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, The Rumpus, HTMLGIANT, Front Porch, 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. He is currently writing a book about Louisiana juke joints, honky tonks and dancehalls for LSU Press. He blogs furiously at alexvcook.com.