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Don Cento

Don Cento’s three-decade career spans jazz, indie rock, and Americana. He has toured and recorded with
numerous award-winning artists including Sarah Jaffe, Ume, Little Jack Melody, and Chomsky. His
production work extends across genres from metal to classical with artists like Jerry David DeCicca, Matt
Kivel and Vitskär Süden on labels like Drag City, Bloodshot, Ripple Music, Worried Songs, Idol Records
and Tompkins Square. His contributions to these projects have been admiringly noted in features on NPR’s
Weekend Edition, Uncut, SPIN, The New Yorker, and Aquarium Drunkard. Cento has also performed on
stages at ACL Festival with members of Belle and Sebastian, Charlie Sexton, and David Grissom. As a solo
artist, Cento has released music under the moniker El Cento and with instrumental group Shibboleth, scoring
placements with both on FOX, MTV and Discovery.


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“Don Cento could easily be described as the thinking man’s musician.”
Texas Music Magazine

Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Halfway to Mellowtown

SecondBridge Records
2026

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