In his debutpart memoir, part criticism, and part music historythe NPR music sage, whos behind all those addictive Tiny Desk Concerts, takes readers on a wide-ranging journey.
Diehard Boilen fans will love personal tidbits about his discovering the Beatles as a kid, performing in D.C.s underground music scene in the 80s, and meeting a young Ira Glass, but the real prizes here are his interviews with musicians, from Led Zeppelins Jimmy Page to rising electronic whiz James Blake, about what sparkedtheirlove of music.
Whether hes chatting with singer-songwriter Jenny Lewis about getting turned on to A Tribe Called Quest as a teenager or deconstructing the modern classical canon with composer Philip Glass, Boilen confirms withYour Songthat hes one of the most versatileand most fascinatingmusic writers working today.A
