Ben Salmon

Ben Salmon

@bcsalmon.bsky.social

bylines at Bandcamp Daily, SPIN, Paste, Aquarium Drunkard, the Portland Mercury and elsewhere. radio show at KPOV 88.9 FM #inBend, Oregon.

1,212 Followers 378 Following 561 Posts Joined Aug 2023
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The Best Country Music on Bandcamp, February 2026 Our monthly round-up of folk, bluegrass, roots rock, Americana, and all things country-ish.

Once again, it's time for my monthly roundup of the best country (and country-ISH) music on @bandcamp.com for Bandcamp Daily.

February's includes @queenesther.bsky.social, @rissipalmermusic.bsky.social and 3 lovely benefit comps from @centripetalforce.bsky.social & @seawindofbattery.bsky.social.

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18 hours ago

highlights, as I remember them, were Box Elders, Those Darlins, Mannequin Men, Cheap Time, Davila 666 and, of course, Roky

and all four venues within six city blocks - the best kind of festival

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Seeing this article:

metalinjection.net/lists/a-love...

reminded me that I went to this, which was pretty great ⬇️

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Bend's Domino Room hosts Lowest Pair's expansive Americana - The Bulletin For more than a decade, Kendl Winter and Palmer T. Lee have made stripped down, banjo-driven and harmony-heavy Americana music together under the name The Lowest Pair. Banjos and harmonies […]

I talked to Olympia, Washington folk duo The Lowest Pair about their terrific new album Always As Young As We'll Ever Be for the newspaper in Bend, Oregon, where they're playing next week.

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*relatively* plentiful, I probably should've said

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12 years ago today, when I had more time and alt-weekies were plentiful

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he even loves more north!

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The Best Country Music on Bandcamp, February 2026 Our monthly round-up of folk, bluegrass, roots rock, Americana, and all things country-ish.

February's Best Country roundup has everything from old-time string band music to cosmic Americana. Dive in!

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Remscéla, by Milkweed 12 track album

shredding my mind rn

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3 days ago

Thanks for reading it!

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The Best Country Music on Bandcamp, February 2026 Our monthly round-up of folk, bluegrass, roots rock, Americana, and all things country-ish.

Once again, it's time for my monthly roundup of the best country (and country-ISH) music on @bandcamp.com for Bandcamp Daily.

February's includes @queenesther.bsky.social, @rissipalmermusic.bsky.social and 3 lovely benefit comps from @centripetalforce.bsky.social & @seawindofbattery.bsky.social.

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3 days ago

I saw her in a 400-capacity theater several years ago and was taken aback by just how great she was. Killer setlist, total command ... not surprised, just, like, "Wow."

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Such a distinctive songwriter coming into the peak of her powers. Awesome album.

Been singing "and the needle touched down / the needle has land-eh-eh-eh-eh-ed" ever since.

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if you haven't watched 7th grade basketball in a while, let me tell you about it: every single game—every possession, every play—is *far* too rough. refs call ~20% of the fouls they *should* call, even after adjusting for the fact that they can't possibly call every one bcz the game would stall out.

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in between games, shopping for 7” records on-line 😢

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Youth basketball state tournament weekend … wall-to-wall hoops in various gyms across Salem, Oregon

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Black Marble - A Great Design - not the video YouTube video by Hardly Art Records

late-night listening

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1 week ago

One worked in coal mines, the other owned a pizza place.

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1 week ago

I liked that first album, kinda! Don't think I've heard anything after that. They just never really stuck for me.

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Ha ... I got no problem with 'em. I bought the first album and it's cool ... just never fell hard for 'em.

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Station Model Violence, by Station Model Violence 10 track album

it's like if Interpol was cool and good

staticshockrecords.bandcamp.com/album/statio...

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1 week ago

oh my goodness this record *rules*

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A Song That Sings About You YouTube video by This Is Lorelei - Topic

there are perfect songs and then there are songs that feel like even more than that, somehow

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Dominique Fils-Aimé, “My World is the Sun” The Montreal singer continues her second trilogy with another triumph.

Montreal singer Dominique Fils-Aimé continues her second trilogy with "My World is the Sun," a beguiling soul-jazz triumph and our Album of the Day.

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Dominique Fils-Aimé, “My World is the Sun” The Montreal singer continues her second trilogy with another triumph.

Dominique Fils-Aimé's new record MY WORLD IS THE SUN spills over with beguiling soul-jazz that underscores her ability to evoke a whole spectrum of moods with remarkable efficiency.

I had the pleasure of writing about it for Bandcamp Daily's Album of the Day. ⬇️

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2 weeks ago

Aw, thanks! That totally makes my day ... actually, my whole week. Always nice to hear that folks around there reading, listening and discovering new favorites. (And yes, she is terrific. Good job going to the show!)

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Bend's Tower Theatre hosts the 'Women of Americana' - The Bulletin When Brennen Leigh hops on the line to chat with GO!, she’s somewhere in Florida, cruising down the highway in a tour van full of friendly folks and familiar faces. […]

Brennen Leigh and Cristina Vane's Women of Americana tour will crisscross the country over the next 2 months, celebrating artists like Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Brandi Carlile, Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, Gillian Welch and Lucinda Williams. I talked to Leigh about it for The Bulletin in Bend, Oregon.

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A.M. 180 YouTube video by Grandaddy - Topic

please play this little synth line as they lower me into the ground

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Very grateful for the opportunity to write today’s Album Of The Day review for Bandcamp Daily. ⬇️

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From the pavement community on Reddit: “Frontwards” performed by SM, solo acoustic // Noise Pop 2026 Explore this post and more from the pavement community

this footage of this performance of this song is a must-watch if you care about SM or his music. so clear, up close and personal, well-composed ... as tender and moving as you'll get with him. (the fuzzy guitar bits are cool, too.)

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