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Frantz Casseus Young Guitarists Program begins in Haiti

In memory of Frantz Casseus, who had been his professor of classical guitar, Marc Ribot wanted to create a program in Haiti for young guitarists, through the non-profit company, Haitiana Music, which supports the efforts of disclosure of the music of Frantz Casseus and, more generally, of preservation of musical heritage linked to the Haitian classical guitar, in Haiti and around the world. Click here to continue reading

London Press for Marc Ribot Trio

Marc Ribot Trio (w/Henry Grimes & Chad Taylor) recently played a rare London show at the Bishopgates Institute to ecstatic reviews. Check them out here:
Financial Times
The Guardian
All About Jazz

A Statement on refusal/recalling "T-Bone Burnett Presents The Speaking Clock Review" CD

"T-Bone Burnett Presents The Speaking Clock Review - Live From the Beacon Theater" was released last month by Shout Factory records as a benefit for The Participant Foundation, with liner notes urging support for that foundation, and endorsing the positions of one of the projects it funded, the film "Waiting For Superman."

I was musical director for the Speaking Clock Review Band on that tour, performed on the CD as guitarist, and am listed in the CD's credits as guitarist.... click here to continue reading full statement....

US Premiere of BORDER MUSIC: David Hidalgo + Marc Ribot

Guitar meets guitar as Texas Performing Arts hosts the U.S. premiere of this rocking post-roots, pan-Latin, rave-up/descarga.
Nov 28: 2PM: Discussion at Center for Mexican-American Studies
7PM: Guitar workshop w/Marc Ribot
Nov 29: 7PM: Discussion at the Cactus Cafe
Nov 30: Performance at Bass Concert Hall-UT Austin
Check the 'Tours' section for more details and updates...

Three nights at Montreal Jazz Festival's Invitational Series!

Don't miss this special presentation when Marc brings 3 projects to this year's festival:
6/25: Ceramic Dog
6/26: Los Cubanos Postizos
6/27: Caged Funk

Marc along with Nels Cline on the cover of DownBeat!

The two will be featured in interview together in July's DownBeat Magazine, available on newstands June 14th.
A special show in celebration has just been added at Le Poisson Rouge on June 15th which will mark the first time the two guitarists will have shared a stage together.

Marc is nominated for JJA Guitarist of the Year!

Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) has nominated Marc for 2011 Guitarist of the Year. The other nominees are Bill Frisell, Jim Hall, Mary Halvorson and Russell Malone. Congrats to all the nominees! The ceremony will take place on June 11 at City Winery NYC.

SILENT MOVIES on Best of 2010 Lists!!

A one-of-a-kind guitarist equally adept providing an atmospheric backdrop for Tom Waits as he is calling down the heavens with skronky free jazz, Ribot's lush collection of soundtrack work for films both real and imagined only gets richer with each listen. Solo guitar albums can sometimes sound spare or monochromatic, yet Ribot never operates in less than living color.
- Chris Barton, Best of 2010 Jazz picks, LA Times

Ribot is one of the great guitarists of today, having worked for decades as a versatile sideman and an avant-garde-leaning leader, but he sort of blindsided me here?an introspective solo guitar gem that is utterly beguiling. Ostensibly a soundtrack for movies real and imaginary, this moves well beyond background music. The playing is mostly on acoustic with a minimum of overdubs, yet the guitarist fills all the holes with delicate textured picking and graceful melodies that bear up well with each listen.
- Tad Hendrickson, #2 Best Jazz Album 2010, AOL Spinner

..he can sit down with just his guitar and simultaneously confound you with technique, beauty, and surprise?The result is solo guitar at its finest.
- John Garratt and Will Layman, PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2010

Fact is, any time you see him leading a band or working as a sideman, it?s a treat no matter the setting. Here, on Silent Movies, we have Ribot playing solo guitar?as open, personal and vulnerable as a musician can be?and it?s beautiful?One moment he?s downtown hip, the next sweet and sad, the next a Latin devotee. But everything he touches on Silent Movies is part of the continuum of his musicianship and artistic being? [taking] you on a joyous, out-of-the-ordinary journey.
- Frank Alkyer, DownBeat

Marc arranges an evening of classic film score for the New School's NOIR Festival, April 2nd!

