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  • Grammy Nominees 2011: Cooder, Harris, Metheny, Thile, Daves, AfroCubism
    Thursday, December 1, 2011
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    Grammy Nominations Go to Ry Cooder, Emmylou Harris, Pat Metheny, Chris Thile, Michael Daves, AfroCubism

    Congratulations to all the Nonesuch artists who were nominated for the 54th Annual Grammy Awards: Ry Cooder and Emmylou Harris for Best Americana Album, Pat Metheny for Best New Age Album, Chris Thile & Michael Daves for Best Bluegrass Album, and World Circuit / Nonesuch Records artists AfroCubism for Best World Music Album. You can hear music from all the nominated albums on the new Nonesuch Radio channel "2011 Grammy Nominees."

  • 2011 Best: Paste, Uncut, American Songwriter, Q, Mojo
    Wednesday, November 30, 2011
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    Nonesuch Albums Make Year's Best Lists from American Songwriter, Paste, Uncut, Q, Mojo

    There's still more than a month to go before 2011 comes to a close, but already the music magazines have begun to weigh in on the year's best music. American Songwriter, Paste, Uncut, Q, and Mojo have all published their lists of the Top 50 Albums of the Year, and included among them are a number of Nonesuch releases: the latest albums from Björk, Ry Cooder, Jessica Lea Mayfield, and The Low Anthem, as well as the soon-to-be-released album from The Black Keys, due out next week.

  • Ry Cooder by Vincent Valdez
    Monday, November 21, 2011
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    Free Download: Ry Cooder's New Song, "Wall Street Part of Town," in Support of Occupy Wall Street

    Ry Cooder's new song about the Occupy Wall Street movement, "Wall Street Part of Town," was recorded last Tuesday and premiered on Pacifica Radio's Jon Wiener show on Wednesday, a fundraiser for the Pacifica Radio Archives' Campus Campaign National Education Project. It also aired on Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman. You can now listen to the song here, download it for free, then help spread the good word. Cooder's latest album, Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down, was inspired by the inequities that spared the few from the financial crisis while most were left to fend for themselves.

  • fRoots 2011 nominees: Ry Cooder, Kate & Anna McGarrigle
    Tuesday, November 15, 2011
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    Ry Cooder, Kate & Anna McGarrigle Albums Nominated in fRoots Critics Poll of Year's Best

    The nominees for the 2011 fRoots Critics Poll have just been announced, and included among them are Ry Cooder's new album, Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down, which has been nominated for Album of the Year, and Kate & Anna McGarrigle's three-CD collection Tell My Sister, released this spring on Nonesuch, which was nominated for Reissue/Compilation Album of the Year. Nominees are chosen by experts in the UK and worldwide; winners will be announced by BBC Radio 3 in a special edition of World On 3 on December 2.

  • Ry Cooder: "Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down," "Los Angeles Stories" [covers]
    Wednesday, November 2, 2011
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    Ry Cooder Talks to KPCC's "AirTalk" About His New Book and Music

    Ry Cooder was featured on AirTalk from Southern California public radio station KPCC this morning. He spoke with host Larry Mantle about his music, his new album, Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down, and his new book, Los Angeles Stories. "With a musician’s ear for language," says the show of the book, "Cooder’s stories and the characters who people them—drifters, trolley drivers, disc jockeys, salesmen, jazz musicians and of course, cops and robbers—take us on a journey into a Los Angeles that has long gone the way of Chavéz Ravine and the red cars."

  • Ry Cooder: "Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down," "Los Angeles Stories" [covers]
    Thursday, October 13, 2011
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    Enter to Win Ry Cooder's New Album and Book from Truthdig: Share Your Favorite Protest Song

    Inspired by a news headline about the Wall Street bailout, Ry Cooder began work on his new album, Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down, with the track “No Banker Left Behind,” an ode to the corrupt few spared from the financial crisis while most were left to fend for themselves. The article appeared on Truthdig, which is now giving away a copy of the album and Cooder's new book, Los Angeles Stories. Simply share your favorite protest song for a chance to win.

  • Ry Cooder: "Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down," "Los Angeles Stories" [covers]
    Monday, October 3, 2011
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    Ry Cooder's Book "Los Angeles Stories" Out Now; New Album "Among the Best Socio-Political Albums Ever Made," Raves Blurt

    Ry Cooder's first-ever stand-alone written work, Los Angeles Stories, is out now from City Lights Books and available in the Nonesuch Store. "Cooder fans will enjoy the upbeat mix of music and murder," says the San Francisco Chronicle. "Aficionados of noir fiction will love the characters, all of whom have something to hide and all of whom are engaged in illegal activity." Cooder will discuss the book at San Francsico's Herbst Theatre on Wednesday. Blurt, reviewing his new album, Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down, says it "ranks not only among his very best releases, but among the best socio-political albums ever made."

  • Ry Cooder by Vincent Valdez
    Thursday, September 29, 2011
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    Ry Cooder Talks with BBC Radio 2's Mike Harding About His New Album: "Totally Brilliant," Raves Harding

    Ry Cooder appeared on the latest episode of BBC Radio 2's Mike Harding show to discuss his latest album, Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down, which Harding describes as "totally brilliant." BoingBoing places the album "in the tradition of the great titles of Woody Guthrie and Haywire Harry McClintlock ... As you'd expect from Cooder, the songs are musically tight and eminently singable and danceable."

  • Ry Cooder: "Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down" [cover]
    Monday, September 26, 2011
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    Ry Cooder Talks with BBC Radio 4 About His New Album; Philadelphia Inquirer Gives Album Four Stars

    Ry Cooder spoke with BBC Radio 4's Today about his new album, Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down; the interview was broadcast in the US on PRI's The Takeaway. The Philadelphia Inquirer gives the album a perfect four stars, likening it to "the scrappy populism of Woody Guthrie ... set to an incredibly rich melting pot of folk, blues, country, rock, and norteno." The Chicago Sun-Times too calls him "a modern-day Woody Guthrie." Canada's North Shore News says: "Brilliant stuff."

  • Ry Cooder by Vincent Valdez
    Wednesday, September 14, 2011
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    Ry Cooder Talks to BBC World Service's "The Strand"

    Ry Cooder was the guest on the BBC World Service arts program The Strand, discussing his new album, Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down. "When it comes to American music legends, they don't come much bigger than Ry Cooder," says host Anna McNamee. "What I love about this album is that in so many ways it's a distillation of some great American musics."

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