Ry Cooder has never taken a predictable path in a 40-year career of inventive music but Election Special is his most political record yet. It's safe to say that the 65-year-old from California does ...

It's unlikely Ry Cooder would have much truck with the idea of a recommended retirement age. The 66-year-old Californian says he is playing better than ever, with finer co-ordination than when he was ...

Absent disabling cases of stage fright, emotional reversals, or predatory addictions, performers who withdraw from performing—who liberate themselves straight into a private life—are rare. One of the ...