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Willy Vlautin: "I had a picture of Steinbeck and a picture of the Jam"

Sean O'Hagan, The Guardian, 24 April 2016

WILLY VLAUTIN is an American musician and novelist based in Portland, Oregon. His alt-country band Richmond Fontaine won critical acclaim with their 2004 album, Post to Wire, and Vlautin's second novel, 2008's Northline, was named by writer George Pelecanos as his favourite book of the decade. In 2013 Vlautin formed a new band, the Delines, with singer Amy Boone. Richmond Fontaine are currently touring the UK.

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