Rhapsody in Black

John Kruth (New York, NY'), 'whose previous books include To Live's to Fly: The Ballad of the Late, Great Townes Van Zandt (winner of the 2008 ASCAP Deems Taylor Award) and Bright Moments: The Life and Legacy of Rahsaan Roland Kirk, is also a musician with nine solo albums to his credit. He has performed and recorded with Ornette Coleman, Laurie Anderson, John Cale, Violent Femmes, and Garth Hudson and Rick Danko, among others. Kruth's writing has appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, the Progressive, Wire, Wax Poetics, and Sing Out! A professor of music, Kruth currently teaches at Manhattan College and the College of Mount Saint Vincent.