Of course, other reasons some of the music, particularly the albums, remains forgotten are more or less the same as in the ...

Today in Music History for July 11: ...

When Chuck Prophet faced a stage four lymphoma diagnosis, it not only forced him off the road but into a place where he could do some real music listening.

Deborah Harry sang about wanting to dance with Harry Dean Stanton. 26 years later it happened, and there are photos to prove ...

Tracy Chapman, Björk, Public Enemy and more songs for rabble-rousing and celebrating revolution.

This year marks four decades since Paris, Texas was awarded the 1984 Palme d’Or at its acclaimed Cannes debut. The film’s mystifying personae and desolate neo-western vistas have lost none of their ...

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 ...

Joachim Cooder is no stranger to the Big Island. Although his Saturday performance at the Kahilu Theatre marked his concert debut here, he tagged along with his father, Ry Cooder, to visit slack ...

Ry Cooder's iconic 1967 Fender Stratocaster is up for sale on Reverb for $150,000. With its many modifications, the Coodercaster is one of the most distinctive electric guitars in music history. The ...

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.