Musical Journeys

A selection of Ry's projects from Show Time album to Chavez Ravine and colaborations with Ali Farka Toure, V M Bhatt, Manuel Galban, Buena Vista Social Club

Paco Pena, Nino Ricardo, Paco de Lucia, Enrique Morente, Estrella Morente, Serrat > Maria Carrasco, Camaron de la Isla, Tomatito, Rosalia, Concha Buika, Vicente Amigo.

Collection of all time movie classics and hits that defined them, featuring Whitney Houston, Leonard Cohen, Public Enemy, Pixies, Iggy Pop and more!

GOOGOOSH - Iran, RIM BANNA - Palestine, YASMINE HAMDAN - Lebanon, NILGUL & NUKHET DURU - Turkiye, AROOJ AFTAB - Pakistan, NATACHA ATLAS - Belgium/Egypt, SOUAD MASSI - Algeria

Fania Recordings from 1970-2024. Willie Colon Band leader, composer, trombone player, activist with the singers Hector Lavoe, Celia Cruz and Ruben Blades.

Music from Brasil, celebrating Carnaval - from old tunes and marchinhas to samba school hits, north to south of Brasil!

Latin Jazz, Chucho with Irakere, Paquito d'Rivera, Live at Village Vangard, Bebo y Chucho > juntos para siempre, Silvio Rodriguezn Pablo Milanes, Buika & others.

Quintessential Mexican music > Mariachi / Ranchero Country. Compositions by Jose Alfredo Jimenes (1926-1973) interpreted by: Pepe Aguilar, Lola Beltran, Jose Alfredo, Ana Gabriel, Trio Calaveras, Miguel Aceves Mejia, Celso Pina, Chavela Vargas, Alondra de la Parra con Natalia Lafurcade, Pedro Infante y el Recodo, Celia Cruz y Willie Colon, Andres Calamaro, Luis Miguel, Rocio Durcal, Vicente Fernandez, Mana, Lila Downs y Diego El Cigala, Carla Morrison.

musica folklorica of Venezuela. >Jose Luis Rodriguez > Grupo Madera > Huracan de Fuego > Un Solo Pueblo > Aldemaro Romero > Nohemi Berlatti > Oscar D'Leon > Tocuyito Trio > Gary Weil and Big Band Simon Bolivar

Jorge ben, Leonardo Brasilino, Clara Nunes, Radames Gnatali, Jose Menezes and more!

Musica Chilena of this century.Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna (Rey Loj 2016, El Secreto de los Arbustos 2025, Pascuala Canta a Violeta 2012). > Mon Laferte (vol 1 2014, Femme Fatale 2025). > Manuel Garcia w/ Mon Laferte 2020, (Panico 2025) w/ Silvio Rodriguez. >Macha y El Bloque Depresivo (en vivo desde CDMX 2024, > Chico Trujillo (Reina de Todas Las Fiestas 2015)

Arthur Blythe Trio, Monk, Ravel, Mulatu Astatqe and more!

Marwan Abado Oud Player, singer, poet from Palestine Parents. born in Lebanon and resident of Austria. Music from the following albums: Rainspotting (2000), Marakeb (2002), Kabila (2005), Path of Loce (2016) and longa Viena (2024)

Andy Tupaia, Vavitu, Gabilou, Les Barefoot boay, Eddie Lund and his Tahitians, Te Ava Piti, Vaiteani and more !

Billie Holiday, Norma Winstone, Nina Simone, Leyla McCalla, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Amstrong, Cecile McLorin Salvat

Musica Llanera, Vallenato, Merengue, Bachata. With: Luis Alfonso Larrain y su Orquesta, Reyna Lucero, Adilia Castillo, Juan Vicente Torrealba, Alejandro Duran, Carlos Vives, Katie James, Shakira, Juan Luis Guerra y 4.40.

