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Pete Molinari is a British folk and blues singer/songwriter, originally from Chatham in Kent. Born in to a large Maltese, Egyptian and Italian family, his early influences were 1960s folk musicians such as Bob Dylan, Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly. Molinari was also inspired by the writing of Jack Kerouac which led to him heading to New York. “A Virtual Landslide” is Molinari's second album, released in 2008. Recorded at the Toe Rag Studios, Molinari worked with producer Liam Watson to use a full band sound and therefore modernise a classic style and sound. Pete Molinari has received acclaim for his work from some of the music world's most recognisable artists. These include Ray Davies, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and Yoko Ono. Indeed in 2013 at the Meltdown Festival at the Royal Festival Hall in London, Pete Molinari accompanied Yoko Ono on stage, singing the classic John Lennon songs “Woman” and “(Just like) Starting over”.
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Press
"AN EARLY CONTENDER FOR ONE OF 2008's LANDMARK ALBUMM" MOJO FEB 2008
"TOTALLY AMAZING" NME March 2008
"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
"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