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The Lost Pianos of Siberia
- By: Sophy Roberts
- Narrated by: Catherine Bailey
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 46
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 40
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Story4 out of 5 stars 37
From acclaimed journalist Sophy Roberts, a journey through one of the harshest landscapes on earth - where music reveals the deep humanity and the rich history of Siberia....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting History; Boring Narration
- By SusieQmom on 09-14-20
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81. The Lost Pianos of Siberia
- Narrated by: Catherine Bailey
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 09-09-20
- Language: English
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High Bias
- The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape
- By: Marc Masters
- Narrated by: Paul Brion
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 2
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 2
The cassette tape was revolutionary. Cheap, portable, and reusable, this small plastic rectangle changed music history. Make your own tapes! Trade them with friends! Tape over the ones you don't like! The cassette tape upended pop culture, creating movements and uniting communities....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Meahhhhh
- By Jonathan on 01-09-24
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82. High Bias
- The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape
- Narrated by: Paul Brion
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 10-17-23
- Language: English
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Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys
- The Songs That Tell Their Story
- By: Mark Dillon
- Narrated by: Mark Dillon
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4 out of 5 stars 19
Reflecting on the Beach Boys’ long, fascinating history, this book tells the story behind 50 of the band’s greatest songs from the perspective of group members, collaborators, fellow musicians, and notable fans....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not Recommended
- By Jeffrey on 04-06-13
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83. Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys
- The Songs That Tell Their Story
- Narrated by: Mark Dillon
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 01-08-13
- Language: English
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The Art of Darkness
- The History of Goth
- By: John Robb
- Narrated by: John Robb
- Length: 27 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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This is the first comprehensive history of goth music and culture. John Robb explores the origins and legacy of this enduring scene, which has its roots in the post-punk era....
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84. The Art of Darkness
- The History of Goth
- Narrated by: John Robb
- Length: 27 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 01-02-24
- Language: English
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A Really Strange and Wonderful Time
- The Chapel Hill Music Scene: 1989-1999
- By: Tom Maxwell
- Narrated by: Tom Maxwell
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
A Really Strange and Wonderful Time features a representative cross-section of what was being created in and around Chapel Hill between 1989 and 1999.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An amazing journey back to a wonderful time!
- By Dave B. on 05-04-24
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85. A Really Strange and Wonderful Time
- The Chapel Hill Music Scene: 1989-1999
- Narrated by: Tom Maxwell
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 04-09-24
- Language: English
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The Death of Rhythm and Blues
- By: Nelson George
- Narrated by: Brandon Dirden
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story5 out of 5 stars 10
From Nelson George, supervising producer and writer of the hit Netflix series The Get Down, this passionate and provocative book tells the complete story of Black music in the last 50 years....
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5 out of 5 stars
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excellent read
- By jerald p stallworth on 06-22-21
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86. The Death of Rhythm and Blues
- Narrated by: Brandon Dirden
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 05-18-21
- Language: English
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1966
- The Year the Decade Exploded
- By: Jon Savage
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 21 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6
In America, in London, in Amsterdam, in Paris, revolutionary ideas fomenting since the late 1950s reached boiling point, culminating in a year in which the transient pop moment burst forth....
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87. 1966
- The Year the Decade Exploded
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 21 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 07-02-21
- Language: English
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The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll
- The Mysterious Roots of Modern Music
- By: Christopher Knowles
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4 out of 5 stars 17
Sex. Drugs. Loud music. Wild costumes. Dazzling light shows. These words can all describe a great rock concert or a hot dance club....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Excellent reading, disappointing book
- By Bruce on 02-07-12
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88. The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll
- The Mysterious Roots of Modern Music
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 01-12-12
- Language: English
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Peppermint Twist Chronicles
- Joey Dee: My True Story of Sex, Rock and Roll, Jimi Hendrix, Fighting Racism, and the Mob. A Tell-All About the Beatles, the FBI, Joe Pesci, Dick Clark and More
- By: Joey Dee, J. Kevin Morris
- Narrated by: Joey Dee
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
The true, exciting, and endearing chronicle of a "Jersey Boy" scoring a #1 hit record and the life adventures he wasn't prepared for. This is so much more than a "rock bio"....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting showman’s story
- By Murray C. Mann on 07-10-23
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89. Peppermint Twist Chronicles
- Joey Dee: My True Story of Sex, Rock and Roll, Jimi Hendrix, Fighting Racism, and the Mob. A Tell-All About the Beatles, the FBI, Joe Pesci, Dick Clark and More
- Narrated by: Joey Dee
- Series: Peppermint Twist Chronicles
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 01-04-23
- Language: English
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40-Foot Lemon
- The Complete Story of U2's Pop & PopMart
- By: Geoff Harkness
- Narrated by: Geoff Harkness
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
40-Foot Lemon: The Complete Story of U2's Pop & PopMart takes listeners into the studio and onto the stage during U2’s most experimental and ambitious era. It chronicles the difficult and expensive yearlong recording of Pop.
