Meredith Ochs is an American radio commentator, DJ

Disc jockey

A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...

, writer and musician.

Ochs is a commentator for National Public Radio's All Things Considered

All Things Considered

All Things Considered is the flagship news program on the American network National Public Radio. It was the first news program on NPR, and is broadcast live worldwide through several outlets...

and has appeared on Talk of the Nation

Talk of the Nation

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. She is also a frequent guest on All Songs Considered.

Ochs is a talk show host at Sirius XM Satellite Radio. The program, Freewheelin' with Meredith Ochs & Chris T., airs on the Road Dog Trucking channel, Sirius XM 106, weekdays 11am-2pm ET (replays weeknights 8-11pm ET, Saturday and Sunday 11am-2pm ET). Ochs also hosts a music show on the Outlaw Country channel, Sirius XM 60, weeknights 8pm-midnight ET.

Ochs was a contributing editor and writer at Guitar World

Guitar World

Guitar World is a monthly music magazine devoted to guitarists. It contains original interviews, album and gear reviews and guitar and bass tablature of approximately five songs each month. The magazine is published 13 times per year...

 magazine, where she began working in 1996. Her writing has appeared in numerous other publications, including Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

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, Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

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, Salon.com

Salon.com

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, the Boston Phoenix, the Houston Chronicle

Houston Chronicle

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 and New York Magazine. Her photographs have appeared in Guitar World, Experience Hendrix and other publications.

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

Mountain Stage

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, the internationally syndicated PRI

Public Radio International

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 radio program, the following year. She also plays bass and sings with New Orleans-born R&B/soul singer Jesse Thomas (known as "Young Jesse" when he worked with Huey "Piano" Smith, Earl King

Earl King

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 and other New Orleans performers).

For more than a decade, Ochs hosted a weekly show, Trash, Twang and Thunder, on freeform radio station WFMU

WFMU

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. The show focused on American roots music: country, blues, soul, R&B and bluegrass, and often featured live performances by artists including Son Volt

Son Volt

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's Jay Farrar

Jay Farrar

Jay Farrar is an American songwriter and musician currently based in St. Louis, Missouri. A veteran of two critically acclaimed music groups, Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt, he began his solo music career in 2001...

, country singer Pam Tillis

Pam Tillis

Pamela Yvonne "Pam" Tillis is an American country music singer-songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of country music singer Mel Tillis....

, and Allman Brothers alumnus Derek Trucks

Derek Trucks

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. Ochs later co-hosted with and filled in for FMU alum Vin Scelsa

Vin Scelsa

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 at WFUV

WFUV

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, where she worked part-time as a DJ. Ochs also worked at WNYC

WNYC

WNYC is a set of call letters shared by a pair of co-owned, non-profit, public radio stations located in New York City.WNYC broadcasts on the AM band at 820 kHz, and WNYC-FM is at 93.9 MHz. Both stations are members of National Public Radio and carry distinct, but similar news/talk programs...

 and WXRK (K-Rock) in New York City, as well as the ABC Radio Network.