Miranda Lambert, left, Angaleena Presley, center, and Ashley Monroe of the Pistol Annies at the 60th Annual BMI Country Awards on Tuesday Oct. 30, 2012, in Nashville. (AP)

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Country trio the Pistol Annies – Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert, Angaleena Presley and Ashley Monroe – are releasing today their sophomore album, “Annie Up.”

The album is the follow-up to their successful 2011 group debut “Hell on Heels.”

“Annie Up” features 12 songs written by the Pistol Annies that deal with the unwashed experiences of real …

Taddy Porter

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Stillwater-based rock band Taddy Porter released today its sophomore album “Stay Golden,” via Primary Wave Records. The album is available via iTunes, Amazon and Best Buy.

As previously reported, Taddy Porter will play Oklahoma’s official showcase, The Buffalo Lounge, at the South by Southwest next month in Austin, Texas. The band’s CD release party Friday night at the Wormy Dog Saloon, 311 E Sheridan, will double as an Official SXSW Kickoff Event. For more information, go to www.wormydog.com.

Plus, Taddy Porter will …

Rilla Askew

Oklahoma-born and bred novelist Rilla Askew, an American Book Award winner and recipient of the Oklahoma Book Awards’ lifetime achievement award, released today her new novel “Kind of Kin.”

The timely novel is based on Oklahoma’s newly passed law that makes it a felony to harbor illegal immigrants. Here is the official synopsis:

With the passing of a new state law, it becomes a felony to harbor an undocumented immigrant in Oklahoma. So when Robert John Brown, a churchgoing family man and respected community member, is caught hiding …

Superstar country band Rascal Flatts, which includes Picher-bred guitarist Joe Don Rooney, will appear on NBC’s “The Voice” Tuesday to celebrate the release of their DVD project, “Rascal Flatts: All Access & Uncovered.” The DVD was released today.

“The Voice” airs at 7 p.m. Tuesday on NBC.

The cinematic “All Access & Uncovered” project debuted in movie theaters across the country in a one-night-only event in conjunction with their “Changed” album release in April. The DVD includes exclusive performance footage of some of their biggest hits and new music from …

Steven Tyler, left, and Joe Perry of Aerosmith perform on NBC’s “Today” show on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012 in New York. (AP)

Rockers Aerosmith released their 15th studio album, “Music from Another Dimension,” today, and will celebrate Thursday by launching the second leg of their “Global Warming Tour” at Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy Arena.

The venerable rock ‘n’ roll band kicked off its triumphant, sold-out “The Global Warming Tour” this past summer, with critics from the New York Times, Dallas Morning News, Boston Herald and more.

After launching the tour’s …

It’s one of those weird and wonderful weeks when several new releases, particularly on the music side, fall on Monday instead of Tuesday. That is in no way a complaint as it just means we get to new music faster!

Synthpop/indie rock band Shiny Toy Guns, which has Oklahoma roots, released today its new album “III” on Five Seven Music. It is the first album for the band since reuniting with original vocalist Carah Faye Charnow. The Grammy-nominated band includes bassist/synth player Jeremy Dawson and singer/guitarist Chad Petree, who grew up …

Jimmy LaFave

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Texas singer-songwriter Jimmy LaFave, who grew up and began his music career in the red dirt hotbed of Stillwater, released today “Depending on the Distance,” his first studio album in five years. It’s also his first collection of new material on Music Road Records, the Austin, Texas-based label he co-founded in 2007.

Along with eight new original songs, the album includes LaFave’s covers of Bob Dylan’s “Red River Shore,” “I’ll Remember You” and “Tomorrow Is a Long Time,” his rendition of …

Oklahoma natives St. Vincent and Vince Gill are team players in two new albums released today.

Singer/songwriter/guitarist St. Vincent, who hails from Tulsa, and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer David Byrne, best known as the former frontman for the Talking Heads, released today their collaborative album, “Love This Giant.” NPR is offering fans a chance to listen to the album; to hear “Love This Giant,” click here.

The album was recorded over two years largely at Water Music in Hoboken, N.J. and is billed as a true collaboration, with …

Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash’s influence on a great variety of musicians was never more apparent than on Friday, April 20, at The Moody Theater in Austin, Texas, when the special concert and 80th birthday tribute, “We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash,” featured an all-star list of talent paying tribute to the late, great country legend, his music, his roots and his heritage.

Debuting today on CD/DVD, the concert special features a wide spectrum of legendary musicians including Outlaw country pioneers (Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson), …

Folk singer/guitarist Elizabeth Mitchell and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings are releasing today “Little Seed: Songs for Children by Woody Guthrie.”

“Little Seed” features re-imagined renditions of 13 kid-friendly Guthrie classics, including “Riding in My Car,” “Grassy Grass Grass” and “Bling Blang.” The album also includes her version of “This Land Is Your Land,” Guthrie’s signature song that many people consider a second national anthem.

Smithsonian Folkways is a sponsor of the Woody Guthrie Centennial, celebrating the 100th birthday on July 14, 2012, of one of America’s greatest singer-songwriters.

The Woody Guthrie …