Bestsellers
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Brothers
- By: Alex van Halen
- Narrated by: Alex van Halen
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
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In this intimate and open account—nothing like any rock-and-roll memoir you’ve ever read—Alex Van Halen shares his personal story of family, friendship, music and brotherly love in a remarkable tribute to his beloved brother and band mate.
By: Alex van Halen
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Leonard Cohen: The Man Who Saw the Angels Fall
- By: Christophe Lebold
- Narrated by: Vlasta Vrana
- Length: 19 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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After more than two decades of research and travels, Christophe Lebold, who befriended the poet and spent time with him in Los Angeles, delivers a stimulating analysis of Cohen’s life and art.
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How Music Works
- By: David Byrne
- Narrated by: Andrew Garman, David Byrne
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological, is now updated with a new chapter on digital curation.
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Kind of all over the place
- By Amazon Customer on 02-17-23
By: David Byrne
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Life in the Fast Lane
- The Eagles’ Reckless Ride Down the Rock & Roll Highway
- By: Mick Wall
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Legendary rock journalist Mick Wall delivers definitive insight into America's bestselling band of all time, exploring their meteoric rise to fame and the hedonistic days of the '70s music scene in LA, when American music was taking over the world....
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Disappointed
- By O'Fallon Doug on 03-20-24
By: Mick Wall
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Cocaine and Rhinestones
- A History of George Jones and Tammy Wynette
- By: Tyler Mahan Coe
- Narrated by: Tyler Mahan Coe
- Length: 26 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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From the creator of the acclaimed country music history podcast Cocaine & Rhinestones, comes the epic American saga of country music’s legendary royal couple—George Jones and Tammy Wynette.
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Unique, in a good way
- By William P. Warford on 09-17-24
By: Tyler Mahan Coe
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3 Shades of Blue
- Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool
- By: James Kaplan
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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The story of how jazz arrived at the pinnacle of American culture in 1959, told through the journey of three towering artists—Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans—who came together to create the most famous and bestselling jazz album of all time, Kind of Blue....
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Superb
- By Claudia I Saldi on 05-14-24
By: James Kaplan
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Brothers
- By: Alex van Halen
- Narrated by: Alex van Halen
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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In this intimate and open account—nothing like any rock-and-roll memoir you’ve ever read—Alex Van Halen shares his personal story of family, friendship, music and brotherly love in a remarkable tribute to his beloved brother and band mate.
By: Alex van Halen
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Leonard Cohen: The Man Who Saw the Angels Fall
- By: Christophe Lebold
- Narrated by: Vlasta Vrana
- Length: 19 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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After more than two decades of research and travels, Christophe Lebold, who befriended the poet and spent time with him in Los Angeles, delivers a stimulating analysis of Cohen’s life and art.
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How Music Works
- By: David Byrne
- Narrated by: Andrew Garman, David Byrne
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological, is now updated with a new chapter on digital curation.
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Kind of all over the place
- By Amazon Customer on 02-17-23
By: David Byrne
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Life in the Fast Lane
- The Eagles’ Reckless Ride Down the Rock & Roll Highway
- By: Mick Wall
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Legendary rock journalist Mick Wall delivers definitive insight into America's bestselling band of all time, exploring their meteoric rise to fame and the hedonistic days of the '70s music scene in LA, when American music was taking over the world....
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Disappointed
- By O'Fallon Doug on 03-20-24
By: Mick Wall
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Cocaine and Rhinestones
- A History of George Jones and Tammy Wynette
- By: Tyler Mahan Coe
- Narrated by: Tyler Mahan Coe
- Length: 26 hrs and 5 mins
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From the creator of the acclaimed country music history podcast Cocaine & Rhinestones, comes the epic American saga of country music’s legendary royal couple—George Jones and Tammy Wynette.
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Unique, in a good way
- By William P. Warford on 09-17-24
By: Tyler Mahan Coe
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3 Shades of Blue
- Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool
- By: James Kaplan
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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The story of how jazz arrived at the pinnacle of American culture in 1959, told through the journey of three towering artists—Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans—who came together to create the most famous and bestselling jazz album of all time, Kind of Blue....
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Superb
- By Claudia I Saldi on 05-14-24
By: James Kaplan
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Where Are Your Boys Tonight?
- The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008
- By: Chris Payne
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead, Chris Abell
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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An energetic and explosive oral history examining emo’s pop culture takeover from 1999-2008, featuring exclusive interviews with My Chemical Romance’s Mikey Way and Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz and Patrick Stump....
