“My Balance Has Gone…”: Vini Reilly’s Path to Recovery
Earlier today, The Quietus published a nearly heartbreaking interview with Vini Reilly of The Durutti Column. (Longtime readers of these pages will recall how I wrote nostalgically and reverently about one of my favorite tracks from the 1986 album Circuses and Bread back in 2004.) Having suffered three strokes in recent years, the 59-year-old musician is struggling financially and artistically in ways that are unprecedented for him. Click through to learn more about what he’s facing and how he’s managing.