Interview: Miranda Lambert blazing her way through 2012, to Tulsa’s BOK Center

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)

Miranda Lambert With Special Guests Chris Young and J. Niemann Tulsa, OK

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.

So far, Miranda Lambert has performed …

Video: Miranda Lambert & Pistol Annies talk “Hunger Games” soundtrack, “The Voice”

Miranda Lambert With Special Guests Chris Young and J. Niemann Tulsa, OK

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 …

Video: Miranda Lambert’s choker from “Over You” video being auctioned off for charity this week

The stunning lace choker country music star and Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert wears in her new music video “Over You” is now up for auction, with proceeds going to a good cause.

Karen Lindner Designs, which also created the jewelry Lambert and her bridesmaids wore at her 2011 wedding to Blake Shelton, designed the one-of-a-kind creation. According to Country Weekly, the choker is made from a late-19th-century beaded and embroidered lace piece, embellished with glass beads and copper metal micro-chain stitching.

An Ebay auction …

Video: Miranda Lambert touts Team Blake, gives surprise performance at Blake Shelton’s Seattle show

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 …

Miranda Lambert, Toby Keith, Eric Church and more among first performers announced for 2012 ACM Awards

Toby Keith

Miranda Lambert

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.

The ceremony, which …

Up-and-coming Texas country singer-songwriter Bri Bagwell playing 1st Oklahoma show tonight at the Wormy Dog

Roger Creager Oklahoma City, OK

From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. Click here to read my interview with Roger Creager.

Bri Bagwell makes her way
Column: The up-and-coming Texas country singer-songwriter is playing her first Oklahoma show Friday when she opens for Roger Creager at the Wormy Dog Saloon.

Texas country up-and-comer Bri Bagwell is working on a new set of goals.

“What’s crazy is right now we haven’t even been a band for a whole year, and I had such different goals going into this last year. But now we’ve done so …

Tickets go on sale Friday for Miranda Lambert’s April 12 Tulsa show

Miranda Lambert With Special Guests Chris Young and J. Niemann Tulsa, OK

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 …

Video: Miranda Lambert “Over You”

Miranda Lambert With Special Guests Chris Young and J. Niemann Tulsa, OK

Country music star Miranda Lambert, who lives in Tishomingo, debuted today the lovely music video to her emotional new single “Over You” on VEVO.

The video will premiere Saturday on CMT and GAC.

Lambert pays tribute to her husband Blake Shelton’s late brother with “Over You,” the second single from her 2011 album “Four the Record.”

Richie Shelton died in a car accident in 1990 at the age of 24. His now-famous brother was only 14 at the time. Lambert never got to meet her new husband’s older brother.

Blake …

Miranda Lambert bringing headlining tour to Tulsa’s BOK Center on April 12

Miranda Lambert plays a 2011 show at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman. (Photo by Steve Sisney, The Oklahoman Archives)

Country music star Miranda Lambert, who lives in Tishomingo, will light up Tulsa 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, March 2. 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 …

New releases for Feb. 21, 2012: The Chieftains featuring Pistol Annies and more, “Puss in Boots,” J.D. Robb

The Chieftains, the world’s most celebrated traditional Irish band, mark their 50th anniversary with today’s release of their new album “Voice of Ages,” featuring collaborations with a wide array of musicians, including Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert’s all-girl trio Pistol Annies.

Produced by Paddy Moloney and T Bone Burnett, “Voices of Ages” features The Chieftains teaming with stars from the worlds of indie-rock (Bon Iver, The Decemberists, The Low Anthem), country and Americana (The Civil Wars, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Punch Brothers), Irish and Scottish folk (Imelda …