Music audiobooks

Why Do We Sing?

By: Sam Tsui & Casey Breves

Narrated by: Sam Tsui & Casey Breves

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

From YouTube creators and married musicians Sam Tsui and Casey Breves comes an adventure around the world to celebrate the role of music throughout cultures after one girl asks, Why do we sing?Lullabies, love songs, caroling, karaoke—have you ever wondered . . . why do we sing?Travel the world and learn about the reasons we sing—to have fun and... Read more

A Really Strange and Wonderful Time

By: Tom Maxwell

Narrated by: Tom Maxwell

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The first biography of the thriving and influential rock scene in Chapel Hill, which gave the world artists like Ben Folds Five, Superchunk, and Squirrel Nut Zippers
  North Carolina has always produced extraordinary music of every description. But the indie-rock boom of the late 1980s and early ‘90s brought the state most fully into the public... Read more

My Black Country

By: Alice Randall

Narrated by: Alice Randall

Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author presents “a celebration of all things country music” (Ken Burns) as she reflects on her search for the first family of Black country music.

Country music had brought Alice Randall and her activist mother together and even gave Randall a singular distinction in American music history:... Read more

From Punk to Monk

By: Ray Raghunath Cappo & Foreword by Moby

Narrated by: Ray Raghunath Cappo

Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

The heartfelt memoir of Ray Raghunath Cappo, a legendary hardcore punk musician-turned-monk—and pioneer of the straight-edge movement—told with warmth, candor, and humor. Narrated by the author himself.
Ray Cappo was a hardcore punk singer and pioneer of the straight-edge movement living on the Lower East Side of New York City in the ’80s, where... Read more

Music and Mind

By: Renée Fleming

Narrated by: Gina Daniels, Carin Gilfry, Patty Nieman, Cary ...

Length: 22 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

"This book inspires us all to immerse ourselves in the vast potential of music and other creative arts to heal our wounds, sharpen our minds, enliven our bodies, and restore our broken connections.” —Bessel van der Kolk, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Body Keeps the Score

World-renowned soprano and arts/health advocate Renée Fleming... Read more

All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words

By: Peter Brown & Steven Gaines

Narrated by: Adam Stevens, Anthony Howell, Ben Jacobson, Emm...

Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

"There are many incredible revelations about the relationships of John and Yoko and Paul and Linda and their impact on the band. This is one of those audiobooks you can't shut off and will never forget."—AudioFile (Earphones Award Winner)

An oral history of The Beatles from never-before-seen interviews.

All You Need Is Love is a groundbreaking... Read more

Dancing on the Edge

By: Russ Tamblyn

Narrated by: Russ Tamblyn

Length: 12 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Actor. Artist. Cultural icon.Dancing on the EdgeA bold memoir of an extraordinary, singular life lived by one of the world’s most beloved and acclaimed figures: Russ Tamblyn. With more than eighty years as a celebrated artist and actor under his belt, Russ Tamblyn is a cherished figure to cinephiles and pop culture fans alike, working with such... Read more

Ocarina Relajante Para La Meditación Y El Descanso

By: Onofre Quezada

Narrated by: Anonimo & Onofre Quezada

Length: 2 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Este audiolibro combina sonidos de flauta ocarina relajantes, música suave y (sin locutor). La música de flauta ocarina relajante, es una música suave instrumental facilita el descanso y relajar el cuerpo después de un día largo de trabajo y te ayuda a entrar a un estado de tranquilidad perfecta. La música de flauta ocarina  relajante, combina... Read more

Ludwig van Beethoven: The Life and Music of the Great Composer

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Victoria Woodson

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Among all of history’s greatest musicians, few have been as admired or influential as Ludwig van Beethoven, whose name remains synonymous with composing. Works like his Fifth and Ninth symphonies remain instantly recognizable over 200 years after they were composed, and their sweeping and grandiose nature are made all the more amazing by the... Read more

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Life and Music of the Great Composer

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Victoria Woodson

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Mozart once called music “my life”, and indeed few were as naturally gifted at it. Mozart’s memory and genius for music allowed him to compose lengthy works, even full-length operas, without transferring them to paper until he had fully visualized and retained them. He regarded copying as a tedious task, and this caused no small amount of... Read more

Algo que sirva como luz

By: Fernando Navarro

Narrated by: Fernando Navarro & Javier Portugués (Portu)

Length: 11 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

El periodista Fernando Navarro relata, después de años de entrevistas con los cuatro protagonistas y todo su entorno, la bella y conmovedora historia de Supersubmarina: el relato de su éxito y su tragedia. Esta es la historia de cuatro amigos que subieron al cielo y bajaron a los infiernos. Cuatro niños que empezaron jugando al fútbol bajo el... Read more

Piper Chen Sings

By: Phillipa Soo & Maris Pasquale Doran

Narrated by: Phillipa Soo

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

An empowering story about a girl who turns her performance jitters into confidence when faced with singing a solo at her school concert. Inspired by the childhood experience of award-winning actress Phillipa Soo who originated the role of Eliza in Hamilton.

