Julie is a staff writer for Currentland, a monthly, regional entertainment magazine. She also writes regularly for Tulsa Kids and Intermission magazines. She is co-director of Tulsa Roots Music.
Steeped in history, Tulsa’s Cain’s Ballroom is known as the “Home of Bob Wills.” From 1935-42, Wills and his Texas Playboys regularly broadcast their Western swing from this stage out across the country on AM radio’s KVOO. March 6, 2015, was […]
Wonderfully quirky and extremely talented, Austin-based Bob Schneider is not only a gifted singer-songwriter, he is also an accomplished visual artist — his sculptures, paintings, prints and, most recently, collages rivaling the creative genius of his musical compositions. His latest […]
Together since 2006, the Lone Star State’s Josh Abbott Band released its first three albums independently on its own label, reaching #5 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart with 2012’s Small Town Family Dream and garnering plenty of radio play […]
A roots music fan’s dream, The Wood Brothers is one of the best acts touring right now. This superbly talented trio hits the road next week for a Midwest run, including stops in Fayetteville AR at the always rockin’ George’s […]
Saturday Dec. 20 is the 19th Annual Red Dirt Christmas at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, OK. The show features San Francisco’s Tea Leaf Green and Oklahoma’s own The Red Dirt Rangers and Mike Hosty Duo. A portion of the ticket sales […]
Singer-songwriter Paul Rodgers’ career spans decades. From the early days fronting seminal English rock band Free when a young Rodgers, barely out of his teens, first growled his way through the now-classic rock staple “All Right Now” all the way […]
Tulsa’s historic Brady Theater is the place to be July 1 when guitar genius Kenny Wayne Shepherd brings his band to town. Three years shy of 40, Shepherd is a five-time Grammy nominee and a veteran performer with two decades of touring […]