“Way back in the ’50s, there was this radio station, KXLA, that was for the people from the South who had come out and settled here after the war and were working in the car and tire factories ...

By the time I was 19 years old, my fate was sealed. A musician’s life was knocking, and I was eager to answer. But I had just started college, and with my small-town Wisconsin upbringing, I was ...

Ry Cooder sings of empathy, compassion ... of hundreds of Latino families in the late ’50s and early ’60s to make way for ... consists of several gospel songs he’s known most of his life, ...

In the early part of his career, during the 1960s, master guitarist Ry Cooder could walk down any street in the US and not be recognised. Born in Santa Monica, as a young guitar prodigy he played ...

Arvizu doesn't perform often because she uses a large band to reproduce the sound of the album Cooder produced, "Friend for Life." She raised the money from donations to underwrite the $5,000 ...

The album's allegorical overtones allow Cooder to explore working-class life and the importance of regional music in America's identity. Sponsor Message This segment originally aired on Mar. 6, 2007.

For Ry Cooder, the Buena Vista ... Cooder's life seems to be a quest for exquisite period-style in cars, ... After the group broke up, amid alcohol and illness, in the early Seventies, ...

Ry Cooder's latest inspiration is the story of a lost Hispanic ... Cooder has lived in Santa Monica all his life ... By the early Fifties McCarthyism had reached a fever pitch and the city ...

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 is off on a rant. "I cannot understand how records have fallen so down," grumbles the legendary guitarist, calling from his home in Santa Monica, Calif. "The perfect thing is the record ...