PETE MOLINARI is a young country blues genius from the Medway Delta. He has just finished recording his second album with producer Liam Watson at Toe Rag Studios, and it showcases Pete's remarkable falsetto: you'll hear shades of Woody Guthrie, Jimmy Scott, Bob Dylan and Patsy Cline in a voice and a poetry that is entirely Molinari's own.

While his debut album "Walking Off The Map" was recorded lo-fi in Billy Childish's kitchen, "A Virtual Landslide" was bolstered by the stereo production quality of the legendary Toe Rag Studios and, on many of the songs, a full band.

So Pete is ready with a sizzling album. It features: the majestic 'Sweet Louise' and the heartbreaking 'Oh So Lonesome For You' both guided by the spirit of Roy Orbison; 'There She Still Remains' a melancholy country-soul beauty complete with slide guitar from by BJ Cole that's reminiscent of 60's Nashville at its finest - think Arthur Alexander; the blues howl of 'Virtual Landslide' which filters the weight of history through Molinari's knock-out voice; the rockin' country of 'I Came Out Of The Wilderness' and 'Goddamn Lonesome Blues'; the rollin' freight train rhythms of 'Adelaine'; the beautiful and wistful 'One Stolen Moment'; the plaintive 'Look What I Made Out Of My Head Ma'; the straight-up honesty of 'I Don't Like The Man That I Am'; the Spanish-tinged 'Dear Angelina'; and 'Lest We Forget' - a traditional lament to those lost in World War I.

It is refreshing to come across such a pure and unique artist as PETE MOLINARI.