The Delines

Covert art for Freddy Trujillo album Never Threw A Shadow At It

Freddy Trujillo “I Never Threw A Shadow At It”

May 28, 2024 Clint West 0

Richmond Fontaine and The Delines’ bass player explores his Chicano roots on a very personal and musically ambitious new album. Freddy Trujillo is the bass player with Richmond Fontaine and The Delines but he’s also a […]

The Delines’ Freddy Trujillo announces new solo album

April 16, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

AUK readers have long been admirers of Richmond Fontaine and The Delines and so it’ll be news to readers’ ears that Freddy Trujillo, who plays bass in both bands has announced the release of his fourth […]

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Number 2 – Willy Vlautin

February 15, 2024 Clint West 4

Our runner up spot goes to Willy Vlautin with 59 points, a whole 13 ahead of third place. Nominated by seven AUK writers, crucially six of them had him in their Top 3, including three who place […]

Willy Vlautin to publish his latest novel in May, announces UK dates

February 14, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Your holiday reading is arriving and you can meet the author too. Here at AUK Towers there’s nothing we like better than curling up with a bit of socio-realism of an evening and our favourite (son […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 125

December 22, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

Thinking about the future… Trying to wrestle with plans for the future now I’m not in full-time employment is becoming increasingly pointless. Always one for working I currently find it difficult to say not anyone who […]

Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

July 21, 2026 0

Alex Amen is making waves as one of the new breed of songwriters to keep a very close eye on. Born in Texas, he has lived in communes on the West Coast, formed and played in […]

Artwork for Sailing Sones album "Slow Magic"

Sailing Stones “Slow Magic”

July 21, 2026 0

Absorbing collection of songs that subtly reveal the quiet joys of motherhood. The first sound that emerges from the new Sailing Stones album, Slow Magic, is the metronomic rhythm of a baby’s heartbeat with its gentle […]

More People Really Should Know About: Travis Shallow

July 21, 2026 0

If you’ve ever found yourself searching for music that offers comfort without pretending life is easy, then you should know Travis Shallow. He writes songs that acknowledge the darkness but never surrender to it, and he […]

Freddy Trujillo “I Never Threw A Shadow At It”

The Delines’ Freddy Trujillo announces new solo album

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Number 2 – Willy Vlautin

Willy Vlautin to publish his latest novel in May, announces UK dates

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 125

Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

Sailing Stones “Slow Magic”

More People Really Should Know About: Travis Shallow

Live Review: Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons + Red Hash + Ella Spencer, Water Rats, London – 8th July 2026

Martin Carthy “Along the Road Forever – Live at the BBC”