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R.I.P. Jake Flint, 1985 – 2022
Oklahoma Red Dirt musician Jake Flint, age 37, died Sunday, mere hours after marrying his fiancée, Brenda. His longtime publicist ...
Woodyfest 2014: Nancy Apple
I met “Princess of Twang” Nancy Apple in 2013, my first year volunteering to document the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival ...
Woodyfest 2014: Wink Burcham
Wink Burcham will return to Woodyfest for the seventh time in 2021. His previous appearance was in 2019, which we’ve ...
Woodyfest 2014: Dan Weber
Dan Weber is the only songwriter in the history of the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival to have pulled off the ...
Woodyfest 2014: Backstage, Band Camp, & Okemah
Today’s post presents a photo gallery comprising images I captured in various backstage areas at the 2014 Woody Guthrie Folk ...
Woodyfest 2019: Songwriting Contest Winners
Saturday night at Woodyfest 2019 kicked off, as in pastThis is the seventeenth post in our coverage of the twenty-second ...
3 Score Times around the Sun
This weekend, I celebrated my sixtieth birthday surrounded by friends and family. If you had told me I would be ...
The Valentine’s Day Blizzard, Norman, Oklahoma
On Valentine's Day, 2021, a massive winter storm pushed across the central and southern US plains, plunging temperatures to record-breaking ...
Woodyfest 2014: SONiA disappear fear
Emerging from Baltimore’s folk scene in the late 1980s, Sonia Rutstein formed the folk-duo Disappear Fear (stylized “disappear fear”) with ...
Woodyfest 2014: 1st-Place Songwriting Contest Winner Lori Holyfield
As in years past, Woodyfest 14 showcased three songwriting contest winners. Thursday evening at the Pastures of Plenty Stage kicked ...
Woodyfest 2019: Jared Tyler
By his own recollection, Woodyfest regular Jared Tyler Frederick began his professional music career around the time he turned fourteen ...
Woodyfest 2014: John Wort Hannam
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: in 2001, a schoolteacher on a large Blackfoot reserve in southern Alberta ...
Woodyfest 2014: Lance Canales & the Flood
In 2013, Lance Canales and his band, the Flood, covered Woody Guthrie’s song “Refugee.” Guthrie wrote the song shortly after ...
Woodyfest 2019: Stoll Vaughan
Two-time chart-topper Stoll Vaughan made his Woodyfest debut in 2019. Vaughan took the Crystal Theatre stage mid-afternoon on festival Friday ...
Woodyfest 2013: Sam Baker
We wrote about Woodyfest regular Sam Baker just over a year ago so we won’t repeat ourselves here. Baker has ...
Sonoran Trance: The Myrrors at Dope Chapel
Forming in 2007 while its members were in high school, The Myrrors play “a sun-baked, mystical form of psychedelia informed ...
Woodyfest 2019: Annie Guthrie (Featuring Arlo & Cathy)
Self-described “folk-punk” singer-songwriter Annie Guthrie performed a set on the Crystal Theatre stage on festival Friday. Guthrie is the middle ...
Woodyfest 2019: Grown Up Anger with Author Daniel Wolff
As part of Woodyfest’s continuing educational outreach, author Daniel Wolff gave a short talk about his book, Grown Up Anger ...
Woodyfest 2013: The Deslondes
When they appeared on the Brick Café stage during Woodyfest 2013, The Deslondes were still billing themselves as Sam Doores ...
Woodyfest 2019: Pushing Chain
Self-described “folky-tonk” duo Pushing Chain made their Woodyfest debut on the Bound for Glory stage on festival Friday. The pair ...
Woodyfest 2019: Kids’ Harmonica Class
For the second straight year, Woodyfest hosted an expanded children’s outreach, featuring several youth concerts and workshops. These included a ...
Woodyfest 2019: Carolann Solebello
Red Molly cofounder Carolann Solebello performed an intimate solo set on the Crystal Theatre Stage during Woodyfest 2019. The small ...
Woodyfest 2019: John Fullbright
I wasn’t assigned to photograph John Fullbright at last year’s festival, but I did catch this shot of Fullbright jamming ...
