Rick KosterRights Information

A former resident of New Orleans, Rick Koster is currently the arts and entertainment critic for the The Day in New London, Connecticut. He has also been a book columnist for the Dallas Morning News, and he regularly contributes features and reviews to Offbeat, a Louisiana music magazine. Koster is also the author of two nonfiction books: TEXAS MUSIC (St. Martin's Press, 1998), which was a finalist for the Belmont Award for the Best Country Music Book of 1999; and the forthcoming LOUISIANA MUSIC: A Journey from R&B to Zydeco, Jazz to Country, Blues to Gospel, Cajun Music to Swamp Pop to Carnival Music and Beyond (DaCapo, 2002).