Spanish Flamenco @ 10th global roots BASH
REFLEJOS FLAMENCOS
Saturday, October 5, 2024 | 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$15 – $20
Flamenco—a form of song, dance, guitar and percussion associated with the gypsies (Roma) of Andalusia—is Spain’s most beloved, unique and emotive art form. Centuries ago, Roma migrants from northwest India trickled into Spain with musical instruments, including tambourines, bells, and castanets, and an extensive repertoire of songs and dances. They intermingled with Sephardic Jews and […]
tasting ticket includes premium seats to Reflejos Flamencos concert
SPANISH WINE TASTING @ global roots BASH
Saturday, October 5, 2024 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$35
Join us as we travel through Spain via 4 specially chosen fine wines, courtesy of sommelier Russell Maloy of Revolution/Premium Brands. Your tasting ticket includes premium seats to the Reflejos Flamencos concert immediately following the tasting. Mas Fi Brut Cava, Non-Vintage Sparkling Wine, Spain This bright dry sparkling wine—straw yellow in color with green tones—evokes […]
desert blues from Niger @ 10th global roots BASH
BOMBINO
Friday, October 4, 2024 | 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$15 – $20
Rolling Stone calls this sizzling North African guitarist and singer “a perfect match of sound and soul”—a virtuoso of the desert. His dazzling live performance and stunning guitar skills have led music critics to compare him to Jimi Hendrix, albeit with trancelike arabic influences & windswept desert melodies. Born and raised in Niger, Bombino is […]
SOLD OUT
TRUE BLUES: Spicy Creole & Blues @ 10th global roots BASH
CEDRIC WATSON & COREY HARRIS
Thursday, October 3, 2024 | 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$15
Bluesman COREY HARRIS (MacArthur Genius award winner and the subject of a Martin Scorsese documentary) teams up with Creole master CEDRIC WATSON to stir up a plethora of musical spices into a shared gumbo. CEDRIC WATSON is a fiddler, vocalist, accordionist and songwriter resurrecting the ancient sounds of the French, Spanish and Congo tribes of West Africa, who were sold as […]
tasting ticket includes premium seats to Cedric Watson & Corey Harris concert
Heirloom Rustic Ales Tasting @ global roots BASH
Thursday, October 3, 2024 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$30
Join master brewers from Heirloom Rustic Ales for a taste of 4 artisanal local craft brews, specially chosen for the occasion, with an eye toward sustainable production. Your tasting ticket includes premium seats to the Cedric Watson & Corey Harris concert immediately following the tasting. Meadowbier – Festbier Ravedeath – Session IPA Wise Blood – […]
BOMBINO, COREY HARRIS & CEDRIC WATSON, REFLEJOS FLAMENCOS, THE REVELERS
10th annual global roots BASH
Thursday, October 3, 2024 - Saturday, October 5, 2024
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
Join us in celebrating a decade of music, fine wines & craft brews from around the globe. Three nights of internationally touring music at LowDown, Tulsa’s premier listening room, feature guitar virtuoso BOMBINO‘s desert blues from Niger, Spanish flamenco with REFLEJOS FLAMENCOS, and the Creole meets Deep Blues collaboration of CEDRIC WATSON & COREY HARRIS. […]
infectiously danceable Afro-Cuban rhythms @ 6th Wine & Jazz FETE
CHANGUI MAJADERO
Saturday, June 8, 2024 | 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$20
“Impossible not to dance“… Changüí is the predecessor of Son Cubano & Salsa, a gloriously syncopated 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 and Latin America what the blues and early jazz is to […]
African-American folk songs @ 6th Wine & Jazz FETE
DOM FLEMONS
Friday, June 7, 2024 | 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$15 – $20
Even before he co-founded the Carolina Chocolate Drops with bandmate Rhiannon Giddens, Flemons was a hardcore preservationist, storyteller, and multi-instrumentalist—especially of songs related to the African-American experience. The GRAMMY winner has long set himself apart by finding forgotten folk songs and making them live again, and his repertoire covers over a century of early American […]
Tasting includes entry to Dom Flemons concert
Sustainable California WINE TASTING @ Jazz FETE
Friday, June 7, 2024 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$35
Sample 4 sustainably produced fine California wines prior to the Dom Flemons performance. Sommelier extraordinaire SARAH EFFINGER, of Provisions Fine Beverage Purveyors, will take us on a journey through a unique white, a top orange, and two fine red wines. Your ticket includes entree to Dom Flemons’ performance immediately following the tasting. As a wine tasting […]
jazz guitar icon @ 6th Wine & Jazz FETE
BILL FRISELL TRIO featuring Thomas Morgan & Rudy Royston
Thursday, June 6, 2024 | 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$25 – $50
Jazz icon Bill Frisell’s four-decade career as a guitarist and composer has been cited by Downbeat as “the best recorded output of the decade.” “Frisell has had a lot of practice putting high concept into a humble package,” writes the New York Times. “Long hailed as one of the most distinctive and original improvising guitarists […]
SOLD OUT
BILL FRISELL TRIO, DOM FLEMONS, CHANGUI MAJADERO
6th annual Wine & Jazz FETE
Thursday, June 6, 2024 - Saturday, June 8, 2024
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
Internationally touring artists, fine wines & tasty morsels. Three nights of top-shelf offerings at LowDown, Tulsa’s premier listening room, feature jazz guitar icon BILL FRISELL; Grammy winning American songbook maestro DOM FLEMONS, whose mission it is to preserve and push forward America’s Black musical traditions; and the ferociously danceable Afro-Cuban ensemble CHANGUI MAJADERO. Fine wine & […]
local, organic, sustainable cuisine @ Earth Day Celebration
Farm-to-Fire Dinner
Friday, April 19, 2024 | 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Tulsa Farm Lab
| Tulsa,
OK
$75
Join us for our first farm-to-fire dinner in support and celebration of Earth Day. Seating at Tulsa Farm Lab will be outside, on the heated porch, or inside the greenhouse, depending on the weather. Farm to Fire Menu (choose chicken or vegan option, BYOB) Entree: Beer Braised Spatchcock Chicken. FARMS: Prairie Creek Farm, Neff (GF) […]
song swap w/ MONICA TAYLOR, KEN POMEROY, KALYN FAY & Chef NICO ALBERT WILLIAMS @ Earth Day Celebration
4 NATIVE WOMEN
Thursday, April 18, 2024 | 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$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 tongue. All three Cherokee artists — MONICA TAYLOR, KALYN FAY and KEN POMEROY contributed original songs to Anvdvnelisgi (Horton Records), a contemporary album with original songs performed […]
includes premium seats to "4 Native Women" concert following tasting
Italian & Spanish Wine Tasting @ Earth Day Celebration
Thursday, April 18, 2024 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$35
Sommelier extraordinaire SARAH EFFINGER, of Provisions Fine Beverage Purveyors, will lead us though Italy and Spain via 5 biodynamic, organic & sustainably produced fine wines. Some healthy traditional Native cuisine samples, courtesy of Chef NICO ALBERT WILLIAMS (Cherokee) of Burning Cedar Sovereign Wellness, will be served. Your ticket includes premium seats to the “4 Native […]
