When MusicRadar's sister magazine Guitarist was granted a rare interview with slide guitar supremo Ry Cooder - who celebrates his birthday today - in 2012, we couldn't resist asking for his tips for ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Luciano Viti/Getty Images) David Lindley was the epitome of a musician’s musician, not ...

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 ...

The first release on Cooder's own label, Perro Verde (Green Dog), Mambo Sinuendo is a collaboration between him and Galbán. The album features a swinging sextet of two electric guitars, two drum sets, ...

In the early part of his career, during the 1960s, master guitarist Ry Cooder could walk down any street in the US and not be recognised. Born in Santa Monica, as a young guitar prodigy he played ...

***** Ry Cooder, Trespass soundtrack (Sire/Warner): When it comes to soundtracks, guitarist Ry Cooder is one of the masters. With Trespass, he again evokes mood and atmosphere as vividly as a director ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

"Everybody goes too far too soon. They turn up too loud and it sounds to me, a lot of times, like the emergency entrance to a veterinary hospital" When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Twang! Seven-disc box set brings Ryland’s other career into sharp focus... 1980 was an auspicious year for Ry Cooder. As he exited the ’70s, Cooder had brought his considerable skills to bear on the ...