Sex! Trash! Violence! Marc Ribot, noted American guitarist and composer explores the border between classic noir film scores of the 40s thru 60s, and the 80s no-wave bands who worshipped them. Material will include re-arrangements of Henry Mancini (Touch of Evil), Andre Previn (Scene of the Crime), Roy Budd (Get Carter) on the one hand and the Lounge Lizards, Rootless Cosmopolitans, and new noir by the artist on the other. With Shahzad Ismaily (bass), Doug Weiselman (reeds), Curtis Fowlkes (trombone), John Mettam (perc/drums), Rob Burger (keys), Christina Courtin (viola), Christopher Hoffman (cello), Pico Alt (violin)

Majestic Silver Strings out on March 1st on New West Records!

The Majestic Silver Strings is Buddy Miller's reimagination of classic country songs with unrestrained guitars, atmosphere and attitude. Buddy and the 3 acclaimed guitarists Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot & Greg Leisz (together they are The Majestic Silver Strings) together push each song into a new cosmos warped by reverb. Guest vocalists include Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin, Lee Ann Womack, Chocolate Genius and Julie Miller. www.newwestrecords.com/

Marc Ribot January Residency at (le) Poisson Rouge!

Fresh off the success of his latest release, Silent Movies (Pi Recordings), Marc Ribot celebrates with a month long residency, January 2011 at (le) Poisson Rouge (NYC). Each night will start off with an intimate solo set with music from the album which has landed on several Best of 2010 lists including the LA Times and critical praise across the board. Ribot will then be joined on stage each night with a different band, showcasing a disparate range of projects from noise, punk, funk, soul and free jazz.

Jan 5 (10pm): Pan American Music Night presented by Marc Ribot sitting in with LA CUMBIAMBA NY and COTITO
Jan 12 (10pm): SUN SHIP w/special guest Henry Grimes plus Mary Halvorson and Chad Taylor
Jan 19 (10pm): YOUNG PHILADELPHIANS w/Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Bern Nix, Anthony Coleman, G. Calvin Weston
Jan 26 (10pm): CERAMIC DOG w/Shahzad Ismaily and Ches Smith

Go to http://lepoissonrouge.com for tickets and details

Marc on NPR's Fresh Air w/Terri Gross!

Check out Terri Gross' interview w/ Marc about his latest release, Silent Movies, and more. You can also stream if off the NPR or Fresh Air website by clicking here

Marc commissioned to interpret John Cage by Ludwigsburg Festival

About the project: In rehearsing for a performance of John Cage's 'Sonata for Two Voices' (1933) at Issue Project Room last winter, guitarist Marco Cappelli and Marc Ribot made a strange discovery. The two guitarists overcame the gap between the rhythmic complexity of the piece and Mr. Ribot's somewhat limited sight reading skills by 'looping' measures: constantly repeating each difficult passage until it became easier. It was in this way they became aware of a strange fact about John Cage's music that would have probably surprised (and possibly dismayed) the composer himself: John Cage was one funky dude. The resulting project, "Caged Funk: John Cage looped, hi-jacked, detourned, and scratch mixed", is a further exploration of this little known aspect the late composer's work.
Artists: feat. Bernie Worrell keys, Marc Ribot guitar, Marco Cappelli guitar, Brad Jones bass, DJ Logic turntables, JT Lewis - drums
This program will be premiered July 8, 2010 at the Ludwigsburg Festival in Germany.

Marc is curator & musical director of this year's Century of Song Festival

Marc was asked to participate in this year's Century of Song Festival (apart of the Ruhr Triennale in Germany) serving as both curator and musical director celebrating the "song" form of the past century. In this 3-part series, he is joined by some of his long time favorite artists and collaborators:

August 15 & 16, 2009
Program 1 - "Heaven & Hell":
Marianne Faithful, Carla Bozulich, Marc Ribot & Friends

September 11 & 12, 2009
Program 2 - "Love & Death":
Iggy Pop & Tine Kindermann, Marc Ribot & Friends

October 10 & 11, 2009
Program 3-American Soul:
David Hidalgo, Juan Medrano Cotito, Marc Ribot & Friends

http://www.ruhrtriennale.de/en/

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.

Raising Sand Wins 5 Grammy Awards

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss album "Raising Sand" which prominently features Marc Ribot, won 5 Grammy awards including the highest honors of Album Of The Year for Raising Sand and Record Of The Year for "Please Read The Letter".

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 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

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