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June 2023

DELFEAYO MARSALIS

Wednesday, June 14, 2023 | 8:41 pm - Friday, July 14, 2023 | 8:41 pm
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In June 2023, NEA Jazz Master DELFEAYO MARSALIS and his quintet played a smoking, sold-out set at LowDown in Tulsa, kicking off 3 consecutive nights of top-shelf performances at the 5th annual Wine & Jazz FETE. As a key member of New Orleans' first family of jazz, the trombonist is perhaps the most traditional player in the family. Earlier in the week Public Radio Tulsa's Rich Fisher caught up with Marsalis for a refreshingly open chat about jazz, how he…

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ANAT COHEN TRIO

Saturday, June 3, 2023 | 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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$15 – $30

Anat Cohen's ongoing love affair with Brazilian music has triggered Grammy nominations in the World Music and Latin Jazz categories. “One brilliant bonanza of Brazilian music from one of the greatest clarinetists of our time," raves All About Jazz. More than any other, she is credited with "bringing the clarinet to the world.” Together Anat (clarinet & sax), Vitor Gonçalves (accordion & piano) and Tal Mashiach (bass & 7-string guitar)—multi-instrumentalist virtuosos from Israel, the U.S. and Brazil—explore modern jazz, African grooves,…

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Argentine Wine & Sweet Empanadas @ Wine & Jazz FETE

Saturday, June 3, 2023 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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$39

Join us for gourmet handmade Ecuadorian sweet empanadas, paired with a glass of fine red or white wine (your choice) from Argentina, followed by a concert with the Anat Cohen Trio. Anat and her troupe of jazz veterans love exploring the musical flavors of Latin America, so we thought we'd do the same with wine & cuisine. Wine & empanada ticket holders have preferred seating at the concert, which is included in the price of your ticket. Cara Sur Pérgolas…

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A TASTE OF LOUISIANA – Cedric Watson, Jourdan Thibodeaux & Joel Savoy

Friday, June 2, 2023 | 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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$15 – $20

Join us for a deep dive into Creole & Cajun culture, where music, history, language and ecology are so tightly interwoven that lines don't exist—only textures. Featuring 3 of the brightest lights in a state bursting with talent, Jourdan, Cedric and Joel perform original and traditional music from the Acadiana region of Southwest Louisiana on fiddles, accordion and guitar. One of the most delightful aspects of songs sung in Cajun and Creole French is that you don’t have to speak…

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Craft Brew Tasting / Creole Musicians Meet & Greet @ Wine & Jazz FETE

Friday, June 2, 2023 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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$35

Mingle with the artists, who love talking about  Louisiana cuisine & culture, while tasting beers by Louisiana’s award-winning Abita Brewery, plus one local beer and a variety of fine cheeses & olives. A laid-back hang with Jourdan, Cedric & Joel before they hit the stage. Tasting ticket holders have preferred seating at the concert, which is included in the price of your ticket. ABITA PURPLE HAZE is a lager brewed with pilsner and wheat malts and Vanguard hops. Raspberries are added…

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DELFEAYO MARSALIS QUINTET

Thursday, June 1, 2023 | 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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$15 – $30

One of the world's top jazz trombonists, composers and producers, Delfeayo Marsalis shares with his late father, Ellis, and brothers (Branford, Wynton and Jason) the nation’s highest jazz honor: National Endowment for the Arts’ Jazz Masters Award. Delfeayo is perhaps the most traditionally New Orleans of the Crescent City’s first family of jazz, known for his technical excellence, imagination and humor. Born in New Orleans in 1965, as a kid Marsalis gravitated towards the trombone, which he calls “an extension of…

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French Wine Tasting @ Wine & Jazz FETE

Thursday, June 1, 2023 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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$39

Thursday's wine tasting is sold out. But there are still tickets available for the Delfeayo Marsalis concert to follow. Tickets for Friday's craft brew tasting and Saturday's Wine & Empanadas tasting are also available. Domaine Moutard-Diligent, Bourgogne Brut Blanc de Blancs Méthode Traditionelle (Burgundy, France) Mary Taylor, Jean Marc Barthez Bordeaux Blanc (Bordeaux, France) Moulin de Gassac, Pays d'Oc Pinot Noir (Languedoc-Roussillon, France) Château Calhou Belair, Bordeaux (Bordeaux, France) One of the world’s top jazz trombonists, composers and producers, Delfeayo Marsalis shares with his…

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5th annual Wine & Jazz FETE

Thursday, June 1, 2023 - Saturday, June 3, 2023
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Featuring internationally touring artists, fine wines & tasty morsels. Internationally renowned clarinet-sax adventurer ANAT COHEN, NEA Jazz Master DELFEAYO MARSALIS, and 3 of Louisiana's finest Creole & Cajun musicians headline 3 nights of top-shelf offerings at LowDown, Tulsa's premier listening room. Public Radio Tulsa’s “All This Jazz” host Scott Gregory is the emcee. We are jazzed to return to the Tulsa Arts District with a world-class lineup. All performances are ticketed, reserved seating at LowDown, 108 N. Detroit, Tulsa, OK Thursday, June…

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April 2023

REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND

Saturday, April 29, 2023 | 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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FREE

The country blues is a gift of 20th century American music, and it’s awesome to see a band tap into its legacy with so much gusto and original vision. – Music City Roots. Embraced equally by traditional country-blues, indie rock, and punk audiences, Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band plays an infectious, updated version of the sound created by country blues legends Son House and Furry Lewis. “We end up playing with a lot of punk rock bands and any kind…

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PAUL THORN

Saturday, April 29, 2023 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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FREE

Paul Thorn’s muscular, joyous roots music is bluesy, rocking and thoroughly Southern, “full of heart and humor and surprises and street-wise details of trailer parks and turnip greens and love and lust that have the unmistakable ring of truth,” in the words of fan Kris Kristofferson. Born and raised in Tupelo, Mississippi, Thorn worked in a furniture factory, jumped out of airplanes, and was a boxer (he once went 7 rounds with Roberto Duran) before embracing music full time, topping…

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COUNT TUTU

Saturday, April 29, 2023 | 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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FREE

Count Tutu has been a quintessential part of the Tulsa music scene since forming in 2015. Led by Nathan Wright and Branjae Jackson, the 9-piece band brings together bass, drums, guitar, horns and striking vocals to form a sound that transcends any one genre. While the band cites Nigerian Afrobeat icon Fela Kuti as its biggest influence, its music is also rooted in R&B, funk and Latin music. Count Tutu effortlessly juxtaposes lively, dance-friendly music with lyrics rooted in community and social…

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CHUSCALES FLAMENCO

Friday, April 28, 2023 | 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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$20 – $30

One of the most accomplished and captivating flamenco guitarists in the world, Jose Valle Fajardo “Chuscales” grew up in a traditional gypsy family of musicians and dancers in Antequera, Spain. His grandmother lived in the caves of Sacromonte, one of the legendary cradles of flamenco. Chuscales recalls, “there were shows with Gypsies from Granada who grew up in the caves… with singing and dancing, and there would be more singing and dancing on the streets every day. It was unbelievable. It…

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“Spain & Beyond” Wine Tasting @ global ROOTS BASH

Friday, April 28, 2023 | 7:15 pm - 8:00 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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$35

Join us for a flight of Spanish & Spanish-influenced wines, followed by the world-renowned Spanish music & dance of flamenco guitar maestro CHUSCALES and his troupe of dancers and musicians. Wine tasting ticket holders have preferred seating at the concert, which is included in the price of your ticket. We are featuring two wonderful Spanish wines, then two elegant pours from South America. Avinyo Cava Brut Reserva (Spain) Bodegas Olivares Altos de la Hoya (Spain) El Porvenir Rosa Rosa -…

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JAZZ in LITTLE AFRICA

Thursday, April 27, 2023 | 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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$20

Jazz in Little Africa pairs top talent from Tulsa’s hip-hop scene with the city's finest jazz players to explore material from the featured artists’ catalogs, along with selections from 2021's  Fire in Little Africa (Motown Records). The evening's unique blend of jazz & hip-hop features emcees Young DV & Hakeem Eli'Juwon backed by the Chris Combs Experience: Steph Simon on vocals, Chris Combs on guitar, Bobby Moffett on piano, Dean DeMerritt on upright bass, Josh Raymer on drums, and Kristen Ruyle…

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9th annual global ROOTS BASH

Thursday, April 27, 2023 - Saturday, April 29, 2023
Tulsa Arts District Tulsa, OK 74103 United States + Google Map
FREE

Performance & cuisine from around the globe. One of the most popular annual events on Guthrie Green (with evening programming at LowDown Jazz club), this multicultural, eclectic, and FREE roots BASH is fun for the whole family.  PAUL THORN - saints & sinners music REVEREND PEYTON'S BIG DAMN BAND - punky back porch blues CHUSCALES FLAMENCO - spanish flamenco music & dance COUNT TUTU - funk JAZZ IN LITTLE AFRICA - hip-hop/jazz ERIC RYAN-JOHNSON & GENE CURTIS - Irish jigs & reels PERIZAD BELLYDANCE - Middle Eastern dance INSPYRAL…

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KISS THE GROUND @ OK Earth Day Celebration

Sunday, April 23, 2023 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis Ave.
Tulsa, OK 74104 United States
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FREE

“Save our soil in hopes the soil might just save us.” This award-winning film examines how tilling and pesticides have led to soil erosion, and then traces the damage done to our ecology, health and climate. The filmmakers find a solution in regenerative farming, an ethical practice designed to restore degraded lands and facilitate carbon drawdown—a potentially huge part of a solution to the climate crisis. Directed by Joshua Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell, whose credits include other socially conscious documentaries…

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4 NATIVE WOMEN: Song swap in their Native tongues

Friday, April 21, 2023 | 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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$15

As part of the annual OK EARTH DAY CELEBRATION, we're proud to present a song swap by several of Oklahoma's finest singer-songwriters in both English and the artists' Native tongues. All three artists — SAMANTHA CRAIN (Choctaw), KALYN FAY (Cherokee) and  KEN POMEROY (Cherokee) — have written songs in their Native languages, including Crain's mindblowingly beautiful "When We Remain," sung in both Choctaw and English. In addition, Chef NICO ALBERT WILLIAMS (Cherokee) of Burning Cedar Sovereign Kitchen will serve traditional, sustainable Native cuisine samples.…

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Sustainable & Organic Wine Tasting @ OK Earth Day Celebration

Friday, April 21, 2023 | 7:15 pm - 8:00 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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$35

Provisions Fine Beverage Purveyors is selecting 4 tasty, organic and/or sustainably produced wines for your pleasure. Also this evening: a healthy traditional Native cuisine sample, courtesy of Chef NICO ALBERT WILLIAMS (Cherokee) of Burning Cedar Sovereign Kitchen. Your ticket includes premium seats to the "4 Native Women" concert immediately following tasting. As part of the annual OK EARTH DAY CELEBRATION, we’re proud to present a song swap by several of Oklahoma’s finest singer-songwriters in both English and the artists’ Native tongues. All three artists — SAMANTHA…

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OK Earth Day Celebration

Friday, April 21, 2023 - Sunday, April 23, 2023
Tulsa Arts District Tulsa, OK 74103 United States + Google Map
FREE

Oklahoma’s most ambitious Earth Day event features prominent environmental speakers, environmental & community booths & demos, music & art, Electric Vehicles, sustainable Indigenous cuisine, circus arts, tons of family & kids activities like the Discovery Lab STEAM booth and Tulsa Library's Bookmobile, and much more. The event takes place at Guthrie Green, an internationally recognized urban park utilizing geothermal wells and solar panels, and at LowDown, Oklahoma’s premier jazz club. Earth Day is the most widely recognized annual environmental event…

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June 2022

CHARLES LLOYD TRIO @ Wine & Jazz FETE

Saturday, June 4, 2022 | 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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$45

NEA Jazz Master Charles Lloyd and his trio, featuring Reuben Rogers & Anthony Wilson, headline the 4th annual Wine & Jazz FETE. A jazz legend, Lloyd's pristine and elegant music pulses with emotion and passion. SCHEDULE All shows are at LowDown, 108 N. Detroit, Tulsa, OK Thursday, June 2 7:00-7:45 - Wine Tasting (ticket includes Marc Ribot concert) - GET TICKETS 8:30-10:00 - MARC RIBOT - guitar virtuoso - GET TICKETS Friday, June 3 JAZZ IN LITTLE AFRICA - jazz-hip hop - GET TICKETS…

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JAZZ IN LITTLE AFRICA @ Wine & Jazz FETE

Friday, June 3, 2022 | 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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$20

Jazz in Little Africa boasts a unique jazz-meets-hip hop experience in which the Chris Combs Quartet collaborates with top talent from Tulsa’s hip-hop scene, featuring jazz renditions of material from the Fire in Little Africa (@fireinlittleafrica) album, released in 2021 on Motown Records. This performance features wordsmith 1st Verse backed by the Chris Combs Quartet, led by Combs on guitar, Bobby Moffett on piano, Josh Raymer on drums, Dean DeMerritt on upright bass and Kristen Rhule on percussion. Old school jazz mixed…

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MARC RIBOT @ Wine & Jazz FETE

Thursday, June 2, 2022 | 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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$25

Widely considered one of America’s most provocative and intriguing contemporary guitarists and musical explorers, Marc Ribot has released 25 albums under his own name over four decades, exploring everything from pioneering jazz to Cuban son. His solo release Silent Movies is described as a "down-in-mouth-near masterpiece" by the Village Voice. Ribot helped Tom Waits refine a “new, weird Americana” on 1985's Rain Dogs. Since then he's become the go-to guitar guy for all kinds of roots-music adventurers: Robert Plant &…

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Sustainable Wine Tasting @ Wine & Jazz FETE

Thursday, June 2, 2022 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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$35

LowDown and Provisions Fine Beverage Purveyors will feature 4 very tasty and sustainably produced wines, followed by a concert with guitar virtuoso MARC RIBOT. Ticket includes concert immediately following tasting. FEATURED WINES Folk Machine Gamay Noir Rose Arroyo Seco & Central Coast Pinot Noir aromatic & light and Avignonesi Cantaloro red & white fruit-forward & accessible MARC RIBOT is widely considered one of America’s most provocative and intriguing contemporary guitarists and musical explorers. Ribot has released 25 albums under his own name…