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90. 40-Foot Lemon
- The Complete Story of U2's Pop & PopMart
- Narrated by: Geoff Harkness
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 03-26-24
- Language: English
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Let's Spend the Night Together
- Backstage Secrets of Rock Muses and Supergroupies
- By: Pamela Des Barres
- Narrated by: Pamela Des Barres
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 80
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 72
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Story4 out of 5 stars 72
Pamela Des Barres, the world’s foremost supergroupie, here offers an all-access backstage pass to the world of rock stars and the women who love them....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Time waster
- By Patti W on 03-03-18
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91. Let's Spend the Night Together
- Backstage Secrets of Rock Muses and Supergroupies
- Narrated by: Pamela Des Barres
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 05-16-13
- Language: English
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Doomed to Fail
- The Incredibly Loud History of Doom, Sludge, and Post-Metal
- By: J.J. Anselmi, Cat Jones - foreword
- Narrated by: Adam Lofbomm
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 20
Doomed to Fail explores the heaviest music the world has ever heard, tracing doom, sludge, and post-metal as their own distinct (and incredibly loud) traditions. Anselmi covers the bands and musicians that have impacted those styles most....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Follow the smoke to riff filled lands.
- By Logan McCurter on 05-15-20
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92. Doomed to Fail
- The Incredibly Loud History of Doom, Sludge, and Post-Metal
- Narrated by: Adam Lofbomm
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 03-17-20
- Language: English
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Beatles '66
- The Revolutionary Year
- By: Steve Turner
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 358
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 304
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 304
A riveting look at the transformative year in the lives and careers of the legendary group whose groundbreaking legacy would forever change music and popular culture....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great listen
- By Tad Davis on 07-28-18
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93. Beatles '66
- The Revolutionary Year
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 03-06-18
- Language: English
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The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs
- By: Greil Marcus
- Narrated by: Henry Rollins
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 397
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 356
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 357
In a daring stroke, Greil Marcus selects ten songs recorded between 1956 and 2008 and then proceeds to dramatize how each embodies rock 'n' roll as a thing in itself in the story it tells, inhabits, and acts out....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Don't just read the title!
- By Nyghtewynd on 05-03-15
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94. The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs
- Narrated by: Henry Rollins
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 01-27-15
- Language: English
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Can't Buy Me Love
- By: Jonathan Gould
- Narrated by: Richard Aspel
- Length: 29 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 102
Nearly 20 years in the making, Can't Buy Me Love is a masterful work of group biography, cultural history, and musical criticism....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Light on gossip, rich on context
- By Tad Davis on 10-29-13
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95. Can't Buy Me Love
- Narrated by: Richard Aspel
- Length: 29 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 04-01-13
- Language: English
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Metallica and Philosophy
- A Crash Course in Brain Surgery
- By: William Irwin
- Narrated by: Jeff Preston
- Length: 11 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Hit the lights and jump in the fire, you're about to enter the School of Rock! Today's lecture will be a crash course in brain surgery. This hard and fast lesson is taught by instructors who graduated from the old school - they actually paid $5.98 for The $5.98 EP....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not Just for Metallica Fans
- By Ezzie on 05-23-22
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96. Metallica and Philosophy
- A Crash Course in Brain Surgery
- Narrated by: Jeff Preston
- Length: 11 hrs
- Release date: 07-09-20
- Language: English
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The World in Six Songs
- How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature
- By: Daniel J. Levitin
- Narrated by: Daniel J. Levitin
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 16
In his second New York Times best seller, Daniel J. Levitin's genius for combining science and art reveals how music shaped humanity across cultures and throughout history....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Scattershot Analysis, Hit or Miss
- By Dubi on 03-22-24
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97. The World in Six Songs
- How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature
- Narrated by: Daniel J. Levitin
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 02-16-21
- Language: English
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The Notation is Not the Music
- Reflections on Early Music Practice and Performance, Publications of the Early Music Institute
- By: Barthold Kuijken
- Narrated by: Rich Grimshaw
- Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
As Barthold Kuijken illustrates, performers of historical music should consider what is written on the page as a mere steppingstone for performance....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Inspiring Essay Ruined By Lifeless Performance
- By Navigator on 04-10-19
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98. The Notation is Not the Music
- Reflections on Early Music Practice and Performance, Publications of the Early Music Institute
- Narrated by: Rich Grimshaw
- Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 01-07-15
- Language: English
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To Anyone Who Ever Asks
- The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse
- By: Howard Fishman
- Narrated by: Howard Fishman
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story5 out of 5 stars 15
The mysterious true story of Connie Converse—a mid-century New York City songwriter, singer, and composer whose haunting music never found broad recognition—and the tale of one man’s quest to understand her life....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sensitive & riveting
- By Kirsten on 05-06-24
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99. To Anyone Who Ever Asks
- The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse
- Narrated by: Howard Fishman
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 05-02-23
- Language: English
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The Come Up
- An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop
- By: Jonathan Abrams
- Narrated by: Dion Graham, Diontae Black, Torian Brackett, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story5 out of 5 stars 33
The music that would come to be known as hip-hop was born at a party in the Bronx in the summer of 1973. Now, fifty years later, it’s the most popular music genre in America....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great listen!
- By Tom Mott on 05-12-24
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100. The Come Up
- An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop
- Narrated by: Dion Graham, Diontae Black, Torian Brackett, Langston Darby, James Fouhey, Kevin R. Free, Dominic Hoffman, JD Jackson, Terrence Kidd, January LaVoy, Adam Lazarre-White, Leon Nixon, Reynaldo Piniella, Malik Rashad
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 10-18-22
- Language: English
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