List of Oregon musicians

The following is a partial list of notable musicians and musical groups, past and present, from Oregon of the United States. The list is grouped by metropolitan areas.

Portland Metro Area

 * 16volt
 * 31Knots
 * 36 Crazyfists
 * Jedediah Aaker
 * Ævangelist
 * Carrie B. Wilson Adams
 * Derroll Adams
 * Obo Addy
 * Edward Aldwell
 * Art Alexakis
 * Susan Alexjander
 * Agalloch
 * Ages and Ages
 * Alan Singley and Pants Machine
 * Al-Andalus Ensemble
 * Alialujah Choir
 * All Girl Summer Fun Band
 * Dave Allen
 * American Me
 * Aminé
 * Signe Toly Anderson
 * Alex Arrowsmith
 * American Music Program
 * Anatomy of a Ghost
 * Kristin Andreassen
 * Anne
 * Geno Arce
 * Archers Rise
 * Ash Black Buffalo
 * Gil Assayas
 * Audio Learning Center
 * Austere
 * Jacob Avshalomov
 * Yung Bae
 * Tarik & Julia Banzi
 * Bark Hide and Horn
 * R. Barrows
 * Battleme
 * Emilie Frances Bauer
 * Bill Beach
 * Jim Beatty
 * Beautiful Eulogy
 * Becca
 * Jona Bechtolt
 * Billy D and the Hoodoos
 * Diane Birch
 * Kat Bjelland
 * Black 'N Blue
 * Black Prairie
 * Blanket Music
 * Blind Pilot
 * Blitzen Trapper
 * Weyes Blood
 * Theodore Bloomfield
 * Blouse
 * Blue Giant
 * Rachel Blumberg
 * Henry Bogdan
 * Braille
 * Michael Braun
 * Broadway Calls
 * Isaac Brock
 * Heather Woods Broderick
 * Peter Broderick
 * Jacinta Brondgeest
 * Brothers of the Baladi
 * Brooks Brown
 * Mel Brown
 * Tiffany Lee Brown
 * Carrie Brownstein
 * Corey Brunish
 * George Bruns
 * Bruxa
 * Peter Buck
 * Bugskull
 * The Builders and the Butchers
 * Kenji Bunch
 * John Bunzow
 * Kevin Burke
 * Ken Butler
 * Geoff Byrd
 * Mike Byrne
 * Cadallaca
 * Calamity Jane
 * John Callahan
 * Ernie Carson
 * Maria Catherine Callahan
 * Cappella Romana
 * Captain Bogg and Salty
 * Barry Carl
 * Cars & Trains
 * James Cassidy
 * Craig Carothers
 * Cletis Carr
 * Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer
 * Case/lang/veirs
 * Castle Jazz Band
 * Caveman Shoestore
 * Chervona
 * Fred Child
 * Mose Christensen
 * Keith Christopher
 * Chromatics
 * Clamtones
 * Jillian Clare
 * Mike Clark
 * Kneel Cohn
 * Fred Cole
 * Jenny Conlee
 * Cool Nutz
 * Sam Coomes
 * Copy
 * Mike Coykendall
 * The Crabs
 * Kyle Craft
 * Larry Crane
 * Dan Cunneen
 * Dan Reed Network
 * Danava
 * The Dandy Warhols
 * Dat'r
 * Valerie Day
 * Dead Moon
 * The Dead Stars on Hollywood
 * Deen Castronovo
 * Dear Nora
 * Brent DeBoer
 * The Decemberists
 * Defiance
 * The Delines
 * Leon del Muerte
 * Paul deLay
 * Dharma Bums
 * Alela Diane
 * Jonny Diaz
 * The Dimes
 * Beth Ditto
 * DJ Anjali and the Incredible Kid
 * Dogheart
 * Dolorean
 * Don and the Goodtimes
 * Lee Dorsey
 * The Doubleclicks
 * Sarah Dougher
 * Dr. Theopolis
 * Matt Drenik
 * Drowse
 * Dualesc
 * Dweller at the Threshold
 * East Forest
 * Eastern Sunz
