Ry Cooder.If you are thinking, "Who is that?", you are right. I didn't know him either until that day in middle school.A ...

"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 ...

Over the past couple of decades, guitarist, singer, and songwriter Ry Cooder has largely subjugated his own musical identity in order to produce and promote an incredible array of artists and styles ...

Throughout his long career, Ry Cooder has successfully avoided the cult of personality. His music stands on its own without interference. So often records get peddled with some kind of back story – ...

Ry Cooder, legendary guitar player, front, and Dan Gellert, a fiddler and banjo player, being interviewed on video by TIME's Joe Klein and Jacob Templin following their performance at the Trolley Stop ...

The celebrated musician talks about select tracks from his new album, "Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down," as well as his musical and political influences, with Truthdig's Robert Scheer and Kasia ...

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 ...

There is an African proverb that says “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." The intimacy and the dynamics of the duet setting have long appealed to virtuoso guitarist ...

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 ...

“Across the Borderline” is a powerful and emotional song written by Ry Cooder, John Hiatt, and Jim Dickinson. The song was originally released on Cooder’s 1987 album “Get Rhythm” and has since been ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... David Guetta, “Nothing but the Beat” (EMI) Those not following pop music won’t likely recognize David Guetta’s name, but they know his beats. Remember the ...

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 ...