WINE TASTING SOLD OUT
MAIN EVENT 3-8PM Saturday 4/20 - Free @ Guthrie Green
OK EARTH DAY CELEBRATION
Thursday, April 18, 2024 - Sunday, April 21, 2024
Tulsa Arts District
| Tulsa,
OK
Oklahoma’s most ambitious Earth Day event features environmental speakers, Electric Vehicles, environmental & community & crafts booths, music & art, traditional Indigenous cuisine, a sustainable wine tasting, circus arts, tons of family & kids activities, and more. The MAIN EVENT takes place Saturday, 4/20 at Guthrie Green, an internationally recognized urban park utilizing geothermal wells […]
An interview with New Orleans' jazz great
DELFEAYO MARSALIS
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 | 8:41 pm - Friday, July 14, 2023 | 8:41 pm
ONLINE EVENT
INTERVIEW
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 […]
FREE
Grammy nominated Brazilian jazz sounds @ Wine & Jazz FETE
ANAT COHEN TRIO
Saturday, June 3, 2023 | 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$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 […]
SOLD OUT
Tasting ticket includes preferred seating @ Anat Cohen concert to follow
Argentine Wine & Sweet Empanadas @ Wine & Jazz FETE
Saturday, June 3, 2023 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$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 […]
SOLD OUT
Louisiana's finest Creole & Cajun musicians @ Wine & Jazz FETE
A TASTE OF LOUISIANA – Cedric Watson, Jourdan Thibodeaux & Joel Savoy
Friday, June 2, 2023 | 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$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 […]
Tasting ticket includes preferred seating @ Creole/Cajun concert to follow
Craft Brew Tasting / Creole Musicians Meet & Greet @ Wine & Jazz FETE
Friday, June 2, 2023 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$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 […]
SOLD OUT
New Orleans Jazz @ Wine & Jazz FETE
DELFEAYO MARSALIS QUINTET
Thursday, June 1, 2023 | 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$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 […]
SOLD OUT
French Wine Tasting @ Wine & Jazz FETE
Thursday, June 1, 2023 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$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 […]
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backporch hell-raisin' blues @ global ROOTS BASH
REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND
Saturday, April 29, 2023 | 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
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 […]
saints & sinners music @ global ROOTS BASH
PAUL THORN
Saturday, April 29, 2023 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
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 […]
R&B, funk & Latin grooves @ global ROOTS BASH
COUNT TUTU
Saturday, April 29, 2023 | 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
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 […]
world-class Spanish flamenco troupe @ global ROOTS BASH
CHUSCALES FLAMENCO
Friday, April 28, 2023 | 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$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 […]
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“Spain & Beyond” Wine Tasting @ global ROOTS BASH
Friday, April 28, 2023 | 7:15 pm - 8:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$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 […]
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jazz meets hip-hop @ global ROOTS BASH
JAZZ in LITTLE AFRICA
Thursday, April 27, 2023 | 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$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 […]
Award-winning climate documentary, narrated by Woody Harrelson
KISS THE GROUND @ OK Earth Day Celebration
Sunday, April 23, 2023 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Circle Cinema
| Tulsa,
OK
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 […]
SAMANTHA CRAIN, KALYN FAY, KEN POMEROY & Chef NICO ALBERT WILLIAMS
4 NATIVE WOMEN: Song swap in their Native tongues
Friday, April 21, 2023 | 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$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 […]
Ticket includes premium seats to "4 Native Women" concert following tasting
Sustainable & Organic Wine Tasting @ OK Earth Day Celebration
Friday, April 21, 2023 | 7:15 pm - 8:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$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 […]
CHARLES LLOYD TRIO @ Wine & Jazz FETE
Saturday, June 4, 2022 | 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$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 […]
JAZZ IN LITTLE AFRICA @ Wine & Jazz FETE
Friday, June 3, 2022 | 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$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 […]
MARC RIBOT @ Wine & Jazz FETE
Thursday, June 2, 2022 | 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$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 […]
Sustainable Wine Tasting @ Wine & Jazz FETE
Thursday, June 2, 2022 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$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 […]
VOX SAMBOU – afrobeat & Haitian traditions @ Global BASH
Saturday, April 16, 2022 | 9:30 pm - 11:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$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 […]
Haitian Rum Tasting @ Global BASH
Saturday, April 16, 2022 | 8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$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. […]
D’DAT – Native jazz/hip hop @ Global BASH
Friday, April 15, 2022 | 9:00 pm - 10:30 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$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 […]
SOFIA VIOLA y DAT GARCIA – Argentine folk & electronica @ Wine, Jazz & World FETE
Saturday, October 5, 2019 | 10:00 pm - 11:30 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$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 […]
CHUSCALES – Spanish flamenco @ Wine, Jazz & World FETE
Friday, October 4, 2019 | 9:00 pm - 10:30 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$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 […]
REFLEJOS FLAMENCOS
Spanish flamenco @ OKeclecticFEST
Saturday, May 11, 2019 | 10:00 pm - 11:30 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$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 […]
Spanish Wine Tasting & Flamenco Concert
@ inaugural OKeclecticFEST
Saturday, May 11, 2019 | 9:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$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. […]
VALERIE JUNE headlines wildly eclectic arts festival
OKeclecticFEST
Saturday, May 11, 2019
| ,
OK
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 […]
KATIE THIROUX
top jazz bassist @ 6th Global BASH
Saturday, April 13, 2019 | 9:30 pm - 11:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$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 […]
CHANGUI MAJADERO
infectiously danceable Cuban roots music @ 6th Global BASH
Friday, April 12, 2019 | 9:45 pm - 11:45 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$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.
