First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Elijah Waldwrote on music for the Boston Globefor 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.