Alex V. Cook

Alex V. Cook is an author, journalist and music critic living Baton Rouge, LA. His work has appeared in The Believer, The Oxford American, DownBeat, Paste Magazine, Hails and Horns and The Wire, and his first collection of essays Darkness, Racket and Twang: Essential Listening from the Fringes of Popular and Unpopular Culture was published by Side Cartel in 2006. His next book about Louisiana juke joints and dancehalls is forthcoming from LSU Press. He blogs furiously at alexvcook.com.