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New program airs on Sunday evenings from 6-7 pm on Public Radio 89.5 HD1

Noted Oklahoma recording artist and record producer Steve Ripley hosts a 20-part radio series that explores the music of Oklahoma artists and song writers and their influence on Rock and Roll. "We will look at not just Rock and Roll in Oklahoma," said Ripley, "but also the roots of Rock and Roll such as Woody Guthrie, Bob Wills, and Charlie Christian."

This new radio show is produced in conjunction with a major new museum exhibition at the Oklahoma History Center called Another Hot Oklahoma Night: A Rock and Roll Exhibit.  

StudioTulsa host Rich Fisher interviewed Steve Ripley and you can hear that interview here. Ripley told Rich that "Oklahoma Rock and Roll" is about the Sooner State's integral role within the heritage of rock music. Oklahoma has fostered many a pivotal or even fundamental artist in the creation and development of rock and roll – and who better than Ripley to guide us through such? Indeed, Ripley's own biography, culled from the official website for The Tractors, refers to the City of Tulsa as that place "where R&B and country, New Orleans and Texas, swing and rock 'n' roll have historically met and prospered."

The first two shows, Home Sweet Oklahoma (parts 1 and 2), are an Oklahoma Music Revue that sets the stage for what lies ahead in the weeks and shows to come. Ripley guides you through the music of Oklahomans such as Leon Russell and J.J. Cale and their direct links to people like Dylan, Clapton, and Joe Cocker. He explores the roots of Rockabilly and Oklahomans such as Wanda Jackson and The Collins kids.

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July 10 & 17th from 11:30 am - noon and 7:30-8:00 pm on Public Radio 89.5 HD1

Iconic images of cities, from the Sydney Opera House to the canals of Venice, are etched in the public’s imagination, but BBC World Service is on a quest to celebrate the often overlooked quality of sound. From bells, to taxi horns and the shouts of street traders, BBC World Service’s new multimedia season Save Our Sounds is on a quest to make people around the world stop, listen and think about the defining noises around them.

 The Save our Sounds website has launched an innovative interactive sound map. Listeners are able to record, and upload sounds on to the world map to become part of a sonic worldview and an online archive of global noises.

Resident Save Our Sounds micro-blogger Kate Arkless Gray will be talking to acoustic practitioners and audiences online and via Twitter (@BBC_SOS), building a community around the project. The website will also feature regular ‘sound challenges’ and a ‘desperately seeking sound’ appeal’. Later, listeners will also be able to create their own soundscapes in a virtual 3D landscape. 

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