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.

“Way back in the ’50s, there was this radio station, KXLA, that was for the people from the South who had come out and settled here after the war and were working in the car and tire factories,” ...

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 ...