For Ry Cooder, records were not only a first love, but an escape. As a boy growing up in Santa Monica, ... The virtuoso guitarist and composer has been on that road for nearly 50 years now.

It was more than 50 years ago but Ry Cooder remembers it like it could have been last week; he was 8 years old and Johnny Cash came on the radio singing “Hey Porter.”A third-grader with a ...

Musician Ry Cooder poses alongside a custom-built ice cream truck commissioned by him and featuring a mural of ... 271 S. Market St., San Jose. Tickets: $37.50. Call (408) 998-8497 or go to www ...

Ry Cooder, “The Prodigal Son” (Fantasy/Concord Music Group). Since busting out of Santa Monica as a teen guitar wiz more than 50 years ago, guitarist, ...

Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder: ‘At our age, Christ!, Taj is 80 this year and I’m 75, we should be able to do this.’ ... But Sonny and Brownie were around for about 40 to 50 years.

Let’s start with the hands, Ry Cooder’s hands. They’re large, expressive: hands you could see wrapped around a guitar neck, or in the act of making things. They move when he speaks, creating ...

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 ...

Ry Cooder has been telling stories with his guitar for the past five decades. Starting in the 1960’s, his work with Captain Beefheart, Randy Newman, The Rolling Stones and others brought slide ...

Hearing Ry Cooder talk is like listening to a musical history lesson. When he spoke to Here & Now's Robin Young, he talked about being influenced by Uncle Dave Macon, a pioneer in country music ...

Ry Cooder announced his new album 'The Prodigal Son,' the acclaimed guitarist's first LP in six years, and unveiled the lead track "Shrinking Man." ...

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