On Tuesday night, Urban Roots was bristling with nervous energy. Or maybe it was just me. After all, it was time for The Vine Open Mic Poetry night, and just before I left my home in Norman to drive to the Deep Deuce district in downtown Oklahoma City, I made the decision that I was [...]
This was another busy week for the Culturocity team. We caught up with Mike Calhoun of the legendary Grammy award winning (Kinsman) Dazz Band of Cleveland, OH. Mike spoke to us by phone and gave us an update on his stellar career. Check out Mike’s profile in the Artists Directory. Other new artists to be [...]
On Sunday, November 3rd, Urban Roots held their monthly 1st Sunday Brunch from noon to 5pm. This was my first time attending the event, but having been to Urban Roots a couple times before, one might think I would have known what to expect. One would be mistaken. If there’s one thing one should expect at Urban Roots, [...]
Adam & Kizzie have come together on a mission to give music their absolute best. Their music is a tribute to everything great about music. Which is why it’s hard to say whether their album ‘The Book of EEDO: Vol. 1′ is an R&B, soul, jazz, or hip hop form of musical art. This goes [...]
This weekend I was lucky enough to see Lyric Theatre’s most recent rendition of The ROCKY HORROR Show, which completed it run 11/2/2013. I am no Virgin to the thrills and chills one can get from the “antici…………pation” of witnessing a production of this cult classic, as I have seen it done multiple times. This particular staging was unique [...]
Quentin Moore was billed as a neo soul artist scheduled to perform Saturday night at Oklahoma City’s Urban Roots. When I arrived at the Deep Deuce getaway midway through his first set, however, I was delighted to learn that Mr. Moore leaned perhaps a tad bit less on the “neo” side than one might expect given his [...]