Radio Delevine began in a Paris cave in 2007. It featured songwriter Ricardo Delevine on accordion and vocals, Aaron Robertson, John Hughes and Jane Burke of Music for Grown-Ups on bass, guitar and cello respectively and Jimmy Virani on  theremin. The material was written by Ricardo, influened by the street music of the southern French ferias and by acts such as Les Négresses Vertes and Manu Chao, while live shows had a strong improvised component.

Ricardo had been moonlighting with MFGU as an occasional accordionist when John convinced him to start his own band by offering MFGU as the musicians. By their third gig they had become Radio Delevine, added Chloe Dunn on violin, and started playing the Paris bar circuit, starting at the Babel.

Ricardo adopted the name of his great grandfather Percy Delevine, a travelling Music Hall performer, for the band.

Though it became infamous for its crowd-destroying song Platform 9, the band never recorded. Ricardo recorded and manufactured his first CD Postcard on his own, with contributions from Jane Burke, Aude Petras and Jude Rees. This led to record label collaborations and publishing offers. Notably, one label persuaded Ricardo to drop his stage name and use his English name, which sounded exotic to French ears, but didn’t help search engines much!

After appearing at the legendary invitation-only event Les Concerts du 7ème Ciel, Ricardo slimmed the band down, switching to Flamenco guitar, with Aaron on bass, Laurence Freund on violin and Amandine Origas on piano. After forming Louba Rêve Records, Ricardo released in  two solo albums with a markedly different musical direction.

In 2022, with everybody now dsipersed, Laurence and Amandine in Provence and Aaron in New Zealand, Ricardo reinststed the name for an international studio project whose material recalls the Radio Delevine period, with its mix of Parisian, Latin and Rumba-Flamenca sounds. After releasing the debut album in 2024, Ricardo went solo from his own band. Musicians!