MARC RIBOT
Marc Ribot has spent more than four decades pushing the guitar into uncharted territory. From his formative years with John Lurie’s Lounge Lizards to his searing contributions to Tom Waits’ Rain Dogs—which Rolling Stone credits with shaping a “new, weird Americana”—Ribot has been the restless, go-to voice for artists as varied as Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, Caetano Veloso, Laurie Anderson, and countless others.
As a bandleader, Ribot has released over 25 albums that span radical jazz, Cuban son, avant-rock, and cinematic solo works. His projects include the raucous Ceramic Dog, the Ayler-inspired Spiritual Unity, and Los Cubanos Postizos, his acclaimed tribute to Arsenio Rodríguez. Equally at home in intimate solo performances or explosive ensembles, Ribot brings both fire and nuance to every setting.
His music also extends to film and theater, with scores for directors such as Martin Scorsese and collaborations with John Zorn, T Bone Burnett, and a long list of adventurous peers. In recent years, he has turned to politically charged projects like Songs of Resistance 1942–2018 and published his first book, Unstrung: Rants & Stories of a Noise Guitarist.
In 2025, Ribot unveils Map of a Blue City (New West Records), a project three decades in the making—one that promises to be a defining statement from one of the most singular guitarists of our time.