Woodyfest 2013: Woody Guthrie Poets with David Amram
As of this writing the Woody Guthrie Poets have presented readings at fifteen consecutive Woody Guthrie Folk Festivals. They gave ...
Woodyfest 2019: Jamie Lin Wilson
By some standards, Jamie Lin Wilson is a late bloomer. She was nineteen when she heard Natlie Maines performing a ...
Woodyfest 2019: Jacob Tovar
Jacob Tovar didn’t set out to be a musician. The Tulsa-based musician grew up with a deep, abiding love of ...
Woodyfest 2013: Samantha Crain
Critically praised Choctaw singer Samantha Crain appeared on the Crystal Stage at Woodyfest in 2013. It was her fourth time ...
Woodyfest 2019: Red Dirt Rangers
Marking their twenty-first appearance at Woodyfest 2019, the Red Dirt Rangers took the stage following fiddler Randy Crouch. Crouch remained ...
Woodyfest 2019: Thursday Backstage
Between 2018 and 2019 I did some horsetrading and upgraded my Hasselblad 500c/m to a 503cx. I also acquired a ...
Woodyfest 2013: Still on the Hill
Bringing their “low-tech” PowerPoint to the Brick Street Café in 2013, musical duo Still on the Hill had the audience ...
Woodyfest 2019: Wink Burcham
In 2019 Tulsa-based singer/songwriter Wink Burcham made his sixth straight Woodyfest appearance, performing a late-afternoon set on the Bound for ...
Woodyfest 2013: Tim Easton
We’ve featured folk-troubadour Tim Easton at the bureau previously. But we first met him in 2013 when he made his ...
Woodyfest 2019: Andy Adams
Although Andy Adams is no stranger to music, the Tahlequah native admits the title of his latest release, Back to ...
Woodyfest 2019: Community Outreach with Gypsy Twang & Friends
We’ve written about Gypsy Twang before, so we’ll keep this short. The Tulsa band appeared at Woodyfest for the second ...
Woodyfest 2013: Band Camp & Backstage
Today we present candid images from my first year as a volunteer photographer for the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival. I ...
Woodyfest 2019: Larry Long
In 1977, twenty-six-year-old vagabond singer Larry Long wrote Pope County Blues in support of farmers fighting a high voltage power ...
Gallery: The Secret Post (Zombie Run 5K After-Life Party)
Five years ago I published a story about the 5k zombie race in Guthrie, Oklahoma. At the time I shared ...
Gallery: Zombie Bolt 5K Run After Life Party
Five years ago I published a story about the 5K zombie race in Guthrie, Oklahoma. At the time I shared ...
Gallery: Zombie Bolt 5K Run (Post-Race)
Recap: Five years ago I published a story about the 5K zombie race in Guthrie, Oklahoma. At the time I ...
Gallery: Zombie Bolt 5K Run (The Race)
Recap: Five years ago I published a story about the 5K zombie race in Guthrie, Oklahoma. At the time I ...
Gallery: Zombie Bolt 5K Run (Pre-Race)
Five years ago I published a story about the 5K zombie race in Guthrie, Oklahoma. At the time I shared ...
Brad Fielder & Dan Martin (Song Swap at The Deli)
A pair of Oklahoma’s premier songwriters sharing a stage should draw a crowd. But if it’s Monday night the week ...
Herb Greene’s Prairie House
In 1957 a young architect named Herb Greene returned to his alma mater, the University of Oklahoma, to teach. Working ...
Be Vewwy Quiet — We’re Hunting Mushwooms!
My friend RT Valine and his wife Jackie were visiting the Bureau one evening and we got to discussing food ...
My Brightest Diamond at Guestroom Records (OKIE-X Outtakes & Gallery)
My first encounter with the music of My Brightest Diamond was a track on a RED + HOT compilation. During ...
The Dollyrots: Interview & Gallery
It’s been years since the Dollyrots played Oklahoma City. But fortune finally favored the city’s denizens: last April they opened ...
