Music audiobooks

Abenteuer & Wissen, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Wunderkind und Musikrebell

By: Ute Welteroth

Narrated by: Petra Konradi, Tom Jacobs, Max Simonischeck, Ja...

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Entdecker, Erfinder und Visionäre zum Hören greifbar - die spannende und unterhaltsame Wissensreihe Abenteuer & Wissen. Ausnahmetalent, Virtuose, Genie: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ist nach heutigen Begriffen ein Superstar der klassischen Musik. Als vierjähriges Wunderkind beginnt er virtuos Klavier zu spielen. Sein viel zu kurzes Leben widmet... Read more

The Latest from the Greatest, Vol. 2

By: Darrell Wayne

Narrated by: Darrell Wayne

Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Featuring artist interviews, a weekly countdown, and new music, The Latest from the Greatest uncovers the current whereabouts of your favorite artists from the past and what projects they are currently working on. Other fun facts are revealed, such as how groups got their names and “Where are they buried?” Become the smartest on the block with... Read more

Träume voller Sonnenschein - Abridged

By: Sabine Seyffert

Narrated by: Karl Menrad

Length: 1 hour 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die schönen Entspannungsgeschichten der Pädagogin Sabine Seyffert laden zu Traum- und Fantasiereisen ein. Sprecher Karl Menrad führt kleine Zu­hörer mit seiner beruhigenden Stimme behutsam in 17 Traumwelten. So schweben die Kinder auf einem fliegenden Teppich, hören von einem Wolkenschaf oder reisen zum Mond. Mit den stimmungsvollen Traummusiken... Read more

Meine ersten Kinderlieder - Abridged

By: Bettina Göschl & Ulrich Maske

Narrated by: Bettina Göschl

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Bekannte und traditionelle Kinderliedklassiker für die Allerkleinsten laden zum Mitsingen ein. Da feiern die Vögel Hochzeit, eine Katze läuft durch den Schnee und die Affen rasen durch den Wald. Ein HörSpaß für Klein und Groß, welcher sich durch schwungvolle Arrangements und eingängige Melodien auszeichnet. Mit den Stimmen von Robert Metcalf,... Read more

101 Amazing Facts about The Orchestra

By: Jack Goldstein

Narrated by: Kent Harris

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

What is special about the double bass compared to all other string instruments? What is the difference between a xylophone and a glockenspiel? How long is the tubing that makes up a trumpet? And what is the name of the world’s oldest surviving violin? In this fascinating audiobook, narrator Kent Harris answers all these questions and more as he... Read more

Verborgene Winkel meines Lebens - Abridged

By: Erik Satie

Narrated by: Dietmar Mues

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Erik Satie, ein Pionier von scheinbar beziehungslosen Harmonien und surrealer Sprach- und Musikexperimente, hinterließ ein erstaunliches Gesamtwerk, darunter auch etliche kurze Prosatexte. Auf Hunderten von Zettelchen notierte er kleine Geschichten, Bizarrerien und fiktive Inserate. Seine Partituren durchsetzte er mit allerlei Bemerkungen und... Read more

Roy Hart Theatre at Malérargues

By: Ian Magilton and Sašo Vollmaier

Narrated by: Ian Magilton

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The origin, philosophy and work of Roy Hart Theatre is profound, in particular its research into the extended 'human voice', and it has been the subject of many books and serious disertations. Yet the story of Roy Hart Theatre at Malérargues has been equally dramatic, tragic, comic, touching, thrilling and entertaining as anything they have ever... Read more

What orchestras can teach executives about conducting business

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Corporate executives are getting a lesson in leadership and communication from the conductor’s podium thanks to the Music Paradigm, a program that trains business leaders in the fine art of teamwork. Paul Solman goes behind the scenes of a recent session. Read more

How to Use Pro Tools 10

By: HowExpert & Mitch Meier

Narrated by: Cody J. Johnson

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

How to Use Pro Tools 10 is a detailed step-by-step guide which will help anybody get a better comprehension of how to enhance their digital audio workflow successfully and creatively.For anybody who is new to Pro Tools 10, this guide will help to explain dynamic processing, studio effects, and audio track plug-ins that help bring your mix to a... Read more

Access All Areas

By: Scott Ian

Narrated by: Scott Ian

Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Entertaining, crazy, and hilarious stories from Scott Ian of Anthrax

Scott Ian, famous for cofounding legendary thrash metal band Anthrax and only slightly less so for his iconic beard, has done and seen a lot in his decades of touring. Those of you who have read Scott's memoir I'm the Man may know the history of the band, but Access All Areas... Read more

Doctors of Rhythm

By: Jake Brown

Narrated by: Jake Brown & various entertainers

Length: 19 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

HIP HOP was born in the 1980s, exploded into the music mainstream in the 1990s, and by the Millennium, had become the biggest-selling genre in the record business. DOCTORS OF RHYTHM: Hip Hop’s Greatest Producers Speak! begins with rap’s biggest early hits that helped prove Rap was here to stay were classics like Tone Loc’s “Wild Thing,” Doug E.... Read more

Parental Discretion Is Advised

By: Gerrick D. Kennedy

Narrated by: Guy Lockard

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Experience the stunning rise, fall, and legacy of N.W.A. and how they put their stamp on pop culture, black culture, and hip-hop music forever in this “incredibly vivid look at one of music’s most iconic groups” (Associated Press).

