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July 24, 2008

Ry Cooder keeps alive L.A. sound with new album – I, Flathead – mixing as it does Los Angeles’ diverse white, black and Latino musical roots

July 16, 2008

Mezklah to Perform with New Lineup at KPFK’s Clash of the Pochos on July 27

June 19, 2008

Ry Cooder: I, Flathead

June 4, 2008

How Havana Sang Before ‘Buena Vista,’ ‘Last Supper’: New DVDs – We Are the Music!

May 12, 2008

Singer returns reluctantly, then triumphantly on CD – Ersi Arvizu

May 5, 2008

El Chicano’s Ersi Arvizu finds her voice again – Ry Cooder coaxes an East L.A. songbird out of retirement.

October 15, 2006

How Cuban politics puts a spin on Latin Grammys

July 5, 2006

Versatile Toledo performer Jesse Ponce immerses listeners in Hispanic heritage. Ohio

October 19, 2005

VivirLatino » Taking back “Dos Gardenias”

July 11, 2005

Guitarist Ry Cooder helped usher in a wave of nostalgia for old-school Afro-Cuban music as one of the principal motivators behind the Buena Vista Social Club in the late ’90s. But political realities have made it difficult to return to Havana, so with his new CD, “Chávez Ravine” (Nonesuch), he focuses on his native Los Angeles to explore a different Latin music legacy.