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I REALLY Wanted to Like This
- By Fuzz414 on 08-18-23
By: Chris Payne
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From Pieces to Weight
- Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens
- By: 50 Cent
- Narrated by: Kris Ex
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
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From Pieces to Weight: Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens is a violent and introspective memoir that reveals not only 50 Cent's story but the story of a generation....
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Very insightful
- By steve on 08-18-11
By: 50 Cent
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The History of Jazz, Second Edition
- By: Ted Gioia
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 21 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Ted Gioia's History of Jazz has been universally hailed as a classic - acclaimed by jazz critics and fans around the world....
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An Exciting Opportunity Missed
- By Kindle Customer on 02-02-15
By: Ted Gioia
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Tune In
- The Beatles: All These Years
- By: Mark Lewisohn
- Narrated by: Clive Mantle
- Length: 43 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Tune In is the first volume of All These Years - a highly-anticipated, groundbreaking biographical trilogy....
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Insanely great
- By Tad Davis on 12-17-13
By: Mark Lewisohn
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Deliver Me from Nowhere
- The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
- By: Warren Zanes
- Narrated by: Warren Zanes
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Without Nebraska, Bruce Springsteen might not be who he is today. The natural follow-up to Springsteen’s hugely successful album The River should have been the hit-packed Born in the U.S.A....
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Much more than a “Making of” story…
- By W. Smith on 05-31-23
By: Warren Zanes
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They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
- By: Hanif Abdurraqib
- Narrated by: Hanif Abdurraqib
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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In essays that have been published by the New York Times, MTV, and Pitchfork, among others—Abdurraqib uses music and culture as a lens through which to view our world so that we might better understand ourselves, and in so doing proves himself a bellwether for our times....
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The brilliance of Hanif
- By Anonymous User on 09-18-24
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
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Talkin' Greenwich Village
- The Heady Rise and Slow Fall of America's Bohemian Music Capital
- By: David Browne
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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The definitive history of the rise and heyday of the revolutionary Greenwich Village music scene, based on new research and first-hand interviews with many of its legendary performers.
By: David Browne
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I Want My MTV
- The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution
- By: Craig Marks, Rob Tannenbaum
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 20 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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I Want My MTV tells the story of the first decade of MTV, the golden era when MTV's programming was all videos, all the time, and kids watched religiously to see their favorite bands....
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The Most Entertaining Book of the Year
- By David on 10-24-12
By: Craig Marks, and others
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Meet Me in the Bathroom
- Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011
- By: Lizzy Goodman
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston, Nicol Zanzarella
- Length: 19 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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In the second half of the 20th century New York was the source of new sounds, including the Greenwich Village folk scene....
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Deeply disappointing.
- By ChicagoRob on 01-18-20
By: Lizzy Goodman
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Major Labels
- A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres
- By: Kelefa Sanneh
- Narrated by: Kelefa Sanneh
- Length: 18 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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An epic achievement and a huge delight, the entire history of popular music over the past 50 years refracted through the big genres that have defined and dominated it: rock, R&B, country, punk, hip-hop, dance music, and pop....
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Pure Pleasure Cultural History
- By A. Yerkes on 11-09-21
By: Kelefa Sanneh
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Then Sings My Soul: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories
- By: Robert J. Morgan
- Narrated by: Steven Roy Grimsley
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Pastor Robert Morgan’s goal is to keep these traditional hymns vital and meaningful to all generations. Then Sings My Soul will help listeners reacquaint themselves with 150 beloved hymns of the faithful....
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A rich encounter into hymns and their historical significance.
- By AJ on 06-08-22
By: Robert J. Morgan
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Music
- A Subversive History
- By: Ted Gioia
- Narrated by: Jamie Renell
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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"A dauntingly ambitious, obsessively researched" (Los Angeles Times) global history of music that reveals how songs have shifted societies and sparked revolutions....
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Squeezing cherry-picked facts into a simplistic narrative
- By Erik A. Ritland on 11-24-20
By: Ted Gioia
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Making Rumours
- The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album
- By: Ken Caillat, Steve Stiefel
- Narrated by: Ken Caillat, Fred Berman
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Fleetwood Mac's classic 1977 Rumours album topped the Billboard 200 for 31 weeks and won the Album of the Year Grammy....
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Caillat Cursed With Perfect Memory
- By Private. on 02-05-13
By: Ken Caillat, and others
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Dangerous Rhythms
- Jazz and the Underworld
- By: T. J. English
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Dangerous Rhythms tells the symbiotic story of jazz and the underworld: a relationship fostered in some of 20th century America’s most notorious vice districts. For the first half of the century mobsters and musicians enjoyed a mutually beneficial partnership....
