Seth Rogovoy is an award-winning music critic, radio commentator, musician, and author of The Essential Klezmer: A Music Lover's Guide to Jewish Roots and Soul Music (Algonquin Books, 2000). His writing has appeared in "Newsday", "Haaretz", the "Boston Phoenix", "Hadassah Magazine", the "Forward", and on the web at the Rogovoy Report (www.rogovoy.com). He lives in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, where he is editor-in-chief of "Berkshire Living" magazine. His grandparents were from Russia, and he has blue eyes.