It's hard to get an exact handle on exactly what Ry Cooder's music journey has been, even when you know where it's gone. He's recorded with everyone from Neil Young to the the Monkees, from Malian ...

Skaggs' name alone will sell out venues. But for the past couple of months, he and his wife, Sharon White, have been having a ball performing with Ry Cooder on a national tour. They will be performing ...

Veteran multi-instrumentalist/musical archivist Ry Cooder follows up his concept album Chavez Ravine (Nonesuch, 2005) with another narrative, My Name is Buddy. This time, with a similarly large cast ...

One is right to be suspect of any music writer who pens a phrase even remotely similar to "local music fans are really in for a treat when (artist's name here) plays a rare show at (venue's name here) ...

“Way back in the ’50s, there was this radio station, KXLA, that was for the people from the South who had come out and settled here after the war and were working in the car and tire factories,” ...

It's unlikely Ry Cooder would have much truck with the idea of a recommended retirement age. The 66-year-old Californian says he is playing better than ever, with finer co-ordination than when he was ...

They are not the most obvious collaborators, but Ry Cooder and Ricky Skaggs are both pillars of American roots music known for their musical minds and adventurous spirits. Cooder has had his hand in ...

Slide guitar virtuoso Ry Cooder and blues musician Taj Mahal started their careers together. They formed the Rising Sons and signed to Columbia in 1965 but disbanded a year later, and the group’s sole ...

Esteemed guitarist Ry Cooder will follow his 2005 album "Chavez Ravine" with "My Name Is Buddy," due March 6 via Nonesuch, Billboard.com can reveal. On it, Cooder narrates from the perspective of… By ...

It's unlikely Ry Cooder would have much truck with the idea of a recommended retirement age. The 66-year-old Californian says he is playing better than ever, with finer co-ordination than when he was ...