Swiss musician and book author Richard Koechli is a great connoisseur of American roots music and its history. His reference books and music novels, published by AMA and tredition, are renowned standard works (German Music Edition Award 2011); as a guitarist and singer-songwriter, he has been awarded the Swiss Blues Award, the Swiss Film Music Prize, and the Prix Plus (Swiss Arts and Culture Prize), among others. More information: www.richardkoechli.ch/en