Music audiobooks

I am Dolly Parton

By: Brad Meltzer

Narrated by: Alison Fraser, Bailey Carr, James Fouhey, Angel...

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

The legendary country musician, reading advocate, and philanthropist Dolly Parton is the 28th in the New York Times bestselling picture book biography series for ages 5 to 8, adapted for audio.

This audiobook spotlights Dolly Parton, known for her beloved country songs, who has also sent over 150 million free books to children through her... Read more

In My Life – Fingerstyle Solo

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Learn a fingerstyle solo of this Beatles hit without using music or tab. This all-audio lesson includes a full demonstration and detailed “by ear” instruction teaching every phrase slowly and without music, tab, or video. This is a level two difficulty. Read more

Summertime in Murdertown: How I Survived Where the Best Die

By: David Gunn

Narrated by: David Gunn

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Born and raised in Flint, Michigan, David Gunn is proud to have grown up in a city facing constant adversity, and to represent a community whose government knowingly poisoned its citizens for years. Now, he pulls back the curtain on Flint―like only those born and raised there can do. His advice is poignant and timely, and urges readers to never... Read more

The Rejects

By: Jamie Collinson

Narrated by: Mark Meadows

Length: 13 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

'Very readable . . . the history of the late 20th century empire music business' Bret Easton Ellis

Imagine you've made it. You and your friends have hit the big time in music and you're going to be a star. But then, quite suddenly, it's over. Your best friends don't want you anymore, and you're on the outside. Perhaps they're tired of your bad... Read more

My Damage

By: Keith Morris & Jim Ruland

Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Keith Morris is a true punk icon. No one else embodies the sound of Southern Californian hardcore. Short and sporting waist–length dreadlocks, Morris is known the world over for his take–no–prisoners approach on the stage and his integrity off of it. Over the course of his forty–year career, he's battled diabetes, drug and alcohol addiction, and... Read more

Little Darling Pal of Mine

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

If you are just learning to play the banjo then this standard is a good “next piece” for you. In this lesson you are given a full demonstration of the song at two different speeds followed by a detailed “by ear” lesson over every lick of the arrangement. At the end of the lesson there are backing tracks at two different speeds for you to... Read more

John

By: Cynthia Lennon

Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor, Julian Lennon & Cynthia Lennon

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

The Extraordinary Story of a Man, a Legend and a Marriage

When she was eighteen years old, a girl named Cynthia Powell met a boy named John Lennon and they fell in love. Their ten-year relationship coincided with the start of the Beatles phenomenon—from Liverpool’s dockside clubs to the dizzying worldwide fame that followed. And Cynthia Lennon,... Read more

Kick It

By: Matt Brennan

Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray

Length: 13 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

The drum kit has provided the pulse of popular music from before the dawn of jazz up to the present day pop charts. Kick It, a provocative social history of the instrument, looks closely at key innovators in the development of the drum kit: inventors and manufacturers like the Ludwig and Zildjian dynasties, jazz icons like Gene Krupa and Max... Read more

Why Solange Matters

By: Stephanie Phillips

Narrated by: Dede Davi

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Growing up in the shadow of her superstar sister, Solange Knowles became a pivotal musician in her own right. Defying an industry that attempted to bend her to its rigid image of a Black woman, Solange continually experimented with her sound and embarked on a metamorphosis in her art that continues to this day.

In Why Solange Matters, Stephanie... Read more

Can't Buy Me Love

By: Jonathan Gould

Narrated by: Richard Aspel

Length: 29 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

That the Beatles were an unprecedented phenomenon is a given. Here Jonathan Gould seeks to explain why, placing the Fab Four in the broad and tumultuous panorama of their time and place, rooting their story in the social context that girded both their rise and their demise.  Can’t Buy Me Love illuminates the Beatles as a charismatic phenomenon... Read more

C.A.L.M.

By: Jehnny Beth & Johnny Hostile

Narrated by: Jehnny Beth

Length: 4 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

'Because a life lived in fear is equal to no life at all'

This is the uncompromising vision of Jehnny Beth and Johnny Hostile. Fearless and highly erotic, these stories delight in ideas of sexual transgression and liberation, offering a window onto a world where anything is permitted, and everything is safe. As each of Jehnny Beth and Johnny... Read more

Der Einzimmer-Millionär

By: Gerald Hörhan

Narrated by: Steffen Rössler

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Bisher reichte vielen das typische Mittelstandsleben – wenn auch langweilig und monoton, dafür abgesichert und komfortabel – völlig aus. Doch nicht nur die Coronakrise, zunehmende Inflation und steigende Energiekosten zeigen: Im Hamsterrad lebt es sich nicht mehr bequem! Finanzielle Freiheit ist keine Option mehr, sondern unabdingbare... Read more

I Die Each Time I Hear the Sound

By: Mike Doughty

Narrated by: Mike Doughty

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A precise yet disorienting look at the exhilaration of music, the process of memory, and the moments when the world becomes new, by the acclaimed songwriter and author of The Book of Drugs