Black and White Gallery: Beats Antique at the Diamond Ballroom
Here are the previously unpublished black and white photos from electronic world fusion group Beats Antique playing the Diamond Ballroom ...
Color Gallery: Beats Antique at the Diamond Ballroom
I’m moving the bulk of my Flickr photos to their new permanent home. Back in 2012 I posted some pictures ...
Gallery: LYNX at the Diamond Ballroom
As part of my cleanup of my Flickr account, here are some photos of LYNX I took at the Diamond ...
Woodyfest 2018: Randy Crouch, Johnny Irion, & John Fullbright
This writer had only one official assignment (covering gritty soul-singer Opal Agafia) at the big outdoor stage on festival Saturday ...
Woodyfest 2018: Saturday Backstage
I took the same medium format gear to the Pastures of Plenty backstage as I had on Thursday and Friday ...
Woodyfest 2018: Opal Agafia & the Sweet Nothings
The biggest musical influence in Opal Agafia’s life is her mom. Agafia characterizes herself as a “lifelong serious shower singer,” ...
Woodyfest 2018: Ken Pomeroy
I first met singer-songwriter Ken Pomeroy on New Year's Eve, 2015. Her father, Skippy, builds racing motorcycles in the large ...
Woodyfest 2018: Willis Alan Ramsey
In my sophomore high school year, my family moved from the house we had been renting in the suburbs to ...
Woodyfest 2018: Josh Okeefe
At first glance, one could be forgiven for dismissing twenty-five-year-old singer-songwriter Josh Okeefe as a mere pasticheur. An internet image ...
Woodyfest 2018: And Then There Were Two
Despite the band name, And Then There Were Two does not comprise two members. The band numbers three: singer Amy ...
Woodyfest 2018: Guthrie Kids & the Family Band
Members of the Guthrie family performed a musical showcase at Okemah’s St. Paul’s United Methodist Church on Saturday afternoon of ...
Woodyfest 2018: Youth Songwriting / Showcase Competition
Woodyfest held its innaugural Woodyfest Youth Songwriting/Showcase Competition in 2018. The showcase featured performers age sixteen or younger. Master of ...
Woodyfest 2018: Kids’ Harmonica Class
The Woody Guthrie Folk Festival has provided a variety of children's programming over the years. Last year the festival expanded ...
Woodyfest 2018: This Frontier Needs Heroes
Brad Lauretti has been wandering. Originally from Brooklyn, then based in Florida, now calling Nashville home, Lauretti rarely sleeps in ...
Woodyfest 2018: Ellis Paul & Jason Mraz
Ellis Paul loves Woody. Of the Woody Guthrie tattoo on his right shoulder, he says it’s the only thing he ...
Woodyfest 2018: Sam Baker
Sam Baker has told the story of barely surviving a train bombing many times. The stark outline: some three decades ...
Woodyfest 2018: Friday Backstage
I took the same medium format gear backstage to the Pastures of Plenty as I had on Thursday. I’ve already ...
Woodyfest 2018: 3rd Place Songwriter Robert Thatcher
Third place in the annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival Songwriting Contest (2018) went to Robert Thatcher and Tom Brown. Thatcher ...
Woodyfest 2018: The Damn Quails
According to their band bio, The Damn Quails began life as a weekly jam session between songwriters and core bandmembers ...
Tim Easton: Exposition Interview & Gallery
I drove to Okemah in early December to see folk singer and songwriter Tim Easton. Easton was on the first ...
Woodyfest 2018: Kalyn Fay
Your humble author first met musician Kalyn Fay in early 2016 when journalist Nathan Poppe brought her to the Bureau’s ...
Woodyfest 2018: Brad Fielder & R. T. Valine
The first time this writer heard Brad Fielder was in 2013. I was at the Bluebonnet Bar to see Alex ...
Woodyfest 2018: Desi & Cody
Friday at the festival found this writer still covering the entertainment at Lou’s Rocky Road Tavern. Erik “The Viking” Oftedahl ...
Woodyfest 2018: Erik the Viking & Blake Lankford
Festival Friday proved to be uncomfortably hot in the beer garden attached to Lou’s Rocky Road Tavern. The previous day’s ...
