Hot Burrito is proud to present Willy Vlautin, lead singer and songwriter in Richmond Fontaine. Richmond Fontaine are one of my favourite bands in the world and when the chance came to put on Willy, we couldn’t turn it down. He’s in the country for a book reading at West Wales’ Laugharne Festival but is playing two solo dates beforehand, one for us in Le Pub and the night after in The Chattery in Swansea. Both nights should be fantastic. These are the only UK dates he’ll be doing until the full band return to promote their album in September.
Willy will be performing songs from the new Richmond Fontaine record as well as tracks from his past four albums. Anyone who’s seen him before knows what a gifted story teller this man is, be it through his songs or his novels, the gig promises to be a special one.
Support comes from:….
Jimi Alexander And The Satellites
Their current iteration sees The Satellites as a six-piece alt.country folk band, whose sound, in transposing the pastoral Americana of their influences onto the bleak but beautiful cityscapes of their native South Wales, is at once melancholy and affirming. Jimi Alexander’s songwriting identity, however, can be traced back to a childhood spent in expatriation – themes of searching and rootlessness emerge strongly in his lyrics, and Lucy’s mournful cello echo these sentiments strongly in songs that betray a saddening vulnerability, even whilst the explosive combination of percussion and bass that Tim and Robert produce drive their sound towards aggressive excursions in rock n roll. The band will be playing as a stripped down 3-piece for the gig.
Matthew David Scott
In keeping with the slightly literary theme of the night, we have a local (sort of) author contributing a short story between support bands.
Matthew David Scott was born in 1978 in Middleton, north Manchester. He left Manchester
in 1997 to read English Literature and Philosophy at Sheffield University and after graduating has lived in Edinburgh, and Cardiff, before settling in Newport. Matthew’s debut novel ‘Playing Mercy’ was published in May 2005. Matthew also contributes to a number of magazines including book and restaurant reviews for Welsh men’s magazine ‘RedHanded’, and has contributed to upcoming anthologies of short fiction inspired by the music of The Fall ‘Perverted by Language’ and The Smiths ‘Paint A Vulgar Picture’ – both published by Serpent’s Tail – as well as The Big Issue Cymru’s Summer Shorts.
Matt is also appearing at the Laugharne Weekend.
The Spirit Level
Ellie Harwood was born in the west of Ireland. Eventually her family relocated to Somerset, where she spent her teenage years living in a caravan in a hedgerow. Aged 18 she packed up her guitar and headed over the Severn to Cardiff. Nowadays she keeps the books tidy in the local library and spends a lot of time evangelising about the joys of country music. After earning her stripes in Silver Spurs, Cardiff’s slowest bluegrass band, she decided to rope in Rhodri Viney to realise some of her sadder, secreter musings. Bridging the gap between Mazzy Star and The Cowboy junkies, Ellie will make her Newport debut at the gig without Mr Viney, playing a set of solo acoustic numbers.
There’s a facebook event group here to keep you updated.
Tickets are available from Diverse Music, Newport, Spiller’s Records, Cardiff,
Derricks, Swansea and www.wegottickets.com and are £8 in advance and £10 on the night
See you there folks!