 * Echo Helstrom
 * Ecid
 * Nicholas Edwards
 * Eight Bells
 * Jack Ely
 * Emancipator
 * Mark Englert
 * Epoxies
 * Donna Esposito
 * Essiet Essiet
 * Claire L. Evans
 * Ever We Fall
 * Everclear
 * The Exploding Hearts
 * Brendan Faegre
 * Fallstar
 * Amparito Farrar
 * Lucia Fasano
 * Fedayeen
 * Federale
 * Tom Filepp
 * Filthy Friends
 * Final Warning
 * Shae Fiol
 * Eddie Fisher
 * Five Fingers of Funk
 * Floater
 * Mary Flower
 * Foghorn Stringband
 * Richmond Fontaine
 * Fort Atlantic
 * Kathy Foster
 * Alma Francis
 * Dave Frishberg
 * Chris Funk
 * Tony Furtado
 * Tim Gaines
 * Jon Garcia
 * Josh Garrels
 * Lenny Gault
 * Lorraine Geller
 * The Gentry
 * Jacques Gershkovitch
 * Laura Gibson
 * Glass Candy
 * Golden Delicious
 * Golden Retriever
 * Gossip
 * John Gourley
 * Grails
 * Grand Duchy
 * Tom Grant
 * Jessie Coles Grayson
 * Steve Green
 * Grouper
 * Janice Grube
 * Gary Guthman
 * Rich Halley
 * Page Hamilton
 * Olivebelle Hamon
 * Kathleen Hanna
 * Hutch Harris
 * Lou Harrison
 * Michael Allen Harrison
 * John Haughm
 * Adam Hawley
 * Frank Hayes
 * Phil Haynes
 * Hazel
 * Tommy Heath
 * Heatmiser
 * Collin Hegna
 * Dana Heitman
 * The Helio Sequence
 * Kent Henry
 * Sam Henry
 * Haley Heynderickx
 * The High Violets
 * Hillsboro Symphony Orchestra
 * Hillstomp
 * Hockey
 * Claire Hodgkins
 * Peter Holmström
 * The Holy Modal Rounders
 * Holy Sons
 * Honey Bucket
 * Honkytonk Homeslice
 * Patterson Hood
 * Willem van Hoogstraten
 * A Hope for Home
 * Horse Feathers
 * The Hudson Brothers
 * Bill Hudson
 * Brett Hudson
 * Mark Hudson
 * The Hugs
 * The Hunches
 * Hunger
 * Ron Hurst
 * I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House
 * Iame
 * Icarus the Owl
 * Illmaculate
 * Inked in Blood
 * Insomniac Folklore
 * Issa
 * It Prevails
 * The Jackals
 * Jackie-O Motherfucker
 * Melynda Jackson
 * Sara Jackson-Holman
 * Gary Jarman
 * Jen and Kat
 * Jessy J
 * The Joggers
 * Johnny Jewel
 * Jolly Mon
 * Alan Jones
 * Rena Jones
 * JonnyX and the Groadies
 * Joseph
 * Juke Joint Gamblers
 * Kaddisfly
 * Eric John Kaiser
 * Carlos Kalmar
 * Louis Kaufman
 * Pat Kearns
 * Key of Dreams
 * Eddie Kilfeather
 * Rebecca Kilgore
 * Kind of Like Spitting
 * King Bee
 * King Black Acid
 * Nancy King
 * The Kingsmen
 * Travis Knight
 * Josef Komarek
 * Pete Krebs
 * Kutless
 * L'Acéphale
 * Patrick Lachman
 * Lackthereof
 * K.d. lang
 * Storm Large
 * The Last Artful, Dodgr
 * Thomas Lauderdale
 * Scott Law
 * Laz-D
 * Douglas Leedy
 * Rod Levitt
 * Norman Leyden
 * Lifesavas
 * Jon Lindsay
 * Mark Lindsay
 * Jon Lindstrom
 * The Lives of Famous Men
 * Loch Lomond
 * Jeff Lorber
 * Halie Loren
 * Lost Lander
 * Courtney Love
 * Love on Ice
 * Sergiu Luca
 * Sara Lund
 * Logan Lynn
 * M. Ward
 * Mackintosh Braun
 * M. Ward
 * Mackintosh Braun


