Google the name “Russian Red” and you’ll come up with numerous links directing you to cosmetic shops. That’s because Russian Red is the stage handle of Lourdes Hernández, a Spanish woman who took the name from her preferred lipstick color. Hernández is from Madrid but writes and sings in accented English, and her songs resemble […]
Archive | Eugene Weekly: Music
Rising Appalachia
The Smith sisters, Leah and Chloe, who call themselves Rising Appalachia, are now over the learning-curve hump. Since 2005 they have released five albums, one digital album and a DVD. Their Southern hippie meets jazzy lounge style provides plenty of reference points, but nothing pointing directly to them. They are fire dancers, sport dreadlocks and […]