Sustainable Wine Tasting & Cuban Music
@ 6th Global BASH
Friday, April 12, 2019 | 9:00 pm - 11:30 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$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. […]
Paul Benjaman Band
Sunday, November 18, 2018 | 8:00 pm
American Theatre Company
| Tulsa,
OK
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 […]
1st annual Wine, Jazz, and World FETE
Combsy
Saturday, October 6, 2018 | 10:00 pm - 11:59 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
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) […]
1st annual Wine, Jazz, and World FETE
Delfeayo Marsalis Quintet
Saturday, October 6, 2018 | 7:45 pm - 9:15 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
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 […]
1st annual Wine, Jazz, and World FETE
Reflejos Flamencos
Saturday, October 6, 2018 | 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
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 […]
1st annual Wine, Jazz, and World FETE
Rio Mira
Saturday, October 6, 2018 | 5:45 pm - 6:45 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
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, […]
1st annual Wine, Jazz, and World FETE
Mike Cameron Collective
Saturday, October 6, 2018 | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
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 […]
1st annual Wine, Jazz, and World FETE
Inspyral
Saturday, October 6, 2018
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
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 […]
1st annual Wine, Jazz, and World FETE
The Bad Plus
Friday, October 5, 2018 | 9:45 pm - 11:59 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
$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 […]
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
| Tulsa,
OK
$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 […]
1st annual Wine, Jazz, and World FETE
Yemen Blues
Friday, October 5, 2018 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
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 […]
1st annual Wine, Jazz, and World FETE
BTW Jazz Combo
Friday, October 5, 2018 | 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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.
1st annual Wine, Jazz, and World FETE
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
Thursday, October 4, 2018 | 10:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
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 […]
1st annual Wine, Jazz, and World FETE
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
Thursday, October 4, 2018 | 8:00 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
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 […]
1st annual
Wine, Jazz, and World FETE
Thursday, October 4, 2018 | 8:00 pm - Saturday, October 6, 2018 | 11:59 pm
LowDown
| Tulsa,
OK
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 […]
7th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Son Volt
Sunday, September 30, 2018 | 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
7th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Perizad and Elysium Bellydance
Sunday, September 30, 2018 | 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
7th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
The Plateros
Sunday, September 30, 2018 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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, […]
7th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Perizad and Elysium Bellydance
Sunday, September 30, 2018 | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
7th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Paul Thorn
Sunday, September 23, 2018 | 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
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 […]
7th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Weston Horn and The Hush
Sunday, September 23, 2018 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
7th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Golden Dragon Taekwondo
Sunday, September 23, 2018 | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
7th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Big Sam’s Funky Nation
Sunday, September 16, 2018 | 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
“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. […]
7th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble
Sunday, September 16, 2018 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
7th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Monhollon Bros.
Sunday, September 16, 2018 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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.
7th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Bob Schneider
Sunday, September 9, 2018 | 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
7th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Dylan Wagman
Sunday, September 9, 2018 | 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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.
7th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Levi Parham
Sunday, September 9, 2018 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
”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 […]
7th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Calliope Youth Circus
Sunday, September 9, 2018 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
7th annual
Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Sunday, September 9, 2018 | 3:00 pm - Sunday, September 30, 2018 | 6:45 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
Monte Montgomery
Friday, April 27, 2018 | 7:30 pm
Tulsa Little Theatre
| Tulsa,
OK
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, […]
5th annual Global BASH
Michael Franti
Saturday, April 14, 2018 | 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
5th annual Global BASH
Monhollon Bros.
Saturday, April 14, 2018 | 7:15 pm - 8:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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.
5th annual Global BASH
Henry Zoellner
Saturday, April 14, 2018 | 7:00 pm - 7:15 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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, […]
5th annual Global BASH
Felix y Los Gatos
Saturday, April 14, 2018 | 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
5th annual Global BASH
Golden Dragon Taekwondo
Saturday, April 14, 2018 | 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
5th annual Global BASH
Perizad and Elysium Bellydance
Saturday, April 14, 2018 | 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
5th annual Global BASH
Local Hero
Saturday, April 14, 2018 | 4:40 pm - 5:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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, […]
5th annual Global BASH
Perizad and Elysium Bellydance
Saturday, April 14, 2018 | 4:30 pm - 4:40 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
5th annual Global BASH
Engine Room Boxing
Saturday, April 14, 2018 | 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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, […]
5th annual Global BASH
Inspyral
Saturday, April 14, 2018 | 4:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
5th annual Global BASH
Calliope Youth Circus
Saturday, April 14, 2018 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
5th annual
Global BASH
Saturday, April 14, 2018 | 3:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
Friday, October 27, 2017 | 8:00 pm
American Theatre Company
| Tulsa,
OK
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 […]
6th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Indigenous
Sunday, October 1, 2017 | 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
6th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Joan Soriano
Sunday, October 1, 2017 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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. […]
6th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Tulsa Touch
Sunday, October 1, 2017 | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
6th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Black Joe Lewis
Sunday, September 24, 2017 | 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
6th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Ninet Tayeb
Sunday, September 24, 2017 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
6th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Lightnin’ Malcolm
Sunday, September 24, 2017 | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
6th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Pokey LaFarge
Sunday, September 17, 2017 | 5:15 pm - 6:45 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
6th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Leyla McCalla
Sunday, September 17, 2017 | 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
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 […]
6th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Riverfield Rocks
Sunday, September 17, 2017 | 2:30 pm - 3:20 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
6th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Fantastic Negrito
Sunday, September 10, 2017 | 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
6th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Spoonfed Tribe
Sunday, September 10, 2017 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
6th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Carter Sampson
Sunday, September 10, 2017 | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
6th annual
Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Sunday, September 10, 2017 | 2:30 pm - Sunday, October 1, 2017 | 6:45 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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, […]
Ruthie Foster
Sunday, May 14, 2017 | 2:00 pm
Gilcrease Museum Auditorium
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
4th annual Global BASH
Los Lobos
Saturday, April 15, 2017 | 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
“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 […]
4th annual Global BASH
Arthur Thompson Drums
Saturday, April 15, 2017 | 7:15 pm - 8:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
4th annual Global BASH
Young Dubliners
Saturday, April 15, 2017 | 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
”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, […]
4th annual Global BASH
City of Tulsa Pipes and Drums
Saturday, April 15, 2017 | 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
4th annual Global BASH
Sister Carol
Saturday, April 15, 2017 | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
4th annual Global BASH
Perizad and Elysium Bellydance
Saturday, April 15, 2017 | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
4th annual Global BASH
Reflejos Flamencos
Saturday, April 15, 2017 | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
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 […]
4th annual Global BASH
Engine Room Live Boxing
Saturday, April 15, 2017 | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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.
