Back in the seventies, Ry Cooder and J J Cale started me on my journey to explore American roots music. At the time, I thought Cooder was recreating the sounds of bygone times with his uncovering […]
‘Music by Ry Cooder’ was often an indicator that a film might be worth further investigation in the late 1970s through the 1980s in particular. One such was ‘The Border’, directed by Tony Richardson and starring […]
Ry Cooder and the wonderful Chicken Skin Band turn in a truly classic performance at an Old Grey Whistle Test recording from Shepherds Bush Television Theatre in 1977. Cooder has always had a special knack for […]
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