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 ...

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.

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 ...

The Prodigal Son is Ry Cooder's first solo album in six years.On it, Cooder makes more traditional American gospel music his own. Beth Gwinn/Getty Images for Americana Music hide caption ...

Ry Cooder, 'The Prodigal Son,' Returns But his latest album, Prodigal Son, out now, finds him back home. Cooder and his band re-imagine some of those classic blues and gospel songs he loved as boy ...

Ry Cooder may have done the impossible. He persuaded Rosanne Cash to devote a series of concerts – including a June 18 date at the Chicago Theatre — to songs written, performed or made famous ...

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 how to keep pushing musical boundaries past the age of senior citizenship, ...

RY COODER: Yes, Well, that’s the question of the age. Well, I can’t say. And I’m not smart enough to know the study of that. But when you hear a good one, you know. Ry Cooder. Photo by ...

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...