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Gene Triplett is a University of Central Oklahoma journalism graduate with 36 years experience as a newspaper writer and editor. As a reporter he has covered city hall, county and federal courthouse beats, the Oklahoma City Police Department, Oklahoma City Public Schools and local and national entertainment. He has been with The Oklahoman for 30 years, serving as assistant city editor for four years and city editor for 10 years, holding that position at the newspaper longer than any other individual since World War II. A past president of the Associated Press / Oklahoma News Executives board, Triplett has served as The Oklahoman's entertainment editor since 1999. He has won numerous writing awards and was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2011 for his many years of quality coverage of the local and national music scene.

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CD review: Paul & Linda McCartney “Ram” Published: Fri, May 18, 2012 CD review: Paul & Linda McCartney “Ram” Read More
CD review: Carole King 'The Legendary Demos' Published: Fri, May 11, 2012 CD review: Carole King ‘The Legendary Demos' Read More
John Fullbright celebrates album release at Blue Door Published: Fri, May 4, 2012 Woody Guthrie's birthplace offers up a new singer-songwriter: John Fullbright. Read More
CD review: Father John Misty 'Fear Fun' Published: Fri, May 4, 2012 CD review: Father John Misty ‘Fear Fun' Read More
CD review: The Flaming Lips 'The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends' Updated: Thu, Apr 19, 2012 CD review: The Flaming Lips ‘The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends' Read More
Local disc jockey remembers Dick Clark Published: Wed, Apr 18, 2012 Ronnie Kaye recalls a long association with “the world's oldest teenager.” Read More
CD review: Bonnie Raitt 'Slipstream' Published: Fri, Apr 13, 2012 CD review: Bonnie Raitt ‘Slipstream' Read More
The new All-American Rejects album tells of Tyson Ritter's 'wild ride' and sober awakening Published: Fri, Apr 6, 2012 Tyson Ritter emerges from his “lost weekend” and heals himself with song. Read More
CD review: Lucero 'Women & Work' Updated: Thu, Apr 5, 2012 CD review: Lucero ‘Women & Work' Read More
CD review: Todd Snider 'Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables' Published: Fri, Mar 30, 2012 CD review: Todd Snider ‘Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables' Read More
Rare live Joplin recording released Updated: Wed, Mar 28, 2012 The first time Sam Andrew saw Janis Joplin was the spring day in 1966 when rock impresario Chet Helms ushered her into the old San Francisco firehouse where the newly formed Big Brother and the Holding Company were rehearsing. Helms was the band’s manager, and he’d persuaded the members to consider adding a... Read More
Bobby Keys remembers 40 rollicking years with the Rolling Stones Published: Fri, Mar 23, 2012 Texas-born sax player Bobby Keys shared his wildest times and closest friendship with the Rolling Stones' Keith Richards. Read More
CD review: Aranda 'Stop the World' Published: Fri, Mar 23, 2012 CD review: Aranda ‘Stop the World' Read More
Experience Hendrix Tour is coming to Tulsa, Thackerville Published: Tue, Mar 20, 2012 Former Jimi Hendrix sideman Billy Cox keeps his friend's musical legacy alive. The 2012 Experience Hendrix Tribute Tour is making two stops in Oklahoma. Read More
CD review: feedtime 'The Aberrant Years' Published: Fri, Mar 16, 2012 CD review: feedtime ‘The Aberrant Years' Read More
Moving forward: Of Montreal coming to ACM@UCO Performance Lab Published: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 Kevin Barnes keeps his creative life moving in one gear: Forward. 2012 marks his 15th year performing under the of Montreal banner, but you won't catch the flamboyant frontman performing any songs recorded before 2004's “satanic Panic in the Attic,” one of his adventurous avant-pop band's most celebrated albums. Read More
The Flaming Lips, Jackson Browne, John Mellencamp, Arlo Guthrie head all-star lineup at Woody Guthrie Centennial Celebration Concert in Tulsa Updated: Wed, Mar 7, 2012 The Flaming Lips and Jackson Browne plan a duet during the Woody Guthrie centennial celebration in Tulsa. Read More
CD review: 'New Multitudes' Published: Fri, Mar 9, 2012 ALTERNATIVE/AMERICANA Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Yim Yames, Anders Parker “New Multitudes” (Rounder) Former Uncle Tupelo bandmates Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy went their separate ways in 1994, Farrar holding steady on the alternative country-rock road in Son Volt, Gob Iron and as a solo artist, while Tweedy... Read More
Alternative supergroup adds music to Woody Guthrie's words Updated: Thu, Mar 1, 2012 Alternative rockers collaborate on setting Woody Guthrie's unpublished words to music. Read More
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