When Ry Cooder revived the Buena Vista Social Club, he focused a lot of attention on life in Cuba since the Communist Revolution. His latest album re-visits a sad chapter of Los Angeles history, the ...

Kurt Andersen talks with singer, guitarist, and composer Ry Cooder. They talk about his new album I, Flathead, inspired by the 1960's drag racing culture and set on the desert salt flats of California ...