Paul Holdengräber talks with musician Marc Ribot on episode 135 of The Quarantine Tapes. Marc is also involved with the Music Workers Alliance, an organization advocating for independent musicians. Most recently, MWA held the Emergency March for Survival in New York, demanding more support for music workers.

Marc talks with Paul about how the pandemic is severely impacting musicians and the need to come up with safe plans for reopening. He tells stories about playing music with Chuck Berry and McCoy Tyner and discusses the issues with streaming services and what the future of music might look like in the aftermath of the pandemic.

Marc Ribot, who the New York Times describes as “a deceptively articulate artist who uses inarticulateness as an expressive device,” has released 25 albums under his own name over a 40-year career, exploring everything from the pioneering jazz of Albert Ayler to the Cuban son of Arsenio Rodríguez.

Additional recording credits include Tom Waits, Neko Case, Diana Krall, Elton John/Leon Russell’s The Union, Solomon Burke, John Lurie’s Lounge Lizards, Marianne Faithful, Joe Henry, Allen Toussaint, Medeski Martin & Wood, Caetono Veloso, Susana Baca, Allen Ginsburg, Madeline Peyroux, Nora Jones, Jolie Holland, Akiko Yano, The Black Keys, and many others. Marc works regularly with Grammy® award winning producer T Bone Burnett and NY composer John Zorn. He has also composed and performed on numerous film scores such as "Walk The Line” (Mangold), "The Kids Are All Right," and "The Departed" (Scorcese).

Credits:

Paul Holdengraber - Co-Creator, Host, OLA Director
Anthony Audi - Co-Creator, Researcher, OLA Director
Alejandro Cohen - Co-Creator, Producer, Composer
Christian Pitt - Production Coordinator 
Erin Cooney - Copy, Production
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