Days after the Boston explosions, which killed three and injured over 200, Dropkick Murphys released t-shirts that read "For Boston" on the front and "Thank you, to all who purchase this shirt. All proceeds go to the victims and families of the Boston Marathon Bombings. Love, Dropkick Murphys" on the back. Within 15 hours, they'd raised over $65,000. The band also played a benefit show at Boston's House of Blues […]
The great Bob Marley has been remixed to no end and covered by more artists than we have space to fill in this article. So, what makes the new Legend:Remixed album so special? Ironically, it’s originality. When first reading the track list you’ll see names like Jim James, Thievery Corporation, Pretty Lights, Roni Size, Stephen Marley, Ziggy, and a diverse list of DJ/producers. Surprisingly, especially if you’ve never heard the […]
Recently we started a new webseries at RSU Radio where we talk to local and touring artists and if they have time (and we're lucky enough) they play a couple acoustic songs for us. For our second episode, we got the oppotrunity to talk to local band War On Gravity. These guys are local to an extreme for RSU Radio as 4/5 members are right here from claremore. They talked […]
SummerStage 2013 has kicked into high gear in Tulsa. It opened last week with a full run of free performances of Tulsa Shakespeare in the Park’s production of “Much Ado About Nothing” at the popular Tulsa Park, Guthrie Green. Throughout the rest of June and July, the Tulsa Performing Arts Center will be bursting at the seams with plays, musicals, and more. On June 21st, the festival will present “The […]
. Recently, The Stevedores were in town playing a show at The Soundpony. They gave us a call and we had a nice conversation. Ranging from the recording process for both albums, their use of Kickstarter, their late lead singer and how they honor him, and finally The Stevedores as a band. Luckily, the whole thing got recorded and you can hear it over at our Soundcloud page.
This year's American Heritage Music Festival will be held June 6th - 8th at the Grove Civic Center with evening activities and entertainment at Snider's camp on Graned Lake. The highlight of the event will be the Grand Lake National Fiddle and clogging contests with prizes over $1,000 each. The public is invited to the Kick-Off Party and Cookout at Snider's campground both Thursday and Friday nights. Admission is free […]
Finally… a new Daft Punk album! It’s been 8 years since the release of “Human After All”, an album that received just as much criticism as it did praise for the generous use of loops and samples. But the new album, “Random Access Memories”, isn’t your typical Daft Punk release. Then again, what is? If you’re looking for the same electro-club-bangin’ kicks and filters as their first album, “Homework”, look […]
Local band Red Wood Rising came into the RSU Radio studios to play some songs for us. You can check out their performance on our YouTube page. You can find Red Wood Rising online. They'll also be performing at Backwoods Bash with some other great musicians!
Jason Aldean rocked a near capacity crowd at the BOK Center on Friday, May 10th that featured several number 1 songs, loud guitars; and an onslought of video screens that doled out imagery pertaining to each song. At the beginning of the show. A;dean entered the arena to the sounds of Audioslave's “Cochise”, hinting at the audience that this is not your granddaddy’s country music show. Aldean roared into his […]
