Kyle Bradley was raised in Piedmont, Oklahoma. His alter-ego, Thunder Jackson, was born in Los Angeles, California, after years of playing in smoky bars and busking since he was a teenager.

The Lone Bellow's lead singer and guitarist, Zach Williams, spoke with Matthew Viriyapah just before they started their first tour of 2023. Their latest album is titled Love Songs for Losers and was recorded in Roy Orbison's former home.

Folk music duo Companion released their debut album "Second Day of Spring" in May 2022. Companion is made up of identical twins, Jo and Sophia Babb, who were raised in Norman, Oklahoma, and have been performing together since they were 15 years old.

North Carolina country artist Sarah Shook & The Disarmers released their latest album, Nightroamer, in February. In this episode, hear Sarah talk about being LGTBQ in country music, getting sober, and the first time they met a non-binary person.

Kaitlin Butts is a singer-songwriter from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her latest album, What Else Can She Do, is a collage of different female characters who tackle that question and draw from parts of the country artist's own life.

Jason Scott and the High Heat are an Oklahoma band fronted by singer-songwriter Jason Scott. He grew up Pentecostal and was once a youth and worship pastor. Now as a musician, he is writing songs while his bandmates joke about him once never having heard songs like 'Stairway to Heaven'.

Norman Music Festival is returning this week after two years of a pandemic-spurred hiatus. Hear the festival's executive director talk about planning what she calls the 'best annual party in the state' in about 90 days.

Sun Deep has only been making music for three years. But he has already produced songs for numerous hip hop artists in Oklahoma and is also part of the bilingual hip hop duo Finite Galaxy.

Wilderado's self-titled debut album was largely written in an old church. After a couple of years struggling with writing, singer Max Rainer wrote songs there dealing with his struggles balancing being a father and touring musician.

RC Edwards is probably best known as the bassist for the Turnpike Troubadours. However, this year he put out a new album under the name RC & the Ambers with long time friend Amber Watson and produced by fellow Troubadour Hank Early.