Live Music in Tulsa: Tunes @ Noon Spotlight featuring: Micah Felts, Beyana Band, and Garrick Fausett
Discover the artists featured in The Church Studio’s Tunes @ Noon concert series, Tulsa’s signature midday live music experience. Tunes @ Noon stands alone in Tulsa’s music scene. More than a concert series, it’s an artist showcase, community builder, and one of Tulsa’s few opportunities to experience live music during the workday inside the legendary […]
Artist Spotlight: Micah Felts
Micah Felts’ music began, improbably enough, with a white Fender Stratocaster from a shoe store window.
Artist Spotlight: Beyana Band
There is music in Mariel Luna’s voice even before she begins to sing. Poised and confident, Mariel Luna carries a contained intensity that expands into a larger-than-life persona onstage.
The Story Behind Leon Russell’s “Sweet Emily”
“Sweet Emily” began in a recording studio, sparked by one of those playful, offhand moments that can only happen among friends. Emily Smith loved the song, claimed the name, and carried it as part of her own story. Leon Russell recorded “Sweet Emily” in September 1970 at Muscle Shoals Studios in Sheffield, Alabama, and released […]
Live Music in Tulsa: Tunes @ Noon Spotlight featuring: Bear is Driving, Billy Bonney, and Damaris
Discover the artists featured in The Church Studio’s Tunes @ Noon concert series, Tulsa’s signature midday live music experience. Tunes @ Noon stands alone in Tulsa’s music scene. More than a concert series, it’s an artist showcase, community builder, and one of Tulsa’s few opportunities to experience live music during the workday inside the legendary […]
Artist Spotlight: Bear is Driving
Bear Is Driving brings a confident, offbeat charm to Tulsa indie rock, with sharp hooks, energizing riffs, and a band roster where every member is credited with “vibes.”
Artist Spotlight: Billy Bonney
Billy Bonney brings Southwest blues that feels lived-in, guitar-forward, and pulled straight from real life.
Artist Spotlight: Damaris
Damaris calls her music Spitfire Country. Once you hear a little of her story, the name fits.
Artist Spotlight: Casii Stephan
Casii Stephan didn’t come to Tulsa chasing fame. She arrived in 2014 intending to walk away from music altogether. Instead, Tulsa gave her back her voice.
Live Music in Tulsa: Tunes @ Noon Spotlight featuring: Symon Hajjar, Billy Byrnes the Blues, and Casii Stephan
Discover the artists featured in The Church Studio’s Tunes @ Noon concert series, Tulsa’s signature midday live music experience. Tunes @ Noon stands alone in Tulsa’s music scene. More than a concert series, it’s an artist showcase, community builder, and one of Tulsa’s few opportunities to experience live music during the workday inside the legendary […]
Artist Spotlight: Symon Hajjar, Hot Toast Music
Symon Hajjar wears a lot of hats: musician, songwriter, educator, storyteller, founder of Hot Toast Music Company, Grammy Recording Academy member, and champion of curiosity.
Artist Spotlight: Billy Byrnes the Blues
Billy Byrnes the Blues has become a fan favorite at Tunes @ Noon, bringing a rich blend of blues, rock, soul, and decades of hard-earned musicianship to The Church Studio.
Artist Spotlight: Groucho
Groucho blends alternative rock, indie, synth textures, and raw guitar energy into something loud, pulsing, and constantly moving.
Artist Spotlight: Brent Giddens
Brent Giddens teaches school by day and plays music at night, and he takes both seriously.
Live Music in Tulsa: Tunes @ Noon Spotlight — Brent Giddens, Groucho, and Jackson Glasby
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 […]
Live Music in Tulsa: Tunes @ Noon Spotlight — Jake Karlik Band, Randy Brumley, and ThunderSleet
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 […]
Artist Spotlight: ThunderSleet
The gig was a birthday party. ThunderSleet was born.
Artist Spotlight: Randy Brumley
Randy Brumley has been around long enough to know where the good music comes from. He was part of the Tulsa music scene in the 1980s, recorded their album Media Blitz at The Church Studio with his band Square Force, and then life took him in a different direction.
Artist Spotlight: Jake Karlik Band
If you grew up on Southern rock, or just wish you had, the Jake Karlik Band are going to feel like a good memory you didn’t know you had.
Artist Spotlight: The David Thayer Band
Lifetime Tulsan and versatile musician David Thayer began his musical journey at age five, inspired by Lawrence Welk’s guitarist, Neil LeVang.
Artist Spotlight: The Hi-Fi Hillbillies
The Hi-Fi Hillbillies ignite the spirit of the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s with electrifying performances of vintage rock and roll.
Artist Spotlight: Peggy Johnson
A true southern powerhouse, Peggy Johnson has been a cornerstone of the Oklahoma City acoustic scene since 1985, when she first planted her Georgia roots in Red Dirt soil.
Artist Spotlight: Knipple
Knipple is a Tulsa-based punk-jazz duo consisting of JordanK (bass/whale sounds) and Knicholas (drums/emotions).
Artist Spotlight: The Websters
The Websters started playing music together as teenagers in Miami, Oklahoma, before later relocating to Joplin, Missouri. And despite never actually living in Tulsa, Blake says the brothers have always had a “weird obsession” with the city.
Artist Spotlight: Tempest Revival
Tempest Revival is an Oklahoma-based band formed in 2022 by Cody Marriott and Jade Wilson Marriott, known for original tunes and lively, harmonious performances.
Artist Spotlight: The Marriotts
Jennifer Marrio is a multifaceted artist from Canada, known for her soulful singing and dynamic presence in the local music scene, often performing with her husband, blues artist Pete Marriott.
Artist Spotlight: Red Dirt Rangers
Forging what they call an “elusive stew,” The Red Dirt Rangers blend country, rock and roll, bluegrass, and Western swing, guided by storytelling and unburdened by heavy studio gloss.
Artist Spotlight: The Lonelys
The Lonelys are a Tulsa-based power-pop quartet blending Beatles- and Queen-inspired harmonies with vintage instrumentation.
GUEST BLOG: Rusty Russell’s Recording Studio Experience
The genesis of our project at The Church Studio was a bit different than most; four high school friends from Wichita (classes of ’73, ’74), and ’75) had spent years in the big music-center cities of Nashville & L.A. Between us, we’d toured with many “name” artists, recorded a great deal (as players and/or engineers), […]