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4th annual WINE & JAZZ FETE

Thursday, June 2, 2022 - Saturday, June 4, 2022
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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The iconic CHARLES LLOYD TRIO headlines the 4th annual Wine & Jazz FETE—three consecutive nights of top-shelf offerings at LowDown, Tulsa's premier listening room. Guitarist MARC RIBOT and jazz-hip hop collective JAZZ IN LITTLE AFRICA will play, plus a special Sustainable Wine Tasting. We are jazzed to return LIVE to the Tulsa Arts District with a world-class lineup. SCHEDULE All shows are at LowDown, 108 N. Detroit, Tulsa, OK Thursday, June 2 7:00-7:45 - Wine Tasting (ticket includes Marc Ribot…

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April 2022

Earth Day Celebration

Friday, April 22, 2022 - Saturday, April 23, 2022
Tulsa Arts District Tulsa, OK 74103 United States + Google Map
FREE

JOHN FULLBRIGHT headlines Oklahoma's most ambitious Earth Day Celebration, returning live to the Tulsa Arts District with FREE environmental speakers, community booths, music & performance, kids activities, healthy sustainable cuisine, electronic recycling, electric vehicles & more.  SPEAKERS Kelsey Putman Hughes on Renewable Energy in Oklahoma Reverend Gerald Davis on Social Justice Chef Nico Albert (Cherokee) on Traditional Indigenous Foods Barbara VanHanken on Arkansas River Issues Rebecca Jim on Oklahoma's Tar Creek Superfund Site and more... PERFORMANCES JOHN FULLBRIGHT & his…

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VOX SAMBOU – afrobeat & Haitian traditions @ Global BASH

Saturday, April 16, 2022 | 9:30 pm - 11:00 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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$20

Highly energetic and danceable, this Haitian-Canadian musician focuses on the traditional rhythms of Haiti mixed with elements of Afrobeat, jazz, and hip-hop. Vox performs in Creole, French, English, Spanish, and Portuguese. A founding member of Montreal-based hip-hop collective Nomadic Massive, he has performed throughout the world and his artistry is infused with a strong commitment to calling out injustices and social imbalances. His message is one of great positivity that not only reflects the realities of life in Montreal as…

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Haitian Rum Tasting @ Global BASH

Saturday, April 16, 2022 | 8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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$35

Join us for an evening of world-class Haitian rum and Island music. OK Roots Music is jazzed to team with LowDown and Provisions Fine Beverage Purveyors for a special tasting featuring Providence and Clairin rums—spirits tightly woven into the cultural  fabric of Haiti. Followed by a concert with one of Haiti’s hottest artists, VOX SAMBOU. It’s all part of the 8th annual Global BASH.  Pass includes concert immediately following tasting. “Clairin, an age-old style of rum native to Haiti, is…

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ENGLISH BEAT @ Global BASH

Saturday, April 16, 2022 | 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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FREE

Along with their contemporaries The Specials, The Selecter, and Madness, the English Beat stands as one of the most popular and influential bands of the British Two Tone Ska movement, scoring iconic hits such as “Mirror in the Bathroom” and “Save it for Later” and touring with the likes of Talking Heads, The Pretenders, The Clash and The Police. Hailing from working class, industrial Birmingham, England in the late ‘70s, a time of social, political and musical upheaval, The Beat…

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LAKOU MIZIK

Saturday, April 16, 2022 | 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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FREE

"Formed after the devastating Haitian earthquakes of 2010, Lakou Mizik is a genial cross-generational coalition along the lines of the Buena Vista Social Club...rhythms and incantations of voodoo, the trumpeting of rara carnival music, and hearty call-and-response vocal harmonies on their way to galloping, exultant dance grooves.” —New York Times Music has always been at the core of Haiti’s sense of identity, broadcasting the culture of colorful neighborhoods, villages and post-earthquake camps that reflect the African, French, Caribbean and U.S.…

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INDIGENOUS – Native blues-rock @ Global BASH

Saturday, April 16, 2022 | 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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FREE

As one of today’s premier guitarists, Indigenous frontman Mato Nanji has captivated audiences with his Hendrix-like prowess ever since exploding on the scene with his family band’s award-winning 1998 debut, Things We Do. The blues world immediately took notice of the young native musicians from South Dakota’s Yankton Sioux Reservation. A prestigious spot on B.B. King’s Blues Tour followed. Their sophomore release was produced by Stevie Ray Vaughan’s co-songwriter Doyle Bramhall. The band earned a much-coveted spot on the Experience Hendrix…

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D’DAT – Native jazz/hip hop @ Global BASH

Friday, April 15, 2022 | 9:00 pm - 10:30 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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$20

Boasting a fresh and modern patina, trumpeter Delbert Anderson (Navajo) performs regularly with his world-class jazz trio as well as his new collaborative group D’DAT, which is the Delbert Anderson Trio plus lyricist Def-i, an ensemble inspired by ancient Native American melodies fused with jazz, hip hop, funk and soul. A Top-10 runner up for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series, D’DAT's critically acclaimed debut Roadrunner is 11 songs blending Def-i’s intelligent poetry and hip-hop style with the hard driving funk-jazz jams of Delbert…

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8th annual Global BASH – live

Friday, April 15, 2022 - Saturday, April 16, 2022
Tulsa Arts District Tulsa, OK 74103 United States + Google Map

Music, cuisine & spirits from around the globe. ENGLISH BEAT (U.K.) new wave INDIGENOUS (U.S.) blues rock LAKOU MIZIK (Haiti) haitian roots VOX SAMBOU (Canada/Haiti) afrobeat D'DAT – Native jazz/hip-hop PERIZAD BELLYDANCE  MONHOLLON BROS. – world drumming INSPYRAL – circus arts world cuisine by Que Gusto & Comida Sol y Vida Haitian rum tasting SCHEDULE Global BASH – April 15-16, 2022 Guthrie Green events are outdoor and free @ 111 Reconciliation Way, Tulsa, OK 74103. LowDown (formerly Duet Jazz) sets are indoor and ticketed @ 108…

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June 2021

7th Global BASH – online event

Tuesday, June 1, 2021 - Monday, July 5, 2021
ONLINE CONCERT
FREE

Featuring sounds, sights, and flavors from around the world. FREE CONCERTS filmed specially for the Global BASH. Check out our FREE exclusive and intimate video performances. Join our email newsletter or subscribe to our YouTube Channel for regular updates. KEB’ MO’ (U.S.) BOMBINO (Niger) COLIN HAY (Australia) JUPITER & OKWESS (Congo)  LOST BAYOU RAMBLERS (Louisiana) MIRA AWAD (Palestine-Israel)  TOMMY & SAUNDRA O’SULLIVAN (Ireland) CAROLYN KEANE & TOM DELANY (Ireland) JEREMY SPENCER (Ireland) ERIC RYAN-JOHNSON & GENE CURTIS (U.S.) COREY LEDET…

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April 2021

virtual EARTH DAY CELEBRATION – All April long

Thursday, April 1, 2021 - Friday, April 30, 2021
ONLINE EVENT
FREE

EARTH DAY IS HERE! Enjoy these virtual performances & talks by prominent activists, chefs, Indigenous leaders, poets and musicians. CLICK HERE for special Earth Day Celebration videos by: MICHAEL FRANTI - stay human music ANI DiFRANCO - special set drops on Earth Day, April 22  SOFIA JANNOK - Indigenous Swedish musician/activist ORDINARY ELEPHANT - gorgeous folk-americana AMBER VALLETTA - supermodel/activist on sustainable fashion & mushroom leather BLACK FOX BLUES - revisiting the musicians & activists who defeated OK's Black Fox Nuclear…

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October 2020

CHRIS COMBS @ 3rd Jazz & World FETE – online concert

Sunday, October 4, 2020 - Monday, November 30, 2020
ONLINE CONCERT
FREE

Chris Combs is a Tulsa-based composer, guitarist and producer and a member of the jazz/experimental ensemble, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey. He has worked in various session and production roles for studios around the country, as well as collaborating with a diverse array of musicians from Jeff Coffin (Dave Matthews Band) to Brad Walker (Sturgill Simpson) to Dan Oestreicher (Trombone Shorty). Combs’ first solo release, Combsy, was released last year on Horton Records.

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LEYLA McCALLA – Creole songs @ 3rd Wine & Jazz Fest – online concert

Saturday, October 3, 2020 - Monday, November 30, 2020
ONLINE CONCERT
FREE

A Haitian-American who sings in French, Haitian Creole and English, McCalla plays cello, tenor banjo and guitar. Deeply influenced by traditional Creole, Cajun and Haitian music, as well as by American jazz and folk, her music is at once earthy and elegant, soulful and witty, vibrating with three centuries of history. Offbeat calls her songs “ambitious, deep and gorgeous,” while the Boston Globe describes her sound as “at once varnished and sparse, like field recordings in high definition.” Born in…

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REFLEJOS FLAMENCOS @ 3rd Jazz & World FETE – online concert

Saturday, October 3, 2020 - Monday, November 30, 2020
ONLINE CONCERT
FREE

Reflejos Flamencos has performed Spanish music and dance for over 20 years with many of Spain’s top artists. Guitarist Johnny Beard studied with well known musicians such as René Heredia, Roberto Castellón, Pedro Cuadra, and Chuscales, and he has performed at many flamenco festivals. An expert craftsman, he also builds flamenco guitars and cajons. Johnny’s daughter Lexi Allen began her formal dance training at age five and soon began performing with her father. Lexi was chosen by internationally acclaimed flamenco…

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D’DAT – Native hip-hop/jazz @ 3rd Wine & Jazz FETE – online concert

Saturday, October 3, 2020 - Monday, November 30, 2020
ONLINE CONCERT
FREE

"Anderson's music puts Navajo culture through melodies inspired by ancient songs of love and war while fusing them with modern jazz and funk." — Earthsongs Boasting a fresh and modern patina, Navajo trumpeter Delbert Anderson performs regularly with his world-class jazz trio as well as his new collaborative group D'DAT, which is the Delbert Anderson Trio plus lyricist Def-i, an ensemble inspired by ancient Native American melodies fused with jazz, hip hop, funk and soul. A Top-10 runner up for NPR's Tiny…

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jazz pianist EMMET COHEN @ 3rd Jazz & World FETE – online concert

Friday, October 2, 2020 - Monday, November 30, 2020
ONLINE CONCERT
FREE

Multifaceted American jazz pianist and composer Emmet Cohen is one of his generation's pivotal figures in jazz. Downbeat praised his "nimble touch, measured stride and warm harmonic vocabulary."  An internationally acclaimed jazz artist and dedicated music educator, Cohen is the winner of the 2019 American Pianists Awards and the Cole Porter Fellow of the American Pianists Association. Cohen was a finalist in the 2011 Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition. He has appeared in the Newport, Monterey, Jerusalem, and North Sea…

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JOY HARJO – U.S. Poet Laureate @ 3rd Jazz & World FETE – online concert

Friday, October 2, 2020 - Monday, November 30, 2020
ONLINE CONCERT
FREE

America's first-ever Native Poet Laureate recently recorded a special set of jazz and poetry for the FETE at Duet Jazz club, debuting a number of new tunes from her upcoming album. Harjo is an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and was named the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States in 2019. An accomplished musician, she has released a string of records, nine books of poetry, several plays and children's books, and a memoir (the superb Crazy…

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jazz guitarist BILL FRISELL @ 3rd Jazz & World FETE – online concert

Thursday, October 1, 2020 - Monday, November 30, 2020
FREE

Widely recognized as one of America’s most vital and productive performing artists, Bill Frisell’s career as a guitarist and composer has spanned more than 40 years and many celebrated recordings. His catalog has been cited by Downbeat as "the best recorded output of the decade" and he's been chosen as Guitarist of the Year on a gazillion critics' lists. For his Shelter In Place session, recorded at his gloriously cluttered Brooklyn office, Frisell artfully strings together originals and covers: high…

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guitarist MARC RIBOT @ 3rd Jazz & World FETE – online concert

Thursday, October 1, 2020 - Monday, November 30, 2020
FREE

Marc Ribot, whom the New York Times describes as “a deceptively articulate artist who uses inarticulateness as an expressive device,” has released 25 albums under his own name over a 40-year career, exploring everything from pioneering jazz to Cuban son. His solo release Silent Movies is widely considered a masterpiece and he is no stranger to Downbeat and NPR Best of the Year lists. 2018 saw the release of two politically charged albums: YRU Still Here?, the long awaited third album from Ribot’s post-rock/noise…

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DELFEAYO MARSALIS @ 3rd Jazz & World FETE – online concert

Thursday, October 1, 2020 - Monday, November 30, 2020
ONLINE CONCERT
Free

We are proud to present this exclusive concert video made specially for this year's FETE by one of today’s top jazz trombonists, composers and producers. Delfeayo Marsalis shares with his late father, Ellis, and brothers (Branford, Wynton and Jason) the nation’s highest jazz honor: National Endowment for the Arts’ Jazz Masters Award. Delfeayo is perhaps the most traditionally New Orleans of the Crescent City’s first family of jazz, known for his technical excellence, imagination and humor. Born in New Orleans in…

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September 2020

Jazz & World FETE – online w BILL FRISELL, MARC RIBOT, EMMET COHEN, JOY HARJO, DELFEAYO MARSALIS, more

Wednesday, September 30, 2020 - Monday, November 30, 2020
Free

The 3rd annual Wine, Jazz & World FETE features FREE online concerts and in-home visitations recorded specially for us by some of America's finest jazz & world music artists. We released a new exclusive concert every week in October and through early November, including sets by guitar heroes MARC RIBOT and BILL FRISELL, NEA Jazz Master DELFEAYO MARSALIS, pianist EMMET COHEN, U.S. Poet Laureate & bandleader JOY HARJO, Creole songwriter LEYLA McCALLA, flamenco troupe REFLEJOS FLAMENCOS, jazz-hip hop outfit D'DAT, and…