Woodyfest 2018: Scott Taylor (Community Outreach)
This year’s Woodyfest continued a long-standing tradition of providing accessible entertainment throughout the host-town of Okemah. On festival Friday ...
Woodyfest 2018: Chloe-Beth
Let’s just get it out of the way. Chloe-Beth Campbell (just “Chloe-Beth” when she performs) is tiny. Just shy of ...
Woodyfest 2018: Gypsy Twang
Making their Woodyfest debut, Gypsy Twang played the Hen House stage Friday afternoon. Husband and wife Steve Huhn (bass) and ...
Woodyfest 2018: Dan Martin
You know how sometimes you see a movie, and you’re positive that a favorite actor appeared in it, and later ...
Woodyfest 2018: Turnpike Troubabdours
Marking their third appearance at the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, the Turnpike Troubadours closed opening night 2018 on the Pastures ...
Woodyfest 2018: Carter Sampson
This writer first saw Carter Sampson three-and-a-half years ago, when she played a short set at the Community Improvement Association ...
Woodyfest 2018: Red Dirt Rangers
The Red Dirt Rangers may not have birthed Red Dirt, but they helped midwife the musical genre into the world ...
Woodyfest 2018: 2nd Place Songwriter Charlie Mosbrook
This year’s second place songwriting contest title went to Charlie Mosbrook for his song “Remember Who We Are.” Mosbrook performed ...
Woodyfest 2018: Thursday Backstage
As most Woodyfest supporters know, festival favorite Audrey Auld Mezera died of complications from cancer three years ago. The Tasmanian ...
Woodyfest 2018: Mary Battiata
From the moment she began to sing “Trance” from the Brick Café stage, Mary Battiata had this writer's short hairs ...
Early In-Person Absentee Voting, 2018 Mid-Terms, Cleveland County, Oklahoma
Cleveland County residents may cast early in-person absentee ballots at the Cleveland County Election Board at 641 East Robinson Street ...
Woodyfest 2018: Milagro Saints
Led by veteran English rocker Stephen D. Ineson, The Milagro Saints had the audience rocking in their seats in a ...
Woodyfest 2018: Johnsmith
Making his fourth appearance as a performer at the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, Johnsmith thrilled the audience with a rock ...
Woodyfest 2018: Rick Reiley
Rick Reiley has never missed attending the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival. At least, he doesn't think so. Reiley kicked off ...
Woodyfest 2018: Jaane Doe
Born in the Bronx under the name Elizabeth Gowan Berliner, Jaane Doe started her musical career at age eleven in ...
Woodyfest 2018: Bill Lewis
Kicking off the 21st annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, Bill Lewis brought his solo troubador act to the basement of ...
National Night Out, Faculty Heights
Last Tuesday evening, the Faculty Heights neighborhood joined thousands of others across the U.S. to celebrate National Night Out. National ...
Trekking thru the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge with a 4×5 Field Camera
Last Sunday I drove out to the Lawton area with custom leatherworker and hiking enthusiast Michael Parham. Our goal was ...
Skating Polly: The Make It All Show Tour Kickoff
Returning to the scene of their very first show, former Okies Skating Polly played to a sold-out house at OPOLIS ...
Tea with Tyson Meade (Interview & Gallery)
On 26 May, central Oklahoma felt an earthquake. The vibrations were from the needle dropping on Godfather of Alt-Rock Tyson ...
Walter
Through a series of unfortunate circumstances, my friend Mark Campbell lost custody of his therapy dog, a cairn terrier named ...
Hoot at the Root
Visual artists and musicians pooled their talents last Saturday to raise money for the annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival. Hosted ...
Wanette, Oklahoma
This past Independence Day, my best friend and photographic conspirator Joe Crumley and I drove to see the abandoned Gandini ...
Tuttle, Cordell, Mountain View, & Anadarko
On the same weekend that Joe and I traveled to Roosevelt, we stopped to photograph several other small towns. Our ...
