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 ...

It seems to be a loving depiction of Cooder. (First line: “Ry Cooder, he’s a real straight shooter.”) But as with a whole lot of Bill Callahan tracks, ...

***** 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 direc… ...

Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder, “Get on Board: The Songs of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee” (Nonesuch). Columbia Records signed Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder for the band the Rising Sons in 1965.

When Bonnie Raitt, Elvis Costello and Emmylou Harris are sitting in the nightclub balcony, you can bet there's a heavy-duty act onstage. Guitarist Ry Cooder making his first appearance in around ...

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L.A. guitar institution Ry Cooder is set to release his album “Election Special” Tuesday, a handy, nine-track blues-rock guide to this year’s presidential election. The subject matter ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pioneering guitarist and producer Ry Cooder is teaming with one of bluegrass and country music’s most iconic couples, Ricky Skaggs and his wife Sharon White, for a one-of-a-kind concert tour ...

Ry Cooder has wandered far and wide with his guitar over the course of a distinguished career. The Californian has worked with musicians ranging from Captain Beefheart to Ali Farka Touré. As well ...

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 ...