Sometimes what is most exotic is what you unearth in your own back yard ? or at least in your own recent cultural past. After helping put ?world music...
cloudspeakers - 27/06/2008
I, Flathead, being billed as the final album in Ry Cooder?s California trilogy that also includes Chavez Ravine and My Name Is Buddy, has a concept w...
David Fricke - 27/06/2008
Many of guitarist Ry Cooder's best albums are movie scores, including the folk-culture clash of 1985's Alamo Bay and the purple-prairie atmospheres of...
Gary Graff - 21/06/2008
On his latest solo album, Ry Cooder intones, "Time is all you got," and it's the ravages of time that have informed the California trilogy he wraps up...
Chris Jones - 20/06/2008
The third part of Cooder's 'California Trilogy' sees him combine the best of all his areas of expertise. It's for sure that whether you're a fan of hi...