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Casey & Minna featured in Bon Appetit!

10/31/2018

 
Back in August we happened to be playing music at the OSU OKC Farmers Market while Bon Appetit was making this touching video about Oklahoma City's, Nonesuch, America's best new restaurant. Look for us at 4:38! 

Listen: Oklahoma City duo Casey & Minna waltzes with original holiday tune 'Christmas Paradise'

1/7/2018

 
A story about our new song in NewsOK!
​By Brandy McDonnell | December 22, 2017
​Oklahoma City fiddle-and-guitar duo Casey & Minna has released a lovely little original holiday song titled "Christmas Paradise" that should get you in the yuletide spirit.
The husband-and-wife team of Casey and Minna Biggs describes the tune as “A dreamy Christmas waltz with clear uncomplicated vocals, a lovely melody, and a crescendo of twin fiddles interlaced into a tranquil love song -- like a glittering enchanted snow globe.” And that pretty much says it all.
Listen to it strolling, as the musical couple is so often seen playing around town, for maximum festive effect.
Merry Christmas!
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 Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman Archives
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Lunch, with a beat

8/17/2017

 
Page 10A of the Oklahoman:
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Featured in the OK Gazette!

6/29/2017

 

​Oklahoma City’s Casey and Minna makes folk music a family affair

By Ben Luschen   |   June 14, 2017
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​Casey and Minna:  Minna, August, Ruffles the Cat, and Casey (Garett Fisbeck)
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For those who go out and about in Oklahoma City, it’s not a question of if but when they will encounter folk-centric family band Casey and Minna.
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The husband-and-wife duo — sometimes a trio with the addition of 13-year-old son August Biggs — can be frequently spotted out in the area, playing live music at open-air festivals, private parties or wherever people like to gather and feel good. Casey Friedman plays guitar and upright bass while Minna Biggs handles fiddle. August mostly plays tin whistle, but with some trumpet and guitar as well.

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Front Page of The Oklahoman!  March 18, 2017

3/18/2017

 
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Oklahoma Gazette Pick March 15, 2017

3/15/2017

 
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Oklahoma Film + Music Office Featured Artist of the Month

3/10/2017

 
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read the full article on the OKF+M website

Oklahoma Film + Music Office News Letter

3/9/2017

 
We recently played music for “Take Two: What Keeps Them Coming Back”, the second film-focused event of the Oklahoma Film + Music Office (OF+MO) Networking and Mentoring Series.
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Indie Trunk Show OKC - Local Sounds

1/19/2016

 
Last December we played for a fun event at the fairgrounds, The Indie Trunk Show.  It's an enormous shopping opportunity where the vendors (crafters, artists, makers, and local business owners) are all Okies. It's a lively, colorful affair, and we so enjoy strolling and making music there!
     
Here is the blog the Indie Trunk Show wrote about us!
​Thanks for the love Indie Trunk Show!!
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So there I was, in the grocery store, when I heard the most wonderful live music… I couldn’t figure out where it was coming from! And before I knew it, a sweet couple was slowly walking past me while playing soothing folk tunes. They gave me the most friendly smile I’d seen in the grocery store that day, and suddenly I didn’t feel so stressed about finishing up my shopping trip. I knew right then I had to find out who they were and insist that they come to Indie!
Indie Trunk Show just wouldn’t be as fun without Casey & Minna stopping by! This guitar and fiddle duo...

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Love from OKG

10/24/2015

 
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Opening the Cherry Street Farmers Market

4/10/2015

 
Last weekend we trekked to Tulsa for a couple of fun gigs:  First Friday Art Walk at the Zarrow Center and the opening day of the Cherry Street Farmers Market!!  All the local news teams were there to capture it.  
We can't stay away from lovely Tulsa.
Here are couple more scenes from that wonderful weekend...

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Local Podcast!

3/23/2015

 
Open Streets is one of our favorite events of the year.  A mile long stretch of 23rd Street is closed to motor vehicles and opened to people moving under the power of their bodies.  Healthy activities for the family line the street: jump ropes, frisbees, hula hoops.  We facilitated the dancing and strutting with upbeat music.    
Local podcaster, Aaron Souders, of We Apologize For The Inconvenience was there recording the sights and sounds. Check out this podcast!  We're featured about eleven minutes in playing Boil Em' Cabbage. 
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OKG  Music Pick!

