Posts Tagged Willy Vlautin
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May 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Authors I Admire: # 16 Willy Vlautin
In 2012 I was on holiday in San Francisco and I stumbled upon a reading at the famous City Lights bookstore. Well, we were visiting the store, checking it out when I saw a flyer advertising the reading. We were back there later that week. Willy Vlautin was there as a friend of the main act, […]Archive
August 13, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Vector Arena Presents: Southern Fork Americana Fest (October, 2014)
Auckland’s Vector Arena has a “baby venue” – The Great South Pacific Tuning Fork. Intimate shows at the venue have been described as must-see, a chance to see small band combos and solo artists up close and personal, a place for Kiwi and international acts. This October Vector Aerna’s Great South Pacific Tuning Fork will […]Archive
June 16, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Delines: Colfax
The Delines Colfax Décor Records Straight away The Delines’ music on debut album, Colfax, is believable, gorgeous, soaring – these songs seem to take the likes of Witchita Lineman and Rainy Night In Georgia as their cues, mining that same sort of country-soul territory. These are late-night weepies, you imagine the character of Alice Hyatt […]Archive
September 25, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Scud Mountain Boys: Do You Love The Sun
Scud Mountain Boys Do You Love The Sun Ashmont Records, Inc/Southbound Hearing that always-about-to-break purr that is the world-weary-but-so-so-lovely/calm’n’gentle, soft and guiding voice of Joe Pernice is, for me, always a treat. And though the most recent Pernice Brothers album left me a little cold, well, a little bored anyway, I’ll always tune in to […]Archive
May 30, 2013 by Simon Sweetman