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April 2020

Tulsa EARTH DAY Virtual CELEBRATION

Wednesday, April 22, 2020 - Friday, April 24, 2020
ONLINE EVENT
FREE

We can't be with you on Guthrie Green for the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, so we're improvising—like jazz. Here's an Earth Day message and a beautiful tune from the first-ever Native U.S. Poet Laureate, JOY HARJO. We're rescheduling Joy and her band for an evening of music and poetry sometime in 2021, so stay tuned. Meanwhile, we've teamed with our friends at OK Earth Coalition to share special Earth Day messages for Oklahomans from 350.org founder BILL McKIBBEN, sustainable…

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7th Global BASH – Canceled

Friday, April 10, 2020 - Saturday, April 11, 2020
Tulsa Arts District Tulsa, OK 74103 United States + Google Map
CANCELED

We are working to reschedule all Global BASH artists in light of the rapidly changing coronavirus situation, which has forced us to cancel the BASH. Our goal is to present every single one of them at future Tulsa events. Sign up for our email newsletter for automatic announcements in the coming weeks and months. Meanwhile, please stream, download, and listen to music by Global BASH artists. They need your support now more than ever! KEB' MO' - blues/americana - rescheduled for…

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November 2019

INDIGENOUS @ Gilcrease After Hours: IndigeNOISE

Friday, November 22, 2019 | 7:00 pm - 10:15 pm
Gilcrease Museum Auditorium, 1400 N Gilcrease Museum Rd
Tulsa, OK 74127 United States
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The ticketed show for blues-rock outfit INDIGENOUS has sold out, but there are many free performances by Native bands, artists and musicians at Gilcrease After Hours: IndigeNOISE, featuring Native music, food and art. Singer-songwriter KALYN FAY will also play the event, which celebrates Native American Heritage Month. As one of today’s premier guitarists, Indigenous frontman Mato Nanji has captivated audiences with his Hendrix-like prowess ever since exploding on the scene with his family band’s award-winning 1998 debut, Things We Do. The blues world…

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October 2019

SOFIA VIOLA y DAT GARCIA – Argentine folk & electronica @ Wine, Jazz & World FETE

Saturday, October 5, 2019 | 10:00 pm - 11:30 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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$15

We are proud to host two of Argentina's most compelling touring artists at this year's FETE. SOFIA VIOLA's unconditional love for Latin folklore in all its dimensions encompasses tangos, cumbia, vallenato, chamamé, and tropical wave—all set to colorful stories of love, ecology and junk food. DAT GARCIA—who mixes electronica with folk, and drum n’ bass with cumbia—is proof that Buenos Aires’ electronic music scene is among the most vibrant in the world. Together they lead us on a fascinating journey through…

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TIEMPO LIBRE – Cuban jazz @ Wine, Jazz & World FETE

Saturday, October 5, 2019 | 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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FREE

We're creating a dedicated dance floor next to the stage at Guthrie Green for this one. Classically trained at Cuba’s premier conservatories, the members of three-time Grammy-nominated Tiempo Libre are modern heirs to the rich musical tradition of their native Cuba. It's impossible not to move your feet when the group kicks into its charged timba arrangements: an irresistible mix of Latin jazz and Cuban son. Tiempo Libre has introduced Cuban music to new audiences through appearances at the New…

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FIDEL NADAL – Latin reggae @ Wine, Jazz & World FETE

Saturday, October 5, 2019 | 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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FREE

Rolling Stone recognizes this Argentinian icon as “The Rasta who revolutionized Latin rock." With a career spanning three decades, 250-plus songs, and two Latin Grammy nominations, Nadal has established himself as a pioneer of reggae en Español. He exploded on the underground scene in the late '80s as founder-singer of the radically political rasta-punk outfit Todos Tus Muertos, followed by a stint with roots-reggae trio Lumumba. Nadal launched his solo career in 2001 and found broad success with the hits “International Love”…

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CHUSCALES – Spanish flamenco @ Wine, Jazz & World FETE

Friday, October 4, 2019 | 9:00 pm - 10:30 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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$20

One of the most accomplished and captivating flamenco guitarists in the world, Jose Valle Fajardo “Chuscales” grew up in a traditional gypsy family of musicians and dancers in Antequera, Spain. His grandmother lived in the caves of Sacromonte, one of the legendary cradles of flamenco. Chuscales recalls, "there were shows with Gypsies from Granada who grew up in the caves… with singing and dancing, and there would be more singing and dancing on the streets every day. It was unbelievable. It…

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Spanish Wine Tasting @ Wine, Jazz & World FETE.

Friday, October 4, 2019 | 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Sold Out

Wine tasting @ 8-8:45PM Flamenco Concert @ 9:00-10:30 Wine tasting is limited to 35 people. Join us for a flight of sustainably produced Spanish wines, followed by the world-renowned Spanish music & dance of flamenco maestro CHUSCALES. Wine tasting ticket holders have preferred seating at the concert, which is included in the price of your ticket. It's all part of the 2nd annual Wine, Jazz & World FETE. FEATURED WINES Avinyo Cava Brut Reserva Ameztoi Txakolina Luberri Biga Rioja Antidoto…

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JOHN SCOFIELD – jazz guitar @ Wine, Jazz & World FETE

Thursday, October 3, 2019 | 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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SOLD OUT

SORRY, SCOFIELD'S SHOW IS SOLD OUT. HOWEVER, THERE'S LOTS MORE TO EXPERIENCE AT THE WINE, JAZZ & WORLD FETE! One of the principal innovators of modern jazz guitar, John Scofield is a stylistic chameleon who has forged a consistent, rock-solid aesthetic identity. Looking to commemorate his 66th year, Scofield penned 12 original compositions and formed a swinging new group to record and tour the music. Rising star Gerald Clayton was an obvious choice on piano, an instrument central to the…

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Fine wine & world-class jazz @ 2nd annual
Wine, Jazz, and World FETE

Thursday, October 3, 2019 - Saturday, October 5, 2019
Tulsa Arts District Tulsa, OK 74103 United States

Join us for the greatest jazz, reggae and folk artists from around the world, fine wines & wine tastings, a Latin Food Fair, performance art, family activities & more. The 2nd annual celebration is FREE on Guthrie Green and ticketed at Duet Jazz. TIEMPO LIBRE - grammy nominated cuban jazz CHUSCALES - spanish flamenco FIDEL NADAL - latin reggae JOHN SCOFIELD - jazz SOFIA VIOLA y DAT GARCIA - argentinian folk & electronica BROADQUAKE - world percussion BISHOP MARSH TRIO…

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May 2019

REFLEJOS FLAMENCOS
Spanish flamenco @ OKeclecticFEST

Saturday, May 11, 2019 | 10:00 pm - 11:30 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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$15

Reflejos Flamencos has performed Spanish music and dance for over 20 years with many of Spain’s top artists, and we are proud to team with Duet Jazz to present the great art of flamenco at the inaugural OKeclecticFEST. Guitarist Johnny Beard studied with well known musicians such as René Heredia, Roberto Castellón, Pedro Cuadra, and Chuscales, and he has performed at many flamenco festivals. An expert craftsman, he also builds flamenco guitars and cajons. Johnny’s daughter Lexi Allen began her formal…

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Spanish Wine Tasting & Flamenco Concert
@ inaugural OKeclecticFEST

Saturday, May 11, 2019 | 9:00 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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$35

  Join us for an evening of sustainably produced Spanish & Portuguese wines followed by the world-class Spanish music & dance of flamenco troupe REFLEJOS FLAMENCOS. Rolling Stone's first chief photographer BARON WOLMAN will give away a signed archival print of Santana at Woodstock ($800 value) to one lucky ticket holder. It’s all part of the inaugural OKeclecticFEST. Thanks to Provisions Fine Beverage Purveyors for providing this fleet of fine wines.   WINE TASTING: 9:00-9:45 (limited to 35) REFLEJOS FLAMENCOS CONCERT: 10:00-11:30 (included in…

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VALERIE JUNE
organic moonshine roots music @ OKeclecticFEST

Saturday, May 11, 2019 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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FREE

One of the most admired artists to break through in the last decade, Valerie June’s "organic moonshine roots music" blends southern sounds, African rhythms and ambient atmospherics into something altogether futuristic and new. A songwriter first and foremost, she willfully blurs the lines among genres and sonic eras, drawing on folk, soul, country, blues and R&B as needed, sometimes accompanied by stark banjo, sometimes by rich horns and vintage organ. Despite the music's varied nature, the songs all belong to a…

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DARK CIRCLES CONTEMPORARY DANCE
@ OKeclecticFEST

Saturday, May 11, 2019 | 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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FREE

DARK CIRCLES CONTEMPORARY DANCE brings the progressive work of international choreographers and dancers to a worldwide audience. Founded in 2010 in Seoul, South Korea, the company's Dallas-based branch—led by internationally award-winning choreographer and Dance Magazine “25 to Watch" Joshua L. Peugh—has been hailed as “the area’s most exciting dance company” (Star-Telegram) and as the "Best Dance Company" by D Magazine and Dallas Observer. The young company has been praised as “frequently stunning, and always fascinating” (DFW.com) and commended for innovative combinations…

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Dane Arnold & the Soup
Tulsa-based Retro Soul @ OKeclecticFEST

Saturday, May 11, 2019 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Free

One of the most popular bands to emerge of late from the rich red dirt of the Tulsa scene, Dane Arnold & the Soup boasts frontman Dane Arnold’s soaring crooning vocals, the fiery southern jazz guitar licks of Johnny Mullenax, the rhythm of pocket-specialist Matt Teegarden on drums, and bassist Jordan Hehl's low-end melodies and acute vocal harmonies. As trumpeter, Bishop Marsh contributes textural horn swells and virtuostic solo precision to the mix. Just over a year after its initial…

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Making Magic with BARON WOLMAN
Rolling Stone’s first Chief Photographer @ OKeclecticFEST

Saturday, May 11, 2019 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Magic City Books, 221 E Archer St
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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FREE

Join legendary photographer Baron Wolman for a screening of Making Magic, a 15-minute documentary on his life and work. Then hear WOLMAN tell fascinating stories behind his iconic photos of Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan and many others. Wolman is bringing many of his best-loved photography books, as well as signed archival prints. It was in San Francisco in 1967 that Wolman, then 30, met 21-year-old UC Berkeley student and freelance writer Jann Wenner. Wolman had been photographing…

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VALERIE JUNE headlines wildly eclectic arts festival
OKeclecticFEST

Saturday, May 11, 2019
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Singer-songwriter VALERIE JUNE headlines Oklahoma's newest festival, a wildly eclectic experience that includes a book signing with Rolling Stone's first staff photographer BARON WOLMAN, cutting-edge contemporary dance by DARK CIRCLES, circus arts, bellydancing, wine tastings, and more. All day and night, at Guthrie Green, Duet Jazz & Magic City Books. Featuring: VALERIE JUNE - organic moonshine roots music BARON WOLMAN - Rolling Stone's first staff photographer REFLEJOS FLAMENCOS - spanish flamenco music & dance DARK CIRCLES - contemporary dance DANE ARNOLD & THE SOUP - retro soul…

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April 2019

PREZIDENT BROWN
Jamaican reggae @ Earth Day Celebration

Saturday, April 20, 2019 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Free

Prezident Brown, who will cap Tulsa's Earth Day Celebration with a performance of positive-vibes roots reggae, is a champion of the new roots and reality consciousness reggae movement that entertains, informs, and inspires. Born Fitz Cotterell in the hills of Jamaica, his mother called him Junior Ranking because he would grab the microphone and chant at schoolyard and country dances. He was first known as Slim Brown because of his resemblance and similarity of style to DJ, U Brown. The most…

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Tulsa’s biggest Earth Day celebration
Earth Day Celebration

Saturday, April 20, 2019 | 1:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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FREE

Sierra Club Exec. Director MICHAEL BRUNE & Jamaican roots reggae artist PREZIDENT BROWN slated for Tulsa's biggest Earth Day Celebration. TULSA’S EARTH DAY CELEBRATION features nationally prominent environmental speakers, an Electric Vehicle Village, educational booths & demos, regional & nationally touring musical artists, environmental art, family activities, local cuisine and more. The event takes place at Guthrie Green, an internationally recognized urban park utilizing geothermal wells and solar panels, with satellite programming at Philbrook Downtown and the Woody Guthrie Center.…

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KATIE THIROUX
top jazz bassist @ 6th Global BASH

Saturday, April 13, 2019 | 9:30 pm - 11:00 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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$15

A triple threat talent, Katie Thiroux has garnered considerable attention for her bravura bass playing, assured singing and compelling compositions. Her most recent album, Off Beat, garnered rave reviews and was awarded a “Best Album Of 2017” by Downbeat Magazine. With the release of her 2015 debut, Introducing Katie Thiroux, her substantial gifts as a bandleader and recording artist came center stage, as the release received many awards including "Debut Record of the Year" from the Huffington Post, All About…

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THE WAILERS
classic Jamaican Reggae @ 6th Global BASH

Saturday, April 13, 2019 | 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N Main St
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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FREE

PLEASE NOTE THIS SHOW HAS BEEN MOVED TO CAIN’S BALLROOM - FREE, ALL AGES WELCOME. One hundred million Bob Marley & The Wailers recordings have sold worldwide, including 1977’s Exodus, anointed Best Album of the Century by Time Magazine, and “One Love,” named Song of the Millennium by BBC. Spin Magazine listed Bob Marley & The Wailers at #4 of the 50 Greatest Bands of All Times, while The New York Times named Marley the most significant musician of the 20th century.…

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BETSAYDA MACHADO
Venezuelan tambor @ 6th Global BASH

Saturday, April 13, 2019 | 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N Main St
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Free

THIS SHOW HAS MOVED TO CAIN’S BALLROOM. FREE, ALL-AGES WELCOME. Betsayda Machado was raised in a small village El Clavo in the region of Barlovento, in coastal Venezuela. Her recent rural recordings with lifelong friends in the ensemble Parranda El Clavo brought new attention to the infectiously percussive and danceable Venezuelan Afro-soul music and dance known as "tambor."  The New York Times calls Betsayda and Parranda "vital, accomplished, unplugged, deeply rooted." SATURDAY, APRIL 13 PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL GUTHRIE GREEN EVENTS FOR…

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NIGHTINGALE
American soul @ 6th Global BASH

Saturday, April 13, 2019 | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N Main St
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Free

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SHOW HAS BEEN MOVED TO CAIN'S BALLROOM - FREE, ALL-AGES WELCOME. Nightingale's signature blend of folk, indie, and soul put the band in front of big crowds when it earned a spot at the Hanson Brothers' high-profile Hop Jam festival. The Tulsa outfit continues to draw crowds with electric performances, most notably recent high-energy sets at MISfest and SXSW. Expect the arrival of Nightingale's much-anticipated first album sometime in the coming months. The project will showcase the…

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CHANGUI MAJADERO
infectiously danceable Cuban roots music @ 6th Global BASH

Friday, April 12, 2019 | 9:45 pm - 11:45 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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$15

Changüí is the predecessor of Son Cubano & Salsa, a style of music specifically from the region of Guantanamo, Cuba. Its origins can be traced back to the 1800s, during the days of slavery. Changüí is to Cuba & Latin America what the blues & early jazz is to American music: the roots, the foundation of the popular Latin music we hear today.