4th annual
Global BASH
Saturday, April 15, 2017 | 2:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble
Sunday, April 9, 2017 | 2:00 pm
Gilcrease Museum Auditorium
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
John Fullbright
Sunday, March 12, 2017 | 2:00 pm
Gilcrease Museum Auditorium
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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, […]
Monte Montgomery
Friday, March 10, 2017 | 7:30 pm
Tulsa Little Theatre
| Tulsa,
OK
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, […]
Band of Heathens
Thursday, February 16, 2017 | 7:30 pm
American Theatre Company
| Tulsa,
OK
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 […]
Byron Berline Band
Sunday, February 12, 2017 | 2:00 pm
Gilcrease Museum Auditorium
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
Billy Strings
Wednesday, February 1, 2017 | 7:30 pm
American Theatre Company
| Tulsa,
OK
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 […]
5th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Count Tutu
Sunday, October 2, 2016 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
5th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Knox Hamilton
Sunday, October 2, 2016 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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. […]
5th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Riverfield Rocks
Sunday, October 2, 2016
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
5th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
James McMurtry
Sunday, September 25, 2016 | 5:15 pm - 6:45 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
5th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Herencia de Timbiqui
Sunday, September 25, 2016 | 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
5th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Grazzhopper
Sunday, September 25, 2016 | 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
“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 […]
5th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Sly and Robbie and the Taxi Gang
Sunday, September 18, 2016 | 5:15 pm - 6:45 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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, […]
5th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
The 1491s
Sunday, September 18, 2016 | 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
5th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Kalyn Fay
Sunday, September 18, 2016 | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
5th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Hayes Carll
Sunday, September 11, 2016 | 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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, […]
5th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Green Corn Rebellion
Sunday, September 11, 2016 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
5th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Travis Linville
Sunday, September 11, 2016 | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
5th annual
Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Sunday, September 11, 2016 | 2:30 pm - Sunday, October 2, 2016 | 6:45 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
David Lindley
Friday, May 6, 2016 | 7:30 pm
Tulsa Little Theatre
| Tulsa,
OK
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 […]
3rd annual Global BASH
Fishbone
Saturday, April 16, 2016 | 8:15 pm - 9:45 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
3rd annual Global BASH
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Saturday, April 16, 2016 | 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
3rd annual Global BASH
Arlene Gould
Saturday, April 16, 2016 | 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
3rd annual Global BASH
Count Tutu
Saturday, April 16, 2016 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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, […]
3rd annual
Global BASH
Saturday, April 16, 2016 | 2:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
Tony Furtado
Friday, April 1, 2016 | 7:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
“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 […]
Monte Montgomery
Friday, February 5, 2016 | 7:30 pm
Tulsa Little Theatre
| Tulsa,
OK
$30
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, […]
Tim O’Brien
Thursday, November 12, 2015 | 7:30 pm
Tulsa Little Theatre
| Tulsa,
OK
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 […]
Rory Block
Friday, October 23, 2015 | 7:30 pm
American Theatre Company
| Tulsa,
OK
$25
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 […]
4th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
John Fullbright Band
Sunday, October 4, 2015 | 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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, […]
4th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Tulsa Latin Style
Sunday, October 4, 2015 | 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
4th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Grupo Cimarrón
Sunday, October 4, 2015 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
4th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Perizad and Elysium Bellydance
Sunday, October 4, 2015 | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
4th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Tulsa Latin Style
Sunday, October 4, 2015 | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
4th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Shinyribs
Sunday, September 27, 2015 | 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
4th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
American Aquarium
Sunday, September 27, 2015 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
4th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Mykal Rose
Sunday, September 20, 2015 | 5:15 pm - 6:45 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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. […]
4th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Leopold and His Fiction
Sunday, September 20, 2015 | 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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.
4th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Riverfield Rocks
Sunday, September 20, 2015 | 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
4th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Indigenous
Sunday, September 13, 2015 | 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
4th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Cherokee Nation Singers and Storytellers
Sunday, September 13, 2015 | 4:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
4th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Vieux Farka Toure w Julia Easterlin
Sunday, September 13, 2015 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
4th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Cherokee Nation Singers and Storytellers
Sunday, September 13, 2015 | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
4th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Ben Miller Band
Sunday, September 6, 2015 | 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
4th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
The London Souls
Sunday, September 6, 2015 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
4th annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Engine Room Live Boxing
Sunday, September 6, 2015 | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
The Engine Room, Tulsa’s premier boxing gym, presents live boxing on the lawn.
4th annual
Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Sunday, September 6, 2015 | 2:30 pm - Sunday, October 4, 2015 | 6:45 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 4:30-5:00 SEPT 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 […]
Willie Watson
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 | 7:30 pm
American Theatre Company
| Tulsa,
OK
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, […]
Paul Thorn
Friday, August 21, 2015 | 7:30 pm
Tulsa Little Theatre
| Tulsa,
OK
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 […]
Awna Teixeira House Hootenanny and Chili Feed
Friday, June 5, 2015 | 7:30 pm
Private residence
| Tulsa,
OK
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, […]
2nd annual Global BASH
Los Lonely Boys
Saturday, April 18, 2015 | 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
2nd annual Global BASH
Joe Driscoll and Sekou Kouyate
Saturday, April 18, 2015 | 7:15 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
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 […]
2nd annual Global BASH
The English Beat
Saturday, April 18, 2015 | 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
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 […]
2nd annual Global BASH
Perizad of Elysium Bellydance
Saturday, April 18, 2015 | 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
2nd annual Global BASH
