Hooks & Runs is a podcast about baseball, music, and culture. They let me talk about my book, and rant about Sweet Lou Whitaker not being in the Hall of Fame. Good Stuff!

Holy Smoke! The book was named one of the Library of Michigan’s 2026 Notable Books! How did that happen?

Bookends & Beginnings and Evanston SPACE present a conversation with Rhett Miller and Rob about Rob's new book, The Hours are Long but the Pay is Low. Free. Limited capacity.

Rolling Stone: One of the Best Music Books of 2025!!!

Don’t adjust your set! I was on the TV as a morning news guest on Chicago’s very own WGN9!

On NPR’s Book of the Day I share a headline with a Beatle!!

I’ve picked my best books about why the weird underbelly of American music is more interesting and important than pop music.

Check it out at Shepard.com

Episode 66: Rob Miller — Tell You What! the Podcast

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AllMusic online magazine

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I spoke with NPR's Scott Simon about the book for Weekend Edition Saturday.

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I applied the “Page 99 Test” to my new book, “The Hours Are Long, But the Pay Is Low: A Curious Life in Independent Music”.

Read all about it at The Page 99 Test: Rob Miller's "The Hours Are Long, But the Pay Is Low"

No Depression online magazine

Wherein we gab for an hour about good music, shitty music, my new book, running a label, and who I would rather NOT hear: Lynyrd Skynyrd or Led Zeppelin.

LISTEN HERE or wherever you enjoy podcasts.

Rob Miller, "The Hours Are Long, But the Pay Is Low "

with Martha Bayne

Join us in-store to celebrate the new release.