 * Stephen Malkmus
 * Mandarin Dynasty
 * Kate Mann
 * Lisa Mann
 * Robert Mann
 * Leigh Marble
 * MarchFourth Marching Band
 * Tucker Martine
 * Josh Martinez
 * Ana Matronic
 * Paul Mazzio
 * Scott McCaughey
 * John McEntire
 * Bibi McGill
 * Michael McQuilken
 * MDC
 * Mean Jeans
 * Colin Meloy
 * Tahirah Memory
 * Thara Memory
 * Daniel Menche
 * Menomena
 * James Mercer
 * Metropolitan Youth Symphony
 * Middian


 * Mimicking Birds
 * Mirah
 * The Minders
 * The Miracle Workers
 * Grace Mitchell
 * Pete Miser
 * Glen Moore
 * Phil Moore
 * Modest Mouse
 * Mordecai
 * Neal Morgan
 * Morning Teleportation
 * Joan Morris
 * Lee Morse
 * Dent Mowrey
 * Bua Xou Mua
 * Musée Mécanique
 * Naked Violence
 * Napalm Beach
 * Casey Neill
 * Neo Boys
 * The Neverclaim
 * New Bad Things
 * Chris Newman
 * Kaitlyn ni Donovan
 * Scout Niblett
 * Ruban Nielson
 * The No-No's
 * No. 2
 * Norfolk & Western
 * Nu Shooz
 * Nudge
 * Cheryl Moana Marie Nunes
 * Nurses
 * The Obituaries
 * Oh Darling
 * Patrick O'Hearn
 * Ohmega Watts
 * Old Time Relijun
 * George Olsen
 * William Olvis
 * The Operacycle
 * Oregon Chorale
 * Oregon Mandolin Orchestra
 * Oregon Repertory Singers
 * Oregon Symphony
 * Mark Orton
 * Billy Oskay
 * The Out Crowd
 * Savannah Outen
 * Tommy Overstreet
 * Pagan Babies
 * Parenthetical Girls
 * Thomas H. Parrott
 * Ralph Patt
 * Moultrie Patten
 * James Paul
 * Katherine Paul
 * Paul Revere & the Raiders
 * Beverly Peck Johnson
 * Pell Mell
 * Jim Pepper
 * Pete International Airport
 * Pillorian
 * Pink Martini
 * Pleasure
 * Joe Plummer
 * Poison Idea
 * Pond
 * Portland Baroque Orchestra
 * The Portland Cello Project
 * Portland Chamber Orchestra
 * Portland Choir & Orchestra
 * Portland Columbia Symphony
 * Portland Gay Men's Chorus
 * Portland Lesbian Choir
 * Portland Taiko
 * Portland Youth Philharmonic
 * Jane Powell
 * Joe Powers
 * The Prids
 * Priory
 * Providence
 * Pulseprogramming
 * The Punk Group
 * Pure Bathing Culture
 * Chris Pureka
 * Quarterflash
 * Quasi
 * Harry Rabinowitz
 * Alicia Jo Rabins
 * RAC
 * Ruth Radelet
 * Radiation City
 * Ramona Falls
 * Billy Rancher
 * The Range Rats
 * The Rats
 * Johnnie Ray
 * Red Fang
 * Michael Redman
 * Kirk Reeves
 * Andrea Reinkemeyer
 * Corrina Repp
 * Rescue
 * Rhys
 * Amanda Richards
 * Fritz Richmond
 * The Riffs
 * Lolita Ritmanis
 * Terry Robb
 * Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
 * Alyce Rogers
 * Raina Rose
 * Greg Sage
 * Curtis Salgado
 * Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside
 * James Sample
 * Jesse Sandoval
 * Sassparilla
 * Alexandra Savior
 * Dan Schmid
 * Isaac Scott
 * Janice Scroggins
 * Sexton Blake
 * The Shaky Hands
 * She & Him
 * The Shins
 * The Shivers
 * Shook Twins
 * Shy Girls
 * Enric Sifa
 * Jacques Singer
 * Lori Singer
 * Sixteen Cities
 * The Slants
 * Sleater-Kinney
 * Sleep
 * Langhorne Slim
 * Smegma
 * Elliott Smith
 * Lawrence Leighton Smith
 * Norm Smith
 * Todd Snider
 * Sophe Lux
 * Beau Sorenson
 * Ferdinand Sorenson
 * Soriah
 * Southerly
 * Esperanza Spalding
 * The Spinanes
 * Spoon
 * Jaime St. James
 * The Standard
 * Starfucker
 * Starover Blue
 * Stars of Track and Field
 * Tyler Stenson
 * Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
 * James Stevens
 * Still Pending
 * The Stolen Sweets
 * Stovokor
 * John Stowell
 * Strange Ranger
 * Strength
 * Strfkr
 * Summer Cannibals
 * Swan Island
 * Swan Sovereign
 * Sweaty Nipples
 * Swords, also known as The Swords Project
 * Taarka
 * Talkdemonic
 * David Tamkin
 * Courtney Taylor-Taylor
 * Hollis Taylor
 * Tea for Julie
 * Team Dresch
 * Tears Run Rings
 * Vernon Tejas
 * Tender Forever
 * Thanksgiving
 * Tommy Thayer
 * Theatre of Sheep
 * The Thermals
 * The Third Sex
 * Ural Thomas
 * Thundering Asteroids!
 * Anna Tivel
 * Toxic Holocaust
 * Tracker
 * Tragedy
 * Trevino Brings Plenty
 * John Trudeau
 * Typhoon
 * The U-Krew
 * Unipiper
 * The United Travel Service
 * Unknown Mortal Orchestra
 * The Upsidedown
 * Veio
 * Laura Veirs
 * Vektroid
 * Velvet Cacoon
 * Verah Falls
 * Liz Vice
 * The Village Green
 * Leroy Vinnegar
 * Visible Cloaks
 * Viva Voce
 * Wake Owl
 * Christopher Walla
 * Holcombe Waller
 * Wampire