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Sustainable Wine Tasting & Cuban Music
@ 6th Global BASH

Friday, April 12, 2019 | 9:00 pm - 11:30 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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$35

Join us for an evening of top-shelf, sustainably produced wines and great Cuban music. OK Roots Music is teaming with Duet and Provisions Fine Beverage Purveyors for a wine tasting featuring a fleet of superb wines that have connections to Cuba & world music, followed by a concert with one of today's best Cuban bands. It's all part of the 6th Global BASH. WINE TASTING: 9:00-9:45  CHANGUI MAJADERO CONCERT: 10:00-11:30 Tickets Here FEATURED WINES Rafael Tirado Laberinto Sauvignon Blanc Broc…

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NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS
Hill Country Jamrock @ 6th Global BASH

Friday, April 12, 2019 | 7:00 am - 8:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS pay homage to crunchy country blues while simultaneously pushing it into contemporary relevance with fatback funk, electronic innovation, slippery soul, and unadulterated rock & roll. Founded in 1996 by brothers Luther (guitar and vocals) and Cody Dickinson (drums, piano, synth bass, programming and vocals), the brothers have been making music together all their lives. The now venerable band is entering its third decade with a nearly perfected synthesis of Luther’s raw, organic aesthetic (brought into play as…

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THE WAILERS headline 6th annual Global music fest
Global BASH

Friday, April 12, 2019 - Saturday, April 13, 2019
OK United States
FREE

ALL GUTHRIE GREEN EVENTS FOR SATURDAY HAVE MOVED TO CAIN’S BALLROOM. FREE, ALL-AGES WELCOME. THE WAILERS, NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS & many more play this free multi-day swirl of sights, sounds, smells and tastes from around the world. Our 6th annual BASH has expanded to two days and features music, circus acts, bellydancing, African drumming, kids’ arts activities, community booths, local cuisine, Oklahoma craft brews and fine wines.  THE WAILERS classic Jamaican reggae NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS - Mississippi hill country blues rock CHANGUI MAJADERO -…

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November 2018

Paul Benjaman Band

Sunday, November 18, 2018 | 8:00 pm
American Theatre Company, 308 S Lansing
Tulsa, OK 74120 United States
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Free

Tulsa Roots Music celebrates 5 years of free music programming with a free party featuring the Paul Benjaman Band, a beer and wine bar, and gourmet pizza service by Bohemian Wood Fired Pizza. Tulsa is a finalist in a national competition for $25,000 to expand our free music programming on Guthrie Green in 2018. So please VOTE FOR TULSA TO BE A TOP-15 LIVE MUSIC CITY! VOTE HERE. Building on the classic groove-based Tulsa Sound, the Paul Benjaman Band embraces…

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October 2018

1st annual Wine, Jazz, and World FETE
Combsy

Saturday, October 6, 2018 | 10:00 pm - 11:59 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Chris Combs is a Tulsa-based composer, guitarist and producer and a member of the jazz/experimental ensemble, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey. He has worked in various session and production roles for studios around the country, as well as collaborating with a diverse array of musicians from Jeff Coffin (Dave Matthews Band) to Brad Walker (Sturgill Simpson) to Dan Oestreicher (Trombone Shorty). Combs’ first solo release, Combsy, was released last year on Horton Records. Purchase tickets here

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1st annual Wine, Jazz, and World FETE
Delfeayo Marsalis Quintet

Saturday, October 6, 2018 | 7:45 pm - 9:15 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Free

Delfeayo Marsalis is one of today’s top jazz trombonists, composers and producers. He shares with his father, Ellis, and brothers (Branford, Wynton and Jason) the nation’s highest jazz honor: National Endowment for the Arts’ Jazz Masters Award. Delfeayo is perhaps the most traditionally New Orleans of the Crescent City’s first family of jazz, known for his technical excellence, imagination and humor. Born in New Orleans in 1965, as a kid Marsalis gravitated towards the trombone, which he calls “an extension…

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1st annual Wine, Jazz, and World FETE
Reflejos Flamencos

Saturday, October 6, 2018 | 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Free

Reflejos Flamencos has performed Spanish music and dance for over 20 years with many of Spain’s top artists. Guitarist Johnny Beard has been playing for four decades. He studied with well known musicians such as René Heredia, Roberto Castellón, Pedro Cuadra, and Chuscales, and he has performed at many flamenco festivals. He has entertained countless children with lecture demonstrations in schools around the state through the Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa’s Artists in the Schools program. An expert craftsman,…

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1st annual Wine, Jazz, and World FETE
Rio Mira

Saturday, October 6, 2018 | 5:45 pm - 6:45 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Free

A marimba supergroup consisting of some of the most respected musicians from Colombia and Ecuador, Rio Mira’s music is the sonic rejoining of the region known as El Pacífico Sur, one connected by history, ecology and culture and divided by the national borders of Ecuador and Colombia. The people throughout this area have similar music, food, speech, fashion, and background, and it is no coincidence that the band takes its name from the Mira River that flows across these borders,…

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1st annual Wine, Jazz, and World FETE
Mike Cameron Collective

Saturday, October 6, 2018 | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Free

Mike Cameron is a Tulsa-based saxophonist, composer and woodwind instructor specializing in improvisation that spans many musical genres. He leads and writes original music for the Mike Cameron Collective, an ever-changing ensemble of some of Oklahoma's most exciting musicians. Cameron has performed professionally with the Count Basie Orchestra, The Temptations, The O'Jays, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Bartlesville Symphony, The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, and others. He traveled to New York City in 2012 to perform with the…

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1st annual Wine, Jazz, and World FETE
Inspyral

Saturday, October 6, 2018
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Free

Inspyral’s Jeremy and Kelsey Philo bring spectacular roving atmospheric entertainment to this year’s FETE. All day long and into the night, audiences will be wowed with stilt walking, juggling, hula hooping, LED glow dancing, and children’s entertainment, including interactive juggling and plate-spinning for kids. Jeremy and Kelsey met at a park in Norman, Oklahoma on a warm, spring day in 2012. Kelsey had been hula hooping in solitude when a friend told her about the group of unicyclists and jugglers…

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1st annual Wine, Jazz, and World FETE
The Bad Plus

Friday, October 5, 2018 | 9:45 pm - 11:59 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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$10

“One of the great, true groups in jazz of the past 25 years.”—Joshua Redman. The Bad Plus came together at the end of the 20th century and has avoided easy categorization ever since, winning critical hosannas and a legion of fans worldwide with their creativity, unique sound and flair for live performance. Consisting of founding members Reid Anderson (bass) and Dave King (drums), and new member Orrin Evans (piano), the intensely collaborative trio has constantly searched for rules to break…

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1st annual Wine, Jazz, and World FETE
Wine Tasting and Duet Jazz Club Sneak Peek

Friday, October 5, 2018 | 9:00 pm - 9:30 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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$35

This weekend is all about top-shelf wines and world-class jazz. Join Tulsa Roots Music, Duet, and Provisions Fine Beverage Purveyors for a jazz-themed wine tasting featuring superb wines that have lyrical connections to jazz and/or New Orleans. Guests arrive at 9pm and are greeted with a glass of Robert Moncuit Blanc de Blancs Champagne. WINE #1 - Teutonic Wine Co. 'Jazz Odyssey' - White Wine, Oregon. WINE #2 - Catherine and Pierre Breton 'La Ritournelle' Rosé, Loire Valley, France. WINE…

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1st annual Wine, Jazz, and World FETE
Yemen Blues

Friday, October 5, 2018 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Free

“Quite simply, one of the most exciting bands in world...” —Time Out Chicago. In 2010, singer and composer Ravid Kahalani gathered top musicians from NYC, Uruguay and Tel Aviv, who mixed Yemenite, West African and jazz influences. Mambo and North African rhythms create a joyful and deep foundation, while the vocals evoke ancient Arabic chants mixed with funk and blues. Swirling with the traditions of Yemenite Muslims, Christians and Jews, with contemporary overlays of rock, jazz, and blues, Yemen Blues…

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1st annual Wine, Jazz, and World FETE
BTW Jazz Combo

Friday, October 5, 2018 | 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Booker T. Washington High School is a place of learning steeped in a musical heritage that dates back 100 years. The BTW Jazz Combo consists of the most accomplished members of BTW's Jazz Ensemble.

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1st annual Wine, Jazz, and World FETE
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah

Thursday, October 4, 2018 | 10:00 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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It's finally here: Tulsa's world-class jazz club! Join us for the grand opening, featuring two shows by New Orleans native Christian Scott, also known as Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, a two-time Edison Award winning and Grammy Award nominated trumpeter, composer and producer. His musical tutelage began under the direction of his uncle, legendary sax innovator Donald Harrison, Jr., at age 13. After graduating from the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts in 2001, Scott received a full scholarship to Berklee…

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1st annual Wine, Jazz, and World FETE
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah

Thursday, October 4, 2018 | 8:00 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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It's finally here: Tulsa's world-class jazz club! Join us for the grand opening, featuring two shows by New Orleans native Christian Scott, also known as Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, a two-time Edison Award winning and Grammy Award nominated trumpeter, composer and producer. His musical tutelage began under the direction of his uncle, legendary sax innovator Donald Harrison, Jr., at age 13. After graduating from the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts in 2001, Scott received a full scholarship to Berklee…

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1st annual
Wine, Jazz, and World FETE

Thursday, October 4, 2018 | 8:00 pm - Saturday, October 6, 2018 | 11:59 pm
LowDown, 108 N Detroit Ave
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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The greatest jazz and world artists, fine wines, delicious culinary offerings, performance art, kids and family activities. Join us for the inaugural celebration FREE on Guthrie Green and at Tulsa's new Duet jazz club. There's music everywhere...enjoy.The engagement of Rio Mira is funded through Southern Exposure: Performing Arts of Latin America, a program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. Big thanks to the Jewish Federation of Tulsa for supporting Yemen Blues' performance.THURSDAY,…

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September 2018

7th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Son Volt

Sunday, September 30, 2018 | 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Jay Farrar, the creative force behind Son Volt, is still not as old as his voice, an ageless gift which sounds something like old timber looks: simple, durable, weathered, unplanned. The band’s Notes of Blue, much heavier on fingerpicking that previous albums, is the 20th studio album to which Farrar has lent his voice and songwriting. His first band, the influential Uncle Tupelo, recorded a punked-up version of the topical Carter Family song “No Depression” and named their debut album…

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Perizad and Elysium Bellydance

Sunday, September 30, 2018 | 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Perizad spent many years studying music, theater and improv. In 2007, she became captivated by the grace and sensuality of belly dance, began taking classes, and since then has studied with such masters as Mahmoud Reda of Egypt and Sabah of the Bellydance Superstars. A RAWartists 2012 Performance Artist of the Year, she has performed in throughout the U.S. and Canada. In 2013, Perizad founded Elysium Belly Dance in Tulsa, which offers lessons to students of all ages.

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The Plateros

Sunday, September 30, 2018 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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If Santana and Los Lonely Boys had a child, they would name it The Plateros. This three-piece power blues-rock trio hails from the eastern Navajo Nation. A family band, they formed in 2004 and made their mark the following year with an explosive 20-minute set on the “Reach The Rez” stage at Gathering of Nations, the world’s largest Powwow. Lead guitarist Levi Platero was just 12 at the time, screaming blues notes from the stage. Little did they realize that…

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7th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Perizad and Elysium Bellydance

Sunday, September 30, 2018 | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Perizad spent many years studying music, theater and improv. In 2007, she became captivated by the grace and sensuality of belly dance, began taking classes, and since then has studied with such masters as Mahmoud Reda of Egypt and Sabah of the Bellydance Superstars. A RAWartists 2012 Performance Artist of the Year, she has performed in throughout the U.S. and Canada. In 2013, Perizad founded Elysium Belly Dance in Tulsa, which offers lessons to students of all ages.

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7th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Paul Thorn

Sunday, September 23, 2018 | 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Paul Thorn’s muscular, joyous roots music is bluesy, rocking and thoroughly Southern, “full of heart and humor and surprises and street-wise details of trailer parks and turnip greens and love and lust that have the unmistakable ring of truth,” in the words of fan Kris Kristofferson. Born and raised in Tupelo, Mississippi, Thorn worked in a furniture factory, jumped out of airplanes, and was a boxer (he once went 7 rounds with Roberto Duran) before embracing music full time, topping…

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Weston Horn and The Hush

Sunday, September 23, 2018 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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The heartchild of Weston Horn and his culmination of 15 years of playing and writing music, The Hush is an 8-piece ensemble, half of which is a thick-and-juicy horn section. Fan's have lovingly nicknamed the band "The Foo's Brothers" because The Hush brings the same raw rock-n-roll energy as The Foo Fighters, but tempered with funky, soulful, old-school horn arrangements. Super fun, eminently danceable.

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Golden Dragon Taekwondo

Sunday, September 23, 2018 | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Master Seo, a former Korean National Taekwondo athlete,is the owner and head trainer at Golden Dragon Taekwondo. The Golden Dragon Demonstration Team will showcase a variety of taekwondo techniques on the Guthrie Green lawn and Master Seo’s athletes will also be available to answer questions and talk to kids and adults interested in learning more about this martial art.

