Man of the World: Ry Cooder
Barney Hoskyns, Uncut, July 2005
RYLAND PETER COODER is a man out of time – at the very least a fish out of water. In London to promote his superb new album Chavez Ravine, he feels completely at odds with his surroundings. Wandering around in chi-chi Covent Garden the morning after his arrival from Los Angeles, he isn't entirely sure that he's still visible.
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