 * Liv Warfield
 * Warlord
 * Johanna Warren
 * The Water Tower Bucket Boys
 * A Weather
 * Weinland
 * Janet Weiss
 * Western Front
 * Wet Confetti
 * Nancy Whang
 * Whip
 * Josh White
 * Evan Wickham
 * Wild Dogs
 * Wild Flag
 * Wild Ones
 * Brad Wilk
 * Gabriel Wilson
 * Kaia Wilson
 * Winter of Apokalypse
 * Wipers
 * Witch Mountain
 * Ben Wolfe
 * Renn Woods
 * Wow & Flutter
 * Rob Wrong
 * Juliet Wyers
 * Maiah Wynne
 * Y La Bamba
 * Yacht
 * Yeat
 * Yellow Swans
 * Yum Yum Children
 * Yume Bitsu
 * Quiz Zilla

Eugene Metro Area

 * Adickdid
 * Aerodrone
 * Akem Manah
 * Alive Like Me
 * Black Francis
 * Tracy Bonham
 * Brooks Brown
 * Tiffany Lee Brown
 * Cadet
 * Andie Case
 * Nalini Cheriel
 * Cherry Poppin' Daddies
 * Cigar
 * Cletis Carr
 * Ian Crawford
 * Robert Cray
 * Debaser
 * Sarah Dougher
 * Peter Epstein
 * Eugene Concert Choir
 * Eugene Symphony
 * Eugene-Springfield Youth Orchestras
 * Floater, moved to Portland in 1997
 * Anna Gilbert
 * Green Garter Band
 * Tony Glausi
 * Tim Hardin
 * Bill Harkleroad
 * Megan Marie Hart
 * Evynne Hollens
 * Peter Hollens
 * Tom Intondi
 * Japanese Breakfast
 * Andrew Katz, of Car Seat Headrest
 * Kelly Keagy
 * Mat Kearney
 * Justin King
 * Emily Kokal
 * Mark Lindsay
 * Halie Loren
 * Thomas Mapfumo
 * Susan Marshall
 * Shawn McDonald
 * Rose McGowan
 * Justin Meldal-Johnsen
 * Oregon
 * Oregon Mozart Players
 * Steve Perry
 * Susan Raye
 * Helmuth Rilling
 * RJD2
 * Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
 * Rock 'n' Roll Soldiers