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7th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Big Sam’s Funky Nation

Sunday, September 16, 2018 | 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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“When you see us live or listen to our records, we’re all going to have a good time,” says frontman “Big Sam” Williams. “That’s what funk is all about. That’s what New Orleans is all about. That’s what Big Sam’s Funky Nation is all about. If you come to a show, you’re going to party. That’s what we’re here for.” A NOLA treasure, the band is known for a boisterous blend of funk, jazz, rock, hip-hop and a whole lot…

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Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble

Sunday, September 16, 2018 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Curley Taylor and his band, Zydeco Trouble, hail from the heart of Creole country in Louisiana. Taylor’s soulful vocals and the band’s hard-driving zydeco dance beats are the product of musicians who have been deeply immersed in the unique, deeply authentic music of Central Louisiana all their lives. Taylor began his professional career at 16 by playing drums in his father’s popular band, followed by stints on drums with many Louisiana legends: Steve Riley, L’il Buck Senegal, Geno Delafose and…

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Monhollon Bros.

Sunday, September 16, 2018 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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This trio from Tulsa focuses on djembe and dunun rhythms from Guinea and Mali. They will lead a West African drumming circle on the grass prior to Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble’s performance.

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Bob Schneider

Sunday, September 9, 2018 | 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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One of Austin’s most celebrated musicians, Bob Schneider is one of the most versatile, inventive, and engaging songwriters working today. With little national press or major label support, he has managed to become one of the biggest acts in Texas, with a fiercely loyal and fast growing following. Schneider has won more Austin Music Awards than any other musician, including Best Songwriter, Best Musician, and Best Male Vocals, clocking in at 54 awards to date. Raised in Texas and Germany,…

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Dylan Wagman

Sunday, September 9, 2018 | 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Dylan Wagman, a sophomore at Tulsa's Booker T. Washington High School has been drumming for seven years. Performing solo this Sunday, Dylan will be back with members of the BTW HS Jazz Ensemble on Friday, Oct. 5 For our Wine, Jazz and World Fete.

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Levi Parham

Sunday, September 9, 2018 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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”Perhaps it's something in the water—the same iron-heavy tap drink that Woody Guthrie sipped on as a young man—that leads to an inherited sense of melody. Whatever it is, Levi Parham has it." —The Bluegrass Situation A native of McAlester, Oklahoma, Parham's music draws on the rich songwriting traditions of his home state, with varying shades of blues, folk, soul, rock and country. Parham's soulful, gritty voice brings it all together into a sound that CMT described as "enticing" with…

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Calliope Youth Circus

Sunday, September 9, 2018 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Calliope Youth Circus is back with a program of exciting aerials and acrobatics on the lawn. Calliope offers a unique and challenging program in which Tulsa’s youth push themselves above and beyond their own expectations by immersing themselves in the circus arts. In a play-based, non-competitive environment, kids develop self-discipline, body respect and confidence. Calliope has provided programming for the Greater Tulsa YMCA, Tulsa Public Schools, Portico Dans and Cam Shalom, among others.

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7th annual
Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green

Sunday, September 9, 2018 | 3:00 pm - Sunday, September 30, 2018 | 6:45 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Each Sunday is a festival! We are proud to present a month of FREE Sunday concerts on Guthrie Green, in the heart of the Tulsa Arts District. Enjoy internationally touring rock, Latin, blues, folk, and world music. Plus performance arts, OK craft brews, local cuisine, and more. Bring the kids for great family activities and splashing in the fountains. There's music everywhere...enjoy!SUNDAY, SEPT. 93:00-4:00 - Calliope Youth Circus4:00-5:00 - Levi Parham - Americana5:30-6:45 - Bob Schneider - Texas roadhouseOn the…

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April 2018

Monte Montgomery

Friday, April 27, 2018 | 7:30 pm
Tulsa Little Theatre, 1511 S Delaware Ave
Tulsa, OK 74104 United States
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Named one of the “Top 50 All-Time Greatest Guitar Players” by Guitar Player Magazine, Monte Montgomery has resisted the temptation to be just a guitar slinger from Austin, in large part by honing his chops as a triple threat: songwriter, singer and master musician. The virtuoso guitar licks and trademark arrangements fans expect are there, but the emphasis is increasingly on creating a rich and colorful aural backdrop for insightful songwriting and nuanced singing. Monte grew up in Birmingham, learning…

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5th annual Global BASH
Michael Franti

Saturday, April 14, 2018 | 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Michael Franti believes in using music as a vehicle for positive change. He is revered for his high-energy live shows: a potent blend of rock, folk, reggae and hip-hop that fulfills his mission of making impassioned music you can dance to. Franti channels frustration into music that’s both thought-provoking and triumphantly hopeful. Once an outlier in his message of positivity-minded political consciousness, Franti has found that message gaining momentum in the mainstream in recent years: "My goal is to make…

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5th annual Global BASH
Monhollon Bros.

Saturday, April 14, 2018 | 7:15 pm - 8:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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This trio from Tulsa focuses on djembe and dunun rhythms from Guinea and Mali. They will lead a West African drumming circle on the grass prior to Michael Franti’s headline performance.

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5th annual Global BASH
Henry Zoellner

Saturday, April 14, 2018 | 7:00 pm - 7:15 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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We first cottoned onto Henry Zoellner during an elementary school talent show in which the young singer/multi-instrumentalist gave a stunning performance more evocative of a professional touring artist than a young, aspiring musician from Tulsa. He was given his first full-size acoustic drum set at age 5 and has since learned to play keys, ukulele, bass, electric and acoustic guitars. As a 5th grader at Lee Elementary School, Zoellner is a member of the choir and bike clubs. If Henry…

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5th annual Global BASH
Felix y Los Gatos

Saturday, April 14, 2018 | 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Formed in 2004, New Mexico's Felix Y Los Gatos swims in a danceable musical stew of zydeco, Tex-Mex, blues, and Django Reinhardt-esque gypsy jazz. Founding members Felix Peralta (vocals, guitar) and D.B. Gomez (button accordion) came together by way of open mics in the Albuquerque University area. Peralta spent his childhood watching his family play traditional New Mexican rancheras. Likewise, Gomez, who grew up in Santa Fe, was exposed to traditional Southwest sounds and switched from piano to accordion once…

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5th annual Global BASH
Golden Dragon Taekwondo

Saturday, April 14, 2018 | 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Master Seo,a former Korean National Taekwondo athlete,is the owner and head trainer at Golden Dragon Taekwondo. The Golden Dragon Demonstration Team will showcase a variety of taekwondo techniques on the Guthrie Green lawn as part of this year's Global BASH. Master Seo's athletes will also be available to answer questions and talk to kids and adults interested in learning more about this martial art.

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5th annual Global BASH
Perizad and Elysium Bellydance

Saturday, April 14, 2018 | 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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A seasoned entertainer, Perizad spent many years studying music, theater and improv. In 2007, she became captivated by the grace and sensuality of belly dance and began taking classes at the Belly Dance Academy of Tulsa. Since then, she has studied with such masters as Mahmoud Reda of Egypt, Sabah of the Bellydance Superstars, Princess Farhana, and Amanda Rose. Perizad was voted RAWartists 2012 Performance Artist of the Year, she has performed in both the US and Canada, and she…

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5th annual Global BASH
Local Hero

Saturday, April 14, 2018 | 4:40 pm - 5:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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This long-time Tulsa-based reggae band (23 years and counting), led by vocalist-bassist Doc James, started in 1985 when Doc, a Virgin Islander who relocated to Tulsa, met Rich Brown, who was drumming for the Streetpeople, a pioneer Oklahoma reggae outfit. The two cut some studio tracks, were soon gigging, and released their first album, Crossover, in 1986. The band has been at it ever since. Local Hero’s original compositions have appeared on Saturday Night Live, HBO’s Sex and the City,…

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5th annual Global BASH
Perizad and Elysium Bellydance

Saturday, April 14, 2018 | 4:30 pm - 4:40 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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A seasoned entertainer, Perizad spent many years studying music, theater and improv. In 2007, she became captivated by the grace and sensuality of belly dance and began taking classes at the Belly Dance Academy of Tulsa. Since then, she has studied with such masters as Mahmoud Reda of Egypt, Sabah of the Bellydance Superstars, Princess Farhana, and Amanda Rose. Perizad was voted RAWartists 2012 Performance Artist of the Year, she has performed in both the US and Canada, and she…

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5th annual Global BASH
Engine Room Boxing

Saturday, April 14, 2018 | 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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The Engine Room fight team and trainers will be demonstrating boxing fundamentals at the BASH, providing younger audience members the opportunity to safely learn and practice basic boxing skills. Aaron Sloan opened the Engine Room Boxing Gym in Tulsa’s Pearl District in 2015, offering both competition and fitness training. Sloan is a registered cardiac nurse, president of the Oklahoma Local Boxing Committee, vice president of the Kansas-Oklahoma Golden Gloves franchise, a USA Boxing certified coach, judge and referee, and a…

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5th annual Global BASH
Inspyral

Saturday, April 14, 2018 | 4:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Inspyral’s Jeremy and Kelsey Philo bring spectacular roving atmospheric entertainment to this year’s Global BASH. All day long and into the night, audiences will be wowed with stilt walking, juggling, hula hooping, LED glow dancing, and children's entertainment, including interactive juggling and plate-spinning for kids. Jeremy and Kelsey met at a park in Norman, Oklahoma on a warm, spring day in 2012. Kelsey had been hula hooping in solitude when a friend told her about the group of unicyclists and…

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5th annual Global BASH
Calliope Youth Circus

Saturday, April 14, 2018 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Calliope Youth Circus is back with a program of exciting aerials and acrobatics on the lawn. Calliope offers a unique and challenging program in which Tulsa’s youth push themselves above and beyond their own expectations by immersing themselves in the circus arts. In a play-based, non-competitive environment, kids develop self-discipline, body respect and confidence. Calliope has provided programming for the Greater Tulsa YMCA, Tulsa Public Schools, Portico Dans and Cam Shalom, among others.

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5th annual
Global BASH

Saturday, April 14, 2018 | 3:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Tulsa’s truly global, FREE, all-day, eclectic roots music festival featuring internationally touring artists on the main stage, the best local acts, performance artists, kids’ activities, community booths, and local cuisine, craft brews and wines. See you on the Green!FeaturingMICHAEL FRANTIFELIX Y LOS GATOSLOCAL HEROINSPYRALMONHOLLON BROS. AFRICAN DRUMMINGPERIZAD and ELYSIUM BELLYDANCEENGINE ROOM BOXINGGOLDEN DRAGON TAEKWONDOHENRY ZOELLNERCALLIOPE YOUTH CIRCUSKIDS ARTS ACTIVITIES - all day longGLOBAL CUISINE and LOCAL CRAFT BREWS (Keep it local!)2018 Tulsa Roots Music Global BASH Schedule3:30-4:30 - Calliope Youth…

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October 2017

Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band

Friday, October 27, 2017 | 8:00 pm
American Theatre Company, 308 S Lansing
Tulsa, OK 74120 United States
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The country blues is a gift of 20th century American music, and it’s awesome to see a band tap into its legacy with so much gusto and original vision. – Music City Roots. The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band—embraced equally by traditional country-blues, indie rock, and punk audiences—plays an infectious, updated version of the sound created by country blues legends Son House and Furry Lewis. "We end up playing with a lot of punk rock bands and any kind of…

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Indigenous

Sunday, October 1, 2017 | 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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As one of today’s premier guitarists, Indigenous front man Mato Nanji has captivated audiences with his Hendrix-like prowess ever since coming on the scene with his family band’s award-winning 1998 debut Things We Do. The blues world immediately took notice of the young native musicians from the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. A prestigious spot on B.B. King’s Blues Tour followed. Their sophomore release was produced by Stevie Ray Vaughan’s co-songwriter Doyle Bramhall. The band earned a much-coveted spot…

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Joan Soriano

Sunday, October 1, 2017 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Born in the rural countryside near Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, Joan Soriano fashioned his first guitar from a tin can and fishing line and has never looked back. Soriano plays steel string bachata with equal parts romance and grit. The Afro-infused rhythm that permeates his music has made him a favorite among dancers. As a boy Soriano received little formal education. The seventh of 15 children, he left school to help his father farm the family's land. But…

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Tulsa Touch

Sunday, October 1, 2017 | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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A local dance team that promotes Latin dance, Tulsa Touch is an official performing team of the global Island Touch dance family, which boasts 130 teams around the globe and 1500+ members. Island Touch was created by the world-famous bachata dance couple Jorge "Ataca" Burgos and Tanja "La Alemana" Kensinger. The dancers of Tulsa Touch will lead a free bachata workshop on the main stage prior to Joan Soriano's set. Learn to dance to the music of the Dominican Republic…

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September 2017

6th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Black Joe Lewis

Sunday, September 24, 2017 | 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears celebrate groove-oriented soul and punked-up RandB. The Austin-based band's music is bombastic and joyful, using gritty guitar tones and a Stax-style horn section to create intricate, danceable arrangements. Lewis grew up on the classic soul his father loved and the hip hop his friends played. Soul grounded him and hip hop is a genre that even today lends his music and lyrics an edgy sensibility. Lewis learned to play guitar during his teen years…

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Ninet Tayeb

Sunday, September 24, 2017 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Singer-songwriter, actress, model and DJ Ninet Tayeb is among the biggest entertainment figures in Israel, with a reputation for visceral, dynamic and potentially messy live performances. As incongruent as it seems today, Ninet first found success by winning Israeli Idol, launching her to instant fame. Her debut album went platinum in a day and yielded five #1 singles, not to mention a long-running TV series (which she starred in) based on her life. She delivered an electrifying performance in the…

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Lightnin’ Malcolm

Sunday, September 24, 2017 | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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I saw Lightnin’ Malcolm with Kimbrough’s grandson, playing hip-hop drums against this grinding, excessive guitar thing. It was really good, fire baskets blazing and the stars over the Mississippi. Suddenly, I thought, Wow, how did I get here? —Robert Plant on how he found his “big voice” again. A charismatic and energetic guitarslinger with a deep, soulful voice, Malcolm has taken his relentless, hypnotic Mississippi Hill Country dance grooves from southern juke joints to international stages opening for the likes…

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Pokey LaFarge

Sunday, September 17, 2017 | 5:15 pm - 6:45 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Pokey LaFarge and his band thoroughly embrace and embody old-time country, blues and folk music. Born Andrew Heissler in Bloomington in 1983, LaFarge developed an early interest in all things American roots, especially music. By his teens he was adept at guitar, mandolin and banjo. After high school he adopted the nickname Pokey and hit the American road performing on street corners and trading licks with like-minded artists, eventually forming his own combo the South City Three and releasing several…

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Leyla McCalla

Sunday, September 17, 2017 | 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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A Haitian-American who sings in French, Haitian Creole and English, McCalla plays cello, tenor banjo and guitar. Deeply influenced by traditional Creole, Cajun and Haitian music, as well as by American jazz and folk, her music is at once earthy and elegant, soulful and witty, vibrating with three centuries of history. Offbeat calls her songs “ambitious, deep and gorgeous,” while the Boston Globe describes her sound as “at once varnished and sparse, like field recordings in high definition.” Born in…

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Riverfield Rocks

Sunday, September 17, 2017 | 2:30 pm - 3:20 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Big thanks to Riverfield Country Day School for sponsoring the day’s activities and for showcasing its many talented student ensembles from Riverfield’s well regarded rock band program (which has earned accolades as one of the best in the country), its younger Blue Raven Singers, and its celebrated Drum Line. We are happy to present Riverfield’s talented musical students at Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green.

