Elijah Wald

Elijah Wald
Wald in 2016
Background information
Born1959 (age 6566)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
GenresBlues, folk
Occupation(s)Musician, author
InstrumentGuitar
Websiteelijahwald.com

Elijah Wald (born 1959) is an American folk blues guitarist, music journalist, and a blues, pop, and cultural music historian. He is a 2002 Grammy Award winner for his liner notes to The Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Box: The Journey of Chris Strachwitz. Wald's 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric! Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties served as the basis for the film A Complete Unknown.