Rocky Dawuni
Saturday, April 18, 2015 | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
2nd annual Global BASH
Calliope Youth Circus
Saturday, April 18, 2015 | 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
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 […]
2nd annual Global BASH
Joe Driscoll and Sekou Kouyate
Saturday, April 18, 2015 | 3:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
2nd annual Global BASH
Calliope Youth Circus
Saturday, April 18, 2015 | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
2nd annual
Global BASH
Saturday, April 18, 2015 | 2:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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, […]
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Saturday, November 8, 2014 | 7:30 pm
Tulsa Little Theatre
| Tulsa,
OK
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 […]
Darrell Scott
Wednesday, November 5, 2014 | 7:30 pm
Tulsa Little Theatre
| Tulsa,
OK
”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 […]
3rd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Nosotros
Sunday, October 5, 2014 | 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
3rd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
The Band of Heathens
Sunday, October 5, 2014 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
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 […]
3rd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Jones Family Singers
Sunday, October 5, 2014 | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
More than just a joyful noise. The three-generation gospel collective’s high-energy performances are the living embodiment of the indelible connection between the black church and its rock and soul offspring. —Austin Chronicle. “When a gospel band blows away the heathens at SXSW time after time, the rest of us should take notice,” says the Midwest […]
3rd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
The Suffers
Sunday, September 28, 2014 | 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
The Suffers are a ten-piece phenomenon from Houston who are redefining the sound of Gulf Coast Soul, intertwining elements of classic soul with rock and roll, packing each position of the rhythm and big horn sections with talent, taste, and punch. Singer Kam Franklin has a, well, massive voice—a must for such a deliberately “horny” […]
3rd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Little Freddie King
Sunday, September 28, 2014 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
We first cottoned onto Fread Martin, a.k.a. Little Freddie King, a some years back when he released his great You Don’t Know What I Know disc for Fat Possum, the great Mississippi label dedicated to overlooked older bluesmen who play gutsy, lo-fi blues. A hard-living character who has been playing the rural electric blues of […]
3rd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Cody Brewer
Sunday, September 28, 2014 | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
Banjoman Cody Brewer’s solo project stands between bluegrass, western swing, folk and jazz. Brewer hails from Leonard, Oklahoma, just south of Bixby, and you can hear his small town spirit in the music. A founding member of electronic/rock group The Moai Broadcast, he currently leads Tulsa-based bluegrass/folk outfit Grazzhopper and is finishing his first Grazzhopper […]
3rd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
Sunday, September 21, 2014 | 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
Spearheading the emerging generation of Cajun and Creole musicians, Cedric Watson is a fiddler, vocalist, accordionist and songwriter of enormous talent and potential. Injecting a healthy dose of his own personality and ingenuity, Cedric has been exciting an ever-broadening audience with his unique take on traditional Creole music, and with his new compositions that expand […]
3rd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Tulsa Roots Jam w/ Paul Benjaman, Wink Burcham, and Beau Roberson
Sunday, September 21, 2014 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
Paul Benjaman, Wink Burcham, and Beau Roberson, musicians at the forefront of the New Tulsa Sound movement, lead a jam, full band in tow, that includes many of Tulsa’s notable musicians sharing, song swapping, jamming, and generally mixing it up on stage. Benjaman’s groove-based mix of rock, jazz, funk, be-bop, and swing—punctuated throughout by tasty […]
3rd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Nahko and Medicine for the People
Sunday, September 14, 2014 | 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
An Oregon native born a mix of Apache, Puerto Rican, and Filipino cultures and adopted into an American family, Nahko suffered an identity crisis from an early age. When he took up the piano at age six, the unifying power of music brought harmony, and he set out to bridge the cultural gaps dividing his […]
3rd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Nikki Hill
Sunday, September 14, 2014 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
”The fast-rising, hard-charging, 20-something, North Carolina born-and-bred singer Nikki Hill has more than earned her evocative ‘Southern Fireball’ moniker.” — LA Weekly. Vocal powerhouse Nikki Hill can deliver it sweet and luscious or raw and gritty. Her band, dubbed The Pirate Crew, play a no-holds-barred blend of American roots music—Stax soul, bent rockabilly, bop, southern […]
3rd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Arthur Thompson’s Taste of Africa
Sunday, September 14, 2014 | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
Arthur Thompson is the creative heart of African Dance Troupe, which melds dance and the traditional rhythms of West Africa with a jazzman’s gift of expression. He produces and records with the group, as well as with many other artists. Thompson’s polyrhythms have contributed to numerous music genres—jazz, rock, funk–for more than 20 years, including […]
3rd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
The Mowgli’s
Sunday, September 7, 2014 | 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
A joyous mix of rock n’ roll, danceable indie-folk, and heartfelt protest ballad, The Mowglis are four childhood friends from the San Fernando Valley augmented by three Midwest transplants. Part ’60s Laurel Canyon, part ’70s Venice Beach and part ’10s Silverlake, the band’s infectious, uplifting melodies veer from indie pop to Americana. Camped in the […]
3rd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Justin Roberts Band
Sunday, September 7, 2014 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
“Hands down, the best songwriter in the genre.” – USA Today. Attention families with kids: Last year, we teamed with Tulsa Children’s Museum and Tulsa City-County Library to bring Dan Zanes to Tulsa, and broke a record for most kids on Guthrie Green. This year we’re proud to team up again to bring Justin Roberts, […]
3rd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Cherokee National Youth Choir
Sunday, September 7, 2014 | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
The success of the Cherokee National Youth Choir has helped spark a cultural renaissance among the Cherokee people. Made up of 30-40 K6-12 Cherokees from northeastern Oklahoma, this renowned group performs traditional Cherokee songs in the Cherokee language. Founded in 2000 and based on rigorous auditions, the choir has released 11 recordings (including Voices of […]
3rd annual
Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Sunday, September 7, 2014 | 2:30 pm - Sunday, October 5, 2014 | 6:45 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
In collaboration with George Kaiser Family Foundation, Tulsa Roots Music and the University of Tulsa are proud to present one of Tulsa’s favorite cultural events: five consecutive Sundays of free concerts on Guthrie Green, in the heart of the Arts District, featuring 3-5 bands per day. Enjoy world-class reggae, ska, rock, Latin, blues, folk and […]
Savor the Sounds
The Tontons
Saturday, May 10, 2014 | 9:40 pm
The Vanguard
| Tulsa,
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Free
Tulsa Roots Music is proud to be a part of SAVOR THE SOUNDS. Our contribution is a very hot Houston-based indie rock band, The Tontons. Driven by Asli Omar’s butter-melting, old-soul vocals, which propel her lyrics with sultry and emotional force, this up-and-coming outfit is out to prove it can create music that both pop […]
Savor the Sounds
All About a Bubble
Saturday, May 10, 2014 | 9:00 pm - 9:40 pm
The Vanguard
| Tulsa,
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Free
Opening for The Tontons, Tulsa-based All About a Bubble is singer and guitarist Dustin Storm, guitarist Luke Chronister, bassist Clinton Summers, and drummer Fabian Robles. The band won “Song of the Year” and “Best Indie Rock Band” at the ABoT awards in 2013, and they continue to build their fan base at coffee shops, biker […]
