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Ry Cooder belongs to the elite group of guitarists, Eric Clapton and BB King among them, whose style can be identified by a single note a ' a mournful, keening slide tone that evokes tumbleweed rolling through a Wim Wenders movie.

"This album marks the end of one era - and bridges the chasm into a new one," Ripley said.

Musicologist? Taj Mahal snorts in dismay over that label being slapped on what he does.

To honor National Historic Preservation Month, the Thousand Oaks Library Foundation and Friends of the Thousand Oaks Library present Concert in the Courtyard with Curt Bouterse on Saturday, May 30, at 2 p.m. at the Grant R. Brmhall Library, 1401 E Janss Road, Thousand Oaks.

Next month is the 25th anniversary of the premiere of Wim Wenders ' hugely influential film Paris, Texas .

A half-dozen cool things in music, from two points of view: Ron Thompson, Driftwood Char Bar.

BESIDES WORKING WITH HIS "BOP-TILLyou- drop" pop on the senior Cooder's last several records, drummer and composer Joachim Cooder produced the new double- disc The UFO Has Landed: The Ry Cooder Anthology [Rhino]. "I had already produced Ry's soundtrack compilation [1995's Music by Ry Cooder], so I volunteered to put this one together, too," he ...

Introduced to the guitar at age 3, adept at the instrument by age 8, and a teenage habitu of the Los Angeles blues scene, Cooder formed the Rising Sons with Taj Mahal and played in Captain Beefheart 's Magic ...

Mahal, 66, whose real name is Henry St. Clair Fredericks, has been selected, along with soul singer Irma Thomas, bluesman Son Seals and ragtime guitar player the Rev.

'Maestro' is an appropriate title for Taj Mahal. He's a multi-instrumentalist who revels in myriad musical styles from throughout the United States and the world.

AMERICAN guitar legend Ry Cooder has announced he will play the Capital twice this summer with rocker Nick Lowe.

Delta Moon offers a mix of slide-soaked, bluesy feasts. If you like slide guitar playing, get a double shot on Saturday at Blue 5 Restaurant.

At the age of 61, guitarist-singer Cooder isn't slowing down any. With more than 30 albums and soundtracks under his belt - and a possible retirement fund built from the success of 1997's Buena Vista Social ...

RY COODER: I, FLATHEAD. Cooder: Producer, songwriter, guitar slinger, musical visionary who has chewed his leash and run off to sniff and dig in some untended musical garden.

Audio for today's show will be available at approx. 7:00 p.m. ET. All Things Considered , December 23, 2008 - When pop stars Paul Simon , Peter Gabriel and Ry Cooder collaborated with African musicians in the ...

Modern Guitars has a funky cool limited edition lithograph of The Ry Cooder Anthology: The UFO Has Landed album artwork for a giveaway on February 1, 2009.

Black 47 , Iraq . Singer-guitarist Larry Kirwan's songs present a you-are-there, grunt's-eye view of the war that rings brutally true, and they are powered by the veteran New York band's galvanic Celtic-rock. ...

Taj Mahal's wide-ranging musical style, incorporating blues, African, Caribbean and a host of other sounds, has been captured in more than 30 albums.

'The End of Violence ' Listen Now [7 sec] FIND MUSIC INTERLUDES Looking for a song you heard between stories on one of NPR's news or talk programs? We call it a " Music Interlude ." Recipient's e-mail address: ...

Cooder country Musician's latest project recreates the lost California of 1940s and '50s By LAWRENCE DOWNES The New York Times Sat.