Pete Molinari and a mixture of fine session musicians.
Influences
Billie Holiday, Son House, Muddy Waters, Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Billy Childish, Leadbelly, Cisco Houston, Ramblin Jack Elliot, Mississippi John Hurt, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Edith Piaf, Maria Callas, Holly Golightly, Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Chopin, Shakespeare, Dante, Rimbaud, L.F Celine, Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Walt Whitman, Robert Browning, Alfred Lord Tennyson, William Blake, Steinbeck, Tennessee Williams, Ernest Hemingway, Jack Kerouac, Allan Ginsberg, Pablo Neruda, Marlon Brando, Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Fellini, Rossellini, Helena Blavatsky, Oscar Wilde, Caravaggio, Tamara De Lempicka, Alphonse Mucha, Vincent Van Gogh and life altogether.
Sounds Like
A mixture of the greats from the past. Really sings like no one you've ever heard before.
Pete’s second album ‘A Virtual Landslide’ was ranked number 18 in Mojo magazine’s “50 Best Albums Of 2008”
‘One Stolen Moment'
was the third and final single to be released from Pete’s album ‘A Virtual Landslide’, on 29 September 2008.
The 7 inch vinyl EP is limited to 1000 copies and features 'One Stolen Moment' plus 'Love Lies Bleeding' from Pete’s debut album ‘Walking Off The Map’ and an exclusive, previously unreleased fantastic acoustic version of the Billy Childish/Buff Medways song,
‘The Poets Dream’.
Click on the single sleeve below to get your copy now!
was the second single to be released from Pete’s album ‘A Virtual Landslide’, on 16 June 2008.
The 7 inch vinyl EP is limited to 1000 copies and features the radio favourite ‘It Came Out Of The Wilderness’ plus ‘The Ghost Of Greenwich Village’ from Pete’s debut album ‘Walking Off The Map’ and an exclusive, previously unreleased acoustic track,
‘Ballad On The Milk Train’
The single is also available to download.
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Pete was nominated for a Mojo Honours List 2008 award as BREAKTHROUGH ACT.
And to help launch Mojo Honours List 2008, Pete played live at the HMV flagship store in Oxford Street, alongside the legendary Fall…..
Thanks to everyone who voted and for your support!
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Pete Molinari is a folk blues singer/songwriter of Egyptian / Maltese parentage, raised in from Chatham, England, where he was discovered by Billy Childish. Hes been playing solo for a few years, and has become a fixture in his hometown and various London acoustic clubs like Whats Cookin in Leytonstone and The Spitz.
During an 18 month stint in America, he honed his unique vocal style playing the bars and cafes of New Yorks Greenwich Village like the Bitter End, the Gaslight, Cafe Wah, Café De LArtists places where Jack Kerouac and his beat poets read and also the likes of Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Ramblin Jack Elliot and Dylan all played. On his travels, Pete got to play with some of the best players that were part of Dylan/ Phil Ochs scene like Justin Devereaux and Eric Fransen who was later invited by Dylan to join his Rolling Thunder Revue. Pete says: They thought it was real strange that a kid of my age from England could play this kind of music in a more authentic way than any of the Americans they normally see in the Village. In NYC Pete also won fans like Vincent Gallo and legendary photographer Louis Stettner.
As Pete says: "Ive traveled a long road to get here. These songs have been on that road. From playing little places in Chatham and London to the late night coffee houses of Greenwich Village, Memphis, New Orleans, San Francisco, LA and Paris. I seem to be drawn to these places. There's something more real about it for me. More close to the earth and thats where my music belongs. Thats at the heart of this album.
Walking Off The Map' is his first release, recorded live on half track in Billys kitchen - which is how Billys wife Julie came to sing on Alone And Forsaken? and duets with Pete on We Belong Together?. Two other friends, Wolf and Jim, sat in on percussion and blues harp respectively. Says Pete: By recording with Billy on his old tape machine in his kitchen I feel we got a bit of that old spirit that I love so much about those old records. The ones that were thrown to one side in my house as a child...Hank Williams, Johnny Cash...I can only thank God that they were.
"Molinari's voice and haunting melodies left me feeling that the musical void in the British music scene will most definitely be filled. He can follow in the footsteps of Dylan and Guthrie" NME
"A singular talent....his distinctive voice and guitar establish him as a Medway Hank Williams. Worth investigating." - UNCUT
"The soul of American music distilled into the voice of a Cuban-heeled greaser from the Medway Delta" THE GUARDIAN
"An extraordinary new British talent...4.5/5" - THE SUN
"A spellbinding, wondrous voice....an amazing album - STOOL PIGEON
"Young, finger-picking, country-blues marvel Molinari has a thrillingly ambiguous voice...Virtual Landslide is an actual triumph" - TIME OUT
"A superbly realised piece of folk blues heartache" - MOJO
"Sweet-voiced blues-folk...a cherishable artefact even before you fall under the spell of the actual music" - NME
Bookings:
Jon Barry / CNL Touring
jon@cnltouring.co.uk
Media Enquiries:
Mark Rogers PR
markrogerspr@googlemail.com
Hi Pete How are you? The Leytonstone fest starts today. There will be a range of music, art, history and drama related events. I am seeing a live big band this afternoon. It's a shame you're not involved in it! What's Cookin are holding their second outdoor festival on 19th July. You able to come as a guest? Nico x
+Playing alongside ASH / SUPERGRASS /DAMO SUZUKI (CAN) / VIEUX FARKA TOURE / THE CANDYSKINS /RED LIGHT COMPANY / WINTERSLEEP / FANFARLO / HJALTALIN / ERRORS / YACHT / DJ FOOD & DK / TOTAL SCIENCE / T.E.E.D./WILD BEASTS / A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS / GRAMMATICS /THE JOY FORMIDABLE / THE XCERTS / PULLED APART BY HORSES/ BROKEN RECORDS / MARK OLSON & GARY LOURIS
plus...
and so i watch you from afar/ calories/ chew lips/ colour/ danny and the champions of the world/ data select party / detroit social club/ dive dive/ dusty & the dreaming spires/ house of brothers/ skylarkin/ sportsday megaphone / the candyskins/ the elysian quartet/ the ghost of a thousand / the relationships/ the xx/ this town needs guns/ thomas truax/ treetop flyers/ truckers of husk/ we were promised jet packs/white belt yellow tag
It was a thrill having you show up so surprisingly down in Florida, and a pleasure having you on stage... hopefully a hint of what's to come. Look forward to seeing you again soon, and watching some tennis over cream tea.
Thanks for the add, I love your music btw!
If you get a chance, please take a listen to our first New Age release "Instrumental Piano Music" by Solo Piano Relaxing Music. We'd love to know what you think of it!
Regards
LR
hey I've loved you and been enchanted by your voice for what feels like forever. My bands new EP is up now, after much labouring n loving, would be flattered and knocked out with gratitude if you were to swoop by give it a listen n maybe tell us what you think. I wish you well in your travelling thanks
I am delighted to be in Pete Molinari's space! I really dig your music and vocals! I wish you peace, love, and harmony! Respectfully yours, Sindie Beat
Thanks a million Pete for joining our ministry of Blues. It's all about peace, love, understanding, and GROOVE! Hope to perform for you sometime. Enjoyed your tunes. Wishing you the very best in Blues and life! -Big Daddy
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