Downtown Roosevelt, Oklahoma
Roosevelt is a small, all-but-abandoned town in western Oklahoma. According to the latest census, the population numbers 248. Today it’s ...
Paige S. Wilson, Photographer
Photographer Paige S. Wilson recently dropped by Mercury Photo Bureau for a facilities tour. We traded places behind the camera ...
X-Ray Film Portraiture with Modified Rembrandt Lighting
This is an example of a portrait made using x-ray film and a modified “Rembrandt” lighting setup. I used a ...
In Person Early Absentee Voting — 2016 General Election Edition
Cleveland County residents cast early absentee ballots in the November 2016 General Election beginning today. Despite the national trend limiting ...
Who Is Evan Jarvicks? An Interview & Gallery
Jarvix. The man. The musician. The mystery. Cynics call his music twee. The less jaded and more generous call it ...
Claude “The Master” Butler
I met Claude Butler when he 1st moved to Norman in 1987. He had an arrangement with the management at ...
Benefit Concert for Sprint4Sarcoma 5K & 1M Fun Run
Friends and family of 25 year-old Norman resident Dayna Cannon gathered at the Deli on Thursday for a benefit concert ...
City or Norman Special Election
Norman residents had the opportunity to cast their ballots today during early absentee voting in the municipal election ...
The Wurly Birds Present: A David Bowie Tribute
Unless you’ve been trapped at the bottom of a well for the past 2 weeks, you know the great David ...
X-Ray Film Exposure Test (Cranberries)
This is a series of shots I made to work out the exposure characteristics of Kodak Ektascan B/RA film. Ektascan ...
The King of Queen
Featuring the music of the late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, Friday and Saturday’s performances of The King of Queen played ...
J. J. Cale Tribute at the Power House Bar
Continuing on the heels of his successful Roger Miller, John Prine, and Smiths tribute shows, last month musician Jerrod Beck ...
Musical Tributes at the Power House Bar
One of the most popular recent broadcasts on KOSU the SPY FM’s Oklahoma Rock Show was their all Roger Miller ...
Another Lighting Test (and a Cool Bowtie)
I found this cool bowtie on an online auction site — you know the one — and it was just ...
Fun with Macro Photography
Astute readers may have noticed that I’ve been transitioning to using mostly my Fujifilm X-T1 camera, with my Leica M9-P ...
For Display Only
I made my usual Tuesday grocery shopping stop at the Cleveland County Farmers’ Market and I saw this very attractive ...
Camera Bag Essentials: Gaffer’s Tape
The most essential item in any photographer’s bag is a relatively inexpensive item, often overlooked — the humble roll of ...
Violets
Just some flowers, in case you hadn’t noticed that it's Spring. I found these little beauties when I went out ...
Okra
My acquaintance, Robert Mark Campbell (he goes by “Mark”), recently adopted a 5-year-old cairn terrier after his longtime therapy dog, ...
Modeling Shoot: Lighting Test with Jaime
My friend Jaime Ladd coördinates an “adventurous diners” group on a popular social media platform; one of the group members ...
Using the Paul C. Buff Einstein with a Light Meter
In continuing to learn the ins and outs of my recently acquired Paul C. Buff “Einstein” (model E640) studio strobe, ...
Paul C. Buff “Einstein” Lighting Test
I bought a used Paul C. Buff “Einstein” (model E640) studio strobe just before Christmas; the package arrived on New ...
#YesAllDaughters Student Walkout & Protest
An online campaign to bring attention to Norman High School and local law enforcement's response to the alleged rape of ...
Midterm Elections Early Voting
Cleveland County voters may cast their ballots before Tuesday at the Cleveland County Election Board, 641 East Robinson, just east ...
Runoff Election, Cleveland County, Oklahoma
Norman Democrats cast their ballots today in the statewide runoff election. Democrats will decide between John Cox and Freda Deskin ...
Teaser: Jabee’s Birthday Party
Yes, that’s Emmy-winning rapper Jabee slicing birthday cake with my pocketknife ...
The Surrogate Band at Opolis (Gallery)
Yesterday we told you about the Surrogate Band, formed in 2011 to perform Pink Floyd’s The Wall. The Surrogate Band ...
