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The Hollywood Independent Music Awards was founded by Brent Harvey, Executive Producer of the Hollywood Music In Media Awards — where you can find incredible recent winners such as Academy Award-winning musicians Danny Elfman and Diane Warren. HIMA has a smaller and more independent scope, honoring submission-based indie artists of a wide spectrum of genres […]

You can catch Carson Hackbart and Draven Kaylin — previous Mountain View High School jazz band students who graduated in ’22 — serenading downtown hotspots quite frequently. Whether you catch one or both of them serenading the lively streets, expect some George Michael “Careless Whisper” energy. These rock speakers made every ’90s poolside a glowing […]

From classic country to French pop rock to ’90s grunge adjacent American rock — Bend’s got quite the plethora of big names in the industry coming to town, and it feels like it’s safe to say a summer in Central Oregon is becoming an ongoing music festival. Like, who are we? We’re pretty lucky, folks! […]

Within the first five minutes of my interview with local Indian classical musician and sarod player, Ross Kent, I felt like I was in an advanced history course on Indian classical music and the teachings of gurus like Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan. I can now confidently say I know the difference between the […]

Kourtni Diva (lead singer, songwriter, sometimes guitarist and “humble diva”), Alyssa Reyes (a.k.a “Reya,” bassist, background vocals), Julia Canales (lead guitarist, background vocals) and Kiki Castro (drummer) — all form the unique and cosmically synchronized Latina all-girl-band, Not Your Ex Lover. “I write music and cry,” Diva shared with the Source Weekly. The band’s title […]