American influences from John Coltrane to Bob Dylan are clear in U.K. singer-songwriter Pete Molinari's acoustic bluesy-folk. Scratch the surface of his four albums and you'll find a broad range of sounds in the low-key Brit's music. Molinari grew up in an Egyptian, Maltese and Italian family, which he cites as a powerful effect on his work. "I just go about things my own way" is how Molinari describes his thinking behind his latest release, Theosophy. Despite being saturated with Americana, Molinari rarely makes it stateside – his last appearance in Seattle was at Bumbershoot 2010. On his latest trip he stopped by KEXP to play songs from Theosophy and talk with the Roadhouse's Greg Vandy about his "creepy" obsession with Charlie Chaplin, being friends with Billy Childish, and travels abroad. Watch the full performance below:
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