Casey Neill and the Norway Rats’ new album, ‘Sending up Flares’ embraces collectivity, community and love Billy Bragg was a veteran of both protest music and actual protests when he released “Workers Playtime” in 1988… an album of love songs fueled by a p ...
6 Mar 2024 - Jason Cohen
Ahead of Wilco’s Portland appearance, frontman Tweedy reflects on ‘Cousin,’ working with producer Cate LeBon and his upcoming book ‘World Within a Song’ On March 23 and 24, 2020, Wilco was set to play the Arlene Schnitzer Hall in support of its 11th recor ...
11 Oct 2023 - Jason Cohen
The Bardo philosophy is ingrained in the Blitzen Trapper frontman’s music, and his new career in homeless services has influenced his writing and his artwork B litzen Trapper hasn’t played a show in 2020, which makes them pretty much like every other arti ...
30 Dec 2020 - Jason Cohen
‘Night Dogs’ exposes racial and economic disparity in 1970s Portland The scene is Portland, Ore. A largely African-American community has been laid-off, bulldozed and forgotten, its neighborhoods awash in poverty and drugs. The police, even according to o ...
28 Jun 2019 - Jason Cohen
Brenda Tracy is working to combat rape culture in sports The president. The Supreme Court. Hollywood. Journalism. Restaurants. Comedy. No aspect of American life has been untouched by sexual assault, sexual harassment and #MeToo, including the world of co ...
2 Nov 2018 - Jason Cohen
Cats and dogs join their humans at Street Roots for a screening of “A Street Cat Named Bob" Pets are always welcome at the Street Roots vendor office, but on this particular Wednesday at the close of business, the animals are taking over. There’s a f ...
7 Jul 2017 - Jason Cohen
Jessica Luther’s book addresses sexual violence and rape culture in the game she still can’t help but (mostly) love Late in her book, “Unsportsmanlike Conduct: College Football and the Politics of Rape” (Edge of Sports/Akashic Books), Jessica Luther tells ...
29 Sep 2016 - Jason Cohen
Band's work has been inspired by their changing hometown, whose residents and music venues are being displaced from the inner city In April, The Woolen Men were set to play the VFW on Southeast Mill Street, an occasional but stalwart non-traditional ...
29 Jun 2016 - Jason Cohen