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Chávez Ravine (album)

Chávez Ravine
Ry cooder-chavez ravine.jpg
Studio album by Ry Cooder
Released June 7, 2005
Recorded Village Recorders, Sound City Studios
Genre Chicano rock, Tex-Mex, Latin/Folk, Latin jazz
Length 70:08
Label Nonesuch
Producer Ry Cooder
Ry Cooder chronology
Mambo Sinuendo
(2003)
Chávez Ravine
(2005)
My Name Is Buddy
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars
Tiny Mix Tapes 4.5/5 stars

Chávez Ravine: A Record by Ry Cooder is the twelfth studio album by Ry Cooder. It is the first concept album and historical album by Ry Cooder which tells the story of Chávez Ravine, a Mexican-American community demolished in the 1950s in order to build public housing. The housing was never built. Ultimately the Brooklyn Dodgers built a stadium on the site as part of their move to Los Angeles.

Chávez Ravine was nominated for "Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album" in 2006.


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