Oklahoma rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Wanda Jackson and Jim Halsey appear together at the January opening reception for the exhibit “Starmaker: Jim Halsey and the Legends of Country Music? in January at the Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum. The exhibit is on view through May 18. Photo by Captured Moments Photography.
A version of this story appears in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
Jim Halsey reflects on his long career as a music impresario The longtime Tulsan is the subject of the “Starmaker” exhibit, featuring photos, posters and memorabilia
The Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum, 1400 Classen Drive, will open the exhibit “Starmaker: Jim Halsey and the Legends of Country Music” tonight in its Tulsa World Gallery.
The opening reception is set for 5 to 7 tonight at the Gaylord-Pickens Museum, NW 13 Street and Shartel Avenue. “Starmaker” will be on display at the museum through April 5.
In keeping with the gallery’s mission to showcase Oklahoma artists, the exhibit features 60 years of historic music and show business memorabilia from Halsey’s career as a premier artist manager, …
As previously reported, Oklahoma’s own “Queen of Rockabilly” Wanda Jackson debuted last week the music video for “Tore Down,” the Freddy King cover that’s the first single from her forthcoming album “Unfinished Business,” which is set to release on Oct. 9 on Sugar Hill Records.
After performing to sold-out audiences across the country last year, including a 10-city tour supporting Adele, the longtime Oklahoma City resident is currently in the midst of a nationwide tour in support of the record, including a special show at New York’s Highline Ballroom on …
Former White Stripes guitarist/singer Jack White will play March 15 at historic Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, the venue announced today.
Tickets will go on sale at noon Friday. Prices are set at $38 and $49. There will be a limit of four tickets per person.
For more information, go to www.cainsballroom.com.
White founded The Stripes in Detroit in 1997 with his then-wife, drummer Meg White, and in February 2011, the influential duo announced they had decided to part ways. Jack White has formed several other music …
My excellent colleagues George Lang and Kyle Roberts have launched a new video series for LOOKatOKC called “Got It Covered.” In the third installment, Justin Witte performs a horn-tastic cover of Oklahoma rockabilly legend Wanda Jackson’s hit “Fujiyama Mama”
“Got It Covered” will feature 12 local musicians covering classic songs by Oklahoma artists. The series will last for 12 weeks and will shoot…
Here is a list of events happening in Oklahoma this weekend. For more options, go to www.wimgo.com:
1. Hear Oklahoma’s own Queen of Rockabilly Wanda Jackson play a free album release show at 8 tonight at the Academy of Contemporary Music at University of Central Oklahoma’s Performance Lab, 323 E Sheridan. The show, which will celebrate the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s new record “The Party Ain’t Over,” also will feature Weatherford band Green Corn Revival. Doors will open at…
Hear Oklahoma’s own Queen of Rockabilly Wanda Jackson play a free album release show at 8 tonight at the Academy of Contemporary Music at University of Central Oklahoma’s Performance Lab, 323 E Sheridan.
The show, which will celebrate the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s…
Oklahoma’s own Queen of Rockabilly Wanda Jackson releases today her hotly anticipated new album “The Party Ain’t Over,” produced by rocker Jack White of The White Stripes. The album comes out on Nonesuch Records and White’s Third Man Records.
The 73-year-old Jackson, who was born in Maud and has long made her home in Oklahoma City, was one of the first women to sing rock ‘n’ roll. The new album features the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer performing an array of covers…
Oklahoma’s own Queen of Rockabilly Wanda Jackson recently chatted with The Oklahoman Entertainment Editor Gene Triplett about working with rocker Jack White on her hotly anticipated new album “The Party Ain’t Over.”
The album, which the White Stripes frontman produced, is dropping Tuesday on Nonesuch Records and White’s Third Man Records.
To hear Jackson, 73, tell it, White gently but firmly shoved her…
Oklahoma’s own Queen of Rockabilly Wanda Jackson recently chatted with The Oklahoman Entertainment Editor Gene Triplett about working with rocker Jack White on her hotly anticipated new album “The Party Ain’t Over.”
The album, which the White Stripes frontman produced, is dropping Tuesday on Nonesuch Records and White’s Third Man Records.
To hear Jackson, 73, tell it, White gently but firmly shoved her…
