Artist description "Derek Richmond sounds like a young Mick Jaggar holding hands with Mazzy Star at a drive-in watching Valley Girl and drinking cold cans of Bud."

Music Style Americana

Musical Influences Hank Williams, Porter Wagner, Chet Baker, (Early) Pink Floyd, Violent Femmes, Velvet Underground, Leonard Cohen, The Pixies...

Similar Artists Ryan Adams, Son Volt, The Violent Femmes, Wilco, Yo La Tengo...

Artist History A transplant from Detroit to New York City Derek Richmond has managed to mix his roots of Motor City Americana rock and roll acts like The Stooges, The Gories, The Volebeats, and The White Stripes with his new East Village Anti-Folk surroundings. Having played the East Village Anti-Folk scene for a year he is now performing in some of NYC’s bigger venues and at music festivals around NYC.

Group Members Derek Richmond, Peter Rosch, Tom Nishioka, Chad Reddell, Kris Branco, Sara Press, Chris "Frenchy" Smith, Alice Spencer, Jason Blum, Bryan Bowden, Andy Thomas, George Duron, Darrin Marvin, Jay Gavan.

Instruments Guitars, Vocals, Mandolin, Drums, and Other Things.

Albums Jay Birds, Derek 3 New Songs, Austin Session, New York City Morning

Press Reviews Mellow Country-Folk with David Roback (Mazzy Star) influenced guitar playing and Will Oldham inspired singing. Imagine what it would sound like if Acetone got a good night's sleep. -Listen.com. Mining the bitter sad-sack vein, Derek Richmond has been writing songs for over 10 years. He explores the area where hard luck, romance, and slacking, meet. In that, you could call him a voice of a generation. But, synthesizing a wide range of influences, including Wilco, The Mamas and The Papas, Violent Femmes, Beck, and Belle and Sebastian, somehow leaves Richmond very much his own man.Jon Berger, Anti Matters, NYC. "... Detroit to NYC transplant Derek Richmond spent some time recording at the Bubble in Austin for the past few months and his world-worn country alt. tunes will put a tear to your two step and inject you with just enough Detroit to keep you on the edge wanting more and more... Plus the cover photo of Derek bears a remarkable resemblance to Peter Fonda (the "Easy Rider" years)" -Major Matt Mason, USA.

Location Brooklyn, New York - USA

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