Pete Kosanovich - Pete Kosanovich (2014)

Having learned piano by age of four and the violin at the age of six, it is hard to disagree that Kosanovich is a natural born musician. He is a multi-instrumentalist with some fine influences in Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and the Brian Jonestown Massacre.

An aspect that grabbed my attention is that Kosanovich recorded the album in single takes. A retro style of sound recording that is one of the album’s biggest strengths.

There are some very ropey vocals at times but you’ve also got to respect him because his vocal tracks seem bare, which is a rarity in the music industry. These days everything is over produced. An acoustic artist who plays harmonica without lead guitar, bass or drums can become a test of endurance.

Whilst researching Kosanovich, I was surprised to find although he is clearly very self-motivated he hardly has any videos on the innternet. All I could find were two videos. One of these was a very rough live one on his Facebook that does him no favours and a the other a thirty second clip of him performing a few years back. Surely a solo-artist trying to be noticed by the industry should be making more use out of this amazing platform.

Comparisons to Dylan and Pete Doherty are overly flattering to Kosanovich, the similarities beginning and ending with the fact all three can play the guitar.