Guitarist Marc Ribot has launched a brand new observe from his forthcoming report Songs of Resistance 1948 – 2018, out September 14 (by way of ANTI-. “Bella Ciao” options vocals from Ribot’s longtime collaborator Tom Waits. It is the primary music Waits has been featured on in two years. Listen to the only and watch its Jem Cohen-directed visible (which options footage from anti-Trump demonstrations in Washington D.C.) beneath.
“Bella Ciao” is an anti-fascist Italian folks ballad. “I played Tom a bunch of the tunes and he immediately bonded with that one,” stated Ribot in a press release. “Of course, he brings a certain gravitas to everything he does—my Italian friends say he sounds exactly like an old ‘partigiano’ (resistance fighter)!”
Songs of Resistance 1948 – 2018 has been described by Ribot as a protest report. In a press assertion, the guitarist stated: “Every movement which has ever won anything has had songs.” Songs of Resistance additionally options Steve Earle, Justin Vivian Bond, Sam Amidon, and extra.
Read Pitchfork’s 2006 interview with Tom Waits.
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