Adam Gussow

Adam Gussow is a professor of English and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi and a professional blues harmonica player. He is the author of numerous books on the blues, including Seems Like Murder Here:  Southern Violence and the Blues Tradition (2002), Beyond the Crossroads:  The Devil and the Blues Tradition (2017), and Whose Blues? Facing Up to Race and the Future of the Music (2020). A longtime member of the blues duo Satan & Adam, he and guitarist Sterling “Mr. Satan” Magee were the subjects of a 2018 documentary by that name that screened on Netflix for several years. His new book, Where We Are Now: Dreams of Beloved Community in a Troubled America, is slated for publication early in 2025.