Colin Asher with Rafael Alvarez: THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL: THE SECRET PRISON HISTORY OF AMERICAN MUSIC

In American popular music, we often glorify rebellious artists and “outlaws.” But in The Midnight Special, Colin Asher tells a deeper story about the criminal justice system’s impact on our musicians, explored through compelling portraits of five artists whose careers span the twentieth century.

We’ll hear from the author, in conversation with Rafael Alvarez, about the project of writing the history of prisons into American music–a story as important as it is overlooked.