Oklahoma music acts playing South By Southwest


Posted March 13, 2012 by Brandy McDonnell Comment on this article Leave a comment
The Damn Quails
The Damn Quails

A multitude of Oklahoma musicians have taken their shows on the road south this week for the South By Southwest festivities down in Austin, Texas.

An event created and run by the Oklahoma Film and Music Office, the Buffalo Lounge will be a big drawn but by no means the only one, with the Oklahoma Film + Interactive + Music event beginning at 4 p.m. today. Theone-of-kind event will be hosted by the OKPOP Museum and the Woody Guthrie Center and Archive, and will allow all three industries to come together to network. The event will feature three musical groups: Modern Rock Diaries, Desi and Cody, and Wink Burcham with Jesse Aycock.

The music portion of SXSW officially begins this evening, and a staggering number of Oklahoma musicians will be representing our fair state.

The Okie Soundcheck presented by CNGnow.com is 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. and performing will be O Fidelis, Black Canyon, Mont Lyons, Pretty Black Chains, Deerpeople, Josh Sallee, Daniel(s), and Chrome Pony.

The Fourth Annual Sax, Clogs, & Rock-N-Roll music event will take place from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday This event will feature music by The Damn Quails, Scales of Motion, the Panda Resistance, BrotherBear, Feathered Rabbit, S/Awesome, and Denver Duncan with Jabee.

The ACM@UCO music day event will take place from noon to 5 p.m. Thursday. Performing will be Painted Wolfe, Fos, Day One, Brianna Gaither, Gum, paperscissor, The Rockettops, and Of the Tower.

The ACM@UCO showcase will be from 8 p.m. Wednesday to 2 a.m. Thursday and will feature Defining Times, The Boom Bang, The Non, Horse Thief, Broncho, and Stardeath & White Dwarfs.

From 8 p.m. Thursday to 2 a.m. Friday, the Oklahoma Showcase will feature Green Corn Revival, JuneBug Spade, Fiawna Forte, Jacob Abello, JD McPherson and OK Sweetheart.

Oklahoma’s Buffalo Lounge will once again feature a pop-up retail store stocked with Oklahoma merchandise provided by Mary Beth Babcock of Tulsa’s Dwelling Spaces. Other features include space for filmmakers and musicians to sell their DVDs and CDs. The venue also will feature free wifi, and for the first time, Matthew Kenney OKC will provide a juice bar for attendees.

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Brandy McDonnell, also known by her initials BAM, writes stories and reviews on movies, music, the arts and other aspects of entertainment. She...


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