Hi, I'm Martin Rivas, NYC-based singersongwriter.
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An impromptu performance of "Hide in Me," from my 2009 album Sea of Clouds, at Liverpool ONE, Liverpool, England, July 2011.
A collection of concert posters. I design them for other folks too so don't hesitate to reach out if I can be of help (I do album artwork too).
"North," live at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2, June 2012. My heroes Patrick Firth on keyboard, Chris Kuffner on guitar, Zach Jones on drums, Brian Killeen on bass, Greg Mayo on guitar.

Video courtesy Sam Teichman Photo and Video.
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Somewhere in England, July 2011.
​I'm in a band with Chris Kuffner and Zach Jones called The Knods (we used to be called interrobang but there are too many bands already with that name). This is our version of "Tea in the Sahara," live at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2, May 2015.

Video courtesy Sam Teichman Photo and Video.
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Recording guitar for Crazy Little Thing Called Love from the Duets of Adequate Quality album, February 2012. Photo by Bess Rogers.
My favorite version of my song "Hope." From January 2013 at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2... Improvised on the spot with the finest dudes/musicians I know: Patrick Firth on keyboard, Chris Kuffner on guitar, Zach Jones on drums, Brian Killeen on upright bass, Greg Mayo on acoustic guitar.
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Holding down the fort as Rachel Platten's guitarist and co-conspirator. We had an awful lot of fun as bandmates between 2009 and 2013.

Photo courtesy Manish Gosalia.
"Meet Your Father," live at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 for the Reliquary album release show, June 2012. Features Zach Jones on washboard, and Reliquary producer Alex Wong doing titanic work on the theremin..

Video courtesy Sam Teichman Photo and Video. 
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2012. SoCal. VW bus. In-N-Out Burger. What more needs saying.
This is my version of Madonna's beautifully-written "Borderline." Just a rough, one-take version made in my kitchen on a particularly sunny afternoon.

I play it at my campfire shows, which take place pretty frequently in the New York area.
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With Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, 2012.

Rock and roll will ruin your life if you let it... please, won't you let it.

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