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Keep your YouTube handy
- By Vikon on 09-12-22
By: T. J. English
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Nirvana
- The Amplifications
- By: Michael Azerrad
- Narrated by: Michael Azerrad
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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An audiobook reflecting on the meaning of the revolutionary band Nirvana, their leader Kurt Cobain, and the band's personal, musical and cultural contexts in the '90s.
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Excellent follow up!
- By Ryan Anys on 02-05-24
By: Michael Azerrad
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I Don't Want to Go Home
- The Oral History of the Stone Pony
- By: Nick Corasaniti
- Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella, Jim Meskimen
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Nick Corasaniti tells the captivating oral history of the iconic music venue the Stone Pony and of the rise, fall, and rebirth of Asbury Park, New Jersey.
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Great listen.
- By Paul M on 08-17-24
By: Nick Corasaniti
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Grunge Is Dead
- The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music
- By: Greg Prato
- Narrated by: Greg Prato
- Length: 22 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Grunge Is Dead weaves together the definitive story of the Seattle music scene through a series of interviews with the people who were there....
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The reader is terrible, the topic isninteresting
- By gabry79 on 04-25-22
By: Greg Prato
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Play It Loud
- An Epic History of the Style, Sound, and Revolution of the Electric Guitar
- By: Brad Tolinski, Alan di Perna, Carlos Santana - foreword
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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By a pair of veteran music writers, an unprecedented history of the electric guitar, its explosive impact on music and culture, and the people who brought it to life....
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I liked it, didn't love it.
- By Chris on 11-16-18
By: Brad Tolinski, and others
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A New Philosophy of Opera
- By: Yuval Sharon
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Opera’s “disrupter-in-residence” director Yuval Sharon has crafted a radical and refreshing book that can act as an introduction to the art form for the culturally curious, or as a manifesto for his fellow artists.
By: Yuval Sharon
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Wagnerism
- Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music
- By: Alex Ross
- Narrated by: Alex Ross
- Length: 28 hrs and 25 mins
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Alex Ross reveals how Richard Wagner became the proving ground for modern art and politics - an aesthetic war zone where the Western world wrestled with its capacity for beauty and violence....
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Not Just for Wagner Experts!
- By Rupert Pupkin on 09-26-20
By: Alex Ross
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Icons of Rock
- In Their Own Words
- By: Jenny Boyd
- Narrated by: Jenny Boyd
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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A glimpse into the creative power of music.
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Is the integrity and the honesty of the stories.
- By BG Rhule on 03-16-24
By: Jenny Boyd
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How Women Made Music
- A Revolutionary History from NPR Music
- By: National Public Radio Inc
- Narrated by: Alison Fensterstock, Ann Powers
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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Drawn from NPR Music’s acclaimed, groundbreaking series Turning the Tables, the definitive book on the vital role of Women in Music.
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Holding the Note
- Profiles in Popular Music
- By: David Remnick
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey, David Remnick
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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The greatest popular songs, whether it’s Aretha Franklin singing “Respect” or Bob Dylan performing “Blind Willie McTell,” have a way of embedding themselves in our memories. You remember a time and a place and a feeling when you hear that song again....
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A joyful trip down musical memory lane
- By VA mom on 05-27-23
By: David Remnick
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Time's Echo
- The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance
- By: Jeremy Eichler
- Narrated by: Jeremy Eichler, Sherrill Milnes
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1785, when the great German poet Friedrich Schiller penned his immortal “Ode to Joy,” he crystallized the deepest hopes and dreams of the European Enlightenment for a new era of peace and freedom, a time when millions would be embraced as equals....
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Beautiful
- By Chuck Millar, PhD on 05-18-24
By: Jeremy Eichler
New releases
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The Wonder of Stevie
- By: Wesley Morris
- Narrated by: Wesley Morris, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Original Recording
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The year 1972 saw the beginning of a five-year span in which Stevie Wonder released five groundbreaking, critically acclaimed albums, garnering him more than half a dozen Grammys and more than 10 million albums sold, securing his place as one of the most important American musicians and songwriters in history. For the first time, uncover the untold story of an extraordinary artistic journey that shaped the greatest creative era in popular music history.
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Good but not great
- By Anonymous User on 09-14-24
By: Wesley Morris
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Leonard Cohen: The Man Who Saw the Angels Fall
- By: Christophe Lebold
- Narrated by: Vlasta Vrana
- Length: 19 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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After more than two decades of research and travels, Christophe Lebold, who befriended the poet and spent time with him in Los Angeles, delivers a stimulating analysis of Cohen’s life and art. Gracefully blending biography and essay, he interrogates the mission Cohen set out for himself: to show us that darkness is just the flip side of light.
