Pete Silva is a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and poet from Rhode Island.  He also teaches English literature and media studies, and was a radio announcer and television personality in Providence for many years. His influences and creative muses are eclectic. These influences, along with his life growing up in mid-century America along the Atlantic seacoast and in the rural country towns of Southern New England,  provide the heart and soul of his songs and poems.