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Ry Cooder defies categorization. Somehow labels such as world renowned guitarist, artist, record producer, or musical preservationist limit the scope of the psychic activity within his imagination. When we hear his music, which spans a 40-year career, we enter a new realm that bridges a relationship between remembrance and the present. Ry's sound can be bluesy, sensual, rockin', contemplative, earthy, or humorous. His songs hearken back to an art that isn't artificial or technically based. They show evidence of how the hand can glide over strings to make us laugh or weep and how the voice becomes the container for the soul. With over 35 albums to his name, both solo and collaborative, Ry has worked with some of the world's finest musicians. What becomes crystal clear to anyone within earshot is Ry Cooder's fidelity to the Self and to where the psyche leads him.