Music audiobooks

Song of the Unicorn

By: Classical Kids

Narrated by: Jeremy Irons

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

A musical journey through Medieval Times. When a young queen falls mysteriously ill, her children are sent deep into the forest in search of her only cure: the legendary unicorn. The great magician Merlin helps them on their quest. With riddles and the unicorn’s song, the children travel to the magical isle of Avalon. There, they must decide... Read more

The Perfect Sound

By: Garrett Hongo

Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith

Length: 20 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

A poet’s audio obsession, from collecting his earliest vinyl to his quest for the ideal vacuum tubes. A captivating book that “ingeniously mixes personal memoir with cultural history and offers us an indispensable guide for the search of acoustic truth” (Yunte Huang, author of Charlie Chan).

Garrett Hongo’s passion for audio dates back to the... Read more

Your Song Changed My Life

By: Bob Boilen

Narrated by: Bob Boilen

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

From the beloved host and creator of NPR’s All Songs Considered and Tiny Desk Concerts comes an essential oral history of modern music, told in the voices of iconic and up-and-coming musicians, including Dave Grohl, Jimmy Page, Michael Stipe, Carrie Brownstein, Smokey Robinson, and Jeff Tweedy, among others—published in association with NPR... Read more

For the Love of Music

By: John Mauceri

Narrated by: John Mauceri

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

With a lifetime of experience, profound knowledge and understanding, and heartwarming appreciation, an internationally celebrated conductor and teacher answers the questions: Why should I listen to classical music? How can I get the most from the listening experience?

A protégé of Leonard Bernstein--his colleague for eighteen years--and an... Read more

Build

By: Mark Katz

Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Since 2001, the US Department of State has been sending hip hop artists abroad to perform and teach as goodwill ambassadors. There are good reasons for this: hip hop is known and loved across the globe, acknowledged and appreciated as a product of American culture. Hip hop has from its beginning been a means of creating community through... Read more

The Stratford Adventure of Adrian and Tiddlywinks

By: John Sulli Sullivan Hayes

Narrated by: Michael Bawtree

Length: 3 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Adventures of a Boy and a Mouse backstage in Canada's most famous theatre
Aspiring actor 10-year-old Adrian travels by ship across the Atlantic Ocean from England to Canada. Unbeknownst to him hiding in his luggage is a mouse he named Tiddlywinks who also wants to act. Without food, attacked by dangerous rats Tiddlywinks barely survives the... Read more

Matters of Vital Interest

By: Eric Lerner

Narrated by: William Dufris

Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A memoir of the author's decades-long friendship and spiritual journey with the late singer, songwriter, novelist, and poet Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen passed away in late 2016, leaving behind many who cared for and admired him, but perhaps few knew him better than longtime friend Eric Lerner. Lerner, a screenwriter and novelist, first met ... Read more

Feel My Big Guitar

By: Judson L. Jeffries, Shannon M. Cochran & Molly ...

Narrated by: Vince Cook

Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Contributions by Ignatius Calabria, H. Zahra Caldwell, Brian Jude de Lima, Sabatino DiBernardo, William Fulton, Antonio Garfias, Judson L. Jeffries, Tony Kiene, Molly Reinhoudt, Fred Shaheen, and Karen Turman With his signature blend of genres and lyrics that touch on myriad societal issues, the artist Prince has challenged and captivated the... Read more

Lazy Summer Day - Relaxation Music and Sounds

By: Empowered Living

Narrated by: Empowered Living

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

Relax and Immerse yourself in your favorite sounds. Drift into a peaceful presence while listening to the natural sounds you would hear on a Lazy Summer Day.
Running Time: 60 minutes Read more

Truckload of Art

By: Brendan Greaves

Narrated by: Jason Culp & Brendan Greaves

Length: 21 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive, authorized, and first-ever biography of Terry Allen, the internationally acclaimed visual artist and iconoclastic songwriter who occupies an utterly unique position straddling the disparate, and usually distant, worlds of conceptual art and country music.    “People tell me it’s country music,” Terry Allen has joked, “and I ask,... Read more

Rock al cor!

By: Manu Guix

Narrated by: Manu Guix

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: No

El primer conte musical de Manu Guix per entendre que ser fidel als propis sentiments és la clau per saber-los expressar i perquè t'estimis i t'estimin tal com ets. Inclou una cançó exclusiva escrita i interpretada per Manu Guix! El conte musical de Manu Guix que farà cantar tota la família. En Manu és un nen amb una gran sensibilitat, i sempre... Read more

My Old Kentucky Home

By: Emily Bingham

Narrated by: Emily Bingham

Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

The long journey of an American song, passed down from generation to generation, bridging a nation’s fraught disconnect between history and warped illusion, revealing the country's ever evolving self.

MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME, from its enormous success in the early 1850s, written by a white man, considered the father of American music,... Read more

Country Music

By: Richard Carlin

Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray

Length: 4 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Country Music: A Very Short Introduction presents a compelling overview of the music and its impact on American culture. Country music has long been a marker of American identity; from our popular culture to our politics, it has provided a soundtrack to our national life. While traditionally associated with the working class, country's appeal is... Read more

Fire and Rain

By: David Browne

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

January 1970: the Beatles assemble one more time to put the finishing touches on Let It Be; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young are wrapping up Déjà Vu; Simon and Garfunkel are unveiling Bridge Over Troubled Water; James Taylor is an upstart singer-songwriter who's just completed Sweet Baby James. Over the course of the next twelve months, their... Read more

Three Little Words

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

This hit from the 30s is quick and easy to learn when you learn it “by ear." At the beginning of the lesson there is a full demonstration of the arrangement followed by a detailed lesson in two to four measure sections. The lesson is taught using no music, print, video, or notation of any kind. Learning this way let’s you memorize as you go and... Read more

Professor Dur und die Notendetektive 2. Das Weihnachtsoratorium

By: Sylvia Schreiber

Narrated by: Matthias Haase

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Bald ist Weihnachten. Lasse und Lotte haben keine Lust mehr, an den Engelsflügeln für das Krippenspiel zu basteln, stattdessen besuchen sie lieber den geheimnisvollen Prof. Dur in seiner Werkstatt. Schon einmal sind sie mit seinem Zauberklavier in die Vergangenheit gereist. Die Ratte Rigoletto legt gerade eine Platte auf. "Bachs... Read more

하노버에서 온 음악편지: 피아니스트 손열음의 클래식 이야기

By: 손열음

Narrated by: 정유정

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

손열음의 이번 책은 타 클래식 입문서와는 다른 세 가지의 차별점이 있다. 첫째, 클래식 매니아뿐만 아니라 음악을 사랑하는 사람이라면 누구나 읽을 수 있는 쉬우면서도 밀도 높은 글이라는 점. 둘째, 청중의 눈을 포함해서 연주자의 눈으로 음악을 바라보는 방법에 대해 소개하고 있다는 점. 그리고 마지막으로 대중들이 평소 궁금해했던 비밀스러운 영역인 '연주자의 삶'을 진솔하고 담백하게 고백하고 있다는 점이다. 목차 축하의 글 들어가는 글_나의 글을 읽고, 가슴 뜀을 느낄 단 한 분을 위해 1장 피아노와 음악 가장 음악적이고 인간적인 악기, 피아노/절대음감 vs. 상대음감/우리를 움직이게 만드는 것, 리듬/오늘 연주는... Read more

A Delicious Taste of Mozzarella!

By: Ana Gerhard

Narrated by: Colm Feore

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Travel through time following a charming little mouse called Minim who loves cheese and music. Join him on his vacation adventure in the country with Sasha and Bobik as they spend time with their favourite uncle, none other than Pyotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky. This summer, the brilliant composer has offered them a gift they didn't expect, one that... Read more

Elvis in Vegas

By: Richard Zoglin

Narrated by: Gibson Frazier

Length: 8 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

*The inspiration for the CNN original series Vegas: The Story of Sin City*

“Outstanding pop-culture history.” —Newsday

The “smart and zippy account” (The Wall Street Journal) of how Las Vegas saved Elvis and Elvis saved Las Vegas in the greatest musical comeback of all time.

Elvis’s 1969 opening night in Vegas was his first time back on a live... Read more

Oli Brown

By: Steve Black

Narrated by: Steve Black

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

British blues guitarist Oli Brown is interviewed by Steve Black in the summer of 2017. Read more

Tenía tanto que darte

By: Nena Daconte

Narrated by: Máximo Huerta & Nena Daconte

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Un honesto relato en primera persona sobre los límites del éxito y el fracaso, del amor y el odio a uno mismo.
Una historia de amor, música, ansiedad, sueños y locura. Volvió otra vez la primavera y yo volví a sacar del bolso un cuaderno. Pero no era el cuaderno de las canciones. Era este cuaderno que tienes entre las manos. Al principio estaba... Read more

Foolish/Unfoolish

By: Ashanti

Narrated by: Ashanti

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: No

In this humorous and honest poetry collection, ‘Princess of Hip Hop’ Ashanti shares her unique perspective on life and love. Foolish/Unfoolish is a collection of vibrant and honest "reflections on love" by R&B singer Ashanti. Ever since she was thirteen years old, Ashanti has kept journals of her poetry, thoughts, and ideas about life and... Read more

Die ZEIT-Edition "Große Oper für kleine Hörer", Fidelio (ungekürzt)

By: Ludwig van Beethoven

Narrated by: Isabel Vollmer, Aischa-Lina Löbbert, Malte Müll...

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Die Geschichte spielt im Spanien des 18. Jahrhunderts und erzählt von Mut, Liebe und Freiheit. Leonore, verkleidet als Mann mit dem Namen Fidelio, arbeitet als Gehilfe in einem Gefängnis, um ihren Ehemann Florestan zu retten. Florestan wurde unschuldig von seinem politischen Gegner Don Pizarro eingekerkert und wird unter schrecklichen... Read more

Beethoven Variations

By: Ruth Padel

Narrated by: Ruth Padel

Length: 2 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A fascinating poetic journey into the mind and heart of a musical genius, from the author of the celebrated Darwin: A Life in Poems

Ruth Padel's new sequence of poems, in four movements, is a personal voyage through the life and legend of one of the world's greatest composers. She uncovers the man behind the music, charting his private thoughts... Read more