Warner Bros.
On this soundtrack to the meditational film by Wim Wenders, Cooder plays little more than solo acoustic steel guitar — all slow, languid lines and shimmering notes, punctuated by swoops of metallic glory. The music is all downtempo, spacious and ambient, perfect for brooding on the couch, or, for the more intrepid, heading into the desert at midnight with a pocketful of peyote buttons.
This article appears in Sep 13-19, 2006.
