Nothing But the Blues (ed. Lawrence Cohn) Abbeville Press, 1993
*winner of ASCAP/Deems Taylor Book Award

Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'  Wesleyan University Press, 1999

Rollin' & Tumblin' (ed. Jas Obrecht) Miller-Freeman Press, 2000

Jazz and Blues Guide (ed. Christiane Bird) Da Capo Press, 2001

Muddy Waters: I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
(in progress)

Lowell Fulson, cover story, Living Blues Magazine, May/June 1994

Koko Taylor, cover story, Living Blues Magazine, August 1993

Red Hot & Blues, cover story, The Los Angeles Reader, September 19, 1986

Albert King, cover story, Blues & Rhythm Magazine, Issue #1, 1985