THE ARTICLE about Ry Cooder producing Ersi Arvizu’s new album [“Finding Her Voz Again,” by Agustin Gurza, May 3] is very biased and vindictive. Why does Gurza find it relevant when he is ...

More than half a century later, inspired both by Normark's pictures and his own memories of east Los Angeles as it once was, the guitarist Ry Cooder has composed Chávez Ravine, an exquisite ...

Ry Cooder has wandered far and wide with his guitar over the course of a distinguished career. The Californian has worked with musicians ranging from Captain Beefheart to Ali Farka Touré.