“Every movement which has ever won anything has had songs” says Marc Ribot.
With ‘Songs of Resistance 1948 – 2018’, Ribot (one of the world’s most accomplished and acclaimed guitar players) set out to assemble a set of songs that spoke to this political moment with appropriate ambition, passion, and fury.
The eleven songs on the record are drawn from the World War II anti-Fascist Italian partisans, the U.S. civil rights movement and Mexican protest ballads, as well as original compositions, and feature a wide range of guest vocalists, including Tom Waits, Steve Earle, Meshell Ndegeocello, Justin Vivian Bond, Fay Victor, Sam Amidon and Ohene Cornelius.
1. We Are Soldiers In the Army (Ft. Fay Victor)
2. Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful) (Ft. Tom Waits)
3. Srinivas (Ft. Steve Earle & Tift Merritt)
4. How To Walk In Freedom (Ft. Sam Amidon & Fay Victor)
5. Rata De Dos Patas (Ft. Ohene Cornelius)
6. The Militant Ecologist (Based On Fischia Ii Vento) (Ft. Mesh
7. The Big Fool (Ft. Marc Ribot)
8. Ain't Gonna Let Them Turn Us Round (Ft. Steve Earle & Tift M
9. John Brown (Ft. Fay Victor)
10. Knock That Statue Down (Ft. Marc Ribot & Syd Straw)
11. We'll Never Turn Back (Ft. Justin Vivian Bond & Domenica Fos