Metal in Good Mettle
After seven years, Eugene Metal Celebration — a multi-night event held at Black Forest in downtown Eugene — is gaining attention from metal acts around … Continue reading
William 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: William Kennedy
Dog Man Blues
“The problem with genres is you don’t get to pick,” Minnesota musician Charlie Parr tells me over the phone from his favorite Eugene café. He … Continue reading
Bach for the 21st Century
A rock music writer ponders time, art, relevance and Johann Sebastian Bach at the Oregon Bach Festival
By 1829, nearly 80 years after his death, the music of Johann Sebastian Bach had fallen out of fashion. Think of what we were listening … Continue reading
Code Red
Popular Eugene rock act Fortune’s Folly celebrates the release of its new EP, titled simply Red EP. And Fortune’s Folly vocalist Calysta Cheyenne tells EW … Continue reading
Blue Beat Dance Music
Bay area songwriter and soul singer Quinn Deveaux has his own term to describe the music he plays: “blue beat dance music.” “For the soul … Continue reading
Country Music Road Songs
Portland’s Jenny Don’t and The Spurs are on the road promoting their latest release, Call of the Road, out now on Mississippi Records. Guitarist, vocalist … Continue reading
Lunar Landing
New music store Moon Rock Records opens its doors in Eugene
When Callie Dean and Alex Yusimov — veteran employees of Portland-based record store, music venue and record label Mississippi Records — decided to go into … Continue reading
Country Cross-over
Familiar face, fresh choices and missed musical opportunities at OCF
I’m going to take a sec and highjack this piece on 2017’s OCF music lineup to complain that Lane County — and Eugene specifically — … Continue reading
Indie-Rock Micro-Fest
“Everyone I talk to, there’s something different in the air,” says Bri Childs, guitarist with Eugene/Portland instrumental act Childspeak. She’s talking about the energy in … Continue reading
Sad Is All You Need
I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t from time to time like to feel sad — to occasionally pull melancholy over themselves like a warm blanket … Continue reading