Tracy Chapman, Björk, Public Enemy and more songs for rabble-rousing and celebrating revolution.

While no one will confuse Gavin Rossdale, Joe Elliott, or Mick Jagger with a Yankee, they each front groups with a distinctly American sound.

That same awe resurfaces with Ry Cooder’s theme for Paris, Texas, “haunting music to a haunting film by Wenders. I listen to it regularly.” He puts so much intention into his top choices. Each track ...

David Lindley took slide guitar beyond the blues. Ry Cooder, Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt share tales of his brilliance Story by Jimmy Leslie • 2d ...

Of all my slide guitar heroes, Ry Cooder and David Lindley have touched me the most. David became a mentor with conversations that were equal parts information, advice and comedic relief.” ...

Ryland Peter Cooder, 15 March 1947, Los Angeles, California, USA. One of popular music's premier talents, Cooder mastered the rudiments of guitar while still a child. He learned the techniques of ...

This year marks four decades since Paris, Texas was awarded the 1984 Palme d’Or at its acclaimed Cannes debut. The film’s mystifying personae and desolate neo-western vistas have lost none of their ...

Taylor stated: “Reverend Gary Davis was huge for me, as well as Joseph Spence, music of the Bahamas. And Ry Cooder, who’s still sort of my favorite guitar player. I’ve emulated him as much as I can.” ...

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 ...

Joachim Cooder is recalling the day he joined his father, one Ry Cooder, for a session in Clinton Recording Studios in New York in 1994 with The Chieftains and the late, great Sinéad O’Connor ...

Three versions of the song exist, one by The Rolling Stones, an unreleased version recorded with Traffic's Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi, but the one recorded with Ry Cooder that eventually made the ...