Hose by The River 1950

American composer, musicologist and guitar legend Ry Cooder teams with North Indian musician Vishwa Mohan Bhatt to create an exquisite musical realm, with both musicians playing exceptional slide guitar. Their collaboration evokes musical elements from many cultures and styles. Percussion by Sukhvindar Singh on tabla and Cooder's 14-year-old son Joachim on dumbek. This recording won a Grammy Award.

1994 Grammy winner for Best World Music Album. American composer, musicologist and guitar legend Ry Cooder teams with North Indian musician Vishwa Mohan Bhatt to create an exquisite musical realm, with both musicians playing exceptional slide guitar. Their collaboration evokes musical elements from many cultures and styles. Percussion by Sukhvindar Singh on tabla and Cooder's 14-year-old son Joachim on dumbek. The album is included in Tom Moon's 2008 book 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die.

is an album by Ry Cooder and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, released in 1993 through the record label Water Lily Acoustics. In 1994, the album earned Cooder and Bhatt a Grammy Award for Best World Music Album.

'Time By The River' is a collection of 12 Kuba tracks which have appeared on compilations and EP's over the past year,Compiled as a full length album…

Last week, ITV Perspectives told the story of the Ashington Group, the legendary group of miners-turned-artists. This week’s episode sees Hugh Laurie on an American road trip that delves into his lifelong passion – blues music. It’s a journey that started with a single song. Laurie can remember the first time he heard the blues on the radio. “I said to my brother, ‘What is this?’ I heard this thing and the hairs on the back of my neck went up. I can only say that that music, since I was a small boy, has moved me more than any other form: it makes me laugh and it makes me cry and it – how can I put it? – it fills me up.” Hugh Laurie: Down By The River sees the House actor indulge his passion with a very personal journey to the city that gave him his music, New Orleans - “the most romantic city on earth.” As well as telling the story of his enduring love for the blues, the film - the fourth in ITV1’s Perspectives season - documents the recording of Laurie’s forthcoming album. Entitled Let Them Talk, it features performances from Tom Jones and blues legends like Irma Thomas and Allen Toussaint. “I know that there are going to be some people who say that a middle-class, middle aged, balding Englishman has got no business having anything to do with the blues and I see that.