Meredith Ochs

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Meredith Ochs is an American radio commentator, writer and musician.

Ochs is a commentator for National Public Radio's All Things Considered and has appeared on Talk of the Nation. She is also a frequent guest on All Songs Considered.

Ochs is a talk show host at Sirius Satellite Radio. The program, Freewheelin' with Meredith Ochs and Chris T.,airs on Sirius' Road Dog channel 147 weekdays 11am-2pm ET. Ochs also hosts a music show on Sirius' Outlaw Country channel.

Ochs is a contributing editor and writer at Guitar World magazine, where she began working in 1996. Her writing has appeared in numerous other publications, including Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone,Salon.com, the Boston Phoenix, the Houston Chronicle and New York magazine.

Ochs plays guitar, sings and writes songs for the Damn Lovelys. Their debut, "Trouble Creek", was released on Philadelphia indie label Dren Records in 2004 and earned them an appearance on Mountain Stage,the internationally syndicated PRI radio program, the following year.

For more than a decade, Ochs hosted a weekly show, Trash, Twang and Thunder, on freeform radio station WFMU. The show focused on American roots music -- country, blues, soul, R&B and bluegrass, and often featured live performances by artists including Son Volt's Jay Farrar, country singer Pam Tillis, and Allman Brothers alum Derek Trucks. Ochs later co-hosted with and filled in for FMU alum Vin Scelsa at WFUV, where she worked part-time as a deejay.