Here is the video for Wade Burrow’s song “Becoming a Redwood”. The video was directed by Joshua C. Shreve at Armada Productions.
The song is being featured this fall on PBS’ Roadtrip Nation.
Wade Burrow - “Becoming A Redwood”
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Nominees for the ninth annual Tulsa World Spot Music Awards (SPOTNIKS) have been announced.
Malan Darras leads all nominees with three nominations - Artist of the Year, Album of the Year (Who Is Malan D?) and Best Pop Act.
Citizen Mundi, Crooked X, Dangerous Rob, Kunek, P.D.A., Red Dirt Rangers, South 40 and Thomas Martinez all received two nominations apiece.
There are thirteen categories to vote for in this year’s edition. You can vote once a day online at tulsaworld.com/spotniks. Voting ends on Friday, October 5 at midnight.
The Spot Music Awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, October 20 at Cain’s Ballroom. Admission is $8. Performing will be Susan Herndon, South 40, P.D.A., Dustin Pittsley Band, 1 G.O.P., Down for Five, Callupsie, Thomas Martinez and Citizen Mundi. The after party will feature a live performance by Spot Music Awards Hall of Fame inductees Rewake.
Full nominee list after the jump.
DOWNLOADS:
Malan Darras - “Memory Magazine”
Little Joe McLerran - “First Shot Got Him”
Thousands of musicians and fans converge on downtown Tulsa this weekend for the seventh (and strongest) edition of DFest.
Yours truly will be there with the missus. I expect to see many of your faces there as well. (Wristbands are only $20!)
For those of you that cannot make it, we hope to provide you a glimpse into the world of DFest. Throughout the weekend and into next week, we plan on bringing you recaps on the conference and the festival, Q&As and pictures.
To wet your appetite, here’s a boatload of free mp3s from DFest 2007 artists:
DOWNLOADS:
Adam Lopez Band - “Eureka”
Ali Harter - “Hold On A Little Tighter”
Christopher Wray Quartet - “It’s You”
Colourmusic - “Circles”
Colourmusic - “You Can Call Me By My Name”
Colourmusic - Yes!
Elliot the Letter Ostrich - “Out Come The Vampires”
Evangelicals - “Here Comes Trouble”
Evangelicals - “Another Day”
Forty Minutes of Hell - “6 on 7″
Forty Minutes of Hell - “Fuck It All”
Forty Minutes of Hell - “Satisfaction Never”
KC Clifford - “Find My Way Home”
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - “Sean’s Song”
Leon Russell - “Same Old Song”
Luma - “Wake Up”
Mayola - “Portrait of an Artist as a Foaming Deathmonger”
Stardeath And White Dwarfs - “Chemical”
Starlight Mints - “Pumpkin”
After the jump, get your hour-by-hour band schedule, which should come in handy.
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PBS has selected Wade Burrow’s song “Becoming a Redwood” for use on their 12-part documentary series “Roadtrip Nation”. The documentary will air on PBS later this fall and a DVD release will follow.
Burrow will be the third Oklahoma artist featured on the show with Hosty Duo appearing in 2005 & 2006 and Sugar Free All-Stars appearing in 2006. Other artists featured in recent years have been Caribou, Jack Johnson, Sufjan Stevens, Xavier Rudd, White Buffalo and Brett Dennen.
Tulsa World has announced the Spot Awards nominees for 2006:
Best Rock Act
Congress of a Crow, The Effects, Midwest Kings, The Red Alert & River City RansomBest Pop Act
The Hero Factor, redecco, Stevedore, Shannon Thomas & TravelerBest Hard Rock Act
Bait, Down for Five, Failsafe, Fighting Tomorrow & RookBest Hip-Hop Act
Big Rec, aka REConcile, Dangerous Rob, Lega-C, P.D.A. & TripCBest R&B / Blues Act
Big Ric, Cindy Cain, Rochelle Chambers, CoCo Jones & Dustin Pittsley BandBest Jazz Act
Jon Glazer, Harmonious Monk, Eldredge Jackson, Grady Nichols & SCOREBest Country / Americana Act
Jason Boland and the Stragglers, Travis Kidd, The Mudville Project, Brian Parton & The Round Up BoysBest Christian Act
Aftereight, Anna Dilemma, Beforesunday, Edinbergh & Stephen SpeaksBest None of the Above
Citizen Mundi, Larkin, My-Tea Kind, Rewake & Sam and the StyleesBest Singer-Songwriter
Wade Burrow, Susan Herndon, Steve Liddell, Jared Tyler & Phillip ZoellnerRising Star
Callupsie, Crooked X, Elliott the Letter Ostrich, RadioRadio & Stoneface NormanArtist of the Year
The Effects, The Hero Factor, Eldredge Jackson, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey & The Red AlertAlbum of the Year
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, The Sameness of Difference
Steve Liddell, Good Love
RadioRadio, Watch ‘Em All Come Runnin’
The Red Alert, Put on Your Game Face
Redecco, Falling At Various SpeedsHall of Fame
J.J. Cale