The Surrogate Band Presents: A David Bowie Tribute
Originally formed in 2011 for an extravagant performance of Pink Floyd’s The Wall, the Surrogate Band has reformed for a ...
Cooking with Kali-Ra, Episode One
My good friend David Goad is raising money to tour with his band, Kali Ra, by recording a cooking show ...
Cleveland County Farmers’ Market Opens; Features New Hours
Today marks the return of the Cleveland County Farmers’ Market. Hours have changed from the familiar Saturday and Wednesday morning ...
Skating Polly Show at Guestroom Records
One of Oklahoma’s most anticipated music releases of 2014 dropped 23 February, with the release of Skating Polly’s third full-length ...
Tumbling Nebulæ Interview & Gallery
Tumbling Nebulæ formed in early 2013 when bassist Steven Machovic and keyboard player Cynthia “Luxy” Machovic got together with guitarist ...
Rebekah Pulley at the Brick Café — Woody Guthrie Folk Festival
One of nine siblings, Rebekah Pulley grew up in rural Alaska listening to her the guitar playing of her dad ...
Alex Culbreth: Black & Blue (Interview & Gallery)
I first met singer-songwriter Alex Culbreth (Parlor Soldiers, Alex Culbreth and the Dead Country Stars) in July, when he was ...
Rebecca Loebe at the Crystal Theatre — Woody Guthrie Folk Festival
As singer-songwriter Rebecca Loebe told the audience at the Crystal Theatre this past July, she didn’t mean to become a ...
Paddy Mills at the New Dominion Stage — Woody Guthrie Folk Festival
Fresh from winning the Rose Garden Coffee House Performing Songwriter Competition in Mansfield, Maine and placing 2nd in the New ...
Otis Gibbs at the Crystal Theatre — Woody Guthrie Folk Festival
With his full beard streaked grey and his horn-rimmed eyeglasses, Otis Gibbs might be mistaken for one-time Nashville resident Steve ...
Riders on the Orphan Train — Woody Guthrie Folk Festival
Between 1854 and 1929, the Children's Aid Society (and later, the Catholic New York Foundling Hospital) removed over a quarter ...
Nancy Apple & Rob McNurlin — Okemah Nutrition Center, Woody Guthrie Folk Festival
Princess of Twang Nancy Apple and country troubadour Rob McNurlin are are almost as familiar to Woody Guthrie Folk Festival ...
Kim Gentry at the Crystal Theatre — Woody Guthrie Folk Festival
One half of brother-sister duo Berteal , Kim Gentry made her Woodyfest debut at the Crystal Theatre this past July, ...
Garrett LeBeau — Pastures of Plenty Stage, Woody Guthrie Folk Festival
Born and raised on the Wind River Indian Reservation near Lander, Wyoming, soulful singer-songwriter Garrett LeBeau grew up virtually without ...
Dan Weber at the Crystal Theatre — Woody Guthrie Folk Festival
It just keeps getting better for Dan Weber. In 2010, he was nominated for the prestigious Dave Carter Songwriting Contest ...
Audrey Auld at the Crystal Theatre — Woody Guthrie Folk Festival
Although singer-songwriter Audrey Auld iTunes describes her style as music with the dirt left on, that’s dirt from a distinctly ...
Alex Culbreth at The Brick Café — Woody Guthrie Folk Festival
Making his Woody Guthrie Folk Festival debut this past July, Alex Culbreth (Parlor Soldiers, Alex Culbreth and the Dead Country ...
Trout Fishing in America Children’s Matinee — Woody Guthrie Folk Festival
The Woody Guthrie Coalition have been trying to book Grammy Award-nominated duo Trout Fishing in America to play the annual ...
Taqueria Ruiz
Last week I stopped at Taqueria Ruiz for lunch after running some morning errands. I ordered a taco revuelta with ...
SonicViolence Interview & Gallery
This past Sunday the Bureau invited noise-rockers SonicViolence, along with video director Mike Walsh, to drop by for an interview ...
