View Larger Map Local Omaha, NE Music Scene Omaha has been the home of legendary artists Buddy Miles (drummer for Jimi Hendrix, Electric Flag) and Wynonie Harris (a Rhythm & Blues pioneer). It's also been the home of Mannheimer Steamroller, Doug Ingle from Iron Butterfly, 311, Bowling For Soup, Elliott Smith and Bright Eyes. In the 2010 Census the metropolitan area had a population of over 885,000. Songs about Omaha have been recorded by Moby Grape, Counting Crows, Pat Metheny, Waylon Jennings and 311. The main campus is University of Nebraska at Omaha. The local scene is covered by the Omaha World-Herald. Omaha Music Acts Cursive * Dubbsixx * J-Bird * Jeremy Starkel * Shannon Marie * Deni Newton * Midwest Dilemma * Lejuan Chism * Jowell y Randy * Broken and Blue * © Playlist Research. All rights reserved. |