In honor of the Local Music Issue, we’ve created this handy list of the local musicians you can check out in Bend.
Did we miss someone? Email anne@bendsource.com to get on our local music radar!
Allan Byer Project — Americana.
Alovitamin — Eclectic rock.
AM Clouds — Indie rock.
a.m. interstate — Southern rock.
Appaloosa — Folk and country.
B Side Brass Band — New Orleans-style jazz.
The Bad Cats — Classic rock/blues.
Bill Keale — Hawaiian music.
Blackstrap Bluegrass — Bluegrass.
The Blondeau Band — American music.
Bobby Lindstrom — Bluesy singer/songwriter.
The Bond Brothers — Rock and soul.
Bony Chanterelle — Indie rock.
Boxcar String Band — Rockabilly/punk trio.
Brandon Prinzing and the Old Revival — Rock/folk/punk.
Broken Down Guitars — Rock.
Buffalo Kin — A male & female acoustic duo specializing in old blues/bluegrass music.
Canaan Canaan Band — Japenese folk/pop.
Chiringa! — Funky Latin beats.
Circle of Willis — Original rock-fueled, pop-centric, jazz-tinged, blues-infused mind-benders.
The Color Study — Indie rock.
Corner Gospel Explosion — Indie rock.
Cosmic Evolution — Jam rock improvisation.
Cosmonautical — Alternative rock.
Crazy Otto — Roots/Americana.
Coyote Willow — Cello-fired roots music.
The Cutmen — Soul jazz.
Dave and Melody Hill — Americana, blues, country, southern rock.
The Deeks — Metal.
Dive Bar Theology — Indie pop.
Downhill Ryder — Rock/Americana.
Dry Canyon Stampede — Country.
Elektrapod — Rock and funk.
The Gold Rust — Heartfelt folk.
Gravewitch — Metal.
Groovasaur — Jazz fusion.
The HardChords — Infused hip-hop and electronic blues.
Harley Bourbon — Country/rockabilly.
Hecktic Week — Groove/folk.
Helga — Rock.
Honey Don’t — Bluegrass.
Hot Club of Bend — Worldly jazz.
Hutch & Gentry — High Desert Americana.
HWY 97 — Classic rock.
The Jess Ryan Band — Rock.
Jones Road — Alternative rock.
Joyroot — Acoustic soul, world beat, folk duo.
Juju Eyeball — Beatles cover band.
Julian Ruck — Rock and roll.
Just Us — Rock.
The Kronkmen — Hard rock.
LAIK — Singer/songwriter.
Lande — Rock/psychedlic.
Larry and His Flask — Rock/Americana/Punk.
Lassen — Whimsical gypsy-folk.
Leadbetter Band — Rock and roll.
Long Tall Eddy — Texas twang.
The Loose Platoon — Rock and blues.
Mango Stew — Jimmy Buffet-style pop-rock.
Maxwell Friedman Group — Neo-jazz soul funk fusion.
Melanie Rose Dyer Trio — Roots rock and Americana.
MOsley WOtta — Hip hop.
The Mostest — Jam band.
Natty Red — Soulful acoustic music from Nat Berliner and Jason “Big Red” Schweitzer.
The Nomads — Nomadic, Balkan and Middle Eastern music.
Phillip Austin and the Sleepless Truckers — Outlaw country.
Pitchfork Revolution — Newgrass.
Redbird — Americana fusion.
Rider By My Side — Folk, bluegrass, country.
The Roof Rabbits — Rock/punk.
The Same Coin — Funk, groove, fusion.
Sarah Clanton — Folk with a pop sensibility.
Scary Busey — Punk.
Shady GroOove — Jam rock.
Silvertone Devils — Honkytonk, rockabilly, Americana.
Six Pack — Soul, R&B and blues.
Solo Viaje — Rock.
Soul Providers — Classic rock, funk, R&B.
Spencer Snyder “One Mad Man Music” — One-man band playing electronic grooves with smooth vocals.
The Stirlings — Rock, funk and blues.
String of Fire — Celtic/bluegrass.
Strive Roots — Roots-inspired power groove.
Sweet Whiskey Lips — Alt-country duo with rock sensibility.
Tentareign — Progressive hard rock.
This Island Earth — Ambient pop with heavy electronic and world influences.
Thomas T & The Blue Chips — Blues, soul and R&B.
Toast and Jam — Rootsy duo with dynamic vocal harmonies.
Toll Runners — Blend of hip-hop, pop, funk, reggae and rock.
Tone Red — Whiskey-inspired soul tunes.
Travis Ehrenstrom Band — Rock/jam/folk.
The Uncharted Project — Indie folk and soulful jazz.
Victor Johnson — Acoustic singer/songwriter.
Victory Swig — Rock, pop, funk.
Watkins Glen — Rock and roll.
Whiskey Jacks — High Desert swing, jazz, blues and Americana.
Woebegone — Supple rock.
Zipline — Funky jam band.
This article appears in Sep 26 – Oct 3, 2018.
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