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Under the Covers: A Musical Parlor Game

Michael Sigman | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Jack White, Tammy Wynette, Emmylou Harris, John Fogerty, Wilson Pickett, The Diamonds, Sid Vicious, Jackie Wilson, Led Zeppelin, Kate Bush, Paul Anka, Tim Hardin, Joan Baez, Edith Piaf, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Jesse Winchester, Judas Priest, Dolly Parton, Bobby Darin, Robert Plant, White Stripes, Marvin Gaye, Video, Entertainment News
Michael Sigman

Most of these interpretations do the material proud, though some may leave you wanting to, well, hide under the covers. Making up your own lists and sharing with friends might make for a more soul-satisfying parlor game than, say, Geography.

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Sing It Loud: Chatting with k.d. lang, JD Souther and Bobby Long, Plus a Beginners Audio Exclusive

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.24.2011

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Mike Ragogna

One of my favorite tracks on k.d. lang's new album is the opener, "I Confess," which sounds like Brill Building meets country, meets...okay, I'll shut up now, k.d. lang has the rest.

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Thank God It's Thursday: Oklahoma's College of Rock with Scott Booker, Raphael Saadiq's New Video, Rhino's Digital 45s, More Woodstock, The Bee Gees, and Kimya Dawson

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joe Cocker, Arlo Guthrie, Johnny Winter, Country Joe McDonald, Third Eye Blind, Melanie, Martin Scorsese, John Sebastian, Mountain, Paul Kingsbury, Ravi Shankar, Chip Monck, Joan Baez, The Butterfield Blues Band, Bee Gees, Rober Altman, Sha Na Na, Pete Townshend, The Flaming Lips, Andy Zax, The Who, Abbie Hopffman, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Sly & the Family Stone, Oklahoma, Woodstock, Kimya Dawson, Michael Lang, Incredible String Band, Bruce Pollock, Oklahoma Central University, John Morris, Jerry Garcia, Max Yasgur, Crosby Stills & Nash, Scott Booker, Andy Gibb, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Canned Heat, Michael Wadleigh, Jeffrey Shurtleff, Yasgur's Farm, Tim Hardin, Country Joe & the Fish, Grace Slick, Holly George-Warren, Education, The Grateful Dead, Mike Evans, Entertainment News, Rolling Stone, Blood Sweat & Tears, Itunes, Richie Havens, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, The Academy of Contemporary Music, Quill, Sweetwater, Apache Rapper, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Built on the whole School of Rock phenomenon, the University of Central Oklahoma has a new music division that teaches all aspects of popular music such as performance, production and business affairs.

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HuffPost Exclusive: The 40th Anniversary of Carpenters / Interview with Richard Carpenter

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Bettis, Handel, The Cranberries, Dionne Warwick, William Morris Agency, A&M Records, k.d. Lang, Universal U.S., Superstar, Shonen Knife, Matthew Sweet, Eddie Sulzer, Richard Carpenter, SHM CD, The Beatles, Universal Japan, Joe Osborn, Bob Messenger, Universal Music Group, Leon Russell, Now and Then, Reiss-Davis Clinic, Jerry Moss, Karen Carpenter, Burt Bacharach, Ticket to Ride, Close to You, Jim McCrary, Paul Williams, Hal David, Madonna, The Carpenters, Cracker, Red Kross, Tim Hardin, Johnny Pearson, A&M, Herb Alpert, 40/40 the Best Selection, Sonic Youth, Sheryl Crow, We've Only Just Begun, The Century Plaza, Entertainment News, Wurlitzer 140B Electric Piano, Universal Music Enterprises, Billboard, Carpenters Gold, Roger Nichols, Hal Blaine, Billboard Magazine, Carpeneters, Dishwalla, Kmpc, Cma, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Richard Carpenter: "So many people have said to us, 'We can understand every word to your songs,' which, with all the pop and rock records at the time, was difficult to do."

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