Welcome to the Marc Ribot Homepage

Thank you for visiting the home page of Marc Ribot (pronounced REE-bow). This site is updated regularly with the latest information about what Marc is up to and where you can see him perform.

Winter 2008! Marc is participating in a variety of interesting performances around the world. Please see the tours and events page for detailed information.

Ceramic Dog Album Coming Soon

We're happy to announce that Ceramic Dog's debut LP "Party Intellectuals" is complete and be relased in June. Pi Recordings will distribute the record in the US and Canada and Enja will handle Europe and Japan. Thank you to everyone who worked hard on this album.

Raising Sand Wins Grammy

Alison Krauss and Robert Plant's song "Gone Gone Gone" won a grammy for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. The song is featured on the album "Raising Sand," which prominently features Marc Ribot.

The Lost String Now Available For Purchase

We are now selling "The Lost String" in the Ribot store!

French Film maker Anais Prosaic's stunning documentary about Marc, New York City, The Downtown Scene, and the intermingling of the three. Compiled from extensive performance and conversational footage shot in 2002 as Marc travels from club to club and country to country. This film explores the variety of Marc's musical universes and his commitment to art itself.

Also with: Anthony Coleman, Brad Jones, EJ Rodriguez, Los Cubanos Postizos, Catherine Janiaux, Christine Bard, Ted Reichman, Ned Rothenberg, Sim Caine, Bruce Cox, Dave Hofstra, Arto Lindsay....and more...

Bonus: 4 solo pieces performed in Pau, France

Film in English with available subtitles in French

Ceramic Dog

Ceramic Dog are currently preparing for their European tour in July of 2008. See the tour section for a detailed listing of all Ceramic Dog performances. New Yorkers, we hope to see on you April 23 at The Sullivan Hall.

Ceramic Dog
1. chien du faience: expression: frozen with emotion, as in the perfectly still moment before a fight breaks out.
2. Ultimate kitsch object.
3. A free/punk/funk/experimental/psychedelic/post electronica collective, featuring Marc (Cubanos Postizos, John Zorn, Tom Waits, etc etc), plus two of the best young players on the New York/California underground improv/experimental rock scene, Shazad Ismailly (bass) and Chess Smith (drums)
4. Not a 'project': a real band.

"Marc Ribot's new power trio, filled out by the remarkable versatile rhythm team of bassist Shahzad Ismaily and drummer Ches Smith, is his rawest band in ages." (TimeOut NY)

Ribot On Country Music TV

Yes, you read that correctly. Ribot recently appeared on Country Music Television (CMT Network). As a member of Robert Plant and Allison Krauss' band, Ribot performed in Nashville on CMT's Crossroads program. For more information, see here: http://www.cmt.com/shows/dyn/cmt_crossroads/127935/episode.jhtml

The Case For New Music in New York

Thank you to everyone who has written to express support for actions taken at Tonic to publicize the need for a local-government funded performance space in New York City. For more information about the protest at Tonic and the efforts taking place for protection of a creative New York, please visit:

http://takeittothebridge.com/forums/index.php

Spiritual Unity

What is Spiritual Unity? Spiritual Unity is a group formed by Marc Ribot dedicated to re-creating and re-imagining the music of the great saxophonist Albert Ayler, one of the pillars of modern jazz.To Ribot, playing Ayler's music is a "ritual process, through improvisation, of experiencing and presenting the rawest moment of musical creation."

Spiritual Unity features the great bassist Henry Grimes, who played on many of Ayler's seminal recordings from the 1960s. After Grimes returned to the jazz scene in 2003, Ribot knew that the time had come to realize his long-time dream of forming a collective band to play this music. This is only the second release to feature Grimes since his return to music. Spiritual Unity also features eclectic trumpeter Roy Campbell and drummer Chad Taylor, best known for his work with the Chicago Underground.

SU's album is available in the store section of this website. The album features one original by Ribot and four songs by Ayler. Ribot's "Invocation" opens the album and is exactly that - an invocation of the Ayler spirit. This is followed by "Spirits," one of Ayler's catchy and instantly recognizable tunes. "Truth is Marching In" is next, another of Ayler's signature tracks, featuring a long, mournful intro that suddenly breaks into a warped march. This is followed by the more spacious "Saints." The album closer "Bells," recorded live at Tonic the night before the studio session, proves that the band succeeds both live and in the studio.

Spiritual Unity recently completed a European tour in February of 2008. We'll keep you updated on any upcoming performances.

Visit the Ribot Store

Check out Marc's store now accepting credit cards and international orders. Enjoy!

Ribot On Film

You can hear Marc's compositon and playing in some recent films Marc performed on the score of "Walk The Line," the Johnny Cash biopic. Martin Scorcese's "The Departed" and "Everything Is Illuminated," the motion picture version of the best selling novel by Jonathan Safran Foer. Additionally, Marc composed the score for the film "Drunkboat" featuring John Malkovich and John Goodman. Release date TBD.

Marc featured in Perfect Sound Forever

Marc is featured in the latest edition of Perfect Sound Forever, in the article "Holy Ghosts: Chasin The Masters". Read it online HERE.