Shift, Davey!
My friend David Goad (Kali-Ra, Of the Tower) and his wife Alicia are heading to Europe for vacation soon, and ...
Moore Tornado Relief RAD JAM
Chase Anderson and Oliver Holden-Moses, both age 14, and Nico Lantelme, age 13, are pretty normal teenage boys — like many ...
Post Mortem: Shi++y/Awesome’s Final Bow
Local garage-rockers Shi++y/Awesome formed on a whim in 2009, when Guestroom Records co-owner Travis Searle and manager Will Muir got ...
Travis Linville at Music4Moore
Chickasha native Travis Linville was 1 of many Oklahoma artists performing at the Music4Moore fundraiser this past May, as we’ve ...
Jazz in June 2013 Headliners: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
The city of Norman celebrated its 30th annual Jazz in June music festival a couple of weeks ago by shaking ...
Baptism & Christening
My cousin and his fiancée celebrated the baptism and christening of their infant daughter last Sunday at Saint Thomas More ...
Ramsay Midwood at Music4Moore
Texas singer-songwriter Ramsay Midwood travelled from Austin with his band to perform at the Music4Moore benefit in the wake of ...
LumiQuest LQ119 SoftBox III
The Lumiquest SoftBox III is a small, highly portable softbox that attaches easily to various speedlights. Deployment it greatly enhanced ...
Skating Polly Interview & Galleries, Part 2
In the conclusion to our Skating Polly interview, stepsisters Peyton Bighorse and Kelli Mayo talk about meeting musical heroes, music ...
Skating Polly Interview & Gallery, Part 1
Skating Polly have been busy. The youthful sister act performed several shows at this year's SXSW festival, knocked out audiences ...
Mercury Photo Bureau at Rev Hi-Fi (Video)
To launch our new collaboration with director Mike Walsh Mercury Photo Bureau was the latest guest on his Rev Hi-Fi ...
The Chloës Interview & Gallery, Part 3
In this concluding part of the Chloës interview, we hear the never-before-told story behind crowd-pleaser “Put that Dick Away”, plus ...
The Chloës Interview & Gallery, Part 2
In part 2 of our interview with the Chloës, the ladies talk about the joys and pitfalls of auditioning drummers, ...
The Chloës Interview & Gallery, Part 1
I spent most of NMF6 running from venue to venue photographing bands, but managed to squeeze in a couple of ...
Kite Flying Robot Reunion Show & Interview
Kite Flying Robot sprang from the singular vision of Nikolas “Kite” Thompson. The band itself has seen a rotating cast ...
Exclusive Scoop: Newest Leica “M” System Camera Announced
When we began hearing rumors about a Leica project code-named Chronos in late September last year, we assigned a small ...
The Trading Co. Interview & Gallery, Part 2
This is part 2 of our interview with Jonathan Eldridge and Joshua Griffin, who, together, form The Trading Co. an ...
The Trading Co. Interview & Gallery, Part 1
Blues-rock duoThe Trading Co. belong to a small stable of artists calling Old Dog Records their home. Like label ...
Bowlsey at the Velvet Monkey: Interview & Gallery
Acoustic duo Bowlsey is moving fast. They granted Mercury Photo Bureau an interview before their second public performance, and, in ...
The Venditos Interview & Gallery
Featuring an ever-changing lineup of local musicians (including more drummers than Spinal Tap), the Venditos have been rockin’ Oklahoma City ...
The Kamals Interview & Gallery
Five-piece fuzz rock outfit the Kamals (minus guitarist/backup vocalist Brad Nance) dropped by the Bureau in January, following their rescheduled ...
One Gun Solution — Interview and Gallery
Neo-grunge musicians One Gun Solution drove down from Oklahoma City to speak with me earlier this month. I met them ...
mr. Gnome at The Conservatory, Oklahoma City
The word “atmospheric” gets tossed around a lot when describing Cleveland-based mr. Gnome. Also “schizophrenic,” “psychedelic,” “weird,” “experimental,” “thunderous,” “dreamy,” ...
