Will Hermes

Quick Facts

Full Name	Will Hermes
Date Of Birth	Dec 27, 1960(1960-12-27)
Age	64
Birthplace	Jamaica
Country	United States
Horoscope	Capricorn

Will Hermes Biography

Will Hermes is one of the most popular and richest Author who was born on December 27, 1960 in Jamaica, United States.

In the late 1980s Hermes began writing for Option, a Los Angeles-based small- press magazine that covered a wide range of music. In 1993 he became the Arts & Music Editor for City Pages, an alternative newsweekly based in Minneapolis. In 1997 was hired as a Senior Editor for Spin magazine in New York City. Hermes began contributing regularly to Rolling Stone in the ‘00s and became a frequent voice in the magazine’s review section. Hermes co-edited SPIN: 20 Years of Alternative Music, an anthology of writing from Spin magazine published in 2006, with Sia Michel, then the magazine’s editor-in-chief. His writing was included in Da Capo’s Best Music Writing 2006 and Best Music Writing 2007. In 2011, Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Faber and Faber published his book Love Goes To Buildings On Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever, a history of New York City music culture in the 1970s, covering the nascent punk rock, hip hop and disco scenes, along with salsa, loft jazz, and the downtown composers known as minimalists. It was selected as the top music book of 2011 by NPR, and it was an Editor’s Choice title in The New York Times Book Review, which called it a “prodigious work of contemporary music history”.

Will Hermes Net Worth

Will Hermes is one of the richest Author from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Will Hermes 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

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 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. 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.

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Yoshiyuki Ranked on the list of most popular Author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Will Hermes celebrates birthday on December 27 of every year.

Top Facts about Will Hermes

1. Will Hermes is an American author, broadcaster, and music critic.
2. He has written for Rolling Stone, The New York Times, and NPR.
3. Hermes has authored two books: Love Goes to Buildings on Fire and Turn Around Bright Eyes.
4. He was a senior critic at Spin magazine for over a decade.
5. Hermes has interviewed musicians such as David Bowie and Prince.
6. He co-hosts the podcast “The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers.”
7. Hermes is a lecturer at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at NYU.
8. He received a Grammy nomination for his liner notes in the album “The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles.”
9. Hermes was born in Jamaica, Queens and raised in Westchester County, New York.
10. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in English literature.