Ry Cooder

Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down {Press}

“An impassioned portrait of 21st century America and its injustices. One of Cooder”s best albums ever.”

“Damn the torpedoes, this is Ry Cooder’s report on the state of his nation—a trenchant commentary in which both. The spirit of Woody Guthrie presides. Music reclaiming a place at the heart of everything that matters.”

“A collection of newly minted protest songs for today’s messed-up world. Sly and humorous. The heartening sound of an old master at work.”

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“Continuing his recent purple patch, Cooder serves up his fourth album in six years, and it’s a corker. He satirises or snarls, so much so you can almost hear his lip curl. A brilliant album.”

“A stunning return to form for one of America’s most original and talented musicians. If protest is what you want, Cooder has delivered it magnificently.”

“A project that is as refreshing, brave and original as Cooder’s early recordings. Magnificent.”

"Cooder”s best effort by far since Chávez Ravine. The modern-day equivalent of the kind of dust-bowl ballads with which Woody Guthrie once hymned the poor and skewered the wealthy.”

“A fierce state-of-the-nation album. The humour is often savage but Cooder’s aim is true. He’s become a Woody Guthrie for our times.”

“Like Steinbeck with soul … Compulsive listening.”

“As good a riposte to the grubby, grabbing times we live in as any artist has mustered, which makes it essential listening.”

“Ry Cooder’s Pull Up Some Dust …just shot to my best of list. Ry got pissed off enough to make another masterpiece.”

“From rock ‘n’ roll to country to Dixieland jazz, Cooder has mastered multiple genres on many albums. He does it again with his latest production ... His songs’ lyrics are a statement on our current economic times, but the music offers a tour of the country’s musical heritage."

"I can’t write briefly about Ry Cooder, the virtuoso guitarist who has a new record, Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down. Admiration for his accomplishments, his singularity, and the longevity and diversity of his career intervene. For more than forty years ... he has been a musician other musicians have followed closely, and no popular musician has a broader or deeper catalog. He has played songs so simple that they are hardly songs, and songs so complex that they would tax, if not overwhelm, the capacities of most lauded guitarists." —Alec Wilkinson

“He’s able to discern and bring together musical styles like no one else can.”

"Excellent."