Meredith Ochs an award-winning broadcast journalist, deejay, and commentator for NPR's All Things Considered. She is the author of Rock-and-Roll Woman (Sterling Publishing, 2018) and a contributor to the Belmont Award-winning Woman Walk the Line. Her writing has appeared in Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Guitar World, and numerous other publications. Ochs has also worked as a magazine editor, photographer, touring musician, culinary judge, and boat skipper. She is a longtime resident of Hoboken, New Jersey, and her favorite Springsteen album is Darkness on the Edge of Town. Find her on Instagram and Twitter @meredithochs.