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“…he can sit down with just his guitar and simultaneously confound you with technique, beauty, and surprise.”— John Garratt and Will Layman, PopMatters

Regardless of the context, Marc Ribot’s versatility, virtuosity, and impeccable iconoclasm contribute to a sound that is recognizably his. Over a 40-year span, Ribot has released 25 albums under his own name, exploring everything from the pioneering jazz of Albert Ayler to the Cuban son of Arsenio Rodríguez. Rolling Stone points out that “Guitarist Marc Ribot helped Tom Waits refine a new, weird Americana on 1985’s Rain Dogs, and since then he’s become the go-to guitar guy for all kinds of roots-music adventurers: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Elvis Costello, John Mellencamp.” His work has landed on numerous best-of lists, including those of the Village Voice, Downbeat, The LA Times, and NPR, most recently his 2021 release with post-rock trio Ceramic Dog. He’s scored numerous films, works regularly with Grammy Award winning producer T Bone Burnett and composer John Zorn, and his first collection of writings, Unstrung: Rants & Stories of a Noise Guitarist, was published this August.

For this special solo appearance, expect the unexpected. Despite nods to both straight-ahead and avant-garde jazz, Ribot has “invented his own world of sound that stops time in a different way.” (Artsfuse.org)