In the wrong hands, though, historical authenticity translates. If initially I was wary of artists plunging into roots music from bygone days, it wasn’t that I disliked the source. ![]() Nick Bollinger reviews the atmospheric Americana of Ohio duo Over The Rhine a Paris-recorded set from Lebanese singer Yasmine Hamdan and speaks to Ry Cooder about his return to San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall for a new live recording. Ry Cooder & Corridas Famosas perform Cooders 'Lord Tell Me Why' off the album Live in San Francisco, out now. Cooder plays guitar, mandola, banjo, bass and keyboards, and constantly changes direction from the evocative portrait of a rich man and his maid in Dirty Chateau to the gospel-edged stomp of Lord. The gospel hip-hop stomp of Lord Tell Me Why has a strong post-Katrina message: Lord they took back everything we been working for/When the riots tore. In the 1970s, when musicians mining America’s rich musical history were a much rarer breed, Ry Cooder was a pivotal figure.
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