"I'll never forget it." Ry Cooder is talking about his first encounter with a guitar, more than 50 years ago. The guitar was a three-quarter-size four-string tenor. Cooder was 4 years old ...

They emanate from a home studio and workshop, one where veteran musician Ry Cooder spends hours studiously making adjustments to his plethora of guitars, amplifiers and sonic accessories.

Kai Ryssdal: Guitarist Ry Cooder has collaborated with everybody from the Rolling Stones to Randy Newman and Neil Young. It’s his solo work, though, that has mostly defined his career.

One of the few popular musicians I can think of who has done so happily (besides George Harrison) is Ry Cooder. Perhaps in Cooder’s case it isn’t surprising since he began his career as a ...

Ry Cooder is at work on still another collaboration, this one as part of a documentary film project built around photographer Don Normark’s study of L.A.’s Chavez Ravine in the years before ...

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 ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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 ...

I can’t write briefly about Ry Cooder, the virtuoso guitarist who has a new record, “Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down.” Admiration for his accomplishments, his singularity, and the longevity ...

Veteran multi-instrumentalist/musical archivist Ry Cooder follows up his concept album Chavez Ravine (Nonesuch, 2005) with another narrative, My Name is Buddy. This time, with a similarly large cast ...