Cooder and his band re-imagine some of those classic blues and gospel songs he loved as boy. He discusses how his latest album 'Prodigal Son' is ultimately about reverence.

Cooder-White-Skaggs, the powerhouse trio featuring Ricky Skaggs, Sharon White and Ry Cooder, will bring its “Songs for the Good People” tour to the State Theatre of Ithaca at 8 p.m. Saturday ...

Ry Cooder’s first live record in thirty-five years reflect some of his concerns over the past three decades or so.

Ry Cooder, who over the course of fifty years has become one of the most singular musicians in America, has a new record, “Election Special,” a collection of songs with a political cast, which ...

Next week, the much-loved indie lifer Bill Callahan will release his new album Gold Record. In the lead-up to the album’s release, Callahan has been doing something interesting. He’s released ...

For Ry Cooder, it was never just about the 80-year-old Cubans. His new album, his first since his Havana period with the Buena Vista Social Club, already widely acclaimed by reviewers, emerges ...

The Prodigal Son is Ry Cooder's first solo album in six years. On it, Cooder makes more traditional American gospel music his own.

Joachim Cooder, the son of the L.A. blues-rock legend Ry Cooder, is making his debut as a bandleader with ‘Love On a Real Train,’ a collaborative project based around samples, programming and ...

Ry Cooder coaxes El Chicano's Ersi Arvizu back from a long break.

A new box set celebrates the early solo work of Ry Cooder, a superb guitarist and one of the most inventive musicians in poular music ...

***** Ry Cooder, Trespass soundtrack (Sire/Warner): When it comes to soundtracks, guitarist Ry Cooder is one of the masters. With Trespass, he again evokes mood and atmosphere as vividly as a ...

She might be a hip rock chick now but drummer/guitarist Cat Canteri is not ashamed to admit that she was once a proud fan of Hanson.