This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Ry Cooder has added his voice -- and guitar -- to the raging debate ...

Ry Cooder's latest inspiration is the story of a lost Hispanic neighbourhood. Fiona Sturges meets the legendary guitarist. ... Cooder first saw Normark's pictures at a gallery four years ago, ...

Ry Cooder records are never about Ry Cooder. Yet his new album, "Chavez Ravine," may be the musician's most personal work to date. It's a moving, musically rich requiem for a vanished neighborhood ...

For Ry Cooder, records were not only a first love, but an escape. As a boy growing up in Santa Monica, Calif. in the 1950's, listening to records was a lens into a wider world. He says the first ...

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 ...

For Ry Cooder, it was never just about the 80-year-old Cubans. His new album, his first since his Havana period with the Buena Vista Social Club, already widely acclaimed by reviewers, emerges ...

***** Ry Cooder, Trespass soundtrack (Sire/Warner): When it comes to soundtracks, guitarist Ry Cooder is one of the masters. With Trespass, he again evokes mood and atmosphere as vividly as a direc… ...

Ry Cooder has been telling stories with his guitar for the past five decades. Starting in the 1960’s, his work with Captain Beefheart, Randy Newman, The Rolling Stones and others brought slide ...

Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder, “Get on Board: The Songs of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee” (Nonesuch). Columbia Records signed Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder for the band the Rising Sons in 1965.

Ry Cooder’s first live record in thirty-five years reflect some of his concerns over the past three decades or so.

For Ry Cooder, the Buena Vista Social Club was just the overture. With some very fine musicians, and a little help from Bill Clinton, he has produced two more great Cuban albums. Philip Sweeney ...