Willy Vlautin

Video Interview: Freddy Trujillo on “I Never Threw a Shadow at It” and touring the UK

June 6, 2024 Martin Johnson 2

Celebrating a family history that predates California’s annexation by America and Chicano rock. Thirty years of playing bass with Richmond Fontaine and the Delines means that Freddy Trujillo has been on his own musical journey that […]

Book Review: Willy Vlautin “The Horse”

May 30, 2024 Andy Davidson 0

On Richmond Fontaine’s 2016 ‘You Cant Go Back if There’s Nothing to Go Back To’, the album cover has a solitary, decrepit horse, standing forlornly in a landscape offering little comfort. It is a moribund picture but […]

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Readers’ Picks 11-20

February 29, 2024 Clint West 6

Welcome to Day 2 of our run down of you the readers’ selections. Yesterday we covered 30-21 and today we cover numbers 11-20. All but one of these selections also appeared in the AUK writers’ list. […]

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: The Full List

February 21, 2024 Clint West 22

As inevitably happens with lists of this kind people will disagree. Where is X? How come Y is above Z? Well as promised you, our wise and wonderful readers, will have the chance to cast your […]

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 […]