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
• 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