Musician Ry Cooder explores a number of genres on his new album, which was inspired by the current economy and the protest songs of the past.

Veteran musician Ry Cooder largely avoids politics on his new gospel music-centric album, 'The Prodigal Son,' which emphasizes empathy, and great guitar work ...

Cooder and his band re-imagine some of those classic blues and gospel songs he loved as boy. He discusses how his latest album 'Prodigal Son' is ultimately about reverence.

The Prodigal Son is Ry Cooder's first solo album in six years. On it, Cooder makes more traditional American gospel music his own.

Roots musician Ry Cooder brought his Prodigal Son tour to Southern California on Sunday in Escondido and gave a masterful performance of vintage blues and gospel songs along with several originals ...

While his own recordings have taken an unexpected literary turn, guitarist-musicologist Ry Cooder has trained his attention as a producer on the rediscovery of Latina vocalist Ersi Arvizu, one of ...

Ry Cooder's new CD is filled with songs about the financial crisis. Cooder says he's "furious really about what's going on...this political situation in this country." ...

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 ...

By his late teens, Ry Cooder had already become a sought-after guitarist in Los Angeles and had formed a band with Taj Mahal called Rising Sons. As a session musician, he lent his bottleneck skills to ...

"My Name Is Buddy" is coolly billed as "Another record by Ry Cooder," as if it were a casual studio outing in an unremarkable career. But this is, after all, the man who brought us 1997's "Buena ...

Joachim Cooder can hardly deny his family roots. Having been a percussionist from a young age on many landmark projects by his father, Ry, including The Buena Vista Social Club and A Meeting by ...

Musician Ry Cooder explores a number of genres on his new album, which was inspired by the current economy and the protest songs of the past.