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Fantastic Negrito

Sunday, September 10, 2017 | 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Fantastic Negrito is a man’s struggle and redemption told in the form of black roots music. Each song the true story of a musician from Oakland who experienced the highs of a million dollar record deal, the lows of a near-fatal car accident that put him in a coma, and now a creative rebirth. Negrito’s music emphasizes rawness and space. Slide guitar, drums, piano. Rather than update the Delta Blues, Fantastic Negrito leaves the original sounds of Lead Belly and…

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Spoonfed Tribe

Sunday, September 10, 2017 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Spoonfed Tribe's live shows combine walls of percussion, psychedelic sonics and mind-expanding visuals. Ambidextrous players, a vibrant stage presence, and a rich, kaleidoscopic sound that consistently defies categorization are the band’s enduring hallmarks. This group of musicians and visual artists came together in the Ft. Worth area in 1999 and has since performed at major music fests including Lollapalooza, Highberry, Voodoo Music Experience, and Wakarusa. The band has released 8 albums, including 2013’s Enjoy the Ride, their most dynamic and…

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Carter Sampson

Sunday, September 10, 2017 | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Oklahoma City-based singer-songwriter Carter Sampson is a soulful country singer with a penchant for penning songs about heartbreak and the open road. Her fourth and latest album, Wilder Side, hearkens to the classic country of Patsy Cline and Emmylou Harris and features fellow Okies Ali Harter and John Moreland, who beautifully complement Sampson's big and breathtakingly sorrowful vocals. Sampson averages about 220 regional shows a year, but her red boots are happiest when they’re on her home turf. She was…

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6th annual
Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green

Sunday, September 10, 2017 | 2:30 pm - Sunday, October 1, 2017 | 6:45 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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In collaboration with George Kaiser Family Foundation, we are proud to present 4 consecutive Sundays of FREE concerts on Guthrie Green, in the heart of Tulsa’s thriving arts district. Enjoy world-class reggae, rock, Latin, blues, folk, world music, and performance arts. Plus OK craft brews, gourmet food trucks, Mr. Nice Guys tacos on the Dock, and community booths. Bring the kids for great arts activities at the kids tent from 2:30-5:30. There's music everywhere. Enjoy!SUNDAY, SEPT. 102:30-3:00 - CARTER SAMPSON…

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May 2017

Ruthie Foster

Sunday, May 14, 2017 | 2:00 pm
Gilcrease Museum Auditorium, 1400 N Gilcrease Museum Rd
Tulsa, OK 74127 United States
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Tulsa Roots Music and Gilcrease Museum conclude this year's Music on Exhibit series with a special Mother's Day concert featuring soul-blueswoman Ruthie Foster. Music on Exhibit is a series of Sunday concerts featuring internationally recognized artists at the museum’s Tom Gilcrease, Jr. Auditorium. The concerts are free with museum admission. Ruthie Foster was born in rural Texas and raised in a family of gospel singers. With a chapel-bred bravado inspired by powerful African-American women such as Mavis Staples and Aretha…

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April 2017

4th annual Global BASH
Los Lobos

Saturday, April 15, 2017 | 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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“We’re a Mexican-American band, and no word describes America like immigrant. Most of us are children of immigrants, so it’s perhaps natural that the songs we create celebrate America in this way,” says Louie Perez, the primary wordsmith of Los Lobos, who headline this year's GLOBAL BASH. “We live out loud most of the time and share our life this way, but then there are more intrinsic things that happen, and our songs are part of the way we react…

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Arthur Thompson Drums

Saturday, April 15, 2017 | 7:15 pm - 8:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Arthur Thompson started drumming when he was four years old. He has performed and recorded with bassist Marcus Miller, singer-songwriter Toby Keith, and saxophonist Tom Braxton, but he's best known as the drummer for Tulsa's own much-loved and sorely-missed Wayman Tisdale. Arthur uses his music to teach and heal - helping at-risk students learn mathematical concepts through musical notes and scales with his Math and Music curriculum and teaching children how to play Djembes, Tubanos and other African instruments. Arthur…

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Young Dubliners

Saturday, April 15, 2017 | 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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”There are no gimmicky drinking songs. This is like a pint of honest rock music with a shot of Irish flair dropped in for extra kick." Although the Young Dubliners sound is most commonly called “Celtic Rock,” that label is somewhat misleading. The Irish influence is there, certainly, but it's not the only influence—after all, several of the band members have no Irish roots of any kind. "That was always the idea,” says lead singer Keith Roberts. ”The sound was…

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City of Tulsa Pipes and Drums

Saturday, April 15, 2017 | 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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City of Tulsa Pipes and Drums has been performing since 1976. Under the direction of Pipe Major Bill Tetrick (a former Pipe Major for the 7th US Calvary Pipes and Drums), the ensemble has competed throughout the region, acquiring numerous honors and awards for both group and individual piping and drumming. COTPD regularly performs at diverse events and venues throughout the region, playing traditional and contemporary piping arrangements while sharing Scottish Highland culture.

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Sister Carol

Saturday, April 15, 2017 | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Reggae’s reigning queen, for nearly three decades, Sister Carol has been a trailblazer for women in reggae. She is a Grammy-nominated singer, DJ, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur, educator and humanitarian whose work is infused with social consciousness and rich with Jamaican cultural heritage—so much so that she is often referred to by fans and peers as "Mother Culture." Born Carol Theresa East in 1959 in Kingston, Jamaica's Denham Town ghetto, in the midst of the exploding Jamaican music scene, her father…

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Perizad and Elysium Bellydance

Saturday, April 15, 2017 | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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A seasoned entertainer, Perizad spent many years studying music, theater and improv. In 2007, she became captivated by the grace and sensuality of belly dance and began taking classes at the Belly Dance Academy of Tulsa. Since then, she has studied with such masters as Mahmoud Reda of Egypt, Sabah of the Bellydance Superstars, Princess Farhana, and Amanda Rose. Perizad was voted RAWartists 2012 Performance Artist of the Year, she has performed in both the US and Canada, and she…

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Reflejos Flamencos

Saturday, April 15, 2017 | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Reflejos Flamencos has performed Spanish music and dance for over 20 years with many of Spain’s top artists. Guitarist Johnny Beard has been playing for four decades. He studied with well known musicians such as René Heredia, Roberto Castellón, Pedro Cuadra, and Chuscales, and he has performed at many flamenco festivals. He has entertained countless children with lecture demonstrations in schools around the state through the Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa’s Artists in the Schools program. An expert craftsman,…

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Engine Room Live Boxing

Saturday, April 15, 2017 | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Live sparring on Guthrie Green with professional and amateur boxers presented by Tulsa's The Engine Room Boxing Gym. Participants include Tulsa's Mayra Hernandez, undefeated women's pro boxer and current NAMA (North American Midwest Association) Belt Holder, and 2015 Ringside World Champion, Andre "Slim" Brown.

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Global BASH

Saturday, April 15, 2017 | 2:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Oklahoma’s truly global, FREE, all-day, eclectic roots music festival kicking off the Guthrie Green concert season and featuring major internationally touring artists on the main stage, the best local acts, performance artists, a kids' tent with arts activities, community, sustainability and OK-made booths, and local food, craft brews and wines. There’s music everywhere…see you on the Green!2017 Tulsa Roots Music GLOBAL BASH Schedule2:30-3:30 - Engine Room Boxing - live sparring - on the grass3:30-4:00 - REFLEJOS FLAMENCOS - flamenco -…

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Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble

Sunday, April 9, 2017 | 2:00 pm
Gilcrease Museum Auditorium, 1400 N Gilcrease Museum Rd
Tulsa, OK 74127 United States
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Tulsa Roots Music and Gilcrease are proud to present Music on Exhibit, a series of Sunday concerts featuring internationally recognized artists at the museum’s Tom Gilcrease, Jr. Auditorium. The concerts are free with museum admission. Curley Taylor and his band, Zydeco Trouble, hail from the heart of Creole country in Louisiana. Taylor's soulful vocals and the band's hard-driving zydeco dance beats are the product of musicians who have been deeply immersed in the unique, deeply authentic music of Central Louisiana…

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March 2017

John Fullbright

Sunday, March 12, 2017 | 2:00 pm
Gilcrease Museum Auditorium, 1400 N Gilcrease Museum Rd
Tulsa, OK 74127 United States
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Mr. Fullbright joins the lineage of terse Southwestern songwriters like Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, sticking to a few folky chords and reaching for unassailable clarity.—New York Times. Tulsa Roots Music and Gilcrease are proud to present Music on Exhibit, a series of Sunday concerts featuring internationally recognized artists at the museum’s Tom Gilcrease, Jr. Auditorium. The concerts are free with museum admission. The series continues with singer-songwriter John Fullbright. A plainspoken approach is a big part of what’s…

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Monte Montgomery

Friday, March 10, 2017 | 7:30 pm
Tulsa Little Theatre, 1511 S Delaware Ave
Tulsa, OK 74104 United States
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Named one of the “Top 50 All-Time Greatest Guitar Players” by Guitar Player Magazine, Monte Montgomery has resisted the temptation to be just a guitar slinger from Austin, in large part by honing his chops as a triple threat: songwriter, singer and master musician. The virtuoso guitar licks and trademark arrangements fans expect are there, but the emphasis is increasingly on creating a rich and colorful aural backdrop for insightful songwriting and nuanced singing. Monte grew up in Birmingham, learning…

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February 2017

Band of Heathens

Thursday, February 16, 2017 | 7:30 pm
American Theatre Company, 308 S Lansing
Tulsa, OK 74120 United States
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Taking their inspiration from classic American rock groups like Drive-By Truckers and the Allman Brothers, BOH’s style blends classic rock, folk, country and soul music together. BOH has been honored as “Best New Band” at the Austin Music Awards, and has been nominated in various categories at the “Americana Music Awards” over the past several years. The Wall Street Journal called theirs the best set at South By Southwest 2009 festival. The Dallas Morning News say's BOH is “a must-see…

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Byron Berline Band

Sunday, February 12, 2017 | 2:00 pm
Gilcrease Museum Auditorium, 1400 N Gilcrease Museum Rd
Tulsa, OK 74127 United States
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Tulsa Roots Music and Gilcrease are proud to present Music on Exhibit, a series of Sunday concerts featuring internationally recognized artists at the museum's Tom Gilcrease, Jr. Auditorium. The concerts are free with museum admission. We kick off the series with Byron Berline, perhaps the most accomplished bluegrass and Western swing fiddle player in the world. Born in Kansas, he picked up the fiddle at age five. As a young man in the ‘60s he recorded with the Dillards and…

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Billy Strings

Wednesday, February 1, 2017 | 7:30 pm
American Theatre Company, 308 S Lansing
Tulsa, OK 74120 United States
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Imagine taking a hardcore heavy metal band like Pantera and cramming all that energy into the body of a 23-year-old bluegrass guitarist. That’s Billy Strings, who will take the stage in Tulsa with a full band. He tears up the stage during his set, grimacing, growling, head-banging and tearing the holy sh*t out of a set of super-charged Americana. Kid can pick! DAMN can he pick! It’s acoustic music with a punk edge and a lot of youthful enthusiasm and,…

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October 2016

5th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Count Tutu

Sunday, October 2, 2016 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Count Tutu is a fun-fun-fun 11-piece funking horn outfit from Tulsa led by Nathan Wright and Mike Cameron. Its high energy dance music draws from Fela Kuti, James Brown and Rage Against the Machine. Since their first show in July 2015, Count Tutu has packed houses in Tulsa, booked the Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival in Aruba, and played the Tulsa Roots Music GLOBAL BASH with Fishbone and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Big thanks to Riverfield Country Day School for…

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Knox Hamilton

Sunday, October 2, 2016 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Fueled by the similar staples within their collective musical taste, the members of Little Rock-based Knox Hamilton blend laid-back guitar riffs and catchy bass lines with rhythmic drum beats and soaring vocals to produce a pop soundscape that’s as likely to make you want to visit the beach as it is to move your feet. The Great Hall EP is a culmination of the band's eclectic musical sensibilities, as individuals, and their combined infatuation with indie pop rock, as a…

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Riverfield Rocks

Sunday, October 2, 2016
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Big thanks to Riverfield Country Day School for sponsoring the day’s activities and for showcasing its many talented student ensembles from Riverfield’s well regarded rock band program, which has earned accolades as one of the best in the country. We are happy to present an expanded palette of Riverfield’s most talented students at Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green.