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Cocaine and Rhinestones
- A History of George Jones and Tammy Wynette
- By: Tyler Mahan Coe
- Narrated by: Tyler Mahan Coe
- Length: 26 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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By the early 1960s nearly everybody paying attention to country music agreed that George Jones was the greatest country singer of all time. After taking honky-tonk rockers like “White Lightning” all the way up the country charts, he revealed himself to be an unmatched virtuoso on “She Thinks I Still Care,” thus cementing his status as a living legend. That’s where the trouble started.
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Unique, in a good way
- By William P. Warford on 09-17-24
By: Tyler Mahan Coe
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Talkin' Greenwich Village
- The Heady Rise and Slow Fall of America's Bohemian Music Capital
- By: David Browne
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Although Greenwich Village takes up less than a square mile in downtown New York, rarely has such a concise area supported and nurtured so many groundbreaking artists and genres. Musician used the Village’s smokey coffeehouses and clubs to chronicle the tumultuous Sixties, rewrite jazz history, and take rock & roll into eclectic places it hadn’t been before. Based on new interviews with surviving participants, previously unseen and unheard archives, and author David Browne's years immersed in the scene, Talkin’ Greenwich Village lends the saga the epic, panoramic scope it has long deserved.
By: David Browne
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Watford Forever
- How Graham Taylor and Elton John Saved a Football Club, a Town and Each Other
- By: John Preston, Elton John
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Watford Forever is the remarkable account of Elton John’s ownership of Watford FC, and its transformational journey to the top of the First Division under iconic manager Graham Taylor, who was, in the words of award-winning journalist John Preston, “as traditional as Elton was unconventional.” Inspiring, funny, and ultimately heartrending, this is a tribute to soccer’s unlikeliest duo as Elton and Taylor—a straight-talking former fullback with literally no interest in rock music—both beat the odds and their personal demons to save a club and a community.
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Quite enjoyed it
- By JCTHIEM on 09-09-24
By: John Preston, and others
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Century of Song
- 101 Songs That Shaped American Music
- By: Noah Lefevre
- Narrated by: Brian Telestai
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Noah Lefevre, creator of Polyphonic, explores how our favorite music does more than entertain. From Aretha Franklin carving out her own space in what had been considered a man's world by reworking the chauvinistic lyrics to the 1967's hit "Respect," to Doja Cat's successful backlash against toxic fans of the digital age; from a broken amplifier on "Rocket 88" ushering in the distorted sounds of rock n' roll, to Kendrick Lamar's release of "Alright," which became the unofficial anthem to the BLM protests-each song mirrors the strife, change and progress of our country's narrative.
By: Noah Lefevre
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The Wonder of Stevie
- By: Wesley Morris
- Narrated by: Wesley Morris, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Original Recording
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The year 1972 saw the beginning of a five-year span in which Stevie Wonder released five groundbreaking, critically acclaimed albums, garnering him more than half a dozen Grammys and more than 10 million albums sold, securing his place as one of the most important American musicians and songwriters in history. For the first time, uncover the untold story of an extraordinary artistic journey that shaped the greatest creative era in popular music history.
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Good but not great
- By Anonymous User on 09-14-24
By: Wesley Morris
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Leonard Cohen: The Man Who Saw the Angels Fall
- By: Christophe Lebold
- Narrated by: Vlasta Vrana
- Length: 19 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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After more than two decades of research and travels, Christophe Lebold, who befriended the poet and spent time with him in Los Angeles, delivers a stimulating analysis of Cohen’s life and art. Gracefully blending biography and essay, he interrogates the mission Cohen set out for himself: to show us that darkness is just the flip side of light.
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Cocaine and Rhinestones
- A History of George Jones and Tammy Wynette
- By: Tyler Mahan Coe
- Narrated by: Tyler Mahan Coe
- Length: 26 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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By the early 1960s nearly everybody paying attention to country music agreed that George Jones was the greatest country singer of all time. After taking honky-tonk rockers like “White Lightning” all the way up the country charts, he revealed himself to be an unmatched virtuoso on “She Thinks I Still Care,” thus cementing his status as a living legend. That’s where the trouble started.
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Unique, in a good way
- By William P. Warford on 09-17-24
By: Tyler Mahan Coe
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Talkin' Greenwich Village
- The Heady Rise and Slow Fall of America's Bohemian Music Capital
- By: David Browne
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Story
Although Greenwich Village takes up less than a square mile in downtown New York, rarely has such a concise area supported and nurtured so many groundbreaking artists and genres. Musician used the Village’s smokey coffeehouses and clubs to chronicle the tumultuous Sixties, rewrite jazz history, and take rock & roll into eclectic places it hadn’t been before. Based on new interviews with surviving participants, previously unseen and unheard archives, and author David Browne's years immersed in the scene, Talkin’ Greenwich Village lends the saga the epic, panoramic scope it has long deserved.
