Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy Deville, a documentary about musical shape-shifter Willy Deville, makes its New Orleans debut April 25 at 7 p.m. at the Broad Theater. The event will ...
Two questions might surface when the name Willy DeVille comes up: First, who was he? Second, despite a flair for writing catchy pop-soul tunes and ballads, wide-ranging vocal prowess, plenty of ...
Willy DeVille is all but forgotten today. Back in 1974, the singer- songwriter founded Mink DeVille, a punk-art band that recorded six albums between 1977 and 1985, all of them excellent. He recorded ...
Long-time New Orleans resident Willy DeVille died last week of pancreatic cancer. He led a fairly low-key life here, and never integrated himself in a public way into the New Orleans music community.
Willy DeVille, 55, who founded the punk group Mink DeVille and was known for his blend of R&B;, blues, Dixieland and French Cajun ballads, has died of pancreatic cancer, his publicist Carol Kaye said ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Willy DeVille, a singer who was founder and principal songwriter of the punk group Mink DeVille, has died in New York City. He was 58. Publicist Carol Kaye says he died of pancreatic ...
Filmed at the Paradiso in Amsterdam in autumn 2005, Live In The Lowlands is the first-ever live DVD from Willy DeVille. The show took place on the tour for his most recent album, Crow Jane Alley, and ...
The Associated Press reports that Willy DeVille, founder and frontman for the veteran punk band Mink DeVille, died last night in New York City. The 58-year-old suffered from pancreatic cancer.
The most soulful band to emerge from NYC’s punk/new wave haven C.B.G.B.s exported its noir urban rock and soul to the Montreux stage for about an hour in 1982. Frontman/auteur Willy DeVille, who would ...
Oscar-nominated songwriter Willy DeVille, founder of the punk group Mink DeVille and known for his blend of R&B, blues, Dixieland and traditional French Cajun ballads, died Aug. 6 in New York of ...
Willy DeVille, born William Paul Borsey Jr., was an American singer/songwriter and actor. During his thirty-five-year career, first with his band Mink DeVille (1974–1986) and later on his own, Deville ...