On behalf of Robert M.W. Dixon, Howard Rye, and myself (and of course the late John Godrich), I'm highly delighted to announce that Blues & Gospel Recordings 1890-1943, revised fifth edition, is now available to pre-order from the University Press of Mississippi's website at https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/B/Blues-and-Gospel-Recordings. As you'll see there, publication is expected this coming November. The new edition includes thousands of revisions to entries, and thousands of new titles. (No, those are not misprints). You would expect me to say that B&GR5 is an essential addition to the blues and gospel bookshelves, and I do so because it is. --Chris Smith