* DEVIL SENT THE RAIN

      For his first book since his award-winning novel City of Refuge, Piazza selects the best of his writings on American roots music and musicians, including his Grammy-winning album notes for Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues; his classic profile of bluegrass legend Jimmy Martin; essays on Jimmie Rodgers, Charley Patton, and Bob Dylan; and much more.

- MUSIC AND WRITING IN DESPERATE AMERICA, by Tom Piazza, HarperCollins Publishers Inc 2011, 304 pages, paperback. ISBN 9780062008220.