Pete Gardiner – ‘Who Do You Belong To’

Pete Gardiner is a rarity, a true songsmith, a poet who sets his stories to music. Pete writes about doomed, alcohol fuelled love affairs, our celebrity obsessed culture, vanity, greed, violence and lust with a style and passion inspired by his songwriting heroes Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Bruce Springsteen.

Growing up in Northern Ireland in the 90s, there was no shortage of subject matter for Pete’s unique ability with words.

His early demos, which gained support from local BBC radio, caught the attention of a major UK radio group, who then tipped off a record label, which resulted in Pete signing his first recording contract. Pete’s debut album, recorded with award winning Irish producer Tommy McLaughlin (The Villagers), earned great reviews and the first single ‘Idols’ was featured in ‘Record of the Day’. The follow up, All These Things, was picked up by BBC Radio 2 by presenter Janice Long.



Pete and producer Pol Brennan of the band Clannad, co-wrote the title track for the movie ‘Property of the State’ which premiered at the Galway film Festival last year. American song plugger Gil Grand discovered Pete online and, impressed by the storytelling aspect of the lyrics, is now helping Pete write for established artists in the US.

More recently, Pete hooked up with the music company The Animal Farm who saw Pete perform at The Islington in London and were so impressed that they immediately asked to produce Pete’s next single.

‘Who Do You Belong To?’​ is out on The Animal Farm on 29th June 2018.

Check out the video for the single on ​YouTube​ and visit Pete’s Website​ or Facebook for more information and tour dates.

Catch Pete live at his single launch at The Spice Of Life in Soho on 30th June 2018.

Pete Gardiner 'Who Do You Belong To'

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