Marc Ribot, the legendary avant-garde guitarist known for his fearless genre-blurring work, steps into bold new territory with Map of a Blue City, his first vocal album. Released in 2025 on New West Records and produced by Ben Greenberg at Circular Ruin in Brooklyn, the album draws from an eclectic well of roots music, bossa nova, no-wave, free jazz, and noise, resulting in something that NPR Music describes as mixing "artistic exploration with plain-spoken profundity in ways that very few artists have been able to pull off."
Inspired by a vivid blue map of a city that Ribot's daughter drew when she was a child, Map of a Blue City carries a deeply personal warmth beneath its adventurous, unpredictable surface. Recorded across multiple New York City studios with a roster of accomplished engineers, the album has already earned serious critical acclaim, earning BBC Radio 6 Music host Cerys Matthews' pick for Album of the Year — a testament to its emotional depth and artistic ambition.
- Format: Vinyl
- Label: New West Records
- Genre: Jazz, Folk, World, & Country
- Release Date: 05/23/2025
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TRACKS
A1. Elizabeth
A2. For Celia
A3. Say My Name
A4. Daddy's Trip To Brazil
A5. Map Of A Blue City
B1. Death Of A Narcissist
B2. When The World's On Fire
B3. Sometime Jailhouse Blues
B4. "Optimism Of The Spirit"
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