Richmond Fontaine

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 112

September 22, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

What is Englishness? A state of mind or something more.. As the rugby world cup unfolds and my previous weekend’s activities are considered I find myself thinking about Englishness and national identity. Perhaps not particularly pertinent […]

Americana one two three….

July 24, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Numbers, they are great, aren’t they? All around us all the time – there’s the wall that’s not quite upright, leaning at 5 degress, there’s the quickest way from point A where you might be standing […]

Paperback Riders – Willy Vlautin “Lean on Pete”

November 25, 2022 Tim Martin 0

Willy Vlautin will be best known to AUK readers as the guitarist and songwriter with Richmond Fontaine and The Delines. At the same time, he has been building a career as a novelist and short story […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 71

November 8, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

Forgive me please … Half terms come and go at speed but this one has been a memorable one for many things. Walks with friends, recording a Mixcast broadcast and driving a battlefields tour to Ypres […]

Interview: Willy Vlautin talks Delines, Fontaine, Books, Movies and Ursula Le Guinn

March 29, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Willy Vlautin has a whole quiver full of arrows, which is lucky as he has many strings to his bow. We talked with The Delines songwriter in a wide-ranging chat. As songwriter for Richmond Fontaine and […]

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Guy Clark - Keepers
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Jerry Jeff Walker - Cowboy Boots and Bathin’ Suits
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Jimmy Buffett - A1A
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Chris Knight - Chris Knight
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Hurray for the Riff Raff - Live Forever
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Old 97s - Too Far to Care
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R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
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Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac
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Wilco - summerteeth
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Luke Winslow-King “Coast of Light”

March 24, 2026 0

An impressive blues-influenced mixture of laid-back and edgier numbers. Coast of Light is Luke Winslow-King’s ninth album after having debuted with Luke Winslow-King in 2008. It is a bit of an outlier from many of the […]

Live Review: Beans On Toast + Ruth Lyon + Bassie Gracie, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham – 11th March 2026

March 24, 2026 0

The night opened with Bassie Gracie, a bold spoken word poet grounded in hope, proclaiming that making art can be the remedy to worry. This Celtic-and-proud waif delivered rhythmic anti-racism with barely veiled anger at the […]

artwork for The Montvales album "Path Of Totality"

The Montvales “Path Of Totality”

March 24, 2026 0

Folk-tinged harmonies and sophisticated indie-pop for turbulent times. Sally Buice and Molly Rochelson are originally from Knoxville, Tennessee – together they make up The Montvales. During their middle school years, the duo started out by busking […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 112

Americana one two three….

Paperback Riders – Willy Vlautin “Lean on Pete”

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 71

Interview: Willy Vlautin talks Delines, Fontaine, Books, Movies and Ursula Le Guinn

Luke Winslow-King “Coast of Light”

Live Review: Beans On Toast + Ruth Lyon + Bassie Gracie, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham – 11th March 2026

The Montvales “Path Of Totality”

Pat Carter and Luis de Cicco hit the road to promote new live album

Andy Thomas “Highway Junkie”