BLOGS
Willamette Week on Portland Music www.localcut.com
Sometimes Now and Again - www.timothy-hull.blogspot.com
Huffington Post news blog - www.huffingtonpost.com
Basement of Our Brain music blog - www.basementofourbrain.com
MUSIC
KMRIA - a Pogues tribute band featuring Casey Neill & others www.myspace.com/kmriaband
Johnny Cunningham - late great producer of 'Skree' and 'Brooklyn Bridge' www.johnnycunningham.com
From Words to Blows - Norway Rats bassist Jesse Emerson's rocking band. Also features Little Sue and Jenny Conlee. Highly recommended. www.facebook.com/fromwordstoblows
Hanz Araki - Irish flute player and member of the Norway Rats. New CD 'Little Fires' out now. www.hanzaraki.com
Lewi Longmire - Lewi fronts a roarin rock band and is a former Norway Rat who added guitar work to "Goodbye to the Rank and File". He has also worked with Blue Giant, Tara Jane O'Neill, Michael Hurley, Fernando and many others. www.lewilongmire.com
Minus 5 - Scott McCaughey's band. Scott plays in KMRIA with Casey, and fronts the Young Fresh Fellows, Minus 5, and is a touring member of Tuatara and R.E.M. www.minus5.com
Little Sue - Portland songwriter, Norway Rat, Mom, and avid knitter. www.littlesue.com
Colleen Raney - Portland based singing of Scots/Irish trad songs. Casey often plays backup guitar in her band. www.colleenraney.com
Timothy Hull - songwriter friend since the Corner in Olympia. Now in Portland, writing songs, and sporting randomly chopped hair. www.timothyhull.com
Dana Lyons - The Cows With Guns guy and so much more. Casey produced Dana's most recent CD "Three Legged Coyote". Come as you were. www.cowswithguns.com
Zak Borden - mandolin player & longtime collaborator. Zak currently works with Willy Mason and Rachel Harrington. www.zakborden.com
Indigo Girls - Amy Ray's label Daemon released Casey's "Memory Against Forgetting". Once, Casey sang the last "drunk" verse of Closer to Fine with them. www.indigogirls.com
Solas - world class contemporary Irish band. They covered the Casey Neill song "Lowground" on their CD "Waiting for an Echo", as well as their live CD/DVD "Reunion" www.solasmusic.com
New Model Army - Bradford England post punk heroes. Better than ever. www.newmodelarmy.org
Bonfire Madigan - her previous band Tattle Tale did alot of gigs with Casey in the 90s. 2 solo Kill Rock Stars records and a few lifetimes later she now makes freak art cello activist music and that fails to describe it really. On the aspire. www.bonfiremadigan.com
Erin McKeown - singer on 'Brooklyn Bridge', an amazing songwriter and guitar player www.erinmckeown.com
Eric 'Roscoe' Ambel - guitarist on 'Brooklyn Bridge' member of Steve Earle's Dukes, the Yayhoos, and formerly of the Blackhearts, & Del Lords. www.ericambel.com
Decemberists - Jennie Conlee is a Norway Rat when not on tour with 'em. And she and Chris Funk are in KMRIA. And we're fans. www.decemberists.com
Dan Littleton - composer of "Once Upon A When" on Brooklyn
Bridge. Singer in Ida (www.myspace.com/idamusic)
the Hated (www.myspace.com/marylandhated
) and Three Shades of Dirty.
John Wesley Harding - celebrated author and songwriter. Wes sings "Once Upon a When" with Casey on "Brooklyn Bridge". www.johnwesleyharding.com
Solas - stunning contemporary Irish band. They recorded Casey's song "Lowground" for their CD "Waiting for an Echo" and live CD/DVD "Reunion" www.solasband.com
Jim Page - Seattle busker, finger picker and razor sharp songsmith. www.jimpage.net
SOME OF THE MUSIC IN OUR EARS
Richard Thompson www.richardthompson-music.com
Gaslight Anthem www.gaslightanthem.com
Bruce Springsteen www.brucespringsteen.net
Joe Strummer www.strummerville.com
The Hold Steady www.theholdsteady.com
Ted Leo www.tedleo.com
Band of Horses www.bandofhorses.com
Pogues www.pogues.com
The Gits www.thegits.com
LABELS
In Music We Trust - released "Brooklyn Bridge" 2007 and "Goodbye to the Rank and File" 2010. Also a music blog. www.inmusicwetrust.com
Daemon Records - released "Memory Against Forgetting" 2005 www.daemonrecords.com
Green Linnet Records - distributed "Live on 11th Street" 2004 online. www.greenlinnet.com
AK Press - lefty press and distro. Released "Memory Against Forgetting" 2005 www.akpress.org
Appleseed Recordings - released "Casey Neill" 98, "Skree" 99, and "Portland West" '01 www.appleseedrec.com ??Trade Root Music www.traderootmusic.com
David Belisle - Seattle based photographer for R.E.M., Yeah Yeah Yeahs and many more. David shot the cover of "Goodbye to the Rank and File" www.davidbelisle.com
Jaret Ferratusco - has taken promo shots of Casey, Norway Rats and KMRIA www.corpseonpumpkin.com
Inger Klekacz - documenting the Portland scene, many shots of Casey & crew http://inger.net/
Alicia J. Rose - super lush shots of Portland bands, featuring a Norway Rats gallery. www.flickr.com/photos/aliciajrose/sets/?&page=6
ACTIVISM & INFORMATION
Kennsington Welfare Rights Union - Economic Human Rights Campaign www.kwru.org
Forest Ethics - www.forestethics.org
World Ocean Observatory www.thew2o.net
Sisters of the Road - feeding the hungry and restoring dignity to Portlanders. Inspired the song "Sisters of the Road". www.sistersoftheroadcafe.org
ART
Draplin Design - art and design blog. Aaron Draplin designed the cover of "Goodbye to the Rank and File" www.draplin.com
Meagan Geer - artist who designed the cover for Brooklyn Bridge. www.meagangeer.com
Eric Drooker - street posters, wordless novels, and revolution. www.drooker.com
Danijel Zezelj - has done artwork for the band we hope to use in the future. Amazing graphic artist. www.dzezelj.com