Elijah Wald wrote on music for the Boston Globe for 15 years. He is the author of Narcocorrido: A Journey intothe Music of Drugs, Guns, and Guerrillas. Harper Collins/RAYO, 2001, and coauthor of Mississippi: River ofSong, which accompanied a PBS series for which he served as a consultant. He maintains a website on his writing and performing, www.elijahwald.com.
1: Southern Exposure 1914-1921
2: Homeless and Hungry Blues 1921-1930
3: Things about Coming my Way 1930-1936
4: John Henry 1936-1939
5: Raise A Ruckus (1940)
6: Marching Down Freedom's Road (1941)
7: Partnerships: Leadbelly and Libby Holman 1941-1943
8: Cafe Society 1943-1945
9: The House I Live in
10: Apples, Peaches, and cherries 1946-1947
11: Travels, Whiskey, and Women
12: Broadway Hollywood, and Beyond 1947-1950
13: Un-American Activities 1950
14: Strange Fruit
15: Across the Atlantic 1951
16: You Know Baby 1952-1953
17: Josh at Midnight 1954-1958
18: Folk Revival
19: House of the Rising Sun 1958-1963
20: Goin' Down Slow 1963-1969
Epilogue
