John Kruth is the author of three musical biographies to date including "To Live’s To Fly – The Ballad of the Late, Great Townes Van Zandt" (recipient of the ASCAP/Deems Taylor Award - 2007 – DaCapo Press), and "Rhapsody in Black – The Life & Music of Roy Orbison" (2013 – BackBeat/Hal Leonard Books). In 2015 BackBeat published Kruth’s 50th anniversary celebration of the Beatles’ Rubber Soul, "This Bird Has Flown." John’s latest book "A Friend of the Devil – The Glorification of the Outlaw in Song from Robin Hood to Rap" was published September 2017, by BackBeat. Kruth’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Wire (UK), No Depression, American Songwriter, Sing Out!, Wax Poetics, Folk Roots (UK), Shindig (UK) and So Jazz (Switzerland).
on June 18, 2020 at 9:10 am ×
By John Kruth While a fine picker and songwriter, Peter Rowan is probably best known for his lofty voice, whether as a solo artist or singing with Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys, Old & […]
on May 20, 2020 at 9:18 am ×
Words and photos, John Kruth It was a cold rainy night in New York (November 5, 1986) when John Prine took the stage with Philip Donelly from Dublin, standing on Prine’s right, picking an orange […]