By: David Browne
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Watford Forever
- How Graham Taylor and Elton John Saved a Football Club, a Town and Each Other
- By: John Preston, Elton John
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Watford Forever is the remarkable account of Elton John’s ownership of Watford FC, and its transformational journey to the top of the First Division under iconic manager Graham Taylor, who was, in the words of award-winning journalist John Preston, “as traditional as Elton was unconventional.” Inspiring, funny, and ultimately heartrending, this is a tribute to soccer’s unlikeliest duo as Elton and Taylor—a straight-talking former fullback with literally no interest in rock music—both beat the odds and their personal demons to save a club and a community.
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Quite enjoyed it
- By JCTHIEM on 09-09-24
By: John Preston, and others
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Century of Song
- 101 Songs That Shaped American Music
- By: Noah Lefevre
- Narrated by: Brian Telestai
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Noah Lefevre, creator of Polyphonic, explores how our favorite music does more than entertain. From Aretha Franklin carving out her own space in what had been considered a man's world by reworking the chauvinistic lyrics to the 1967's hit "Respect," to Doja Cat's successful backlash against toxic fans of the digital age; from a broken amplifier on "Rocket 88" ushering in the distorted sounds of rock n' roll, to Kendrick Lamar's release of "Alright," which became the unofficial anthem to the BLM protests-each song mirrors the strife, change and progress of our country's narrative.
By: Noah Lefevre
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A New Philosophy of Opera
- By: Yuval Sharon
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Known as opera’s “disrupter-in-residence,” director Yuval Sharon has never adhered to the art form’s conventions. In his many productions in both the United States and Europe, he constantly challenges the perception of opera as aloof by urging, among other things: performing operas in “non-places,” such as parking lots; encouraging the use of amplification; and shuffling the traditional structure of classic works, like performing Puccini’s La bohème in reverse order, ending not with the tubercular heroine Mimi’s death but with her first falling in love.
By: Yuval Sharon
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One Last Song
- Conversations on Life, Death, and Music
- By: Mike Ayers, Jim James - foreword
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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In One Last Song, Ayers invites thirty musicians to consider what song they would each want to accompany them to those pearly white gates. Weaving together their explanations with evocative illustrations and poignant interludes-what your song to die to says about you, what songs famous people have died to, and more. The book offers insight into the minds of famous artists and provides an entry point for considering how integral music is to our own personal narratives.
By: Mike Ayers, and others
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Blacksound
- Making Race and Popular Music in the United States
- By: Matthew D. Morrison
- Narrated by: Matthew D. Morrison
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Blacksound explores the sonic history of blackface minstrelsy and the racial foundations of American musical culture from the early 1800s through the turn of the twentieth century. With this namesake book, Matthew D. Morrison develops the concept of "Blacksound" to uncover how the popular music industry and popular entertainment in general in the United States arose out of slavery and blackface.
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A Classic Interview with Rock Icon Jim Morrison
- By: Jim Morrison
- Narrated by: Jim Morrison
- Length: 27 mins
- Original Recording
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James Douglas Morrison (December 8, 1943 - July 3, 1971), born in Melbourne, FL, was an American singer, songwriter and poet who was the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band The Doors. Due to his distinctive voice, poetic lyrics, erratic and unpredictable performances, along with the dramatic circumstances surrounding his life and early death, Morrison is regarded by music critics and fans as one of the most influential frontmen in rock history. The following recording is from a June 1970 interview.
By: Jim Morrison
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Getting a Handel on Messiah
- By: David W. Barber
- Narrated by: Jaimie Brown
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Chances are you've heard Handel's Messiah at least once, if not many times. Maybe you've even performed it, as have countless musicians around the world. After all, it's probably one of the best-loved, and certainly one of the best-known, works in the standard repertoire. But if you think you know all there is to know about the great composers famous oratorio, think again. For example, it may surprise you to learn that: Handel's first impulse to compose the work came not from religious or even musical inspiration. It had a whole lot more to do with money.
By: David W. Barber
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Eric Krasno Plus One, Vol. 1
- By: Eric Krasno
- Narrated by: Eric Krasno
- Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
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After 20 years on the road, Eric Krasno has spent time sharing stories with countless artists — and these conversations have become some of his most cherished memories. In Eric Krasno Plus One, the audience is invited to join in and hang out with these old friends. Topics range from early inspirations to discussions about the state of the music industry, to the challenges of life on the road, backstage shenanigans, and much more.
By: Eric Krasno