{"title":"Pete Molinari","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePete Molinari is a country blues musician hailing from the Medway Delta. With his soulful voice and intricate guitar playing, he has captivated audiences around the world. Drawing inspiration from artists such as *The Felice Brothers*, *Jim Ford*, and *Loudon Wainwright III*, Molinari creates a unique blend of traditional blues with a modern twist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis music transports listeners to another time and place, evoking feelings of nostalgia and longing. Influenced by legends like *Chuck Prophet* and *Giant Sand*, Molinari's songs are filled with raw emotion and heartfelt storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith comparisons to iconic musicians like *Ted Hawkins* and *Fred Neil*, it's clear that Molinari has carved out his own niche in the music industry. His collaborations with artists such as *Lee Hazlewood* and *Townes Van Zandt* have further solidified his reputation as a true talent.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"just-like-achilles","title":"Just Like Achilles","description":"\u003cp\u003ePete Molinari is a country blues singer, songwriter from the Medway Delta. He was born into a large\nMaltese \/ Italian \/ Egyptian family in Chatham, Kent, where he was discovered by Billy Childish.\nHe’s got five critically-acclaimed albums’ worth of timeless folk, blues, rock and alt-country songs to his\ncredit, plus a bunch more EPs.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJust Like Achilles\u003c\/i\u003e is the distillation of everything Pete has learned since those years on the road as a\ntravelling troubadour, playing tiny theatres and coffee houses everywhere from London, to New York, Paris\nto Nashville and around the world, eventually taking him to the most celebrated venues such as The Royal\nAlbert Hall, The Royal Festival Hall, Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJust Like Achilles\u003c\/i\u003e brims with big songs and huge choruses. After a first listen, it’s like you’ve known and\nloved this record forever. Although surprising for some who think he is the lone songwriter with his guitar,\nPete is a big fan of Pop. Yes, somewhat of a dirty word today, but it is that timeless and well-crafted pop that\ncreated so many hit songs in the past that we still adore today.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePete’s songs always cut straight to the heart of the matter. No fat, no artifice, no histrionics. The sound is\nreal. Live. Real people playing real instruments. Front and center are Pete’s own majestic guitar chops and\nunique, soulful voice. Even on Achilles’ sadder songs, there’s a buoyancy and potency to them, an infectious\neffervescence that imbues life is for living, and it is that loving of life that we find celebrated in every song,\narrangement and composition.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo coincide with Just Like Achilles highly anticipated release, Linda Perry organized an extraordinary event.\nShe booked out the legendary Capitol Records’ Studio A and hit her contacts list to pull together a\nsupergroup to join Pete in performing his new songs live in the studio. It included legends Ronnie Spector\nand Don Was, plus Mike Garson and Gail Ann Dorsey from the David Bowie band. Evan Rachel Wood also\ncame along to sing on a couple of songs, while Jakob Dylan duetted with Pete on a very special version of  “Waiting For A Train”.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo, everything was ready to go, ready for release. This was the beginning of 2020. And then .... well, as we\nall know, everything stopped. 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Bruce Springsteen once publicly proffered: “Pete Molinari – if you don’t know anything about him, he’s great!”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRome 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat's why producer Luca Sapio chose to record \u003ci\u003eWondrous Afternoon\u003c\/i\u003e among his Blind Faith Recordings and Maestro Piero Umiliani's Sound Workshop. The result is an album with a strong cinematic impact. 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The idea for this EP came about when Pete decided to take a break from preparing new material for his third album and headed over to Nashville for a few weeks. While there he met up with a few like-minded individuals that included producer and guitarist Adam Landry (Hayes Carll\/Allison Moorer) with whom he enjoyed several late-night impromptu gigs. 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