'Talking Timbuktu' is a collaborative album between Ali Farka Touré and Ry Cooder - who also produced it - and released on March 29, 1994 by World Circuit

Ibrahim Ferrer's 'Buenos Hermanos' is an album produced by Ry Cooder and released on March 18, 2003 by World Circuit.

This day (March 15, 1947), in Los Angeles, California, is born Ryland Peter 'Ry' Cooder, an American guitarist, singer and composer.

Ry Cooder's 'Into the Purple Valley' is his second studio album released in January 1972 by Reprise.

Buena Vista Social Club' is an album by American guitarist Ry Cooder and traditional Cuban musicians, released on September 16, 1997 by World Circuit Records.

Ry Cooder's 'Chávez Ravine' is his twelfth (and a concept and historical) studio album released on June 7, 2005 by Nonesuch.

John Hiatt's 'Bring the Family' is his eighth album produced by John Chelew, featuring Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe and Jim Keltner and released on May 29, 1987 by A&M

Mavis Staple's 'We'll Never Turn Back' is her eleventh studio album produced by Ry Cooder and released on April 24, 2007 by Anti- Records.

Ry Cooder’s 'The Prodigal Son' is his seventeenth solo studio album recorded with his son, Joachim Cooder and released on May 11, 2018 by Fantasy

The Art Desk

he never attempts to be “authentic” to the originals in form or style and yet something of the essence remains.

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...his approach to the guitar meshes with his personality: unhurried, unadorned, and unusually reverent of tradition, without being tethered to it. Rolling Stone

'Reverence' is a word I heard my granddaughter’s nursery school teacher use, a Kashmiri woman.

Ry Cooder – The Prodigal Son

AMAZON . ITUNES .

This day ( April 13, 2005), in St. Louis, Missouri, died Johnnie Johnson, an American pianist and blues musician whose work with Chuck Berry led to his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Guy Garvey, Adam Granduciel, Yusuf / Cat Stevens, Johnny Cash, Neil Finn, Vince Gill, James Taylor, Billy Bragg, Ibrahim Ferrer, Ry Cooder, Charles Bradley, Eric Burdon, Iggy Pop

Lenny Kravitz, Buckwheat Zydeco & Ry Cooder, Van Morrison, Tom Jones & Jeff Beck, Bon Jovi & Kid Rock, Sarah McLachlan & Melissa Etheridge, Ann Hampton Callaway & Liza Minnelli, Stevie Nicks & Dave Grohl, Carly Simon & James Taylor, Grace Jones & Iggy Pop, Rihanna & Maroon 5, Britney Spears & Will.I.Am, Eric Clapton & Billy Preston, Justin Timberlake & Jay Z

T. Rex, Elvis Costello, Robin Trower, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep, Paul McCartney, Foreigner, Dickey Betts, Great Southern, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia Band, Ry Cooder, Colosseum

Quincy Jones, Texas, UB40, Sammy Hagar, Morrissey, Liza Minnelli, The Jam, Ry Cooder, Metallica, Depeche Mode, Ratt, James Taylor

Steely Dan, Boney M., Sammy Hagar, The Cars, David Bowie, ABBA, Elton John, Ry Cooder, Chicago, Rod Stewart, Genesis, Sex Pistols

Andy Williams, Bob Dylan, Tony Bennett, Dean Martin, The Doors, Kurt Elling, Paul Simon, Elvis Presley, Ry Cooder, James Taylor, Donny Hathaway, Beck

Skip James, John Lee Hooker, Ry Cooder, Peter Green, Son House, Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Bonamassa, Bernie Marsden, Eilidh McKellar, Robben Ford, Matt Schofield, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Muddy Waters

Sarah Dash & Nona Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen & Sam Moore, Smokey Robinson & Daryl Hall, Alicia Keys & John Mayer, Lana Del Rey & Chris Isaak, Michael Bublé & Chris Botti, Jackson Browne & Gregg Allman, Paul Simon & George Harrison, John Lee Hooker & Ry Cooder, Sting & Tom Jones, Bono & Zucchero, Inti Illimani & Peter Gabriel