Savor the Sounds
The FM Pilots
Saturday, May 10, 2014 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
The FM PILOTS, “one of the city’s most promising young pop rock bands” (Urban Tulsa), is Tulsa-based pop-rock quartet that formed in 2010. A debut self-titled EP soon followed. An immediate and quickly mushrooming buzz landed the band spots at the Vans Warped Tour, SxSW, and Center of the Universe Festival. They also won Urban […]
Savor the Sounds
Saturday, May 10, 2014 | 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
The first annual Savor the Sounds is a FREE event in the Brady Arts District—a celebration of food and music. You can sample various “dinner bands” at 7-9 pm and “dessert bands” at 9-11 pm. Tulsa Roots Music is proud to be part of this event. Our contribution is Houston up-and-comers The Tontons, All About […]
1st annual Global BASH
Don Carlos
Saturday, April 19, 2014 | 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
One of reggae’s great iconic frontmen, sweet-voiced vocalist and composer Don Carlos (born Euvin Spencer) started his career in 1973 as a founding member of Black Uhuru. Within a year he left the group to pursue a solo career, developing his song writing, grooming his distinctive vocal style, and releasing a string of classic reggae […]
1st annual Global BASH
Cody ChesnuTT
Saturday, April 19, 2014 | 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
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Free
Cody ChesnuTT is a wide-eyed, intense soul brother in a crazy-fly get-up, a raw storyteller wearing a guitar and a smirk, a soul troubadour whose frank, socially conscious ruminations on life continue to challenge popular notions of how modern soul music can look and sound. The Atlanta-based ChesnuTT blasted onto the scene a decade ago […]
1st annual Global BASH
Bombino
Saturday, April 19, 2014 | 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
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Free
The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach pairs up with monster Tuareg guitarist Bombino for a dream-team album. Nomad is a seductive album that manages to bring a distant Islamic culture unexpectedly close through the universal language of rock ‘n’ roll. —NPR. Tuareg guitarist and singer Omara “Bombino” Moctar made his Nonesuch Records debut with the release […]
1st annual Global BASH
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars
Saturday, April 19, 2014 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars are a group of musicians who escaped the horrific violence of Sierra Leone’s civil war, landed in a refugee camp, and formed a band that has grown into an international sensation. Near the turn of the 21st Century, when Sierra Leone’s war-ravaged capital was burning, thousands fled to neighboring countries. […]
1st annual Global BASH
Matuto
Saturday, April 19, 2014 | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
A decade ago South Carolina native Clay Ross, a New York-based jazz musician, found himself in Brazil studying its folk music at about the same time he was rediscovering the songs of his native South. The guitarist and singer titled his debut disc Matuto, Brazilian slang for backcountry bumpkin. Described as “weird and wonderful, unorthodox […]
1st annual
Global BASH
Saturday, April 19, 2014 | 2:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
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Free
Bombino filled Guthrie Green with swirling Saharan guitars, Don Carlos chilled the evening crowd with cool reggae music, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars got everyone on their feet and dancing. The weather was perfect, kids were hula hooping their hearts out, not a weak moment on stage, OK craft brews were the preferred beverage. Thanks […]
Robbie Fulks Trio
Saturday, November 2, 2013 | 7:30 pm
Tulsa Little Theatre
| Tulsa,
OK
ROBBIE FULKS plays by nobody’s rules except the ones he hears in his head. He is widely regarded by the music press and fans as one of the most gifted songwriters of his generation. Fulks is one of the more heralded talents in the alternative country movement, displaying an offbeat, sometimes dark sense of humor […]
David Lindley
Saturday, October 12, 2013 | 7:30 pm
Tulsa Little Theatre
| Tulsa,
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Free
Multi-instrumentalist David Lindley performs music that redefines the word eclectic. Well known as the featured accompanist with Jackson Browne and a session player with the likes of Bob Dylan, Ry Cooder, Ben Harper, Emmylou Harris, Warren Zevon, and many others, Lindley has long championed the concept of world music, combining folk, blues, and bluegrass traditions […]
2nd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Frightened Rabbit
Sunday, October 6, 2013 | 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
An enormous buzz has built up around Scotland’s hottest indie rock band, who formed in 2003, tromping the highlands and lowlands playing a thoroughly modern form of indie rock that stands out for its quirky lyrics, overlapping melodies, intertwining racing guitar lines, unique and unexpected beats, and emotive vocals well drenched in Scottish accent. The […]
2nd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Arthur Thompson: A Taste of Africa
Sunday, October 6, 2013 | 5:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
The incredible rhythms of Arthur Thompson have not only contributed to numerous music genres for over twenty years, but have influenced generations through his teaching, mentoring and creative genius. Arthur’s passion for drums and music brings energy to every soul he touches. As a professional musician, he tours, plays and records. A member of Tom […]
2nd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Taj Weekes and Adowa
Sunday, October 6, 2013 | 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
Taj Weekes and Adowa blend elements of reggae, acoustic roots rock, and Afro-folk. Armed with a hauntingly beautiful falsetto, Weekes sings about love, peace, truth, triumph, hope.and social justice that transcends race, class, gender, age, and nationality. The seeds of his values and sense of his place in the world were sown on the quiet […]
2nd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Arthur Thompson: A Taste of Africa
Sunday, October 6, 2013 | 3:15 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
The incredible rhythms of Arthur Thompson have not only contributed to numerous music genres for over twenty years, but have influenced generations through his teaching, mentoring and creative genius. Arthur’s passion for drums and music brings energy to every soul he touches. As a professional musician, he tours, plays and records. A member of Tom […]
2nd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
The Tandems
Sunday, October 6, 2013 | 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
The Tandems are Tulsans Josh Beasley, Andrew Eaton-Clark, Aaron Hockett and Andrew Beasley. Taking their musical cues from indie rock bands like The Lumineers and The Head and The Heart, The Tandems went to Nashville this summer to record their new EP, The Long Vacation. Local music at its best – come see what all […]
2nd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
The Skatalites
Sunday, September 29, 2013 | 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
In Jamaica in the mid-1950s, artists like Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Jimmy Cliff began fusing a hopped-up island brew of boogie-woogie, RandB, jazz, calypso and African rhythms to create the first truly Jamaican music: ska. Eventually the beat slowed down into rocksteady, and then reggae, and spread like wildfire around the global. Jamaica’s own […]
2nd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Lincoln Durham
Sunday, September 29, 2013 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
With his gritty vocals and swampy Mississippi Delta sound, young Austin-based musician Lincoln Durham harbors the soul of an old bluesman. This one-man band is a roots music revival. Fiddle, percussion, harp and guitar, Durham plays them all, with intensity and a driving beat. If you like Son House mixed with some Townes Van Zandt, […]
2nd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Riverfield Children’s Chorus
Sunday, September 29, 2013 | 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
Riverfield Children’s Chorus is composed of after-school choruses for elementary-age children at Riverfield Country Day School. The children sang at Gilcrease Museum last year during the “Woody at 100” exhibition and celebration, and at Guthrie Green opening ceremonies last year. Many joined the chorus in the spring of their kindergarten year at Riverfield, where their […]
2nd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Indigenous
Sunday, September 22, 2013 | 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