Las Hermanas Garcia (Oaxaca), Rossy Garza, Claudia Sierra Y los Macorinos, Tlen Huicali y Lino Chavez, La Santa Cecilia, Dueto Las Rosas, Soledad Bravo (Venezuela), Zumbao (Colombia), Los Tigres del Norte, Cafe Tacvba, Armando Manzanero, Juan Gabriel, Muerdo y Lido Pimienta (Espana), Gillem Roma, Coro Arcadenchado, Rosenti, Susana Harp and others.

A collection of Brazilian musicians, featuring Tom Jobim, Alceu Valenca, Dom Um Romao, Moacir Santos and more!

Xavier returns from Mexico with a selection of music compiled while traveling in a taxi or a bus or eating in a restaurant. Musicians include: José José, Juan Gabriel, Panteón Rococo, Rolandos Show, Lila Downs, Grupo Mijez, Ana Gabriel, Nicola Di Bari, Rocío Dúrcal, Leonardo Flavio, Eugenia León y La Sonora Santanera, La Santa Cecilia, Oscar Chávez, Alejandra Robles y María Inés Ochoa. Con agradecimiento a los y las que compartieron sus canciones favoritas > Gabriel Martín, Gustavo joyero, Eduard, Radio Joya Oaxaca, Irma Balderas de el Carrizal, Edgardo Villarreal, DAVA.

Hermeto Pascoal special

Collection of Regional Rhythms from Brasil

From the book: She Raised Her Voice - 50 Black women who sang their way into music history (Jordannah Elizabeth author) - Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Betty Carter, Aretha Franklin, and more!

Charlie Haden & Carla Bley, Leon Gieco & Lila Downs, Mark Ribot with Tom Waita, Steve Earley & Tiff Morritt. Evelyn Cornejo, Ruben Blades y seis del solar, Ry Cooder, Joan Baez, Soledad Bravo, Patricio Manns, Jose Merce, Manu Chao, Mamselle Ruiz, Marta Gomez, Kevin Johansen.

Ney Matogrosso Special - from Secos e Molhados to present works.

Traditional Persian Music. Kaihan Kalhor, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, Madjid Khaladj, Googoosh, Reza Dehghan, Ali Bahrami Fard, Toumani Diabate and others

Featuring: Kenny Burrell, John Coltrane, Freddie Hubbard, Lou Donaldson, Herbie Hancock, Art Blakey and more !

DEL OTRO LADO.La Nueva Rebelion, Los Cadetes de Linares, Los Dinamicos del Norte, Ozomatli, Trini Lopez, Joan Baez, Ry Cooder, Flaco Jimenez, Los Super Seven, Ry Cooder and others. Mexican Music in the USA.

93 years old Jamaican guitar legend Ernest Raglan, from Ska days to Below the Bass Line...

Bandoneon and acordeon music. Astor Piazzolla, Al di Meola, Richard Galleano, Winton Marsalis quintet, Mattwhew Saglio, Marcel loeffler, Maestrinho & Mariana Aydar.

In Homage to Pepe Mujica > Jorge Drexler, Manuel Garcia, Maia Castro, Alfredo Zitarroza, Numa Moraes, Pepe Guerra, Apurate Catalina, Tabare Cardoso, Amdres Romero, Jorge Nasser, Florencia Nunez, Laura Canoura, Ana Prada, Mon Laferte, Natalia Lafourcade, Kevin Johansen.

Selection of Blue Note recordings featuring Grant Green, Lou Donaldson, Donald Byrd, Dr Lonnie Smith and more!

NUEVA TROVA CUBANA. Carlos Puebla y sus Tradicionales, Pablo Milanes, Silvio Rodriguez, Omara Portuondo, Haidee Milanes, Carlos Varela, Manuel galvan, Playing for Change.

Jazz recordings from the ECM label with: Charles Lloyd, Trygve Seim, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Andy Shephard, Charlie Haden, Egberto Gismonti, Jan Garbarek, Dave Holland Quintet, Eberhard Weber, Bobo Stenson, Anders Jormin, Paul Motian, Anouar Brahem, Anja Lechner, and others.