In 1986, a group was formed that would establish the foundation of gangsta rap and push the genre forward,... Read more

Everything's Bigger in Texas

By: Mary Lou Sullivan

Narrated by: David Chandler

Length: 14 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Kinky Friedman has always maintained his Kinkster persona and hidden Richard Friedman from the public eye. Using one-liners, humor, and occasional rudeness, he follows the advice of his friend Bob Dylan to keep an aura of mystery. Author Mary Lou Sullivan spent many contentious days and nights at Kinky's Texas Hill Country ranch before he... Read more

Piano Tutor 101

By: HowExpert & Joseph DeGregorio

Narrated by: Weston Gritt

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you want to learn how to start your own piano teaching/tutoring business? Have you thought of using you musical talent and people skills to start your own business? This book can show you how!Here's what you will learn inside this guide:  A chapter-by-chapter guide through the process you will use to start your own piano tutoring/teaching... Read more

A Long Strange Trip

By: Dennis McNally

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 29 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

From 1965 to 1995, the Grateful Dead flourished as one of the most beloved, unusual, and accomplished musical entities to ever grace American culture. The creative synchronicity among Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, and Ron "Pigpen" McKernan exploded out of the early sixties' roots and folk scene, providing the... Read more

Cause & Effect: Motley Crue

By: Chris Akin

Narrated by: Chris Akin

Length: 2 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Chris Akin, rock critic and co-host of the often controversial Classic Metal Show, takes listeners on an exploration of Motley Crue’s 1994 self-titled album. Armed with new vocalist John Corabi, it was a sound that, from start to finish, sounded nothing at all like anything they had done previously.Immediately, it was polarizing. Most of the fan... Read more

101 Amazing Facts about Mozart

By: Jack Goldstein

Narrated by: Charles King

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

How many works in total do you think Mozart composed? What award was bestowed on him by the Pope? How many languages could he speak? And what rather unsavoury subject was he seemingly obsessed with? In this fascinating audiobook, narrator Charles King answers all these questions and more as he visits the intriguing world of one of the world’s... Read more

Beautiful Scars

By: Tom Wilson

Narrated by: Tom Wilson

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

"I'm scared and scarred but I’ve survived"
 
Tom Wilson was raised in the rough-and-tumble world of Hamilton—Steeltown— in the company of World War II vets, factory workers, fall-guy wrestlers and the deeply guarded secrets kept by his parents, Bunny and George. For decades Tom carved out a life for himself in shadows. He built an international... Read more

Gold Dust Woman

By: Stephen Davis

Narrated by: Christina Delaine

Length: 14 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Gold Dust Woman gives "the gold standard of rock biographers" (the Boston Globe) his ideal topic: Nicks' work and life are equally sexy and interesting, and Davis delves deeply into each, unearthing fresh details from new, intimate interviews and interpreting them to present a rich new portrait of the star. Just as Nicks (and Lindsay Buckingham)... Read more

Why Bob Dylan Matters

By: Richard F. Thomas

Narrated by: Nick Landrum

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

When the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan in 2016, a debate raged. Some celebrated, while many others questioned the choice.  How could the world’s most prestigious book prize be awarded to a famously cantankerous singer-songwriter who wouldn’t even deign to attend the medal ceremony?In Why Bob Dylan Matters, Harvard Professor... Read more

Uncommon People

By: David Hepworth

Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Length: 10 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Recklessness, thy name is rock.



The age of the rock star, like the age of the cowboy, has passed. Like the cowboy, the idea of the rock star lives on in our imaginations. What did we see in them? Swagger. Recklessness. Sexual charisma. Damn-the-torpedoes self-belief. A certain way of carrying themselves. Good hair. Interesting shoes. Talent we... Read more

Dear Evan Hansen

By: Steven Levenson

Narrated by: Taylor Trensch

Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The official behind-the-scenes book of the hit musical that won 6 Tony Awards, now also a major motion picture!

A letter that was never meant to be seen, a lie that was never meant to be told, a life he never dreamed he could have. Evan Hansen is about to get the one thing he's always wanted: a chance to finally fit in. Both deeply personal and... Read more

On Power

By: Gene Simmons

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: No

YOU DESERVE TO HAVE POWER.IT IS YOURS FOR THE TAKING.GENE SIMMONS IS HERE TO UNLOCK THE DOORS TO THE TEMPLE.Gene Simmons, KISS front-man, multi-hyphenate entrepreneur, and master of self-invention, shares his philosophy on power—how to attain it, how to keep it, and how to harness it as a driving force in business and in life.As co-founder of... Read more

Phish

By: Parke Puterbaugh

Narrated by: John Glouchevitch

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive biography of the jam band based on original interviews, by a veteran music journalist

Drawing upon nearly fifteen years of exclusive interviews with the members of Phish, veteran music journalist Parke Puterbaugh examines the colorful chemistry that inspired the wildly popular rock group to push their four-man experiment to the... Read more