David Lindley was the epitome of a musician’s musician, not only for his comprehensive skills but also for his infectious ...

Ry Cooder is not a religious man – on the contrary, he casts a cold eye on its organised form – but he has just made an album stuffed with gospel music and hymns, all from the best part ...

After helping put “world music” on the rock’n’roll map with Buena Vista Social Club, Ry Cooder has lately entered the third phase of a career characterised by fascination with pre-rock pop ...

Crazy 'Bout an Automobile (Every Woman I Know); Why Don't You Try Me; Boomer's Story; Lord Tell Me Why; Do Re Mi; School Is Out; Dark End of the Street; El Corrido de Jesse James"; Wooly Bully; Volver ...

Ry Cooder has gone down in history as the first artist to release a digitally recorded album with Bop Til You Drop in 1979. The CD came along a few years later, adding to digital’s momentum.

I t would be hard to imagine a better group of artists to bring to life the golden age of Cuban music that the one Ry Cooder ...