the guitarist Ry Cooder has composed Chávez Ravine, an exquisite requiem to a vanished neighbourhood. The album - which features a series of celebrated Mexican musicians, among them the father of ...

The track is also noteworthy because it comes with something rarely seen in the early days: a Ry Cooder songwriting credit. ‘Tattler’ was based on a 1929 Washington Phillips song called ... showing ...

I can’t write briefly about Ry ... song’s throbbing heart. Listen to a podcast with Ry Cooder, in which he talks about the norteño band Los Tigres del Norte, and about the music of the ...