Innerviews is an online music magazine featuring interviews with many inspiring artists that helped shape music into what it is today. Anil Prasad brings us something that is rarely seen when it comes to the press: quality, in-depth interviews that don't just ask “What’s your favorite band?” or “What kind of guitar do you use?” He breaks interview boundaries and really gets solid, heartfelt, quality interviews. Prasad has been part of the music industry for quite some time, not just starting Innerviews but writing for Guitar Player, Bass Player, Frets, JazzTimes, and others. What Prasad has done is taken his extraordinary interviews and published them on paper. Sometimes great interviews like these need to exist in physical form that you can hold in your own hand.

The book’s first interview is with Jon Anderson, formerly of Yes. From the chapter’s second sentence "His soaring alto-tenor vocals and lyrics steeped in mysticism and myriad spiritual traditions are defining elements of his work with progressive rock goliaths Yes and his storied solo career" you know Anderson and Prasad will take us on a trip. Before you know it, you’re buckled in and right next to Anderson as he discusses how he lets songwriting ideas come to him when he’s jamming or how he writes ideas down and come backs to them years later.

Another interview takes us into Björk’s musical beginnings as as a child singing on her way home from school, to her experiences with one of her first bands "The Sugarcubes," all the way to present day. The answer to Prasad’s question "Early in your career you said ‘Writing a song is like organizing an accident.’ Does that still hold true?" helped me feel closer to her music.

Anderson and Björk are just two of the many amazing artists featured in Innerviews. Other exceptional, in-depth conversations include Bill Bruford, the world-renowned Genesis, Yes and Earthworks drummer; Stanley Clarke, a jazz musician and composer known for his innovative double bass and electric bass work; Chuck D an important hip-hop figure from Public Enemy; and Béla Fleck, the famous banjo player. The book’s subtitle "Extraordinary Conversations with Extraordinary Musicians" is almost an understatement—every single one of these interviews is full of wholesome music knowledge.

When reading any interview, the artist wants to be heard, of course, but even more important than being heard is being understood. Prasad portrays what the artists say and feel, without making any preconceived assumptions. He lets the artists be who they are. If you like music in any form, from being in a band to listening to music on the weekends, Innerviews is a book I recommend. Not only will you learn about music history from major, influential musicians, but about diversity of expression and how it differs from musican to musician in terms of what they think and feel when creating their art.