Beats Antique Releases New Music Video (Skeleton Key)
In September 2012, electronica and experimental world fusion band Beats Antique played the Diamond Ballroom in support of their Animal ...
Urizen at Club Dada, Dallas — Hallowe’en
Opening for Peelander-Z at Club Dada on Hallowe’en, local favorites Urizen entertained the audience at the Deep Ellum nightspot with ...
Radoslav Lorković’s Best Christmas Ever
According to a copyright story by News on 6, the most photographed Chinese accordion in the world has been returned ...
Electric Eel Shock at Club Dada, Dallas — Hallowe’en Night
Citing Van Halen, Aerosmith, and Guns and Roses among their primary influences, Japanese rockers Electric Eel Shock astounded the audience ...
David Goad (Kali Ra) Interview, Pt. 2
I expended practically no effort getting Kali-Ra frontman David Goad to talk for an over an hour about music, technology, ...
David Goad (Kali Ra) Interview & Gallery, Pt. 1
David Goad, frontman for Kali-Ra and various other musical and performance projects, recently sat down with us to answer some ...
Kill the Reflection at the HiLo Club, OKC
Kill the Reflection frontman Morgan Routt took time out after the band’s recent shows at the HiLo Club, Blue Note ...
The Concert That Wasn’t
Kali-Ra front-man David Goad dropped by for an interview yesterday before heading over to Opolis to open for CHUD. After ...
Patty Griffin and Max Gomez at the Sooner Theatre
Singer-songwriter Patty Griffin returned to Norman’s Sooner Theatre for a nearly sold-out performance in late October. Mercury Photo Bureau was ...
Psychic Milk at the HiLo Club
I sat down with youthful neo-psychedelic rockers Psychic Milk, after photographing when they opened for Kill the Reflection at Oklahoma ...
Peelander-Z Hallowe’en Show at Club Dada, Dallas
Hailing from District Z on Planet Peelander, self-described Japanese action comic punks Peelander-Z traveled across the galaxy to eat our smiles ...
Early Voting, Cleveland County, Oklahoma
Cleveland County voters may cast their ballots before Tuesday at the Cleveland County Election Board, 641 East Robinson, just east ...
Zombie Bolt 5K — Oklahoma’s Premier Zombie Run
Guthrie, Oklahoma — Billed as Oklahoma’s Premier Zombie Race, the 5K Zombie Run unleashed ravenous mobs of the undead onto sprinters in ...
Goddamn Gallows at the Wormy Dog Saloon
The Goddamn Gallows, who blend rockabilly, roots, folk, Americana, and country music “with just enough hardcore and punk […] to ...
The Greek House
The aroma of grilling meat and potatoes frying in gyros grease permeates the block around the business, guaranteeing a packed ...
Photographing Concerts with a Leica Rangefinder
I do a fair amount of concert photography with the Leica M9-P digital rangefinder camera. This presents certain challenges not affecting ...
Adobe Lightroom 4 Tutorial: A Workflow Example
Adobe Lightroom is a powerful tool for managing and processing digital photos. It can catalogue and organize your photos, automate ...
Hands on with the Arca-Swiss P0 Tripod Head Panning System & SlideFix QS Quick Release
The Arca-Swiss Monoball P0 Tripod Head, retailing for $299 USD, features a knobless tripod head with a three-element geared locking ...
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Circle of Confusion (Pt. 4 Conclusion)
After all that research, I decided that, besides buying better lenses for the M3, I was willing to fork over ...
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Circle of Confusion (Pt. 3)
I spent the next couple of months obsessively researching Leica cameras and lenses. I began by downloading the owner's manual ...
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Circle of Confusion (Pt. 2)
… Then Joe took a trip to Roswell. As I mentioned in Part 1, Joe rides motorcycles: BMWs, Kawasakis, and ...
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Circle of Confusion (Pt. 1)
My best friend Joe Crumley is an interesting character. He grew up on a farm in west Texas, served his ...
Tufte CSS: An Adaptation
Tufte CSS provides tools to style web articles using the ideas demonstrated by Edward Tufte’s books and handouts. Tufte’s style ...