ECM records. The legendary Editions of Contemporary Music, producing albums from Munich since 1969.election from the seventies and beyond, with: Bill Frisell band, CODONA > Collin Walkot, Don Cherry & Nana Vascocelos, Jan Garbarek, Egberto Gismonti. Charlie Haden, Andy Shephard, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Keith Jarret, Fathe Ali Khan and others.

"Dazed and Confused" Soundtrack - ZZTop, Alice Cooper, War, Aerosmith, Deep Purple and more!

Soundtrack from Ainda Estou Aqui / I'm Still Here - Tom Ze, Tim Maia, Gal Gosta, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and more !

Lila Downs music from the albums: Desde Bellas Artes, Salon, lagrimas y deseo, Como te Voy a Olvidar -Los Angeles Azules, La Cantina, entre copa y copa, Border, La Linea, La Sandunga. with La Milagrosa, Natalia Jimenez, Paul Cohen, Mon Laferte, Diego el Cigala, Carla Morrison.

Vanessa da Mata, Seu Jorge, Caetano Veloso, Anitta, Ivete Sangalo, Tom ze, Fernanda Abreu and more music celebrating summer in Brasil and Aotearoa!

Compositoras: Chabuca Granda, Violeta Parra, Rosa Passos, Elizabeth Morris, Natalia Lafourcade, Hermanas Caronni, Lhasa de Sela. Interpreters: Tania Libertad, Margos Herrera y Edward Simon' Eva Ayllon, Dom La Nena & Rosemary Standley, Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna...

The music of Charles Lloyd, (b. Memphis Tennessee 1938) recordings 2002 to 2024 from the albums Lift every voice, Passin' thru, Trios Chapel, The sky will still be there tomorrow, Trios Sacred Tread. With The Marvels, Lucinda Williams, Bill Frissel, Sakir Hussain, Reuben Rogers, Gerald Clayton, Julian Lange and others.

Italian Pop Music from 1966 to 2024 with some of my favourites LUCIO DALLA, MINA & CLAUDIO BAGLIONI

Journey through Latinamerica wit Los Folkloristas. Albums: Viaje por Latinoamerica 1989, Fiesta y Tradicion 2024, Mexico Horizonte Musical, 50 Anos 2016, San Patricio (Ry Cooder, Chieftans) Music from Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Brasil, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Mexico

Homage to Chris Thompson (1951-2024) Waikato troubadour and Raglan resident for decades. Chris Thompson album from 1973, Coffee Breack1993, Song for Laura 1995, Where Is My Wild Rose? 2013. Adios querido amigo.

Wadih El Safi (King of Lebanon 2010), Sabah Fakhri + Simon Shaheen (two tenors 2000), Simon Shaheen & B M Bhaat (Saltanah 1997), Simon Shaheen & Qantara (Blue Flame 2001), Nancy Ajram (Nancy 20014), Mohamad Iskandar (Al Dabake 2005), Yousra

Prelude (2014)w/ Nelson Veras. Radio One (2016) w/ Benjamin Moussay & Fabrice Moreau. Autour de Chet (2016). Aires 2017 w/ Stephane Kerecky & Edouard Ferlet. Cuarteto Gaedel (2018) w/ Lionel Suerez, Vicente Sagal. Try! w/Airelle's Quartet Voice Isabel Sorling

DANIEL, me estas matando (Como Arruinarte la vida 2023, Grandes exitos Boleroglam 2021), Silvana Estrada (Primeras canciones 2018, Marchita 2021), Mon Laferte (Autopoietica 2023)

Live in Tokyo, CoreaxHancock, Directstep, Feets don't fail me now, The Piano, Mr. Hands,Herbie Hancock Trio, Future Shock, Village Life and more!

Musicians to perform at Raglan Country & Blues Festival. 26-28 Oct and at 30 Anniversary RCR Gig 8 Nov 2024 Fred'Mo & Shayn 'Hurriacane' Willis, Penni Feather, Mojo Masters (Peter Skandera & Dave Maybee, Midge Marsden Band, Heavy Lounge Suite, Corner Stone Roots