While his own recordings have taken an unexpected literary turn, guitarist-musicologist Ry Cooder has trained his attention as a producer on the rediscovery of Latina vocalist Ersi Arvizu, one of the ...

Bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs is getting ready to hit the road with his wife, singer Sharon White, and guitarist Ry Cooder for a joint tour. The trio will depart on the trek beginning on June 16 in ...

Hearing Ry Cooder talk is like listening to a musical history lesson. When he spoke to Here & Now's Robin Young, he talked about being influenced by Uncle Dave Macon, a pioneer in country music.

Ry Cooder has been described as a singer-songwriter, slide guitar hero, session musician to so many other artists, producer, musicologist and historian, a man beholden to no single style, a champion ...

Guitarist, composer and singer Ry Cooder is the latest in a string of artists to take up the story of Chavez Ravine — an impoverished Los Angeles neighborhood of immigrants. Years ago, Los Angeles ...

There are so many references to God, Jesus, sin, saviors, righteousness and judgment in veteran roots musician Ry Cooder’s forthcoming album “The Prodigal Son,” it’s fair to wonder whether the ...

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 music from his native North America, and for ...