For Ry Cooder, records were not only a first love, but an escape. As a boy growing up in Santa Monica, Calif. in the 1950's, listening to records was a lens into a wider world. He says the first ...
When Ry Cooder revived the Buena Vista Social Club, he focused a lot of attention on life in Cuba since the Communist Revolution. His latest album re-visits a sad chapter of Los Angeles history, the ...
Twang! Seven-disc box set brings Ryland’s other career into sharp focus... 1980 was an auspicious year for Ry Cooder. As he exited the ’70s, Cooder had brought his considerable skills to bear on the ...
Well, we’ve hit the halfway point of this road trip, and we’re about to have some fun. Ry Cooder, the great American musician, music historian and slide-guitar genius is joining the trip for a few ...
Ry Cooder got religion -- of a sort -- recently, which led to The Prodigal Son, his first new solo album in six years. By Gary Graff Ry Cooder got religion — of a sort — recently, which led to The ...
Ry Cooder has been described as a singer-songwriter, slide guitar hero, session musician to so many other artists, producer, musicologist and historian, a man beholden to no single style, a champion ...
It's unlikely Ry Cooder would have much truck with the idea of a recommended retirement age. The 66-year-old Californian says he is playing better than ever, with finer co-ordination than when he was ...
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Tom Schnabel hosts as Ry Cooder comes in for a live in studio performance. Tom Schnabel hosts as Ry Cooder comes in for a live in studio performance. Tom Schnabel hosts as Ry Cooder comes in for a ...