Ry Cooder, who over the course of fifty years has become one of the most singular musicians in America, has a new record, “Election Special,” a collection of songs with a political cast, which comes ...

"I'll never forget it." Ry Cooder is talking about his first encounter with a guitar, more than 50 years ago. The guitar was a three-quarter-size four-string tenor. Cooder was 4 years old, well into a ...

The unique, concept album San Patricio is the brainchild of musicians Ry Cooder and Paddy Maloney, giants in their respective folk genres, who share a long-time friendship and an apparent interest in ...

Audio for the feature is no longer available. The album was released on Mar. 9, 2010. Ry Cooder has a restless ear. Throughout his four-decade musical career, he's explored the music of Mexico, Africa ...

Ry Cooder has a brand new album out - just a year after Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down he's released Election Special. It's strange to call Cooder prolific here, because throughout the 1960s, 70s and ...

Over the course of his illustrious career, visionary guitarist/producer Ry Cooder has been one of the most prolific and restlessly creative forces in contemporary music. For a period of over four ...

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 the ...

Absent disabling cases of stage fright, emotional reversals, or predatory addictions, performers who withdraw from performing—who liberate themselves straight into a private life—are rare. One of the ...

Martin Chilton is a former Culture Editor for The Telegraph. He was formerly Sports Editor and a columnist for the Evening Standard. Prior to this Martin has edited music books and magazines and ...