Elijah Wald
Elijah Wald is a musician and author of more than a dozen books, including Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues, The Dozens: A History of Rap’s Mama, How the Beatles Destroyed Rock ’n’ Roll: An Alternative History of Popular Music, and the bestselling Dylan Goes Electric! His latest book, Jelly Roll Blues: Censored Songs & Hidden Histories, is a journey through the censored world of early blues and jazz, with Jelly Roll Morton as a guide. He has a PhD in ethnomusicology and sociolinguistics and a Grammy for production and liner notes. He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Elijah Wald is a musician and author of more than a dozen books, including Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues, The Dozens: A History of Rap’s Mama, How the Beatles Destroyed Rock ’n’ Roll: An Alternative History of Popular Music, and the bestselling Dylan Goes Electric! His latest book, Jelly Roll Blues: Censored Songs & Hidden Histories, is a journey through the censored world of early blues and jazz, with Jelly Roll Morton as a guide. He has a PhD in ethnomusicology and sociolinguistics and a Grammy for production and liner notes. He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.