Tony Rice was born in Virginia on June 8, 1951, but he grew up in Los Angeles, where his father introduced him to bluegrass music. Rice pursued his studies of the genre among Los Angeles's purveyors ...

Ryland 'Ry' Peter Cooder is an American prominent guitarist, singer and composer. He is known for his slide guitar work, his interest in blues-rock, roots mus ...

Back to the banjo: Ry Cooder returns to his early instrument Trio with Ricky Scaggs and Sharon White, plus pianist Buck White, to play Harvester Performance Center Aug. 20.

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On the evening of Sept. 30, The Arts Campus at Willits (TACAW) will come alive with banjo-string symphonies from singer-songwriter, banjo champion and slide guitar master Tony Furtado. The Pleasanton, ...

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 ...

As a percussionist, producer, singer and songwriter, Joachim Cooder has long established himself as a master of folk, bluegrass and African music. The son of legendary American musician Ry Cooder, ...

Tony Stamp reviews the latest from British poet and musician Kae Tempest, and several new instalments from Tāmaki beatmaker SR Mpofu, while Elliott Childs assesses the reunion of legendary singers/ ...