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September 2016

5th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
James McMurtry

Sunday, September 25, 2016 | 5:15 pm - 6:45 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Fuses wry, literate observations about the world with the snarl of barroom rock. —NPR. Widely considered one of the finest songwriters of his generation, James McMurtry's song stories teem with workingman's angst. His colorful characters—painted with deep sensitivity for the human condition—are usually downtrodden and lovelorn, sometimes funny, and often violent. His band pounds out highly melodic Texas-flavored roots rock that is at times tender and meandering, sometimes bold and scorching. His reputation as a great lyricist—vibrant vignettes packed with…

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Herencia de Timbiqui

Sunday, September 25, 2016 | 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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A mouthwatering pot of flavors and sounds.—Sounds and Colours Magazine. In a big-band-like orchestra of instruments, influences of salsa, jazz and even funk meet folkloric roots. Colombia’s Herencia de Timbiquí works to preserve the ancestral roots of the marimba de chonta, and traditional instruments such as the bombo, cununos and guasá, combining them with a energetic vocals, brass, keyboards, and guitar. The currulao ensemble features exceptional hand percussion on drums that resemble West African djembes, beautifully honoring traditional regional music…

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Grazzhopper

Sunday, September 25, 2016 | 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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“Growing up in the country, I was heavily influenced by my surroundings and my family,” says Grazzhopper frontman Cody Brewer, who hails from Leonard, Oklahoma. “My father and grandfather instilled the basic building blocks of bluegrass and country and from that foundation, I have developed a more complex sound from my later musical influences in the jam, folk and jazz scenes.” Fluctuating as needed from an acoustic duo to a five-piece band, Grazzhopper's live shows are festive, danceable affairs. Brewer’s…

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Sly and Robbie and the Taxi Gang

Sunday, September 18, 2016 | 5:15 pm - 6:45 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Sly Dunbar (drums) and Robbie Shakespeare (bass) are the premiere architects of modern Jamaican music. Widely acknowledged as reggae's greatest rhythm section, the pair has arranged, produced, or played with every prominent Jamaican artist from Beenie Man to Gregory Isaacs, and with many artists outside reggae including Ben Harper, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Santana, Alicia Keys, the Fugees, and Michael Franti, among many others. The “Riddim Twins,” as they are widely known, were a driving force behind the fabled…

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The 1491s

Sunday, September 18, 2016 | 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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A collective of American Indian writers, filmmakers, visual and traditional artists, the 1491s’ distinctly indigenous brand of satire has drawn a sizable following, with a YouTube channel viewership of more than two million. In their own words: “The 1491s are a sketch comedy group based in the wooded ghettos of Minnesota and buffalo grass of Oklahoma. They are a gaggle of Indians chock full of cynicism and splashed with a good dose of indigenous satire. They coined the term “All…

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Kalyn Fay

Sunday, September 18, 2016 | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Capable of inducing tears with its harsh truths….Kalyn Fay will steal your heart. --Bucket Full of Nails. This young Cherokee songstress grew up neck-deep in the Bible Belt, but found her unique voice after venturing beyond worship music. While finishing her undergrad degree in 2012, she began writing her own music, and by the following year was performing and touring. Simultaneously working on her master’s degree while writing and recording her debut, Horton Records released Bible Belt this year. Questions…

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Hayes Carll

Sunday, September 11, 2016 | 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Carll has a voice as tough and relentless as a late-night Lone Star brawl and a lyric sensibility worthy of an M.F.A. creative-writing seminar. --The New Yorker. "Hayes Carll is an inheritor of the Texas songwriting tradition that includes Townes Van Zandt and Steve Earle. He's highly romantic and highly literary and sometimes, it seems, just plain high. But he lives up to his lofty antecedents, singing in a drawl that's as sexy as it is smart, and writing songs…

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Green Corn Rebellion

Sunday, September 11, 2016 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Green Corn Rebellion weaves through genres and styles past and present: from swampy backwoods grooves, lush choral harmonies and jazz-infused chords couched within ragged, dirt road Okie tunes, to experimental indie rock shot through with Stax-inspired soul…with an easygoing accessibility and tunefulness. --Tulsa People. Green Corn's expansive roots rock is the brainchild of songwriter-picker-pianist Chris Foster (formerly of indie outfit The Mantras and various Tulsa combos). Foster told Tulsa People magazine that a few years ago, he got a hankering…

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Travis Linville

Sunday, September 11, 2016 | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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There’s something inexplicably authentic about Oklahoma’s Travis Linville that has carried him from dive bars and classrooms to The Tonight Show and esteemed theaters and festivals across the globe. Linville is legendary regionally for his work in the now-defunct Burtschi Brothers and for his behind-the-scenes influence—including producing John Fullbright’s first album and teaching guitar lessons to a then nine-year-old Parker Millsap. The Oklahoma Gazette rightly called him a “godfather of modern Oklahoma folk” and noted that his success opened doors…

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Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green

Sunday, September 11, 2016 | 2:30 pm - Sunday, October 2, 2016 | 6:45 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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We are proud to present 4 consecutive Sundays of free concerts on Guthrie Green, in the heart of Tulsa’s thriving Arts District, featuring 3-5 acts per day. Enjoy world-class reggae, ska, rock, Latin, blues, folk, world music, and performance arts. Plus OK craft brews, local cuisine, and community booths. Thanks to Zarrow Center for providing great arts activities from 2:30-5:00 for kids.SUNDAY, SEPT. 11: BOK Center DayPart of the MOTHER ROAD REVIVAL WEEKEND. Saturday is a big night at BOK…

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May 2016

David Lindley

Friday, May 6, 2016 | 7:30 pm
Tulsa Little Theatre, 1511 S Delaware Ave
Tulsa, OK 74104 United States
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What he played did as much to form my music as my writing those songs...one of the great slide players of all time. —Jackson Browne. David Lindley is a Grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist who redefines the word "eclectic." His instrument rack is packed with exotic string instruments, including the acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, electric lap steel guitar, Weissenborn, mandolin, fiddle, saz baglama, bouzouki, and oud. Known for his 40-plus years as the featured accompanist with Jackson Browne and as the leader…

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April 2016

3rd annual Global BASH
Fishbone

Saturday, April 16, 2016 | 8:15 pm - 9:45 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Fishbone has been trailblazing its way through ska, funk, punk, and rock fusion for 25 groundbreaking, horn-laden years. The band sprouted in Los Angeles’ burgeoning, alt-rock scene in the mid-‘80s, their sound often imitated, but never duplicated. Angelo Moore’s ability to combine thought-provoking, humorous social commentary with Fishbone’s frenzied, up-tempo music and frantic, euphorically entertaining stage show has cultivated their undisputed reputation as one of the best live acts in music history. Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) calls the band…

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Dirty Dozen Brass Band

Saturday, April 16, 2016 | 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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In 1977, The Dirty Dozen Social and Pleasure Club in New Orleans began showcasing a traditional Crescent City brass band. It was a joining of two proud, but antiquated, traditions at the time: social and pleasure clubs dated back over a century to a time when black southerners could rarely afford life insurance, and the clubs would provide proper funeral arrangements. Brass bands, early predecessors of jazz as we know it, would often follow the funeral procession playing somber dirges,…

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Arlene Gould

Saturday, April 16, 2016 | 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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A multinational mix of Caribbean and Israeli Roots by origin, Arlene Gould spent years honing her craft in the Israeli music scene, where she took off as a musician-songwriter and left a footprint on the popular music of the region, appearing on Israeli television and performing with her band throughout the country. A vocalist of uncommon strength, she eventually moved to New York City to immerse herself in the Big Apple’s pulsing Afro-pop scene, playing in diverse ensembles including her…

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Count Tutu

Saturday, April 16, 2016 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Count Tutu is an eleven-piece funking horn outfit from Tulsa led by Nathan Wright and Mike Cameron. Its high energy dance music draws from Fela Kuti, James Brown and Rage Against the Machine. Since their first show in July 2015, Count Tutu has packed houses in Tulsa, booked the Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival in Aruba, and will open for John Popper of Blues Traveler in Copper Mountain, CO. In addition to their Mainstage set, the band will participate in a…

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Global BASH

Saturday, April 16, 2016 | 2:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Tulsa Roots Music and Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in partnership with George Kaiser Family Foundation, present Global BASH 2016. Last year 3,500 happy people turned up at the second installment of Tulsa’s truly global, FREE, all-day, eclectic roots music festival kicking off the Guthrie Green concert season and featuring major internationally touring artists on the main stage, the best local acts, performance artists, a children’s/family area with arts activities, community, sustainability and OK-made booths, and local food, craft brews…

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Tony Furtado

Friday, April 1, 2016 | 7:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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“Tony Furtado is a major musical force without a doubt. He has his black-belt in voice and bottleneck guitar and his banjo playing scares the crap out of me.” – David Lindley, musical adventurer. Very few musicians of any stripe so personify a musical genre as completely as Tony Furtado embodies Americana roots music. Tony is an evocative and soulful singer, a wide-ranging songwriter and a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist adept on banjo, cello-banjo, slide guitar and baritone ukulele who mixes and…

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February 2016

Monte Montgomery

Friday, February 5, 2016 | 7:30 pm
Tulsa Little Theatre, 1511 S Delaware Ave
Tulsa, OK 74104 United States
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Named one of the “Top 50 All-Time Greatest Guitar Players” by Guitar Player Magazine, Monte Montgomery has resisted the temptation to be just a guitar slinger from Austin, in large part by honing his chops as a triple threat: songwriter, singer and master musician. The virtuoso guitar licks and trademark arrangements fans expect are there, but the emphasis is increasingly on creating a rich and colorful aural backdrop for insightful songwriting and nuanced singing. Monte grew up in Birmingham, learning…

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November 2015

Tim O’Brien

Thursday, November 12, 2015 | 7:30 pm
Tulsa Little Theatre, 1511 S Delaware Ave
Tulsa, OK 74104 United States
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A master of American folk music, Irish music, Scottish music—it doesn't matter. A fine songwriter and one of my favorite singers.—Mark Knopfler. Tim O’Brien’s uncanny intersection of traditional and contemporary songwriting, dedication to a vast and ever-expanding array of instruments, and ongoing commitment to unique and challenging musical scenarios has earned him a key place in today’s thriving roots music scene. As a songwriter, O’Brien has a gift for finding the profound hiding within the mundane, and bringing it out…

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October 2015

Rory Block

Friday, October 23, 2015 | 7:30 pm
American Theatre Company, 308 S Lansing
Tulsa, OK 74120 United States
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Some of the most singular and affecting country blues anyone—man or woman, black or white, old or young—has cut in recent years. —Rolling Stone. After a fantastic first show at the warm and intimate American Theatre Company with Old Crow Medicine Show's Willie Watson, we are jazzed to return to this great venue with blueswoman extraordinaire Rory Block, who has dedicated her life to preserving and innovating the Delta blues tradition. Block grew up in a family with Bohemian leanings,…

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John Fullbright Band

Sunday, October 4, 2015 | 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Mr. Fullbright joins the lineage of terse Southwestern songwriters like Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, sticking to a few folky chords and reaching for unassailable clarity. —New York Times. From the Ground Up, this Bearden, OK native's 2012 debut studio album, garnered a Grammy nomination for "Americana Album of the Year." A Tulsa favorite, Fullbright has performed on the Late Show with David Letterman, Prairie Home Companion, and NPR, among others. Big thanks to Bank of Oklahoma for sponsoring…

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Tulsa Latin Style

Sunday, October 4, 2015 | 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Tulsa Latin Style is a traditional 12-piece Latin jazz and salsa ensemble under the direction of bandleader Ramon Rivera Serrano and conguero Phillip Poitras. Members hail from Puerto Rico, Peru, Cuba, Mexico and the US, and the ensemble explores many regions and styles, including salsa, samba and bossa nova. Thanks to Bank of Oklahoma for sponsoring the day's activities.

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Grupo Cimarrón

Sunday, October 4, 2015 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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From the cattle rearing, Llanos Orientales region of Colombia, Grupo Cimarron performs the festive dance music of "joropo," a fiercely virtuoso display of rippling melodies and powerful rhythms combining Andalusia, Indigenous, and African roots. Led by harpist Carlos Rojas, these musicians seek to explore and experiment with their rich heritage while retaining the essence of tradition. In addition to its Tulsa Roots Rock the Green performance, Cimarron will join students from San Miguel Middle School for an interactive performance and…

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Perizad and Elysium Bellydance

Sunday, October 4, 2015 | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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A seasoned entertainer, Perizad spent many years studying music, theater and improv. In 2007, she became captivated by the grace and sensuality of belly dance and began taking classes at the Belly Dance Academy of Tulsa. Since then, she has studied with such masters as Mahmoud Reda of Egypt, Sabah of the Bellydance Superstars, Princess Farhana, and Amanda Rose. Perizad was voted RAWartists 2012 Performance Artist of the Year, she has performed in both the US and Canada, and she…

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Tulsa Latin Style

Sunday, October 4, 2015 | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Tulsa Latin Style is a traditional 12-piece Latin jazz and salsa ensemble under the direction of bandleader Ramon Rivera Serrano and conguero Phillip Poitras. Members hail from Puerto Rico, Peru, Cuba, Mexico and the US, and the ensemble explores many regions and styles, including salsa, samba and bossa nova. Thanks to Bank of Oklahoma for sponsoring the day's activities.

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September 2015

4th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Shinyribs

Sunday, September 27, 2015 | 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Former Gourds frontman Kevin Russell’s musical journey began in Beaumont,Texas at age 14, when he found a guitar, a sewing machine, a billy club and a box of comic books under his father’s bed. Luckily he chose the guitar. Following his family’s oil boom and bust migratory path, he landed in Shreveport, where he formed the Picket Line Coyotes, a Husker Du meets Elvis Costello hybrid that lived and died between the “Arklatexabamassippi” borders. Next came Austin, where The Gourds…

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American Aquarium

Sunday, September 27, 2015 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Raleigh, NC's American Aquarium brings a distinctly Southern perspective to its brand of rock and roll. A road-tested, hard touring outfit, AA's live shows are full of Springsteen-esque bravado, old-school country lyrical heartbreak, and indie-rock introspection. Burn. Flicker. Die., the band's 2012 release, was supposed to be its last. Powered by frontman BJ Barham's skillfully crafted songs of boozing, losing and hard-living, it had the opposite effect, propelling AA into the national spotlight. Named one of Rolling Stone's "10 New…

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Mykal Rose

Sunday, September 20, 2015 | 5:15 pm - 6:45 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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For more than a quarter century, Mykal Rose has been performing his original brand of hardcore Jamaican music, both as the lead singer for Black Uhuru and as a solo artist. Rose has consistently remained one of reggae’s top internationally touring artists, even as different Jamaican musical styles have phased in and out of popularity. Perhaps the highest profile recognition came in 1984, when Rose and his cohorts in Black Uhuru (including Sly and Robbie) won reggae's first Grammy for…

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Leopold and His Fiction

Sunday, September 20, 2015 | 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Leopold and His Fiction, featuring Daniel James, is a high-energy, soul-drenched, bare bones, rock and roll outfit. Hook-filled, RandB-tinged party rock, Leopold and His Fiction draw favorable comparisons to Jack White.

