Ben Salmon

Oregon

Radio Show Host at KPOV-FM (Bend, OR)

Bylines at Bandcamp Daily, SPIN, Paste, Aquarium Drunkard, Portland Mercury, LA Record and elsewhere. Radio show at KPOV 88.9 FM #inBend, Oregon.

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The Best Country Music on Bandcamp, April 2025

1 week ago | daily.bandcamp.com | Ben Salmon

BEST COUNTRY The Best Country Music on Bandcamp, April 2025 By Ben Salmon · May 08, 2025 The best country (and country-ish) music released on Bandcamp in April came from established superstars, up-and-coming songwriters, underground giants, and deeply engaged collaborators. Below, you’ll find some folk music, bluegrass, honky-tonk, Cajun country, atmospheric Americana, and more.
Jenner Fox Band celebrate new album in Bend

1 week ago | bendbulletin.com | Ben Salmon

Jenner Fox Band to celebrate new album at the Tower TheatrePublished 10:00 am Wednesday, May 7, 2025Jenner Fox may not live in Central Oregon anymore - he calls Bellingham, Washington, home these days - but he's still a favorite with area music lovers based on his time living in Sisters and playing 'round here regularly.
Jason Dea West at Domino Room in Bend

1 week ago | bendbulletin.com | Ben Salmon

Jason Dea West brings his soulful Americana to BendPublished 12:30 pm Monday, May 5, 2025Jason Dea West's spring tour includes a few big cities - including a date opening for Sierra Ferrell in Sacramento - but mostly it takes him and his band to a bunch of small towns across the American West: Callahan and Black Butte, California. Curlew, Washington. Williams and Applegate, Oregon. This is more than just a routing curiosity.
Rezfest brings extreme metal to Warm Springs

1 week ago | bendbulletin.com | Ben Salmon

Rezfest brings extreme metal to Warm SpringsPublished 2:48 pm Thursday, May 1, 2025When you love extreme heavy metal, sometimes you have to stray from the beaten path to find it. In this case, let's call the beaten path U.S. Highway 26, which runs from Madras toward Mount Hood, traveling through the Warm Springs Indian Reservation.
Paul Eddy does it all on new album 'Oregonian'

2 weeks ago | bendbulletin.com | Ben Salmon

Paul Eddy does it all on new album 'Oregonian'Published 3:35 pm Wednesday, April 30, 2025Paul Eddy has played in more than his share of Central Oregon bands over the past 20 years, including The Substitutes, JuJu Eyeball and his namesake project, Long Tall Eddy. These days, though, he's mostly going solo - in more ways than one. As a live performer, Eddy plays regularly at local retirement communities. "I absolutely love those gigs. I love the audience.
Wide variety of music ahead at Midtown and Domino Room

2 weeks ago | bendbulletin.com | Ben Salmon

Wide variety of music ahead at Midtown and Domino RoomPublished 2:02 pm Wednesday, April 30, 2025The calendar at the Midtown Ballroom and Domino Room complex is strong this week, with four good shows in seven nights. Below is a roundup of who's playing when, but first I must tell you that both venues are at 51 NW Greenwood Ave. in Bend, and you can learn more about all of these at midtownballroom.com.
A Guide to the Peel Sessions on Bandcamp

2 weeks ago | daily.bandcamp.com | Ben Salmon

LISTS A Guide to the Peel Sessions on Bandcamp By Ben Salmon · Illustration by Kate Dehler · April 30, 2025 In September of 1967, largely forgotten psych-rockers Tomorrow played BBC Radio 1’s first-ever Peel Session, a live performance segment named after the now-legendary radio DJ John Peel. Thirty-seven years later, drone metal band Sunn O))) played the final Peel Session, about six weeks after Peel’s sudden death from a heart attack while on holiday in Peru.
Can You Name All the Punk and Metal Cameos in Nasalrod's New Music Video "The Maker"

3 weeks ago | portlandmercury.com | Ben Salmon

The new music video for Nasalrod’s “The Maker” is packed with famous cameos, iconic Portland locales, and some pretty goofy special effects. The rip-roarin’ track is featured on 2024’s In The Modern Meatspace—Nasalrod’s split EP with the California punks Victims Family. The video follows a hapless slob (played by Nasalrod’s mononymous lead singer Chairman) as he awakes from a hellish dream to realize he’s late for band practice.
Kuinka celebrates 10 years of "The Wild North" in Bend

1 month ago | bendbulletin.com | Ben Salmon

Over the past decade, Kuinka has evolved into a bouncy pop-rock band with a sound built from sparkling synths and lite-funk bass lines and wiry indie-rock guitars. They're energetic and dynamic and highly danceable. But old-time fans of the Seattle band will remember when they released their 2014 album, "The Wild North," which is more string-driven, more acoustic, more folksy and more earnest.
Homegrown Music Festival showcases top-shelf local bands

1 month ago | bendbulletin.com | Ben Salmon

Homegrown Music Festival is evolving again - in a good way. For a couple of years, it was a one-day cannabis-and-music event at Bunk & Brew in Bend, organized and operated by a local group called the High Desert Music Collective. Then in 2023, with help from a Bend Cultural Tourism Fund, it expanded to two days. And last year, it expanded again to three days, with six stages spread across four venues in town.