Known for his novels chronicling American life, including The Ice Storm (1994), The Diviners (2005), and The Four Fingers of Death (2010), Moody is also deeply invested in music. His band, the Wingdale Community Singers, performs folk music with a modernist edge. In his recent collection of essays, On Celestial Music: And Other Adventures in Listening (2012), Moody expresses his passion for music from Otis Redding to Meredith Monk.