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 […]
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: Billy Bonney
Billy Bonney brings Southwest blues that feels lived-in, guitar-forward, and pulled straight from real life.
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: 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: 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 — 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 […]
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 — 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: 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: ThunderSleet
The gig was a birthday party. ThunderSleet was born.
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: 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.
The Tulsa Sound: The Definitive Definition by Ann Bell
The Tulsa Sound: The Definitive Definition by Ann Bell I was privileged to be born in 1950, in the Great State of Oklahoma, and the Great City of Tulsa. Growing up I learned very quickly just how blessed I was to be an Okie and for many reasons. The people are such loving, laid-back, God-fearing […]
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), […]