Richard Laviolette writes compassionate songs of romance, protest and political struggle. They are songs full of life and mortality, sung in a clear brave voice.
Releases
Richard Laviolette
All Wild Things Are Shy
YC-063
September 5, 2024
2xLP/CD/Digital
Richard Laviolette
Taking The Long Way Home
YC-029
March 10, 2017
LP/CD/Digital
Blog Posts
RICHARD LAVIOLETTE – ALL WILD THINGS ARE SHY
Richard Laviolette wrote, rehearsed, and recorded All Wild Things Are Shy during the last five years of his life, in the time between his mother’s death from Huntington’s Disease and his own. As with much of his earlier work, including two previous releases on You’ve Changed Records, All Of Your … Read More
Richard Laviolette 1982-2023
We said goodbye to Richard Laviolette today. Richard was in touch with a deep magic, a deep, brave, river of song. He was a beautiful, kind, funny person. I don’t separate those things. He was my friend. Richard was the first artist we worked with at YC, outside of our … Read More
Richard Laviolette – Memories Are Calling You Home
“Top ten country records of 2017- Richard Laviolette “Taking The Long Way Home” is number one through ten. That is all. Just this.” – Daniel Romano Country Folk singing hero Richard Laviolette returns to the road and the stage and the living room this spring with a tour of Atlantic … Read More
Tour Dates
No shows booked at the moment.