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This week’s Classic Americana selection spotlights one the most influential bluegrass guitarists in the history of the genre: Tony Rice.
Grace Potter’s 2008 album ‘Medicine,’ produced by T Bone Burnett, is finally released, recorded in Los Angeles, but with a soulful Southern sound.
TOPANGA BANJO FIDDLE CONTEST & FOLK FESTIVAL – No ... (and rising musicians such as David Lindley, Jackson Browne, Ry Cooder, Taj Mahal, Chris Thile, Steve Martin, but who knows what will ...
Think Brian Eno meets Ennio Morricone meets Ry Cooder. SUSS will perform multiple shows ... and excitement to traditional banjo and fiddle music. Their fiery live performances open stringband music up ...
Ry Cooder had established himself as a virtuoso of fretted instruments (i.e., banjo, Mexican tiple, Middle Eastern saz), backing the likes of Gordon Lightfoot, the Rolling Stones, Randy Newman and ...
His debut album, Angeleno, was a hit—produced by Ry and Joachim Cooder. Aldridge—who grew up in the iconic ... This masterful band centers on John Showman (fiddle) and Chris Coole (clawhammer banjo) ...
A multi-instrumental wizard best known as a guitarist and foundational figure in preserving Black banjo traditions ... Since his eponymous 1968 debut featuring Ry Cooder, he’s released some four dozen ...
Ry Cooder, Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt share tales of his brilliance Story by Jimmy Leslie • 2mo D avid Lindley was the epitome of a musician’s musician, not only for his comprehensive ...
He had the fiddle, banjo and guitar, so he could fit into ... Of all my slide guitar heroes, Ry Cooder and David Lindley have touched me the most. David became a mentor with conversations that ...
Changing continents now for America, we find ourselves in the company of singer, mbira player, and drummer Joachim Cooder ... Father Ry obviously couldn’t keep away from the studio, for he plays ...