Hope

"American guitarist-singer-songwriter-political activist Marc Ribot called the new album of his trio Ceramic Dog «Hope», but chose to open it with the most depressing song he has ever written ... «Hope» (...) is a sort of testimony to the effects of the political burnout and of the former American idiot president's deliberate embrace of untruth that reduced what little hope was left for avoiding a global warming catastrophe ... But as soon as Ceramic Dog began to jam and play [in late May 2020] it had tons of fun, and the righteous fury was warped with sharp, cynical and sarcastic rants and texts ... Ceramic Dog ends «Hope» with a sober and ruminative, spoken-word reimagining of Donovan's flower-power, the psychedelic folk anthem «Wear Your Love Like Heaven». Taste Ribot and Ceramic Dog's miraculous medicine for the ones who still feel depressed from the Covid-19 pandemic depression. The passionate, joyful performance of this great trio may convince you that there is still some hope for our planet".

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"Vurdering: A-" - "Hope is his third outing with the revolutionary Ceramic Dog project, in which [Marc Ribot] teams up with bassist Shahzad Ismaily and drummer Ches Smith. They are seen at the height of their powers in nine energy-filled tracks that were a direct product of the pandemic lockdown ... Ribot is a necessary figure in the current musical panorama, and the eclectic Hope has so many great flavors to be savored".

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