My featured guest for the 15th episode of Spirit and Roots was Irish-Italian troubadour, Pepe Belmonte. Here he is performing his track, ‘Sinking Ships,’ for us live in the studio.
We talked Hawaiian music, his childhood in Ireland and his journey back to performing after a life-threatening cycle crash in 2012.
You can listen to the entire show and interview here:
Episode 15 Playlist
1/ DAMIEN DEMPSEY – School. Days Over – Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl
2/ TOM RUSH – Child’s Song – Tom Rush
3/ TEXAS TORNADOS – She Never Spoke Spanish To Me – Texas Tornados
4/ DIRK POWELL AND THE TRANSATLANTIC SESSIONS BAND – Waterbound – Transatlantic Sessions 5
5/ JAMES TAYLOR – Copperline – Live
6/ ALELA DIANE – Lost Land – About Farewell
7/ PEPE BELMONTE – Pending On My Mind – Live at the Royal Albert Hall
8/ PEPE BELMONTE – Sinking Ships – Unreleased
9/ GABBY PAHINUI HAWAIIAN BAND – I’m Livin’ On A Easy – The Rough Guide to the Music of Hawaii: Slide & Slack key Surfing Sounds
10/ RY COODER – Yellow Roses – Chicken Skin Music
11/ PLANXTY – As I Roved Out – Live 2004
12/ JASON MCNIFF – Woody’s Annie Hall – Off The Rails
13/ DAVE ALVIN – California Bloodlines – West of West
14/ GARY CLARK – Shenandoa – The Big E: A Salute To Steel Guitarist Buddy Emmons
15/ BRYAN FERRY – Falling In Love Again – As Time Goes By
16/ JOHN DILLON AND JESSE COLTER – The Last Dance and the Kentucky Racehorse
17/ JACK RUTTER – Hills of Longendale – Gold of Scar and Shale
18/ BEN HARPER AND THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA – I Shall Not Walk Alone – Live at the Apollo
19/ LUCERO – Union Pacific Line – Live From Atlanta
20/ BON VOYAGE – Kate & Anna McGarrigle (feat. Jane McGarrigle) – The McGarrigle Hour
All artist links can be found in the YouTube and MixCloud footnotes.