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Joachim Cooder's Mbira Calms From The First Note

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Joachim Cooder's Mbira Calms From The First Note

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Joachim Cooder talks on how the instrument informs his new album, Over That Road I'm Bound: The Songs of Uncle Dave Macon, and performs live with his father, Ry Cooder.

Joachim Cooder's Mbira Calms From The First Note

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Ry Cooder On World Cafe

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Ry Cooder On World Cafe

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Cooder and his band re-imagine some of those classic blues and gospel songs he loved as boy. He discusses how his latest album 'Prodigal Son' is ultimately about reverence.

Ry Cooder On World Cafe

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Thelma & Luis: An Alt.Latino Road Trip With Attitude

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Thelma & Luis: An Alt.Latino Road Trip With Attitude

The lure of the open road was too much to resist this week, so Alt.Latino turns the volume up on a collection that includes Central American heavy metal, Cuban guitar jazz and Brazilian DJs.

Thelma & Luis: An Alt.Latino Road Trip With Attitude

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'Midnight In Mexico': The Alt.Latino Interview With Journalist Alfredo Corchado

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'Midnight In Mexico': The Alt.Latino Interview With Journalist Alfredo Corchado

Corchado covered the Mexican drug war during its bloodiest peak. He joins Alt.Latino to discuss his book Midnight In Mexico and the music he enjoyed while writing it.

'Midnight In Mexico': The Alt.Latino Interview With Journalist Alfredo Corchado

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Music Reviews

Sigur Ros, Three 6 Mafia Buzz with New Music

Julianne Shepherd of The Fader discusses this week's new music releases, including albums by Sigur Ros, Three 6 Mafia, Hercules and Love Affair, and Ry Cooder.

Sigur Ros, Three 6 Mafia Buzz with New Music

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Manuel Galban's Meandering 'Mambo'

Cuban guitarist Manuel Galban became known in the U.S. after playing with Buena Vista Social Club and winning a Grammy with Ry Cooder. But Galban has long been famous in Cuba because of his work with one of Cuba's most famous groups of the 1960s.

Manuel Galban's Meandering 'Mambo'

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Cooder's 'Buddy' Revives Tales of a Bygone America

On his latest CD, Ry Cooder recounts hardships of the Dust Bowl migration through the story of a "red" cat named Buddy and his two traveling buddies. The story was inspired by a real feline who slept in a suitcase.

Cooder's 'Buddy' Revives Tales of a Bygone America

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Director's Cuts: Grammy Time

Weekend Edition Sunday music director Ned Wharton takes a look beyond Mariah and Bono at some Grammy nominated music you might not have heard. Jimmy Sturr's Shake, Rattle and Polka, anyone?

Director's Cuts: Grammy Time

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Ry Cooder Digs Through 'Chavez Ravine'

Guitarist, composer and singer Ry Cooder is the latest in a string of artists to take up the story of Chavez Ravine — an impoverished Los Angeles neighborhood of immigrants. Years ago, Los Angeles officials picked the area as the new home of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Today, Chavez Ravine is the home of Dodger Stadium.

Ry Cooder Digs Through 'Chavez Ravine'

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World Cafe Looks Back: World Music

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World Cafe Looks Back: World Music

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David Dye recalls the incredible world music artists who've appeared on World Cafe in the past 20 years, including King Sunny Ade, Angélique Kidjo and Bela Fleck; plus Ry Cooder on producing Buena Vista Social Club.

World Cafe Looks Back: World Music

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First Listen: The Chieftains Featuring Ry Cooder

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First Listen: The Chieftains Featuring Ry Cooder

Cooder's latest recording project is a cultural mashup of Mexican and Irish music called San Patricio. The album is performed by the Irish music icons in The Chieftains, along with Cooder himself and a handful of celebrated Mexican musicians. Hear the album in its entirety for the week leading up to its release.

Greetings From L.A.! 'Global Village' Picks Local Favorites

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Greetings From L.A.! 'Global Village' Picks Local Favorites

Betto Arcos, host of the KPFK world music program, returns with a playlist of Los Angeles musicians who have caught his ear.

Greetings From L.A.! 'Global Village' Picks Local Favorites

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Music Interviews

'Mambo Sinuendo': Ry Cooder Returns to Cuba

In 1997, Ry Cooder sparked an international interest in Cuban music as producer and guitarist on the hit CD Buena Vista Social Club. He recently returned to the same studio where that album was recorded, this time to collaborate with legendary Cuban guitarist Manuel Galban.

'Mambo Sinuendo': Ry Cooder Returns to Cuba

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Arizona Law Inspires Latin Protest Music

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Arizona Law Inspires Latin Protest Music

Alt.Latino looks at the artists most vocally opposed to the controversial legislation.

Listen to "Quicksand" by Ry Cooder

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Exclusive Premiere: New Ry Cooder Single

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Exclusive Premiere: New Ry Cooder Single

Arizona's ongoing battle over immigration has inspired a new single from guitarist, composer and venerated session musician Ry Cooder.  The song, "Quicksand," will be released June 29, but you can hear it on the All Songs Considered blog now.

Listen to 'Quicksand' by Ry Cooder

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The Chieftains And Ry Cooder Tell 'San Patricio' History

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The Chieftains And Ry Cooder Tell 'San Patricio' History

With St. Patrick's Day just ahead, an unusual musical mash-up has surfaced. Paddy Moloney and his legendary Irish group The Chieftains have joined forces with Ry Cooder and Latino artists on a new album called San Patricio. The record takes its name from a battalion of the Mexican-American War.

The Chieftains And Ry Cooder Tell 'San Patricio' History

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World Cafe

Ry Cooder: Telling America's Story

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The Grammy-winning singer/guitarist has spent his decades-spanning career experimenting with rootsy American music — from Dust Bowl folk to blues, gospel and world music. He's released more than 20 albums, counting his film scores, dating back to the early '70s.

Ry Cooder: Telling America's Story

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Ry Cooder's 'Chavez' Suite

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For more than 40 years, Ry Cooder has shown his prowess as a gifted musical jack-of-all-trades. His latest release, Chavez Ravine, is a concept album dealing with the demise of the Mexican-American Los Angeles neighborhood of Chavez Ravine.

Ry Cooder in-studio on World Cafe - 09/15/2005

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