newshour, mike cerre reporting in hanoi, vietnam. >> woodruff: finally tonight, many of you may know bob boilenhe host and creator of npr's "all songs considered," one of the most downloaded music podcasts. at the popular 9:30 club in washington, d.c. recently, jeffrey brown sat down with boilen, whose own band was the first to play that club 35 years ago. his new book "your song changed my life" recounts the history of modern music through voices boilen has encountered. >> brown: your book, "your song changed my life," right. that's true, i mean a lot of people would say that, but why? have you figured out what it is about music that has that impact? >> i think it's so visceral. there is a-- music is so different than everything else. it's not tangible, you don't see it, you-- it hits you on a level that is deeper than what we do and see in everyday life. i think it's pure emotion and tone, and a lyric, somebody saying a lyric that repeats over and over can be a call to action for somebody. i tell stories of people whose lives were changed by a song, and often in those formative years, what so

. >> brown: bob boilen is best known today as host of npr's "all songs considered" and "tiny desk concertsed to perform at the 9:30 club in its early years. he's now serving as one of the rotating hosts on "live at 9:30." >> a lot of people when they have families lose the thread of music that was important to them because they can't get out. everything from finding babysitters to exhaustion. >> brown: life happens. >> life happens. ♪ ♪ the nice thing about the show is you'll get a variety. you might like three of the four things and then you get a little you can't like everything as a viewer, but if you could understand who these people are, you make a connection with them, even if you don't like the music, you understand why they make their music, why they do what they do. >> brown: more than 40 bands have already been recorded to weave into the series, something for everyone. live at the 9:30 club in washington, d.c., i'm jeffrey brown for the pbs newshour. ♪ ♪ >> sreenivasan: the 12-episode season will air on pbs stations in june. check your local listings. online, seth hurwitz takes j