"[Mike Doughty's writing is] astonishingly vital, energized, and natural. . . . acerbic and sometimes lacerating."--RICK MOODY, author of The Long... Read more

Then Sings My Soul, Book 2

By: Robert J. Morgan

Narrated by: Robert Morgan

Length: 7 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.Have you ever wanted to learn more about hymns, but weren’t sure where to start? In this follow-up to his bestselling original book, pastor Robert J. Morgan shares the incredible stories behind 150 beloved traditional hymns of faith.Each week millions of Christians around the world use hymns composed by believers from every... Read more

Let The Music Play

By: Steven Vass

Narrated by: Steven Vass

Length: 13 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Let the Music Play: How R&B Fell in Love with 80s Synths is the overlooked story of how R&B, disco and funk were transformed by the explosion of music tech in the era of ghetto blasters and Ronald Reagan. It traces how pioneers like Stevie Wonder and Herbie Hancock inspired a new generation of black musicians and producers to reinvent... Read more

Are You Good with God?

By: D.A. Horton

Narrated by: Brandon Bell

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The gospel according to hip hop. Yeah, that’s a thing.Christian ideas often show up in hip hop music. Biblical themes and even Jesus Himself appear in the lyrics. But beneath all the God-talk, can a true gospel message be found?Pastor D. A. Horton (aka hip hop artist Azriel) says yes. And he wants you to know the gospel message is deep . . .... Read more

Autonomy

By: Steve Diggle

Narrated by: David Morrissey

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

From bass player to lead guitarist, singer and last remaining founding member, Steve Diggle has been the driving force keeping Buzzcocks alive since he first met Pete Shelley in 1976. Together they would ignite the Manchester music scene, kickstart indie and become one of the best loved and most influential punk groups of all time.

Following... Read more

Dirty Days

By: Kevin Patrick Corrigan

Narrated by: Kevin Patrick Corrigan

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

DIRTY DAYS is a nonfiction narrative. The Setting - the tough Irish bars of New York City in the 1970s, '80s, and '90s. A place where life can change in an unforeseen instant.
As a Bleecker street bouncer and musician during the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s in Greenwich Village, author and narrator Kevin Patrick Corrigan relives true stories of... Read more

Overture of Nature's Blissful Meadow Tunes Mixed With Ambient Tones for Deep Calm & Meditation

By: Selena Brooke

Narrated by: Selena Brooke

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover a journey of tranquility and rejuvenation with Overture of Nature's Blissful Meadow Tunes Mixed with Ambient Tones for Deep Calm & Meditation. This audiobook invites you to explore holistic well-being and embrace a stress-free lifestyle through the transformative power of mindfulness and natural healing.Immerse yourself in a... Read more

Tónsnillingaþættir: Brahms

By: Theódór Árnason

Narrated by: Kristjan Franklin Magnus

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Tónskáldið Johannes Brahms fæddist árið 1833 í Hamburg. Faðir Brahms var einnig tónlistarmaður og lagði stundir á það fag þvert á óskir fjölskyldu sinnar. Hann var fyrsti kennari Johannesar Brahms. Þrátt fyrir að velja tónlist líkt og faðir hans gerði voru þeir ekki sammála um hvernig væri best að feta þá leið. Johannes valdi píanó fram yfir... Read more

BeatlesTalk

By: SpeechWorks

Narrated by: SpeechWorks

Length: 4 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

BeatlesTalk traces the historic odyssey of the Fab Four, beginning in England, 1963 with the conquest of their own country, leading to a successful invasion of America. Topics include their haircuts and how they named the group, comments on their pending trips to America, President Johnson, songwriting, and their reaction to fame and money. This... Read more

Bedsit Disco Queen

By: Tracey Thorn

Narrated by: Tracey Thorn

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

I was only sixteen when I bought an electric guitar and joined a band. A year later, I formed an all-girl band called the Marine Girls and played gigs, and signed to an indie label, and started releasing records.

Then, for eighteen years, between 1982 and 2000, I was one half of the group Everything But the Girl. In that time, we released nine... Read more

Indian Sun

By: Oliver Craske

Narrated by: Sohm Kapila

Length: 22 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive biography of Ravi Shankar, one of the most influential musicians and composers of the twentieth century, told with the cooperation of his estate, family, and friendsFor over eight decades, Ravi Shankar was India's greatest cultural ambassador. He was a groundbreaking performer and composer of Indian classical music, who brought... Read more

Bessie Smith

By: Jackie Kay

Narrated by: Jackie Kay & Adjoa Andoh

Length: 5 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A beautiful genre-bending tribute to the larger-than-life blues singer Bessie Smith.Scotland’s National Poet blends poetry, prose, fiction, and nonfiction to create an entirely unique biography of the Empress of the Blues.

There has never been anyone else like Bessie Smith. Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1894 and orphaned by... Read more