Ry Cooder is talking about his first encounter ... Recalling his initial session on Cooder's 1971 album "Into the Purple Valley," Keltner notes, "the first thing that happened was -- and it ...

A second collection, Into The Purple Valley, established his vision more fully and introduced ... The world of music is better because Ry Cooder is in it. He is now among a small handful of artists ...

Kai Ryssdal: Guitarist Ry Cooder has collaborated with everybody ... that has mostly defined his career. Albums like “Into the Purple Valley” from a long time ago and later “Chavez Ravine ...

We've just finished discussing Ry Cooder's '55 Nash – "beautiful little car, designed by Farina" – and the yellow Buick on the cover of Into the Purple Valley, and we're on '59 Cadillac tail ...

However you define this thing called Americana, Ry Cooder is surely its godfather ... but one look at cover shots of him in 1930s drag on Into The Purple Valley, or with a Fender Strat pressed ...

I can’t write briefly about Ry Cooder ... like to some of Cooder’s earlier recordings, among them “Billy the Kid,” and “Money Honey” from “Into the Purple Valley,” released ...

IN PICTURES: Ry Cooder: 15 essential songs Cooder's ... His second collection, Into The Purple Valley, established his vision more fully and introduced long-standing collaborators Jim Keltner ...

American guitarist Ry Cooder released his first studio ... His early albums in the 1970s, like the breakthrough Into The Purple Valley (the first track of which, How Can You Keep On Moving ...

Ry Cooder has been described as a singer ... Yet, now a half-century into his prolific career, Cooder continues to carve out new trades for himself. Six years since he revived protest music ...

Musician Ry Cooder poses alongside ... These days, Cooder is immersed in country music. But he’s not trendily parachuting into Nashville like rockers Steven Tyler, Sheryl Crow and Don Henley.

Ry Cooder has made some of the most memorable film soundtrack music and this collection includes the wonderful Paris, Texas and The Long Riders. This review is of a compilation of his film work.