Ry Cooder to release new album

After his 2005 Grammy-nominated LP Chávez Ravine, a tribute to a vanished Latino community in L.A., slide guitarist Ry Cooder dramatically shifted his focus. My Name Is Buddy, slated for a February 27 release on Nonesuch Records, tells the story of Buddy Red Cat and his journey from the comforts of home to the troubles of the outside world.

A handful of familiar faces round out Cooder's all-star cast of accompanying musicians on My Name Is Buddy, including Roland White, Van Dyke Parks, Joachim Cooder and banjo legend Mike Seeger. Each of the record's 17 songs, many written by Cooder himself, comes with a vignette penned by Cooder and a drawing by artist Vincent Valdez.

My Name is Buddy tracklist:

1. Suitcase in My Hand
2. Cat and Mouse
3. Strike!
4. J. Edgar
5. Footprints in the Snow
6. Sundown Town (The Reverend Tom Toad)
7. Green Dog
8. The Dying Truck Driver
9. Christmas in Southgate
10. Hank Williams
11. Red Cat till I Die
12. Three Chords and the Truth
13. My Name Is Buddy
14. One Cat, One Vote, One Beer
15. Cardboard Avenue
16. Farm Girl
17. There's a Bright Side Somewhere