Melting Vinyl dedicated to bringing creative artists to Brighton & Kent

Melting Vinyl presents: Pete + Mila Molinari (Los Angeles, USA) + special guests at
The Prince Albert, Brighton on Wednesday 23rd September

Doors 8pm / Start 8.30pm
£16 + booking fee / £20 on the door
Standing
Age restrictions: 18 +

Acclaimed artists rooted in folk, blues, country and Americana

Pete is a British singer-songwriter, poet, and recording artist with one of the most quietly decorated careers in contemporary folk and blues. Born in Kent into a large Maltese, Egyptian, and Italian family, Pete cut his teeth playing the folk and blues clubs of New York’s East Village before returning home to record his debut with the legendary Billy Childish, released on Damaged
Goods Records. What followed was a string of critically acclaimed albums produced at the famed Toe Rag Studios with Liam Watson, a Mojo Award nomination for Best Newcomer, and a coveted slot on Later with Jools Holland.

His fourth album, Theosophy, brought in an extraordinary cast: Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach and guitarist Barrie Cadogan performed on the record, with Grammy-winning producer Tchad Blake and DJ Andrew Weatherall shaping the sound. The accolades that came
back were something else entirely: Ray Davies, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and Yoko Ono all became vocal admirers. In 2013, Pete stepped onto the stage of London’s Royal Festival Hall at the Meltdown Festival to sing “Woman” and “(Just Like) Starting Over” alongside Yoko Ono herself.

His most recent album, Wondrous Afternoon, was recorded in Rome with producer Luca Sapio at the legendary Piero Umiliani Sound Workshop for Blind Faith Records, the Italian independent label that has become his creative home. Caffè dell’Artista, his published collection of illustrated lyrics and poems, arrived alongside it as a companion work. He is now recording his next LP for Blind Faith, the most ambitious of his career.

Pete is returning to Europe with Mila, his wife, who joins in as a percussionist and backing vocalist. Brazilian-born and raised in a circus family, Mila is a triple threat: dancer, singer, and actress whose voice is as commanding as her stage presence. Her work channels the full glamour of Old Hollywood, the Jazz Age, and the Technicolour musicals she grew up worshipping.