2/9/2015

 
Casey Friedman, Minna Biggs, OKG Music Pick
Page 41 of the Oklahoma Gazette! 2-4-2015

Tulsa World: Scene

10/17/2014

 
The morning after the Rudderless premier at Tulsa's Circle Cinema we were at the Pheonix enjoying bagels and coffee when we found this little surprise gem in the Tulsa World.  Read all about the night before in our blog story Rudderless Sets Sail!
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Tulsa World Oct. 2014 HonkyTonk StepChild aka Casey & Minna

Garvin County News Star

10/14/2014

 
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I wouldn't have worded it quite this way, but we'll take it!  Brickfest and the Superhero Festival happen the same day in Pauls Valley!  
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Wonder Woman and Me, the Fiddler

Art Moves presented by Devon

7/26/2014

 
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We love these charming write-ups by Art Moves! 
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Various Blogs!

7/22/2014

 
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We are featured in this Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition blog article The Musical Side of Momentum by intern Pauline Chateau.

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Here's a blog by a local called CoraSteel.  It's about the now closed Sean Cummings Irish Pub.  We were playing music that night and there's a fun video!

A Little Extra help from Casey & Minna koco News channel 5

6/25/2014

 
Koco came to Sean Cummings June 25th, and we played Irish music for them!  
The story is called "Restaurant offering discount on food for political signs" By Bree Steffen.   
Recommended reading:  Thank You Sean Cummings!

NewsOK - Rudderless Writeup

6/16/2014

 
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Wow! Our names in the same paragraph as Selena Gomez and Laurence Fishburne!
The article by Brandy McDonnell, entertainment reporter for NewsOK is about the recent private screening. William H. Macy returns to Oklahoma City to celebrate "Rudderless" 
Recommended reading
For more Rudderless news from our perspective we offer the five part Rudderless series, from getting the gig to the private screening.

Slice magazine

5/4/2014

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Casey & Minna, slice magazine, May 2014
While having lunch at Someplace Else Deli & Bakery, we were surprised by a prominent picture of ourselves on page one of Slice Magazine.  The article promotes the Paseo Arts District, where we were busking that day.  

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Random  Clippings

5/3/2014

 
Casey Friedman, Minna Biggs, Metropolitan Library presents Thursday Noon Tunes, Acoustic music, Oklahoma
Metropolitan Library Presents: Noon Tunes
Casey Friedman, Minna Biggs, Metropolitan Library presents Thursday Noon Tunes, Acoustic music, Oklahoma
It's a fun surprise to see which photos are chosen for promos. Who would guess a fourth of july picnic would be the winner?
The definitive collection: bits and pieces cobbled together for the scrappiest  scrapbook.  Not all are glamorous, but it's always a kick finding random mentions and photos in the local media.  Still waiting on the national media. 


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Furry Friendly Fowler!

2/10/2014

 
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Back in December Fowler posted a shout-out on facebook looking for songs by local musicians for Fowler VW commercials.  Casey emailed our recent recording of Sally Goodin/ Ride Ol’ Buck to Water.  Our song was one of those chosen. 
    Skyline Media Group called up Casey and asked us to come in for a quick photo.  Friday Jan. 31st we found Skyline Media and it turned out they were filming a tv commercial.  
We appear for a few glorious seconds!

NewsOK Jan. 16 2014

1/16/2014

 
Rudderless goes to Sundance in Parkcity Utah!! Brandy McDonnell wrote the story:Sundance Film Festival starts today.
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Look Who's Tonking by Louis Fowler - OKG 

7/31/2013

 
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HonkyTonk StepChild brings simplicity back to Oklahoma City’s Americana music scene.
by Louis Fowler

July 31st, 2013 
If you’re anybody in the local music scene, chances are you’ve come across Casey Friedman.
Like a local Zelig, Friedman — whose father owned Horn Trader Music, where many local musicians got their start — was the mastermind behind Inner State Studio, which produced such acts as The Reverb Brothers, as well as being the brains behind the Acoustic Oklahoma online series.But at the height of his success, he walked away from it all and went country, forming HonkyTonk StepChild with Local Honey fiddler Minna Biggs. The duo preferred to play their music on street corners rather than stages.


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Oklahoma The Way I See It 8.7.2013

7/7/2013

 
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"Sometimes it just happens," he explained, "but that's pretty typical when you play on the street."  He was referring to the impromptu harmonica third to their duet.
"The duo is called 'Honkytonk Stepchild' and they have this strong 'good time' feel to them. Really solid proto-blugrass feel; very 'American roots.'"
 - Rustin Sparks of Oklahoma The Way I See It

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