Marc Ribot: Songs of Resistance 1942 - 2018 (Anti- Records September 2018)

“Every movement which has ever won anything has had songs,” says accomplished New York City guitarist Marc Ribot. For his new political album Songs of Resistance 1942-2018 – with a September 14 release date on ANTI- Records - Ribot set out to assemble a set of songs that spoke to this political moment with appropriate ambition, passion, and fury.

photo by Barbara Rigon

The eleven songs on the record include a few original compositions as well as traditional songs that are drawn from World War II anti-Fascist Italian partisans, the U.S. civil rights movement and Mexican protest ballads. It also features a wide range of guest vocalists, including

Tom Waits, Steve Earle, Meshell Ndegeocello, Justin Vivian Bond, Fay Victor, Sam Amidon, and Ohene Cornelius, Tift Merritt, Domenica Fossati, Syd Straw.

At a time of such overwhelming social turmoil, finding a focus for this kind of project is challenging. Nevertheless, Ribot’s purpose remained clear. “There’s a lot of contradiction in doing any kind of political music,” he says, “how to act against something without becoming it, without resembling what you detest. Sometimes it is hard to figure out what to do, and I imagine we’ll make mistakes, and hopefully, learn from them. But I knew this from the moment Donald Trump was elected: I’m not going to play downtown scene Furtwangler to any orange-comb-over dictator wannabe. No way.”

Portions of the album’s proceeds will be donated to The Indivisible Project, an organization that helps individuals resist the Trump agenda via grassroots movements in their local communities. More info on The Indivisible Project can be found at www.indivisible.org.

1. Marc Ribot & Fay Victor - We Are Soldiers in the Army 05:27

2. Marc Ribot & Tom Waits - Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful) 03:37

3. Marc Ribot, Steve Earle & Tift Merritt - Srinivas 06:09

4. Marc Ribot, Sam Amidon & Fay Victor - How To Walk In Freedom 05:44

5. Marc Ribot & Ohene Cornelius - Rata de dos Patas 04:46

6. Marc Ribot & Meshell Ndegeocello - The Militant Ecologist (based on Fischia II Vento) 04:10

7. The Big Fool 06:34

8. Marc Ribot, Steve Earle & Tift Merritt - Ain't Gonna Let Them Turn Us Round 03:23

9. Marc Ribot & Fay Victor - John Brown 05:53

10. Marc Ribot & Syd Straw - Knock That Statue Down 03:50

11. Marc Ribot, Justin Vivian Bond & Domenica Fossati - We'll Never Turn Back 04:33

Produced by Marc Ribot

1,3-11 Mixed by Kamilo Kratc @ Brooklyn Recording (Brooklyn, NY) & Soundworks Recording (Queens, NY)

1,3,4,7,8,9 Recorded by Daniel Schlett @ Strange Weather (Brooklyn, NY)

5,6,10 Recorded by Randall Dunn @ Brooklyn Recording (Brooklyn, NY)

11 Recorded by Ryan Kelly @ Studio G (Brooklyn, NY)

2 Recorded by Karl Derfler @ The School Bell (Sebastopol, CA) & Mixed @ The Shack (Crocket, CA)

Additional Overdubs Recorded by Alexis Berthelot, Chris Boerner, Bogdan Chavez, Jack DeBoe, Ryan Kelly, Gregory Smelley

Additional Editing by Jay Yow, Alexis Berthelot

Mastered by Scott Hull @ Masterdisk

Art Direction & Design by Bryan Collins

Cover Photor by Lewis W. Hine/George Eastman House/Getty Images

Photo of Marc by Ebru Yildiz

Project Coordinator & Management: Mary Ho / Noise Inc

PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT: THE INDIVISIBLE PROJECT (501c4) www.indivisible.org

SPECIAL THANKS TO: Kathleen Brennan, Jesse Bauer, Sheila Bowers, Michèle Desfrenne, Sara Fadabini, Joe Henry, Yuka Honda, Buddy Miller, Alison Riley, Andy Taub, Shanta Thake Kriegsman, Trixie Whitley

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