Irwin Stambler has been writing about music since the mid-1960s. Folk & Blues: The Encyclopedia is his sixth volume in the series for St. Martin’s Press, which has also included the Encyclopedia of Pop Music, Encyclopedia of Folk, Country & Western Music, Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock & Soul, and Country Music: The Encyclopedia. Irwin lives in Beverly Hills, California, with his wife Connie, a talented artist who has contributed sketches to some of his books. 

His son, Lyndon Stambler, has worked as a writer and journalist for the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times and was a contributor to Country Music: The Encyclopedia and the Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock & Soul. Since 1990, Lyndon has been a staff correspondent in People Weekly’s Los Angeles Bureau where his work has included interviews in the music field and album reviews. He now lives in Culver City, California, with his newborn daughter Malaika and his wife Terry A. Silberman, who works with South Los Angeles Health Projects.

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