Sound Stories & Interviews

Standing before a Jackson Pollock painting is like embarking on a visual journey into the depths of creativity and emotion. The vibrant colors and dynamic patterns seem to dance and pulsate with a life of their own, evoking a whirlwind of emotions, from excitement to contemplation. It’s within this seemingly random chaos that one discovers […]

Pride month might be over, but we’re never done bragging about Bend’s queer community. Transgender and queer artist and singer songwriter, Matti Joy challenges the status quo of gender, sexuality, religion and culture, describing her original gender-fluid music as “Fingerstyle guitar and lyrically driven folk to make you laugh, cry, swoon and fight for your […]

Faisal Abu-Nawwas was born in Portland, Oregon, and has had music in his blood since he was a child. His grandmother was in a band for most of his childhood and played all over the Pacific Northwest. In high school, Abu-Nawwas discovered his voice while trying out for jazz choir. After high school, he taught […]

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 […]

Jordan Davis was well aware that he’d have a lot at stake when he turned his attention to making his second album. “I don’t know how true it is, but I believed it,” Davis said in a mid-May phone interview. “The first album is kind of where you showed up to the party and then […]

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 […]