Will Hermes

Hermes at the 2015 EMP Pop Conference

Will Hermes (born December 27, 1960, in Jamaica, Queens, New York City) is an American author, broadcaster, journalist and critic who has written extensively about popular music. He is a longtime contributor to Rolling Stone and to National Public Radio's All Things Considered. His work has also appeared in Pitchfork, Spin, The New York Times, The Village Voice, The Believer, GQ, Salon, Entertainment Weekly, Details, City Pages (Minneapolis, MN), The Windy City Times, and Option.[1] He is the author of Love Goes To Buildings On Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever (2011), a history of the New York City music scene in the 1970s; and Lou Reed: The King of New York, a biography.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Will Hermes Official Website".
  2. ^ Beta, Andy (November 10, 2011). "'It Wasn't All Punk and Disco'". Wall Street Journal.
  3. ^ "Lou Reed: The King of New York".