Why You Like It: The Science & Culture of Musical Taste radiohead whose music ignited a generation—and

whose music ignited a generation—and reasserted the power of rock and roll

at times troubling

The daughter of Korean immigrants in predominantly white suburban Vancouver

and even a canonized place in Harvard's WEB Du Bois archive

a world where indie culture and K7 culture from Seattle to Olympia give rise to dozens of labels and the feminism of Riot Grrrls

Why You Like It: The Science & Culture of Musical Taste radiohead whose music ignited a generation—androm the chief architect of the Pandora Radio's Music Genome Project comes a definitive and groundbreaking examination of why we respond to music the way we do. Everyone loves music. But what is it that makes music so universally beloved and have such a powerful effect on us? In this sweeping and authoritative book, Dr. Nolan Gassera composer, pianist, and musicologist, and the chief architect of the Music Genome Project, which powers Pandora