Songs In The Key Of Life With Nadine O'regan

Willy Vlautin writes stories for dark, lonely nights of the soul -- and his taste in music reflects that. When the US author and Richmond Fontaine frontman arrived in to pick the songs for the show, he admitted, with a grin, that he did try to think of cheerier numbers, but ultimately his tastes are minor-key in tone, reflecting the mood of his riveting novels, which include Northline, The Free, Don't Skip Out on Me, and the wonderful Lean on Pete, which has just been made into a movie starring Chloe Sevigny and Steve Buscemi.  Nick Cave, Bat for Lashes and The Unthanks all featured on the playlist, and Vlautin spoke about why he got into music and writing in the first place.  “John Steinbeck was like a best friend to me as a kid,” he said. “I wanted to live inside his books and I didn’t know how. I didn’t have much talent, so I never thought I could be a writer. I wasn’t from some important family and I wasn’t ever going to go to a fancy college. But I was