Eighteen months after suffering a stroke, the Portland indie legend returns in both Filthy Friends and The Minus 5 Scott McCaughey has made scores of records over the past 35 years – with his Seattle band, the Young Fresh Fellows; with his more recent Por ...
10 May 2019 - Jason Cohen
Writer and TV host Samin Nosrat talks to Street Roots about how she makes cooking accessible to everyone Interviewing Samin Nosrat, even on the phone, is a lot like watching her Netflix show. You can feel her passion and enthusiasm – for life, for food, f ...
8 Mar 2019 - Jason Cohen
Gregory Gourdet and Gabriel Rucker are setting an example for their industry On the surface, the Zero Proof dinner at Feast Portland was like all the others at the often-hedonistic foodie festival. There were celebrity chefs, both local (Gabriel Rucker, G ...
25 Jan 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
The worldly musician talks to Street Roots about seeing the American South through a Welshman’s eyes In 2016, as Donald Trump was emerging as the 45th president of the nation, Mekons co-founder Jon Langford was getting ready to go down to Alabama, where t ...
28 Sep 2018 - Jason Cohen
The former Pavement frontman has a new release with his longtime local band, the Jicks Nobody was trying to keep Californians out of Oregon back when Stephen Malkmus got here (or at least, no more than usual). The Stockton native and former Pavement front ...
18 May 2018 - Jason Cohen
The musician talks about the band’s political stripe, losing his artistic heroes and setting down new roots in Portland The songs for “American Band,” by Southern rockers Drive-By Truckers, were mostly written in 2014 and 2015 and recorded in the first ha ...
26 Jan 2018 - Jason Cohen
Portlanders Corin Tucker and Peter Buck talk about their brand-new band Filthy Friends formed like most bands do. In fact, it’s right there in the name: They are a bunch of people who like each other, playing music together. It just so happens that two me ...
17 Aug 2017 - 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
Love, addiction and rock ’n’ roll come together in the band’s theatrical debut, ‘Wild and Reckless’ Since releasing its eighth record, “All Across This Land,” in October 2015, Blitzen Trapper has played three Portland shows: one in Pioneer Square and two ...
28 Mar 2017 - Jason Cohen