Author: Ashley Jones, Arts & Culture Reporter

Ashley Jones is a freelance writer and a photographer. She freelances for the Oklahoma Eagle, Root Tulsa and NuOrigins.com. She has published in the New York Times with the Student Journalism Institute and graduated from the University of Missouri in Columbia with a BA in Journalism, emphasis Magazine Arts & Culture, and a minor in Black Studies.

Medley’s Monthly Mixtape: July

Welcome to the domain where underground art rises from the ashes for a brief moment like a phoenix only to land in that pretty little device of yours to get played on repeat.

MisFest: Women’s Music Festival

Music is the sway of her hair as it swings through the melodies in the air. Music is the stomp of her boot as she commands the drums and drives the percussion. Music is on the tip of her fingers as they dance over strings and keys. Music is in her yell and her whisper as she calls out her story. Music is in her muscles, bones and blood as she dances to a beat that no one knows but she. She is music and Music is she.

The Vanguard Sells Out!

Neoromantics, The Young Vine, and Manta Rays become the first local bands to sell out The Vanguard

The Girls Room

The Girls Room is a girl fronted band led with music written by Derubeis from Tulsa, Oklahoma.