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 | Chavez Ravine - Ry Cooder
Publisher: Nonesuch
Released on 13 June 2005
List Price: £15.99
A rare solo outing from Ry Cooder, but don’t expect the conventional ‘twelve unrelated songs’ schtick that constitutes an album these days. For "Chavez Ravine" is a concept album about the eponymous area near Los Angeles that was torn down in the 1950’s by developers to make way for the Dodgers Stadium. The attraction of this neighbourhood for Cooder is obviously its largely Hispanic population, which is explicitly echoed in the music that tells the story. Linking his past solo work with his famed Buena Vista Social Club projects, Cooder delivers his story amidst lazy Cuban... Read More |
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