One of blues-rock’s most exciting talents, Mato Nanji’s warm, dusty voice and soaring guitar have always provided the heartbeat of this hard-rocking band from South Dakota’s Nakota Nation. Indigenous, with Nanji at its core, formed in the late ’90s and quickly transcended it’s regional roots to stake out a national rep. The music is teeming […]
2nd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Leogun
Sunday, September 22, 2013 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
A young British power rock trio, Leogun has been described as “an even more unhinged Led Zeppelin.” Full of brash rock ‘n roll bravado and swagger, the band’s blues and soul-soaked sound is reminiscent of classic rockers Humble Pie and Thin Lizzy while drawing comparisons to Queens of the Stone Age and the Raconteurs. Yamaha […]
2nd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Little Joe McLerran and His Band
Sunday, September 22, 2013 | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
Little Joe McLerran plays the Piedmont Blues like he was born with a guitar in his hand. A first place winner in the 25th Annual Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge held in Memphis in 2009, Joe has taken his blues across the world. In 2010 Little Joe and his band toured the Middle East on […]
2nd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
KONGOS
Sunday, September 15, 2013 | 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
KONGOS is a rock band of four brothers, sons of 70s progressive pop artist John Kongos. Currently based in Phoenix, the brothers grew up in London and South Africa. Their music features a unique blend of driving rhythms, accordion and group vocals. Their songs continue to top the South African music charts, and ESPN used […]
2nd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Max Gomez
Sunday, September 15, 2013 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
This young singer-songwriter from Taos, NM has a penchant for writing catchy folk-rock songs that are spare, enigmatic, and a touch bluesy. The son of a furniture craftsman, Gomez grew up learning the tools of the trade while simultaneously learning his way around the frets of his guitar. The workmanlike quality of his songwriting carries […]
2nd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Dan Zanes
Sunday, September 15, 2013 | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
Dan Zanes, the former frontman for 80s garage-rock band The Del Fuegos, sets the bar high for contemporary family music. This Grammy Award winner has collaborated with everyone from Sheryl Crow and Bob Weir to Debbie Harry and Lou Reed. Zanes has received several Parents Choice Awards, and music videos have been featured on The […]
2nd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Grupo Fantasma
Sunday, September 8, 2013 | 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
Latin funk masters Grupo Fantasma, an 11-piece Grammy-winning ensemble from Austin, collectively form one of the most unique musical voices of the past decade. The band’s vibrant fusions—funk, rock, soul, world music—transcend easy classification, boasting a universal appeal beyond just Latin or world music fans. Their incendiary live shows have earned them spots on major […]
2nd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
The Plateros
Sunday, September 8, 2013 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
If Santana and Los Lonely Boys had a child, they would name it 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 […]
2nd annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Earl and Them
Sunday, September 8, 2013 | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
Earl and Them’s leader is legendary guitar player Earl Cate, who was listed in Steve Cropper’s “Top Ten Guitar Players of All Time”. Cate gained fame with his twin brother Ernie as the Cate Brothers’ Band. Earl Cate has played and toured with Levon Helm and The Band, Crosby Stills and Nash, Bo Diddley, Little […]
2nd annual
Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Sunday, September 8, 2013 | 2:30 pm - Sunday, October 6, 2013 | 5:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
Ian Moore
Friday, December 14, 2012 | 7:30 pm
Blue Dome Diner
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
“Moore has created a brand of challenging yet highly melodic new-millennium pop-rock that establishes him as an audacious songwriter and player. He has struck that rare balance between astute complexity and utter pop appeal.” —All Music Guide. Ian Moore’s blues-centered rock guitar prowess took 1990s Austin scene by storm. A teenage guitar prodigy, he quickly […]
Eliza Gilkyson with Gretchen Peters
Saturday, November 10, 2012 | 7:30 pm
Tulsa Little Theatre
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
Singer-songwriter Eliza Gilkyson’s deeply personal, often political songs have wowed both critics and audiences, earned the admiration of peers such as Patty Griffin and Lucinda Williams, and garnered deep respect in folk and Americana circles. The Austin-based musician has always reflected on everyday joys and sorrows, each song a window into a life of struggle […]
1st annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Rose Ledet and the Zydeco Playboys
Sunday, October 28, 2012 | 12:00 am
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
Like so many French kids raised in rural Louisiana, accordionist, singer and songwriter Mary Roszela Bellard “Rosie” Ledet (pronounced led-dett), paid no particular attention to the zydeco music that was all around her. But, at age 16, she heard Boozoo Chavis at a zydeco dance, and her fate was sealed. Ledet, who is now widely […]
1st annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Richard Johnston
Sunday, October 28, 2012 | 12:00 am
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
Embracing the one-chord, deep-trance blues of the Mississippi Hill Country, Richard Johnston appeared as a street musician on the Memphis blues scene in 1997, and three years later recorded his rollicking self-produced debut, Foot Hill Stomp. Featuring guest appearances by Jessie Mae Hemphill and Cedric Burnside, it was nominated for a Handy Award, and the […]
1st annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Samantha Crain
Sunday, October 21, 2012 | 12:00 am
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
With a blow-your-hair-back vocal presence that occasionally yields to whisper-soft vulnerability, Crain’s folksy arrangements, both gorgeous and eerie, coexist with a knack for narrative storytelling and lyrics that are as likely to detail disaster and despair as they are community and reconciliation. A Choctaw from Oklahoma, Crain’s sound manages to simultaneously evoke the deeply rural […]
1st annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Shannon McNally
Sunday, October 21, 2012 | 12:00 am
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
She has the voice: bruised, smoky and ornery, right at home where country and soul meet.. She has the melodies and the timing.. she’s irresistible.—New York Times. This singer-rocker-songwriter has toured with Stevie Nicks, Ryan Adams, John Mellencamp and Sun Volt. Admired by blues musicians, adored by the Americana crowd and increasingly appreciated by rockers, […]
1st annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Shemekia Copeland
Sunday, October 21, 2012 | 12:00 am
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
When an 18-year-old Shemekia Copeland first appeared on the scene in 1997, everyone agreed that an unstoppable new talent had arrived. In the short period of time that followed, she amassed Blues Music Awards, Grammy nominations, Living Blues and DownBeat Critics’ Poll Awards, and invitations to tour with legends such as B.B. King, Buddy Guy […]
1st annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Slaid Cleaves
Saturday, October 20, 2012 | 7:30 pm
Tulsa Little Theatre
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
When Slaid Cleaves moved from Portland, Maine, to Austin in 1991, he landed a few blocks from the legendary, seedy Horseshoe Lounge. But as he points out on his new live album, “It was many years of drivin’ by before I worked up the courage to come in through the door.” Curiosity and the lure […]
1st annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Uncle Lucius
Sunday, October 14, 2012 | 12:00 am
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
One of the most promising young bands out of Texas, this Austin-based indie outfit takes rock from its deep roots (think Doors and early Black Crowes), pushes it forward with contemporary sounds and elements of RandB and blues, and finds its deepest expression in highly energetic live shows. For the past three years, the band […]
1st annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Stomp and Holler
Sunday, October 14, 2012 | 12:00 am
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
Body percussion youth choir from Tulsa.
