Oklahoma House Concerts

06/01/2025

NOT just for the old man, but for Sean, Jacob, Caroline, Glenn, Dylan, Wink, Mike, Dan, Tom, Ashley, Judy and Rose, Marcedes, Kaston and Nicholas, Katie, Chloe-Beth, Steff, Brian, Darrin, Chuck, Nathan, Andrew, Chance, Gentry, Buck, Mandy, Vernon, Jessica Roy, and the other musicians who have played at the Chaparral Retreat and Guesthouse

08/18/2024

Just saw this from a few years back…an audience member in Oklahoma that did this while I was performing a show. Looks pretty much like me! -TJ George

08/09/2024

We hosted so many musicians, storytellers, and poets from across the U.S. at our Oklahoma House Concerts between 2014 and 2020, and made many new friends, in no particular order:
Mary Ellen Kirk
Caroline Cotter
Michael Jacobs
Dylan Stewart
Wink Burcham
Dan Martin
Katie Ballew
Nathan Brown
Sean Harrison
Emily Robinson
My Politic
Gentry Counce
Ian Leith
Mercedes Carroll
Ashley Norton
The Riverside
Deliberate Kin
M. Chance Williams
Glen Roth
Darrin Kobetich
Dave Dersham
Chuck Dunlap
Andrew Ryan
Cloe Beth
Kory Quinn
Sinners and Saints
Abigail Dawn
Mandy Rowden

08/06/2024

Great memories of musicians who have performed at the Chaparral Retreat!

Wink Burcham performs " Town in Oklahoma " at Church Studios in Tulsa, OK.

03/20/2024

This is the album cover of our friend Sean Harrison's album, Halfway from Nashville. Enjoy the story.

Sidney Nolan: The Ned Kelly Series

12/21/2023

Our friend Nathan Brown was also mentioned in the article!!

A Report from the 24th Southwest Regional Folk AllianceHoliday Inn Austin Midtown, Austin, Texas, 27.9.-1.10.2023

11/08/2023

by IRENE MIDDLEMAN THOMAS
House band
In-home concerts let you experience live music your way
House concerts have been around since at least the
1800s, but they’ve recently
found new popularity. As the
name implies, house concerts
are musical events in homes
rather than public
performance spaces. They
usually have small audiences
sitting close to the musicians,
who don’t use microphones.
“We love the intimate setting of house concerts,” says Costco member Mare Wake-field of
the married musical duo Mare Wakefield & Nomad, based in Nashville, Tennessee. “The
house concert setting allows us to laugh and joke with the audience, and also to be ‘real’
about the songs and our music journey. Sometimes house concerts include a Q&A session,
so folks can learn more about us.”

Fran Snyder, musician and founder of the Listening Room Network, based in St.
Petersburg, Florida, further explains
the concept. “Most house concerts feature folk/acoustic original music. Independent artists
can share music and experiences directly to their fans.”

The Listening Room Network (listeningroomnetwork.com) is considered the leading
promoter of house concerts in the U.S., with about 1,000 members. It provides advice,
resources and connections to artists, hosts and music lovers.

Costco member and host Rebecca Wellborn of Dunedin, Florida, says her home and
backyard are “the perfect spot to host events,” with multiple seating areas, surrounding an
open-air pool. “We set up the stage under a tent. It is like a natural amphitheater. It makes
people happy and in turn that makes me happy.”

“One of the main reasons I started hosting was because I got tired of paying to attend
shows and then having people around me talk through them,” says Andria Brown of
Memphis, Tennessee. “The artists I most enjoy have words that matter. At a house show, I’m
curating an unusual setting for most people—one where they really get to connect with
the artist.”

Wakefield adds, “Every audience member leaves a house concert feeling like they’ve had a
backstage pass.”

10/01/2023

Great playlist! #28 Nathan Brown has played at our house and at our winery a few times!!

SWRFA 2023 Artists - curated by A Haven For Songs · Playlist · 44 songs

09/19/2023

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