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BFR 111LP
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Pete Molinari is a singer-songwriter from the Medway Delta. He was born into a large Maltese/Italian/Egyptian family in Chatham, Kent, where he was discovered by Billy Childish. He's got five critically-acclaimed albums' worth of timeless folk, blues, rock and alt- country songs to his credit, plus a bunch more EPs. He's often described as a songwriter's songwriter. Bruce Springsteen once publicly proffered: "Pete Molinari -- if you don't know anything about him, he's great!" Rome has a secret heartbeat, an underground and urgent pulsation whose memory is preserved within the walls of old recording studios, in the tales of veterans, and most of all in the grooves of the soundtracks of Cinecittà. Music that has always flirted with poetry. Pete Molinari is a poet, and that's why his words perfectly blend with this pulsation. That's why producer Luca Sapio chose to record Wondrous Afternoon among his Blind Faith Recordings and Maestro Piero Umiliani's Sound Workshop. The result is an album with a strong cinematic impact. The lesson of Motown applied to the sound of Rome. Backed by Luca's crack band better known as the Italian Royal Family, Pete Molinari sings with great expressiveness and soul, embedding his words like precious stones, exposing them in all their fragility and strength to the listener. Black vinyl pressing. 500 copies only.
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Blue vinyl. First physical release, only released digitally in 2020. Black vinyl with new artwork. Pete Molinari is a country blues singer, songwriter from the Medway Delta. He was born into a large Maltese/Italian/Egyptian family in Chatham-Kent, where he was discovered by Billy Childish. He's got five critically-acclaimed albums' worth of timeless folk, blues, rock, and alt-country songs to his credit, plus a bunch more EPs. He's often described as a songwriter's songwriter. Bruce Springsteen once publicly proffered: "Pete Molinari -- if you don't know anything about him, he's great!" Just Like Achilles is the distillation of everything Pete has learned since those years on the road as a travelling troubadour, playing tiny theatres and coffee houses everywhere from London, to New York, Paris to Nashville and around the world, eventually taking him to the most celebrated venues such as The Royal Albert Hall, The Royal Festival Hall, Carnegie Hall, and Radio City Music Hall. Just Like Achilles brims with big songs and huge choruses. After a first listen, it's like you've known and loved this record forever. Although surprising for some who think he is the lone songwriter with his guitar, Pete is a big fan of pop. Yes, somewhat of a dirty word today, but it is that timeless and well-crafted pop that created so many hit songs in the past that everyone still adores today. Pete's songs always cut straight to the heart of the matter. No fat, no artifice, no histrionics. The sound is real. Live. Real people playing real instruments. Front and center are Pete's own majestic guitar chops and unique, soulful voice. Even on Achilles' sadder songs, there's a buoyancy and potency to them, an infectious effervescence that imbues life is for living, and it is that loving of life that is celebrated in every song, arrangement and composition.
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First physical release, only released digitally in 2020. Black vinyl with new artwork. Pete Molinari is a country blues singer, songwriter from the Medway Delta. He was born into a large Maltese/Italian/Egyptian family in Chatham-Kent, where he was discovered by Billy Childish. He's got five critically-acclaimed albums' worth of timeless folk, blues, rock, and alt-country songs to his credit, plus a bunch more EPs. He's often described as a songwriter's songwriter. Bruce Springsteen once publicly proffered: "Pete Molinari -- if you don't know anything about him, he's great!" Just Like Achilles is the distillation of everything Pete has learned since those years on the road as a travelling troubadour, playing tiny theatres and coffee houses everywhere from London, to New York, Paris to Nashville and around the world, eventually taking him to the most celebrated venues such as The Royal Albert Hall, The Royal Festival Hall, Carnegie Hall, and Radio City Music Hall. Just Like Achilles brims with big songs and huge choruses. After a first listen, it's like you've known and loved this record forever. Although surprising for some who think he is the lone songwriter with his guitar, Pete is a big fan of pop. Yes, somewhat of a dirty word today, but it is that timeless and well-crafted pop that created so many hit songs in the past that everyone still adores today. Pete's songs always cut straight to the heart of the matter. No fat, no artifice, no histrionics. The sound is real. Live. Real people playing real instruments. Front and center are Pete's own majestic guitar chops and unique, soulful voice. Even on Achilles' sadder songs, there's a buoyancy and potency to them, an infectious effervescence that imbues life is for living, and it is that loving of life that is celebrated in every song, arrangement and composition.
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DAMGOOD 297CD
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PETE MOLINARI was born into a large Maltese/ Italian/ Egyptian family in Chatham, Kent, where he was discovered by Billy Childish. Molinari had an odd childhood. While his friends were listening to Nirvana and Oasis he developed a deep infatuation with the Billie Holliday, John Coltrane, Leadbelly and Bob Dylan records of his much older brothers.' We had a sideboard unit with a record player', he remembers. 'I would sit and stare at these records going round while my brothers were out playing football'. Discovering himself to be lacking in the academic and athletic departments, Pete devoted his life to art. 'My parents came to this country to work and found my decision hard to accept. And I've had hundreds of jobs, from working in a factory to digging potatoes, that have only lasted two or three days because I'm only ever thinking about songs.'
With a head full of songs and his trusty guitar he went out to New York for a month, which turned into two years travelling round the USA. There he honed his unique vocal style playing the bars and cafes of New York's Greenwich Village like the Bitter End, the Gaslight, Cafe Wha?, Café Del Artista -- 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." Pete built up a cult following and also won fans like actor/ musician Vincent Gallo and legendary photographer Louis Stettner, who filmed him.
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