Discover the artists featured in The Church Studio’s Tunes @ Noon concert series, a popular midday music experience in Tulsa
Tunes @ Noon is the only daytime concert series of its kind in Tulsa. Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from 12 to 1 PM, with occasional Featured Friday performances, The Church Studio comes alive with artists spanning rock, jazz, Americana, blues, folk, country, and beyond. No two shows are ever quite the same. One day you may hear a stripped-down singer-songwriter set, the next a full band shaking the room. The atmosphere is relaxed, intimate, and almost like being invited into a house concert.
You might discover something you didn’t know you loved. That’s half the fun.
In addition to the concert, your ticket pairs the show with a docent led tour of one of Tulsa’s most storied recording studios, and the staff and volunteers make sure you feel at home from the moment you walk in. After the show, Studio Row is right outside with locally owned shops and restaurants worth exploring.
Here’s a look at three of the artists you might catch at Tunes at Noon. Check the latest lineup on the Tunes @ Noon page and plan your visit..
By Nancy Ruth
Brent Giddens
Brent Giddens teaches school by day and plays music at night, and he takes both seriously.
Few voices stop the room the way Brent’s does. Warm, honeyed, and powerful, that baritone feels like comfort food, familiar before he’s even through the first song. Brent started out as an Elvis tribute artist, and that chapter gave him a stage presence most performers spend years chasing. He’s long since carved out his own sound, but the ability to hold a crowd, that stayed.
His songwriting comes from real life, heartbreak, hard-earned perspective, and it shows. He won the 2023 Jimmy LaFave Songwriting Contest, a title that carries real weight in Oklahoma songwriting circles. While often associated with Red Dirt, Giddens and his band have shaped something broader, blending Country, Southern Rock, Rockabilly, and Blues into a sound that feels rooted but not confined.
You’ll find him performing solo and with the Brent Giddens Band, a tight five-piece with Terry Day on pedal steel, Jeff Howell on bass, Michael Thompson on guitar and fiddle, and Chris Hempfling on drums, a group that knows how to meet a room where it is and bring it with them.
His new album, Between Barstools and Back Pews, is out now. Come hear a set that feels like home.
Groucho
Dustin Howard spends his days teaching music, mentoring young artists, and running Noise Town, a West Tulsa rehearsal, recording, and performance space built around the idea that music should be accessible, collaborative, and open to all, a place where students, local bands, and touring musicians regularly cross paths. You get the sense Howard is happiest when he’s building something, a song, a room, a scene, a community. Somewhere in the middle of all that, he still finds time to front Groucho, one of Tulsa’s most compelling live bands.
Groucho blends alternative rock, indie, synth textures, and raw guitar energy into something loud, pulsing, and constantly moving. One song may build slowly before breaking wide open, the next locking into a groove that pulls the whole room with it. There’s nothing predictable about it, and that’s part of the draw. The band balances musicianship with the kind of loose, unpredictable energy that makes live rock shows fun in the first place.
Howard handles lead vocals, guitar, keys, and synth, driving the band’s shape-shifting sound. On stage, he’s joined by Layne Farmen on bass and Royce Buckmaster on drums, a three-piece that sounds far bigger than it should.
Beyond the band, he’s also a working composer, with credits across film, television, and documentaries, including Sesame Street, HBO, and Osiyo: Voices of the Cherokee People, work that earned Heartland Emmy recognition.
Groucho was the third act ever to play Tunes @ Noon when the series launched in March 2024. Bringing them back feels a little like welcoming part of the series history into the room again.
Jackson Glasby
At 17, Jackson Glasby had a heart attack during a high school basketball game. The surgery that followed left him grounded, nowhere to go, nothing to do but sit and play guitar. Five or six hours a day, every day. That’s where this started.
Glasby is from Fort Gibson, and he’s been quietly making his presence known on stages around the region. Open mics in Tahlequah, a set at the Blue Note, and a two-night run in Texas opening for Kyler Smith. He and Kyler met when both played The Vanguard. That’s how it works at this stage: one room leads to another.
His sound is his own. “It’s not necessarily old school country,” he’ll tell you, “but it’s not red dirt either.” Folky, fingerpicked, story-driven, with enough grit to hold a room and enough warmth to quiet one down. He draws on artists like John Fullbright and Tyler Childers, and some listeners hear echoes of Neil Young and James Taylor in the tone and storytelling approach of his music. It never feels like imitation.
He has originals on Spotify, including Wasted With You, and more being recorded. He first walked into Tunes @ Noon on March 1, 2025, already finding his footing. Since then he’s been showing up on regional stages across Oklahoma and Texas, building the kind of momentum that doesn’t happen by accident.
That’s one of the quiet rewards of Tunes @ Noon. You meet them here, you learn their story, and then you watch the world start to catch up. With Glasby, that’s already happening.
Live Music and Things to Do in Tulsa
Brent Giddens, Groucho, and Jackson Glasby are just three of the artists you’ll discover at Tunes @ Noon. Great songs, unforgettable players, and an intimate live music experience inside one of Tulsa’s most historic music landmarks. If you’re looking for live music in Tulsa or something different to do on a weekday afternoon, check the latest lineup on the Tunes @ Noon page.
Make an afternoon of it with coffee, shopping, and local restaurants along Studio Row just outside the studio doors.