Stephanie P. Ledgin

STEPHANIE P. LEDGIN is an international award-winning photojournalist, whose 35-year career has spanned publications, recordings, and museums. Lincoln Center, Smithsonian Folkways recording label, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, and Sing Out! magazine, among others, have featured her work. A former NYC radio-show host, she was director of the New Jersey Folk Festival for 10 years. A founding member of Folk Alliance International, she is the author of Discovering Folk Music (Praeger 2010), her groundbreaking new book that that will change the way you think about and listen to folk music. Her earlier books are Homegrown Music: Discovering Bluegrass (Praeger 2004 hc; University of Illinois Press 2006 pb) and From Every Stage: Images of America's Roots Music (University Press of Mississippi 2005). In addition, she is a contributing author to the Encyclopedia of New Jersey (Rutgers University Press 2004). Ms. Ledgin's Web site is http://ledgin.com.