Willy Vlautin

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 […]

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 […]