Diana Ross & Lionel Richie, Cyndi Lauper & Patti Labelle, Aretha Franklin & Lou Rawls, Fiona Apple & The Roots, Marianne Faithfull & Bill Frisell, Rosanne Cash & Ry Cooder, Brandi Carlile & Dave Matthews Band, Bruce Springsteen & Clarence Clemons, Roger Daltrey & The Chieftains, Gary Moore & Albert Collins, Peter Frampton & Leslie West, Randy Bachman & Walter Trout

Nik Kershaw, Ry Cooder, Lita Ford, The Fat Boys, Hot Chocolate, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Wang Chung, The Psychedelic Furs, Pete Townshend, Iron Maiden, Peter And The Test Tube Babies, John Lennon

Randy Newman's '12 Songs' is the second studio album produced by Lenny Waronker and released in April 1970 by Reprise

Trio' is the first collaborative studio album between Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris, released on March 2, 1987 by Warner Bros.

Eric Clapton's 'Money and Cigarettes' is his eighth studio album released in February 1983 by Duck / Warner Bros.

The Rolling Stones' 'Let It Bleed' is their eighth album (the last with Brian Jones and the first with Mick Taylor) released on December 5, 1969 by Decca / London Records.

Lenny Kravitz, Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow, Barenaked Ladies, Prince, Buena Vista Social Club, Mariah Carey, LL Cool J, Blur, Fiona Apple, Aerosmith, Sonic Youth, Harry Connick, Jr.

Randy Newman's 'Good Old Boys' is his fifth (and his first to get commercial success) album, released on September 10, 1974 by Reprise Records.

'Taj Mahal' is his eponymous debut album recorded in August 1967.

This day ( July 13, 2003), in Havana, died Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz a.k.a Compay Segundo, a Cuban guitar player and member of the Buena Vista Social Club.

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band's 'Safe as Milk' is their debut studio album produced by Richard Perry and Bob Krasnow and released in June 1967 by Buddah Records.

This day (June 21, 2001), in Los Altos, California, died John Lee Hooker, an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.

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Buena Vista Social Club Presents: Ibrahim Ferrer' is an album released on June 8, 1999 by Nonesuch, after the success of the first 1997 Buena Vista Social Club album.

Bryan Ferry, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Dan Auerbach, Elvis Costello, Country Joe McDonald, Pokey LaFarge, Chris Cornell, John Hiatt, Kevin Godley, Graham Gouldman, Jeff Buckley, Bill Withers

This day (May 24, 1941), in Duluth, Minnesota is born Robert Allen Zimmerman better known as Bob Dylan, American singer, poet & songwriter and Nobel prize…

Randy Newman's 'Sail Away' is an album fully written and composed by Newman and released in May 1972 by Reprise.

'Childhood Home' by Ellen & Ben Harper is a fully acoustic album released on May 6, 2014 by Universal / Prestige Folklore..

Drummer extraordinaire, Jim Keltner, who turns 79 today - Happy Birthday - , has been for 50 years a "top session drummer".

Very much in demand, Jim has played on numerous albums and behind the greatest (you want to verify ? click on //go.rvm.pm/jimkeltner).

The 'Three Concerts with Jim Keltner' are with John Lennon + Yoko Ono & Elephant Memory, Ry Cooder and Joe Cocker. Enjoy!

Track Listing : 1. John Lennon - Madison Square Garden, New York City, August 30, 1972

: Power To The People - New York City - It'S So Hard - Woman Is The Nigger Of The World - Sisters O Sisters - Well Well Well - Instant Karma! - Mother - Born In A Prison - Come Together - Imagine - Cold Turkey - Hound Dog - Give Peace A Chance . 2. Ry Cooder& The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces - Let'S Have A Ball, The Catalyst, Santa Cruz,…