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 ...

Ry Cooder: Music Can Bring People Together. by Nenad Georgievski April 21, 2022. The world of music is better because Ry Cooder is in it. He is now among a small handful of artists writing the book on ...

“That’s actually what I have been avoiding for 40 years.” Rosanne Cash was sharing her response to Ry Cooder’s suggestion that they collaborate on performing the music of Johnny Cash.

The Chieftains featuring Ry Cooder, "San Patricio" (Fantasy/Concord). 3 ½ stars. As musical mash-ups go, here’s one you won’t hear every day. The hearts of Ireland and Mexico are intertwined ...

Cooder says he found most white pop music "corny", and when he started to put together material for his debut album, the set list included songs by Leadbelly, Sleepy John Estes and Blind Willie ...

RY COODER'S MUSICAL JOURNEY Rhino's Double-CD The UFO Has Landed: The Ry Cooder Anthology Includes 34 Songs From The Virtuoso Guitarist's Eclectic Career Available October 28 From Rhino Records LOS ...

Ry Cooder, who over the course of fifty years has become one of the most singular musicians in America, has a new record, “Election Special,” a collection of songs with a political cast, which ...

I can’t write briefly about Ry Cooder, the virtuoso guitarist who has a new record, “Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down.” Admiration for his accomplishments, his singularity, and the longevity ...

Ry Cooder: Thank you so much, Kai. Ryssdal: I was reading some things, obviously, before we sat down, and there’s a great quote from you, and it basically says, ‘These times, they call for a ...

Following his own creative nose, Cooder went on to make 16 solo albums (so far), numerous movie soundtracks and more collaborations than we could possibly count. His bizarrely modified and much loved ...