Marc Ribot, though he doesn’t think of himself as such, is a session ace. He’s played sideman to Tom Waits on records such as Rain Dogs(1985) and Franks Wild Years (1987), lent a hand to Elvis Costelloon Spike (1989), and Robert Plant & Alison Krauss on Raising Sand(2007), and even appears on the Black Keys’ Attack & Release (2008), just to name a few among the hundreds.
Most recently, Marc has injected his angular riffage and jagged yet buttery solos into Ceramic Dog’s mix, with whom he’s been recording since 2008’s Party Intellectuals. As for the latest, 2023’s Connection, released on Knockwurst Records, it’s a bit of Ribot-driven bliss, which runs the gamut of free jazz improvisation, off-the-wall, tribal rhythms, and straight-up rock and blues jams.
While traveling in a van en route to gig in Philadelphia in support of, Ribot dialed in withto talk new music, working with Tom Waits, and the unique gear and
