Author and artist Dmitry Samarov has written for the Chicago Tribune the Reader and more here he turns his eye and pen towards the musical stage sketching and describing a host of independent musicians hes seen crossed paths with offered sofa space to and taken out to breakfast over the course of the past few decades. From wellknown names like Nick Cave and Mission of Burma to lesserknown greats like Bill MacKay and Condo Fucks Samarov draws haunting portraits of artistry at the fringes of and off the edges of the mainstream while also offering poignant and memorable essays not only about their work but about musicianship and art creativity and commercethe perils of selling out and the dangers of never doing so and above all else the thrill of creating something new. A love song and a lifers lament Music to My Eyes is an exquisite tribute to the trials and triumphs of independent music.