Miranda Lambert poses backstage with the awards for album of the year for "Four the Record" and female vocalist of the year at the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday, April 1, 2012 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo)
A version of this story appears in Wednesday’s Life section of The Oklahoman.
Miranda Lambert blazing her way The Tishomingo resident is experiencing another big year in her country music career and bringing her “On Fire” tour to Thursday to Tulsa’s BOK Center.
It’s “Hunger Games” Week here on BAM’s Blog, and we’re kicking off with this video of country music star and Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert and her Pistol Annies’ cohorts talking about their song on the soundtrack.
Lambert and bandmates Angaleena Presley and Ashley Monroe read Suzanne Collins’ best-selling dystopian novels and discovered they all had something in common with protagonist Katniss Everdeen. The wrote their song “Run Daddy Run” based on the books and then pitched it to T Bone Burnett, who produced “The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 …
Country music star and Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert surprised fans of her husband and fellow country star Blake Shelton Friday night by taking the stage at Key Arena in Seattle Friday during Shelton’s show.
To the crowd’s delight, Lambert performed her hit “Baggage Claim” while wearing a bright red T-shirt emblazoned with the words “Team Blake,” a reference to Shelton’s TV gig as celebrity coach on the hit reality show “The Voice.” Lambert has been assisting some of the singers on Team Blake as …
Reigning Country Music Association Male Vocalist of the Year and Ada native Blake Shelton, Dierks Bentley, Brantley Gilbert, Alan Jackson and Scotty McCreery and have joined the performance lineup for the Nightly Concerts at LP Field during 2012 CMA Music Festival. The event that USA Today calls “the crown jewel of Country Music festivals” will again take over downtown Nashville for four days this summer, Thursday-Sunday June 7-10.
Checotah native Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts (which includes Joe Don Rooney …
Two-time Male Vocalist of the Year and Norman resident Toby Keith, reigning Female Vocalist of the Year and Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert, Album of the Year nominee Eric Church, Entertainer of the Year nominee Jason Aldean, rising country music star Luke Bryan, four-time Entertainer of the Year Kenny Chesney and 14-time ACM Award winner Tim McGraw are scheduled to perform at the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, co-hosted by Oklahoma natives Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton.
Country music star Miranda Lambert, who lives in Tishomingo, will light up Tulsa on Thursday, April 12 when she brings her headlining “On Fire” tour with Chris Young and Jerrod Niemann to the BOK Center, 200 S Denver.
Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday. They will be available online at www.bokcenter.com, Arby’s Box Office, all Tickets.com outlets or by phone at (866) 7-BOKCTR.
Ticket prices are $39.75 and $51.75.
Lambert, a two time Country Music Association female vocalist of the year winner, released her highly anticipated new …
Country Music Hall of Famer, who received a tunefully respectful tribute during Sunday night’s Grammy Awards, will bring his farewell tour to Tulsa’s Osage Casino next month.
He will play at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 27 at the casino’s event center. Tickets are on sale now. All tickets are general admission and priced at $35.
Campbell, who will turn 76 in April, revealed last year that he has Alzheimer’s disease. …
Oklahoma country music star Blake Shelton hoists his male vocalist of the year trophy at the 45th Annual CMA Awards Nov. 9 in Nashville, Tenn. (AP file)
From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
Blake Shelton looks to top breakout 2011 in coming year BAM: The Oklahoma country star will play a sold-out home state show Friday at WinStar World Casino, followed by a national TV performance Saturday night on “NBC’s New Year’s Eve with Carson Daly.”
Oklahoma country music star Blake Shelton is featured on the cover of the Jan. 2 issue of Country Weekly magazine, which has declared 2011 “The Year of Blake!”
The Tishomingo resident was everywhere in 2011, from his high-profile judging stint on NBC’s hit reality show “The Voice” to his marriage to fellow country star Miranda Lambert to his second straight Country Music Association award for Male Vocalist of the Year.
The handsome Ada native was one of several artists who had a powerful influence …
The 13 Days of Oklahoma Music continue here at BAM’s Blog, as we look back on the musical milestones state artists experienced in the past year as 2011 draws to a close.
Billboard recently named Ada native Blake Shelton one of the top country artists of 2011, and it’s not hard to figure out why. The Tishomingo resident became the breakout …
