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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

Drama Rock

Music 9 years ago

Brian Viglioni, drummer with New York four-piece rock band Scarlet Sails, agrees there’s a theatrical edge to his band’s latest release, Future from the Past. … Continue reading →

24-Hour Party People

A user’s guide to the music at the 2017 Whiteaker Block Party

Music 9 years ago

Surveying this year’s Whiteaker Block Party music schedule (12 stages!), it’s hard to know where to start. So EW put together its own music itinerary. … Continue reading →

Anti-Capitalist Art Punks

Music 9 years ago

Kilynn Lunsford, vocalist with noisy art-rock band Taiwan Housing Project, is feeling scattered as she talks to me on the phone from her home in … Continue reading →

Metal in Good Mettle

Music 9 years ago

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 →

Dog Man Blues

Music 9 years ago

“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

Music 9 years ago

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

Music 9 years ago

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

Music 9 years ago

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

Music 9 years ago

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

Music 9 years ago

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 →

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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.

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