Piper Chen loves nothing more than to sing. She sings to the sun, and she sings to the... Read more

The First Rule of Punk

By: Celia C. Pérez

Narrated by: Victoria Villarreal

Length: 6 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A 2018 Pura Belpré Author Honor Book

The First Rule of Punk is a wry and heartfelt exploration of friendship, finding your place, and learning to rock out like no one’s watching.

There are no shortcuts to surviving your first day at a new school—you can’t fix it with duct tape like you would your Chuck Taylors. On Day One, twelve-year-old Malú... Read more

Crying in the Rain

By: Mark Ribowsky

Narrated by: Steve Menasche

Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

The Everly Brothers—aka Don and Phil to fans with an intimate appreciation for them—seemed to exist almost as an apparition. Emerging within the formative era for young Baby Boomers during the blandly regimented '50s, they were a ubiquitous presence, clad in snug suits and skinny ties, hair neatly Brylcreemed, never raising their voices when... Read more

Jelly Roll Blues

By: Elijah Wald

Narrated by: Mela Lee

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A bestselling music historian follows Jelly Roll Morton on a journey through the hidden worlds and forbidden songs of early blues and jazz. In Jelly Roll Blues: Censored Songs and Hidden Histories, Elijah Wald takes readers on a journey into the hidden and censored world of early blues and jazz, guided by the legendary New Orleans pianist Jelly... Read more

The Bard and the Book

By: Ann Bausum

Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins & Ann Bausum

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The unlikely true story of why we know the name William Shakespeare today, and the four-hundred-year-old book that made it possible.

Four hundred years ago, no one bothered to write down the exact words of stage plays. Characters’ lines were scribbled on small rolls of paper (as in, an actor’s role) and passed around, but no master script was... Read more

Sing It Like Celia

By: Mónica Mancillas

Narrated by: Victoria Villarreal

Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Perfect for fans of The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise and Merci Suárez Changes Gears, Sing It Like Celia is a revelatory story about a Mexican American girl who finds her voice and herself with the help of her role model and icon, Celia Cruz.

Twelve-year-old Salva Sanchez has always been a fan of Celia Cruz, also known as “the queen of... Read more

Who Is Taylor Swift?

By: Kirsten Anderson & Who HQ

Narrated by: Brittany Pressley

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Learn how a young girl who lived on a Christmas tree farm grew up to become one of the most celebrated musical artists of the twenty-first century in this addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

Taylor Swift always knew she wanted to be a country music artist, so at age thirteen, she convinced her parents to move their family out... Read more

First 100 Songs

By: Jonathon Vogel

Narrated by: Jonathon Vogel

Length: 3 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

You can get your music to be listened to around the world without needing to be famous...This book contains the guides that took me from starving artist to playing my music for 1000s of people in 100s of locations across Canada and the US in under a decade. Wanna know the biggest difference between those two time periods? How I improved my craft... Read more

Monkee Business

By: Eric Lefcowitz

Narrated by: Christopher Lane

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

The Monkees had everything: a popular TV show, hit records, and adoring fans. Everything but control over their careers. Author Eric Lefcowitz chronicles the kaleidoscopic journey of Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork, following each of the four Monkees, together and apart, from 1965 to 2024. A must-read for music fans,... Read more

Taylor Swift

By: Chas Newkey-Burden

Narrated by: Norma Butikofer

Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

The #1 New York Times Bestseller As Taylor releases her 11th album, THE TORTURED POET’S DEPARTMENT, catch up on the full story of Taylor Swift’s stratospheric rise to fame; all any dedicated Swifty needs to know about the pop superstar who’s taking over the world A small-town girl with... Read more

Combat Love

By: Alisyn Camerota

Narrated by: Alisyn Camerota

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota's memoir Combat Love is her story of growing up longing for stability and attachment as the foundation of her family crumbled. Set on the Jersey Shore in the free-range 1980s, Camerota finds the belonging she craves courtesy of a local punk rock band named Shrapnel and their diehard fans. Combat Love chronicles her... Read more

Turn It Up!

By: Tom Werman

Narrated by: Tom Werman

Length: 8 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

As an A&R man at Epic Records, Tom Werman helped introduce the world to REO Speedwagon, Boston, Ted Nugent, and Cheap Trick; he also discovered KISS, Rush, and Lynyrd Skynyrd, but his record label passed on all of them. Then, as an independent producer, he oversaw landmark albums by Mötley Crüe, Twisted Sister, Lita Ford, Jeff Beck, Poison,... Read more

I Saw Them Standing There

By: Debbie Gendler

Narrated by: Debbie Gendler & Robb Weller

Length: 13 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

After February 9, 1964, everyone wanted to be Debbie Gendler. She was one of a handful of lucky fans who were in the live audience for the Beatles' historic performance on the Ed Sullivan Show. Everyone has a story about where they were when they watched the appearance, but very few were there in person—and even fewer would go on not just to... Read more