Vintage Wildflowers

Acclaimed for their instrumental prowess, onstage charm and soulful vocals, Tulsa-based Vintage Wildflowers was formed in January 2009. Their performances “declare both their respect for traditional music and their desire to create a style completely their own”. Their music is a reflection of the musical lives and backgrounds of these three women, melding the trio’s wide-ranging musical interests with their Celtic music obsession.

Vintage Wildflowers debuted with a sold-out performance at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center’s 2009 Summerstage Festival and were featured in concert at the Midwest Harp Festival later that summer. They also were invited to participate in the Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa’s Harwelden Institute, presenting educational concerts in schools throughout the Tulsa area.

In February 2010 the trio performed at the University of Tulsa to a standing-room-only crowd that overflowed the concert hall into the lobby and hallways of the building. In March 2010 they were invited to perform at North Texas Irish Festival in Dallas, TX. Their NTIF appearance coincided with the release of their first CD, “The Upstairs Sessions”. The Southwest Celtic Music Association’s Ceili Magazine noted, “These women will be delighting audiences in Oklahoma and the Southwest for a long time to come.”

Vintage Wildflowers has also performed at the American Heritage Music Festival, the Champaign Urbana (IL) Folk and Roots Festival, the OKMozart International Music Festival, the Tulsa Performing Arts Center Summerstage Festival (also in 2010 and 2011), the Oklahoma Celtic Festival, the Claremore Bluegrass and Chili Festival, Americana Unplugged and Global Oklahoma 2010. Other performances include the Yale Avenue Christian Church Summer Concert Series, the Salon House Concert Series, the Fall Harvest Art Fair, Inverness Village, Stone Bluff Vineyards Concert Series and The Canebrake Resort.

In Winter 2011 they returned to the University of Tulsa “Concerts with Commentary” Series as well as the North Texas Irish Festival. Their second album, “Lovely Madness” was released in March 2011 and was hailed as a “declaration of their evolving vision with adventurous choices in repertoire and a distinctive artistic voice”. Spring 2011 saw the trio’s debut in concert at the Oklahoma City Festival of the Arts as well as the Dallas Acoustic House Concert Series. They were also invited to participate in the Acoustic Oklahoma recording project.

Summer 2011 featured Vintage Wildflowers’ national debut on the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC as well as a performance on the internationally broadcast Woodsongs Old-Time Radio Hour. Marie Gullard of the Washington Examiner wrote, “Theirs is a full and rich sound that can fill a concert hall with song and three-part harmonies or, if they choose, make a tune resonate softly to float on the air…” The Kennedy Center concert was the centerpiece of the trio’s first tour which included notable performances at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, TN, and a concert at the Clarksville TN Customs House Museum, under the auspices of the Clarksville TN Arts and Heritage Development Council.

Vintage Wildflowers' 2012 kicked off with a weekend in January of sold-out performances at the Three Rivers Museum Coffeehouse Series in Muskogee, OK and at the OK Mozart House Concert Series in Bartlesville, OK.

Vintage Wildflowers music can be heard on radio stations from Alaska to the British Isles; they have been featured on NPR’s Folk Salad, Folk Sampler, and Funk Roots Radio. Hometown fans recently voted them “Best of Tulsa Bands” in a poll sponsored by Greater Tulsa Reporter newspapers.