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Acclaimed Guitarist Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello) Announces First-Ever Vocal Album: Hear "When The World's On Fire"

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The avant-garde guitar wizard Marc Ribot has been a staple of the downtown New York scene for decades. Ribot has been one of Tom Waits’ main collaborators since 1985’s Rain Dogs, and one of Waits’ most recent appearances was on Ribot’s 2018 version of the Italian revolutionary folk song “Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful).” Ribot has also famously backed up artists like Elvis Costello and John Zorn, among way too many others to list. Ribot has done …

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Ghettoblaster Magazine

Marc Ribot's Shares "When The World's On Fire," Announces New Album - Ghettoblaster Magazine

Marc Ribot will release Map of a Blue City (New West Records) on May 23, 2025. The 9-song set was produced and mixed by Ben Greenberg based on original studio sessions produced by Hal Willner, as well as home recordings. Most renowned as a wildly inventive guitarist who has collaborated with Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, John Zorn, Wilson Pickett, Marianne Faithfull, Caetano Veloso, Solomon Burke, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Neko Case, among many…

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JamBase

Marc Ribot Details 1st Vocal Album ‘Map Of A Blue City’

Guitarist Marc Ribot announced his first album featuring his vocals, 'Map of a Blue City,' and shared the traditional "When the World's on Fire" as the lead single.

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