1st annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Paul Thorn Band
Sunday, October 14, 2012 | 12:00 am
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
Muscular, joyous roots music that is bluesy, rocking and thoroughly Southern. The Tupelo, Mississippi native worked in a furniture factory, jumped out of airplanes, and was a boxer before embracing music full time, topping the Americana charts and breaking the Billboard Top 100. Thorn’s father is a Church of God Pentecostal Minister and his uncle […]
1st annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Three Bad Jacks
Sunday, October 7, 2012 | 12:00 am
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
One of Los Angeles’ biggest club draws, Three Bad Jacks’ hard hitting hybrid of soul, rock and rockabilly is most often described as psychobilly. Anchored by a throbbing gutbucket bottom end and topped off with bandleader Elvis Suissa’s passionate vocals and sizzling guitar, the trio delivers high-impact, soul-deep, thoroughly original, uncut rock and roll that […]
1st annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet
Sunday, October 7, 2012 | 12:00 am
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
Over the past three decades BeauSoleil has made 30 albums, won Grammys and evolved into the most esteemed Cajun group on the planet. Fiddler-vocalist Michael Doucet is well known for his mission to keep the unique southern Louisiana culture and music from extinction, but that hasn’t stopped his band from innovating and spicing its Cajun […]
1st annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Flycatcher
Sunday, September 30, 2012 | 12:00 am
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
Tulsa’s own progressive indie acoustic outfit.
1st annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Robbie Fulks and Nora O’Connor
Sunday, September 30, 2012 | 12:00 am
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
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Free
If country music has an Elvis Costello, it’s Robbie Fulks, who marries Ivy League cleverness to an appreciation of hillbilly music that actual hillbillies could only envy.—Entertainment Weekly One of the great unsung honky-tonk singers of his generation, Chicago based alt-country rocker and brilliant flat picker Robbie Fulks, whom Rolling Stone describes as the “wiseass […]
1st annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Elephant Revival
Sunday, September 30, 2012 | 12:00 am
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
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Free
The five souls in this Colorado acoustic quintet all share vocals and write songs. Banjo, guitar, mandolin, bass, fiddle, washboard, djembe, musical saw, stompbox and even footsteps on plywood make for a groove-oriented Americana that contains elements of gypsy, rock, Celtic, alt-country and folk. Some call it “progressive edge,” still others “jam band” music. We […]
1st annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Felix y Los Gatos
Sunday, September 23, 2012 | 12:00 am
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
The band came to life a few years back when keyboardist Dave Barclay brought a button accordion to a blues jam. Fusing zydeco, New Mexican rancheras and outlaw country with the improvisation of jazz and swing, Felix y Gatos is made up of some of the best session musicians from the New Mexico blues and […]
1st annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
The Claptet
Sunday, September 23, 2012 | 12:00 am
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
1st annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Nation Beat
Sunday, September 23, 2012 | 12:00 am
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
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Free
This Brazilian/American collective plays a 21st century mashup inspired by Brazilian maracatu drumming, New Orleans second line rhythms, funk, swamp rock and country blues. A regular at both American and Brazilian festivals, Nation Beat are rhythm gatherers, harvesting the fruit of 500 years of cultural crossbreeding, which is why the sounds of Northeast Brazil and […]
1st annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Saints of Valory
Sunday, September 16, 2012 | 12:00 am
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
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Free
The band’s members hail from the all over the world—Brazil, France, Canada, the U.S.—and the rock music they create, a rich and complex musical tapestry that reflects their international upbringing, draws on influences from around the globe. Three are the children of missionary parents, who spent their young lives traveling the globe. By happenstance they […]
1st annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Del Castillo
Sunday, September 16, 2012 | 12:00 am
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
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Free
This award-winning, Austin-based, Latin rock band blends flamenco, rock, Latin, blues, and world music into what Rolling Stone has described as “eruptions of technique and taste that conjure images of Eddie Van Halen fronting early Santana, with an assist from the Gipsy Kings. Movie directors Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino have enlisted the group to […]
1st annual
Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
Sunday, September 9, 2012 | 2:30 pm - Sunday, October 28, 2012 | 5:00 pm
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
1st annual Tulsa Roots Rocks the Green
The Wailers
Sunday, September 9, 2012 | 12:00 am
Guthrie Green
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
They brought reggae to the masses with Bob Marley, and they’re still going strong with a message of peace and social justice. A highlight of the Guthrie Green opening weekend activities, The Wailers are one of the last, great authentic reggae institutions. In the post-Marley period, the band’s anchor is Aston “Family Man” Barrett, Marley’s […]
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
Saturday, August 18, 2012 | 7:30 pm
Tulsa Little Theatre
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
There are no degrees of separation between Ramblin’ Jack Elliot and the real thing. He ran away from his Brooklyn home at 14 to join the rodeo and learned to play guitar from a cowboy. In 1950, he met Woody Guthrie and traveled the country with him, from the redwood forests to the Gulf Stream […]
The Flatlanders
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 | 7:00 pm
Tulsa Little Theatre
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
The triumvirate of Texas troubadours are back. Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Butch Hancock are the Flatlanders, and their live shows showcase 40 years of storytelling and song craft. The fact that The Flatlanders were completely rejected by the country music establishment back in 1972 is surprising in retrospect but, ultimately, poetic. That each […]
April Verch
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 | 7:30 pm
Harwelden
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
Canadian fiddle and step dancing champion and singer. Though her musical roots dig deep into her native Ottawa Valley, Verch’s seeming ability to fluently play any kind of roots music as though it was her native tongue has fueled her international tours with a diverse repertoire of both traditional and contemporary tunes ranging in source […]
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Thursday, April 26, 2012 | 7:30 pm
Blue Dome Diner
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
RWH may be a Texas music icon, but he grew up in the little town of Hugo, Oklahoma. He moved to Dallas in 1954, where he eventually attended high school with Michael Martin Murphey. Hubbard graduated in 1965 and and started spending his summers in Red River, NM playing folk music and writing left-field songs […]
Vance Gilbert
Saturday, April 21, 2012 | 7:30 pm
Church Studio
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
Vance Gilbert burst onto the early ’90s singer-songwriter scene when buzz started spreading in the folk clubs of Boston about an ex-multicultural arts teacher who was knocking ’em dead at open mics. When Shawn Colvin invited Gilbert as a musical guest on her Fat City tour, Gilbert took his “voice of an angel, wit of […]
Michael Martin Murphy
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 | 7:30 pm
Tulsa Little Theatre
| Tulsa,
OK
Free
Texas born Michael Martin Murphey has had a long and fabled career as a songwriter and musician. Performers as diverse as The Monkees, Flatt and Scruggs, Kenny Rogers, John Denver, Cher, Lyle Lovett and Hoyt Axton have recorded Murphey’s songs. Murphey himself is a multiple Grammy nominee and has had huge success with his own […]