Praise for Marc Ribot's "Saints":

"Exceptionally moody and evocative, a very cool record."
- CMJ New Music Report

"This is an intimate and highly communicative album that, for many listeners, will reveal new and fascinating facets of guitar playing."
- CD Now

"With his biting and twangy electric and acoutic plectral tones, Ribot turns well-known tunes into spacey, left-of-center sound collages full of bite and humor....bold, six-stringed excursions into uncharted sonic territory."
- Amazon.com

"Saints has a certain folksy charm to it, with familiar songs given an unfamiliar spin. The great value comes in hearing a virtuoso play in an unvirtuosic way, turning songs inside out, while somehow getting at their essences...with relatively quiet, fractured renditions that force one to reimagine songs."
- Downbeat

"Ribot found a unique way to wrench these compositions out from the grip of history and make them his own."
- Chicago Tribune

"Mr. Ribot is a deceptively articulate artist who uses inarticulateness as an expressive device."
- The New York Times

"One of the most individual of guitarists and a master of introverted ironies...a stunning new solo album."
- The Village Voice

"Like Thelonius, Ribot knows just how and when to play the right wrong notes. What on paper could appear as a mawkishly sentimental bunch of songs turns out to be nothing short of a triumph. Saints is a magnificent solo guitar outing guaranteed to satisfy the fans but with enough substance to stand the test of time."
- Signal to Noise

"Idiosyncratic and mesmerizing solo recitals...every taut and quivering string is beautifully recorded. Never a dull moment."
- Gary Giddins, The Village Voice
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Praise for Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos:

"A brave and beautiful record from a musician who isn't afraid to explore extremes of prettiness and ugliness, or to draw parallels between them."
- Guitar Player

"Ribot's celebration of Rodriguez's legacy is distinguished by informed guts and understated grace. In its soulful warmth and tart guitar invention, this record is everything - bright, daring, alive..."
- Rolling Stone

"At every turn, Ribot dazzles with both his urbanity and his radical streak, creating a wonder of otherworldly Cuban soul."
- Guitar Magazine

"...Ribot's playing is so tasteful and understated... From the cool improvisations of 'Aqui Como Alla' to the slow burning fire of 'Fiesta en el Solar', the album is as refreshing as a rum drink on a hot afternoon."
- Baltimore Sun

"What distinguishes this disk from other Cubanismo collections is Ribot's mix of the soft and sultry with the hard-edged and rocking. The result is a triumphant fiesta that bears repeated spins."
- San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle

"...this tasty Cuban project finds him at his eclectic and unpredictable best, delivering gorgeous melodies and energized solos with equal effect."
- Austin American-Statesman

"It's steamy and sexy, sometimes slightly kooky, but cool and understated (and respectful of the music)--all at the same time. Ribot's guitar playing is precise yet warm..."
- Stereophile

"...Ribot's playing is intelligent, fluid and particularly emotive."
- Guitar World

"...never before has Mr. Ribot's guitar playing been more choppily arresting."
- New York Times

"They sound as if they're waving a flag, declaring their prostheticness as something glorious and authentic. And it is."
- New York Times New York Today