Vlautin keeps on writing between Delines

Willy Vlautin has been busy of late. His fourth novel The Free was recently published by Faber & Faber, to widespread critical acclaim.

His debut novel The Motel Life has been made into a movie, starring Dakota Fanning, Stephen Dorf, Emile Hersch and Kris Kristofferson. Richmond Fontaine, the alt-country band Vlautin fronts, are ready to go into the studio to record their 11th album, and to add to an already hectic schedule, the Reno, Nevada native has recently put out a side-project, an album Colfax, by a new band, the Delines. Vlautin and this pristine combo begin an Irish tour in Cork on Monday.

Speaking from his home outside Portland, Oregon, the prolific and hugely talented writer of prose and song outlines the genesis of the Delines.