 * Rootdown
 * Marty Ross
 * Elizabeth Rowe
 * Dan Schmid
 * Dan Siegel
 * Some Velvet Sidewalk
 * Christopher Stevens
 * Stick Against Stone
 * Surf Trio
 * This Patch of Sky
 * Matt Treder
 * Corin Tucker
 * Milagro Vargas
 * Charlie Vázquez
 * Henry Vestine
 * The Visible Men
 * Aja Volkman
 * Von Pimpenstein
 * Theresa Wayman
 * Ben Weaver
 * White Hot Odyssey
 * Mason Williams
 * Taylor John Williams
 * Carsten Woll
 * Paul Wright
 * Yob
 * Michelle Zauner

Salem Metro Area

 * Kat Bjelland
 * Winifred Byrd
 * John Doan
 * John Fahey
 * Hell
 * Hallie Parrish Hinges
 * Kelly LeMieux
 * Cory Kendrix
 * Audrey Luna
 * John Moen
 * Kate Nauta
 * Kathy Boyd and Phoenix Rising
 * Ryan Neighbors, of Portugal. The Man
 * Larry Norman
 * Jim Pepper
 * Joe Preston, of The Melvins, High on Fire, and Thrones
 * Saint
 * The Severin Sisters
 * Typhoon
 * Dolora Zajick

Corvallis Metro Area

 * Archers Rise
 * Debra Arlyn
 * Bill Beach
 * Chris Botti
 * Meredith Brooks
 * Collin Raye
 * Crazy 8s
 * Eyvind Kang
 * Wayne Krantz
 * David Metzger
 * Stephen Scott
 * Brian Smith
 * Mandana Coleman Thorp
 * The W's
 * The Wrays

Medford Metro Area

 * Alice DiMicele
 * Johnny Gruelle
 * Gary "Chicken" Hirsh
 * Peter Hollens
 * Scott Kelly
 * Forrest Kline
 * Rose Maddox
 * Neighb'rhood Childr'n
 * Michael Ruppert
 * Jon Micah Sumrall
 * Larry Wagner
 * Virus Nine

Other

 * Hoyt Axton, from Glide
 * Shannon Bex, from Bend
 * Ernest Bloch, from Newport
 * Broadway Calls, from Rainier
 * Hanneke Cassel, from Oregon
 * Cindertalk, from Oregon
 * Columbia Gorge Orchestra Association, from Hood River
 * The Dirtball, from Prineville
 * A Dream Too Late, from Albany
 * Falling Up, from Albany
 * Flor, from Hood River
 * Rick Foster, Days Creek
 * Michael Garrison, from Roseburg
 * Joseph Gramley, from Oregon
 * David Haney, from McMinnville
 * Tyler Hentschel, from Roseburg
 * Tim Johnson, from Noti
 * Jerry Kilgore, from Tillamook
 * Larry and His Flask, from Bend
 * Charles Littleleaf, from Warm Springs Indian Reservation
 * Matt the Electrician, from southern Oregon
 * Victor Aloysius Meyers, from Seaside
 * Harold Vincent Milligan, from Astoria
 * Mr. Lucky and the Gamblers, from Newport
 * David Nevue, from North Bend
 * Mickey Newbury, from Vida
 * Vincent C. Plunkett, from Oregon
 * Oregon Jazz Band, from Coos Bay
 * Oregon East Symphony, from Pendelton
 * Johnnie Ray, from Hopewell
 * The Send, from Albany
 * Doc Severinsen, from Arlington
 * Jamie Slocum, from Grants Pass
 * Lewis Southworth, from Waldport
 * Ryan Steveneson, from Bonanza
 * The Toyes, from Grants Pass
 * Marcia Van Dyke, from Grants Pass
 * Doc Watkins, from Oregon
 * Griff Williams, from La Grande
 * Bridgette Wilson, from Gold Beach
 * Johnny Zell, from Oregon