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Riverfield Rocks

Sunday, September 20, 2015 | 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Big thanks to Riverfield Country Day School for sponsoring the day's activities and for showcasing its many talented student ensembles from Riverfield's well regarded rock band program, which has earned accolades as one of the best in the country. We are happy to present an expanded palette of Riverfield's most talented students at Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green.

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Indigenous

Sunday, September 13, 2015 | 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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As one of today’s premier guitarists, Indigenous front man Mato Nanji has captivated audiences with his Hendrix-like prowess ever since coming on the scene with his family band’s award-winning 1998 debut Things We Do. The blues world immediately took notice of the young native musicians from the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. A prestigious spot on B.B. King’s Blues Tour followed. Their sophomore release was produced by Stevie Ray Vaughan’s co-songwriter Doyle Bramhall. The band earned a much-coveted spot…

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Cherokee Nation Singers and Storytellers

Sunday, September 13, 2015 | 4:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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This Sunday is CHEROKEE NATION DAY on Guthrie Green. In addition to Mali’s Vieux Farka Touré and Native American blues-rockers Indigenous, featured performers will include artists from the Cherokee Nation. Tulsa Roots Music is so pleased to be collaborating with the Cherokee Nation on this special event. We are honored to be sharing our traditional Cherokee customs with people in the revitalized Guthrie Green area in downtown Tulsa,” said Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John Baker. “This is a unique…

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Vieux Farka Toure w Julia Easterlin

Sunday, September 13, 2015 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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The son of the late Malian guitarist Ali Farka Touré inherited his dad’s dazzlingly fluid phrasing but clearly also digs the fiery African blues rock of bands like Tinariwen…a crossover that slays. —Rolling Stone. The son of legendary Malian guitar player Ali Farka Touré, Vieux is known for dazzling speed, dexterity and melodic intricacy on the guitar. Initially a drummer-calabash player at Mali’s Institut National des Arts, Vieux took up the guitar in 2001. Six years later he recorded his…

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Cherokee Nation Singers and Storytellers

Sunday, September 13, 2015 | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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This Sunday is CHEROKEE NATION DAY on Guthrie Green. In addition to Mali’s Vieux Farka Touré and Native American blues-rockers Indigenous, featured performers will include artists from the Cherokee Nation. Tulsa Roots Music is so pleased to be collaborating with the Cherokee Nation on this special event. We are honored to be sharing our traditional Cherokee customs with people in the revitalized Guthrie Green area in downtown Tulsa,” said Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John Baker. “This is a unique…

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Ben Miller Band

Sunday, September 6, 2015 | 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Since its formation in 2004, this Joplin, Missouri trio has been channeling a century's worth of wide-ranging influences (ages-old echoes of bluegrass, delta blues, Appalachian mountain music, barnburners and ballads ) into music that's wholly contemporary, melodically catchy, and lyrically resonant—a singular stew they lovingly call “ozark stomp.” The band's homespun, self-reliant approach extends to their lo-tech, largely self-built instruments: singer-songwriter Ben Miller’s thrift-shop guitars and banjos, bassist Scott Leeper's one-string washtub bass (basically a Weedeater string attached to a…

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The London Souls

Sunday, September 6, 2015 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Singer/guitarist Tash Neal and drummer Chris St. Hilaire are New York City duo The London Souls. Their music is raucous, road-tested, psychedelic-kissed rock and roll. This young band has shared the stage with everyone from The Roots and Trombone Shorty to Taj Mahal. After a summer tour of Italy and Spain in support of Lenny Kravitz, this fall, LS will hit the States with Billy Idol. According to The Wall Street Journal, London Soul's debut album Stand Up,showcased the band's…

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Engine Room Live Boxing

Sunday, September 6, 2015 | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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The Engine Room, Tulsa's premier boxing gym, presents live boxing on the lawn.

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Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green

Sunday, September 6, 2015 | 2:30 pm - Sunday, October 4, 2015 | 6:45 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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SEPT 62:30-3:30 - ENGINE ROOM - live boxing3:30-4:30 - LONDON SOULS - rock/soul5:00-6:30 - BEN MILLER BAND - americana/rockOn the Grass: Engine Room live boxing 2:30-3:30 and 4:30-5:00SEPT 13 (Cherokee Nation Day on Guthrie Green)2:30-3:00 - CHEROKEE PERFORMERS Tommy Wildcat (flute), Cherokee National Youth Choir3:00-4:15 - VIEUX FARKA TOURE w/ JULIA EASTERLIN - afro-pop4:45-6:30 - INDIGENOUS – native rockOn the Grass: Robert Lewis (storyteller) and Clans Dance Group 4:15-4:45SEPT 20 (Riverfield Day on Guthrie Green)2:30-3:15 - RIVERFIELD ROCKS – youth…

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August 2015

Willie Watson

Wednesday, August 26, 2015 | 7:30 pm
American Theatre Company, 308 S Lansing
Tulsa, OK 74120 United States
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Looking like a man from leaner and meaner times, Willie Watson steps on stage with a quiet gravitas. But, when he opens his mouth and lets out that high lonesome vocal, you can hear him loud and clear. His debut solo album, Folk Singer Vol. 1, was produced by David Rawlings at Woodland Sound Studios, the studio he co-owns with associate producer Gillian Welch in Nashville, TN, over the course of a pair of two-day sessions, for their own Acony…

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Paul Thorn

Friday, August 21, 2015 | 7:30 pm
Tulsa Little Theatre, 1511 S Delaware Ave
Tulsa, OK 74104 United States
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Paul Thorn’s muscular, joyous roots music is bluesy, rocking and thoroughly Southern, “full of heart and humor and surprises and street-wise details of trailer parks and turnip greens and love and lust that have the unmistakable ring of truth,” in the words of fan Kris Kristofferson. Born and raised in Tupelo, Mississippi, Thorn worked in a furniture factory, jumped out of airplanes, and was a boxer (he once went 7 rounds with Roberto Duran) before embracing music full time, topping…

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June 2015

Awna Teixeira House Hootenanny and Chili Feed

Friday, June 5, 2015 | 7:30 pm
Private residence, 1792 E 14th Pl
Tulsa, OK 74104 United States
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Join us for Tulsa Roots Music’s first ever House Hootenanny, featuring Awna Teixeira, of Po’ Girl fame. Awna sings and plays a mix of old time mountain music and accordion-driven, old-world, Eastern European folk. Teixeira is best known for her work with Po’ Girl, one of Vancouver’s most impressive roots bands. They began touring internationally, with Teixeira initially on electric and gutbucket bass, then stretching out on guitar, banjo, ukulele, keys, accordion, glockenspiel, harmonica and percussion, in addition to songwriting,…

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April 2015

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Los Lonely Boys

Saturday, April 18, 2015 | 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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While maintaining the infectiously melodic mix of bluesy rock ’n’ roll and rootsy soul that’s long endeared the three brothers who make up Los Lonely Boys to their fiercely loyal fan base, the band’s latest outing, Revelation (2014), adds an expansive range of new sonic elements—including conjunto and reggae. It's the band's first recording since Henry Garza (vocals, guitar) sustained serious injuries in a fall from the stage in 2013, necessitating a lengthy recovery. “The whole experience was a wake-up…

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Joe Driscoll and Sekou Kouyate

Saturday, April 18, 2015 | 7:15 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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A boundary-trampling high-octane hybrid in which the lightning fast electrified licks of Kouyate are matched by the explosive energy of Driscoll's rapidfire rhyming. —Songlines UK. US-born, England-based Joe Driscoll knows no French. Sekou Kouyate, who hails from the West African country of Guinea, speaks little English. But it turns out they have a whole lot to "talk" about. Together, Driscoll and Kouyate blend hip-hop, spoken word, funk, and soulful, accessible rock with Afrobeat, the positive vibes of reggae and irrepressible…

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The English Beat

Saturday, April 18, 2015 | 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Along with their contemporaries The Specials, The Selecter, and Madness, the English Beat stands as one of the most popular and influential bands of the British Two Tone Ska movement, scoring iconic hits such as “Mirror in the Bathroom” and “Save it for Later” and touring with the likes of Talking Heads, The Pretenders, The Clash and The Police. Hailing from working class, industrial Birmingham, England in the late ‘70s, a time of social, political and musical upheaval, The Beat…

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Perizad of Elysium Bellydance

Saturday, April 18, 2015 | 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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A seasoned entertainer, Perizad spent many years studying music, theater and improv. In 2007, she became captivated by the grace and sensuality of belly dance and began taking classes at the Belly Dance Academy of Tulsa. Since then, she has studied with such masters as Mahmoud Reda of Egypt, Sabah of the Bellydance Superstars, Princess Farhana, and Amanda Rose. Perizad was voted RAWartists 2012 Performance Artist of the Year, she has performed in both the US and Canada, and she…

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Rocky Dawuni

Saturday, April 18, 2015 | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Named one of Africa's Top 10 global stars by CNN, Ghana-raised recording artist and humanitarian Rocky Dawuni straddles the boundaries among Africa, the Caribbean and the U.S. with a progressive fusion of reggae, soul and traditional African sounds. Dawuni's infectious grooves, dance-inducing anthems, humanitarian efforts and galvanizing performances have boosted him to the stages of the biggest reggae and world music events, where he has shared the stage with the likes of Peter Gabriel, Sharon Jones, Jason Mraz, and John…

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Calliope Youth Circus

Saturday, April 18, 2015 | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Calliope Youth Circus offers a unique and challenging program in which Tulsa's youth push themselves above and beyond their own expectations by immersing themselves in the circus arts. In a play-based, non-competitive environment, kids develop self-discipline, body respect and confidence. Calliope has provided programming for the Greater Tulsa YMCA, Tulsa Public Schools, Portico Dans and Cam Shalom, among others.

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Joe Driscoll and Sekou Kouyate

Saturday, April 18, 2015 | 3:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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A boundary-trampling high-octane hybrid in which the lightning fast electrified licks of Kouyate are matched by the explosive energy of Driscoll's rapidfire rhyming. —Songlines UK. US-born, England-based Joe Driscoll knows no French. Sekou Kouyate, who hails from the West African country of Guinea, speaks little English. But it turns out they have a whole lot to "talk" about. Together, Driscoll and Kouyate blend hip-hop, spoken word, funk, and soulful, accessible rock with Afrobeat, the positive vibes of reggae and irrepressible…

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Calliope Youth Circus

Saturday, April 18, 2015 | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Calliope Youth Circus offers a unique and challenging program in which Tulsa's youth push themselves above and beyond their own expectations by immersing themselves in the circus arts. In a play-based, non-competitive environment, kids develop self-discipline, body respect and confidence. Calliope has provided programming for the Greater Tulsa YMCA, Tulsa Public Schools, Portico Dans and Cam Shalom, among others.

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Global BASH

Saturday, April 18, 2015 | 2:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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A RAIN OR SHINE EVENT….3500 happy people turned up throughout the day at the second installment of Tulsa’s truly global, FREE, all-day, eclectic roots music festival kicking off the Guthrie Green concert season and featuring major internationally touring artists on the main stage, the best local acts, performance artists, a children’s/family area with arts activities, community, sustainability and OK-made booths, and local food, craft brews and wines.LOS LONELY BOYS - latin rockTHE ENGLISH BEAT - british skaROCKY DAWUNI - African…

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November 2014

Ray Wylie Hubbard

Saturday, November 8, 2014 | 7:30 pm
Tulsa Little Theatre, 1511 S Delaware Ave
Tulsa, OK 74104 United States
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We highly recommend you purchase tickets in advance. Ray's last concert at Tulsa Little Theatre sold out. Ray Wylie Hubbard may be a Texas music icon, but he started out in Red River, NM in the mid-1960s playing folk music and writing left-field songs like “Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother,” made famous by Jerry Jeff Walker in 1973. Hubbard likes to rhyme words like “mescaline” with “gasoline,” so it’s perhaps not astonishing that his raw mix of outlaw country,…

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Darrell Scott

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 | 7:30 pm
Tulsa Little Theatre, 1511 S Delaware Ave
Tulsa, OK 74104 United States
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”He ranks as the most outstanding and underrated songwriters and performers in the United States today," says Vintage Guitar of songwriter, in-demand instrumentalist, and acclaimed performer Darrell Scott. Born on a tobacco farm in Kentucky in 1959 and raised in California, Scott's father was a steelworker by trade but a songwriter at heart. Soon Darrell and his four brothers were experiencing on-the-job training as part of their dad's band in roadhouses and taverns as far north as Alaska. Darrell eventually…

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October 2014

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Nosotros

Sunday, October 5, 2014 | 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Nosotros is a nine-piece, horn-drenched Latin music powerhouse that seamlessly combines rock, salsa, jazz and cumbia. The Santa Fe-based ensemble, easily one of the most popular bands in New Mexico, has recorded a handful of smoking records, including 2006's Llena La Alma, engineered by Grammy-winning engineer Doug Geist. The song "Hermosa" was named as a finalist in the prestigious John Lennon Song Writing Competition. For their self-titled 2003 release, they teamed with percussionist/producer Chris Trujillo (Tom Petty, Black Crowes, Rod…

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The Band of Heathens

Sunday, October 5, 2014 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Guthrie Green, 111 E Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, OK 74103 United States
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Taking their inspiration from classic American rock groups like Drive-By Truckers and the Allman Brothers, BOH's style blends classic rock, folk, country and soul music together. BOH has been honored as "Best New Band" at the Austin Music Awards, and has been nominated in various categories at the "Americana Music Awards" over the past several years. The Wall Street Journal’s Jim Fusilli called theirs the best set at South By Southwest 2009 festival. The Dallas Morning News called them “a…

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