Michael Broyles holds a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin and is professor of musicology at Florida State University. He was formerly the music critic for the Baltimore Sun and is a past president of the Society for American Music. He lives in Tallahassee, Florida.
"""Broyles serves a highly digestible history, showing in lively detail how eclectic inventiveness has defined American culture."" -- Preston Lauterbach - The Wall Street Journal"