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Richmond Fontaine: Post To Wire
Review by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 16 April 2004
RICHMOND FONTAINE frontman Willy Vlautin has a growing reputation as the writer of some of the most depressing songs in America. In his narrated snapshots ...
Richmond Fontaine: Borderline, London
Live Review by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 21 July 2005
FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, Richmond Fontaine have been plying their trade in the American northwest, turning out a string of albums which have gathered ...
Willy Vlautin: It's only rock'n'roll
Profile and Interview by David Burke, R2/Rock'n'Reel, July 2010
Devotees of Richmond Fontaine can rest easy: frontman Willy Vlautin's burgeoning reputation as a novelist doesn't portend the demise of the Americana outfit – at ...
Richmond Fontaine:The High Country
Review by Rob Hughes, Uncut, October 2011
Murderously good rural-noir from Willy Vlautin and co ...
Interview by Nick Hasted, Uncut, April 2014
A TIMELY CATCH-UP with Americana renaissance man, Willy Vlautin. Pending: a fourth novel, a first movie and a new band, too... ...
Willy Vlautin: "I had a picture of Steinbeck and a picture of the Jam"
Interview by Sean O'Hagan, The Guardian, 24 April 2016
WILLY VLAUTIN is an American musician and novelist based in Portland, Oregon. His alt-country band Richmond Fontaine won critical acclaim with their 2004 album, Post ...
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