Post-Post Punk
Portland weirdo-punkers The Woolen Men feel we’re living in a post-post world: post-punk, post-work, post-music industry. In fact, The Woolies have even named their new … Continue reading
Will Kennedy
Will Kennedy is a freelance writer and a senior music writer with Eugene Weekly. He lives in Eugene with his wife, daughter and two cats. All of whom politely accommodate his obsessions with Doctor Who and The Smiths.
Author: Will Kennedy
As I Go
Remembering acclaimed musician, producer and Cottage Grove resident Richard Swift
Richard Swift was arguably the most prolific and best-known musician in Oregon. He toured the world with acts like The Black Keys and The Shins, … Continue reading
The Lonesome Cowboy
Roselit Bone plays Sam Bond's this weekend
Josh McCaslin of Portland-based noir country act Roselit Bone tells me in L.A. it’s pretty normal to consider country, blues — and even Chicano — … Continue reading
Keep Punk Weird
First wave garage rock legends come to Eugene
With all the crust, noise and bluster, many fail to realize the extent to which surrealist and Dadaist art influenced bands of the original 1970s … Continue reading
All’s Fair
OCF 2018 Musical Lineup Features Strong Female Musicians
We love the Oregon Country Fair because it’s a place we go to be ourselves and where we can dance as if no one is … Continue reading
After 25 Years An EP
Eugene songwriter Paul Quillen tells me the first guitar he ever owned was a “disaster-of-a-piece-of-plywood guitar with a Hohner neck screwed on to it for … Continue reading
The Living Dead
Original Grateful Dead members return to Eugene fronted by younger-generation pop star
Asking me whether I like The Grateful Dead is a little like asking if I believe in God: It’s not a yes-or-no question, instead landing … Continue reading
Acoustic Innovator
After so many years of playing guitar, Portland musician Terry Robb says the fingers on his left hand are longer than the fingers on his … Continue reading
Mama’s Place
Popular Mexican restaurant expands in the Whiteaker
Mayra Medina is from the Michoacán state of Mexico. Her father died when she was six, and to make ends meet, Medina’s mother took jobs … Continue reading
The Soul Sisters
Sara Billdt taught herself to sing listening to the old R&B and soul tunes her father, a professional musician, played for a living. Billdt now … Continue reading