them for supporting his smash single “Red Solo Cup.”

“Red Solo Cup” started as a viral video, and it has become a country music phenomenon. The raucous party anthem has been certified platinum, according to CMT.com, and it is currently No. 10 on Billboard’s country songs chart. It has been viewed more than 11 million times on YouTube and has been covered on the Fox TV series “Glee.”

Now “Red Solo Cup” is in demand on apps and …

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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Singer-songwriter Maggie McClure, who hails from Norman, recently announced on Facebook that her original song “Good Morning and Good Night” will be featured in the opening credits of the upcoming movie “Cowgirls N’ Angels,” a coming-of-age feature filmed Oklahoma communities of Stillwater, Guthrie, Oklahoma City, and Pawnee.

The movie stars Bailee Madison (“Just Go With It,” “Bridge to Terabithia”), James Cromwell (“Babe,” “L.A. Confidential”), Jackson Rathbone (“The Twilight Saga” films), Alicia Witt (“Friday Night Lights,” “88 Minutes”), Frankie Faison (“The Silence of the Lambs,” “Meet the Browns”), Madison Burge (“Friday …

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 …

Country music star Miranda Lambert, who lives in Tishomingo, will make her acting debut as a guest star on tonight’s episode of the procedural drama “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.”

“Law & Order: SVU” airs at 9 tonight on NBC (KFOR-4 in Oklahoma City).

Tonight’s episode is titled “Father’s Shadow.” To read NewsOK TV blogger Melissa Hayer’s review of the episode, click here.

In this Wednesday Video Spotlight, check out clips from the episode and an interview with Lambert about appearing on the show, which she calls one of …

I know it’s early in the year, but this may just be one of the best music stories of 2012.

On the morning of his 51st birthday (Jan. 13), Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne answered the door at his Oklahoma City home to find three strangers bearing a gift: Nick Logie of the Los Angeles alt-rock quintet Telegram, his girlfriend Ashleigh Allard, and their friend Adam Ashe were holding an extravagantly packaged copy of an album Logie and Allard had just finished recording, according to Spin.com.

Coyne tweeted a photo …

Gabriel Marshall and Bryon White of The Damn Quails has certainly ruffled a lot of feathers with the release of their debut record “Down the Hatch” on 598 Recordings. The phenomenal duo from Norman has spent the last few months basking in rave reviews that unanimously proclaim the record as one of the best to be released in 2011.

Soon after their debut on the Americana Music Chart at No. 26, “Down the Hatch” has now broken the seal on the Top 10, coming in at No. 9 this week. …