Music audiobooks

Black Country Music

By: Francesca Royster

Narrated by: LaNecia Edmonds

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Black Country Music tells the story of how Black musicians have changed the country music landscape and brought light to Black creativity and innovation.After a century of racist whitewashing, country music is finally reckoning with its relationship to Black people. In this timely work—the first book on Black country music by a Black... Read more

Finale

By: D.T. Max

Narrated by: Christopher Grove & Keith Sellon-Wright

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

“Brazenly entertaining. . . . It summons to the page a Broadway voice like no other.”—Los Angeles Times“[An] erudite and affably self-conscious memoir of the creative process.”—VultureAn intimate portrait of a genius: the late Stephen Sondheim in a series of illuminating and deeply personal interviews from the last years of his... Read more

A Secret Escape to Sunshine Island

By: Georgina Troy

Narrated by: Emma Powell

Length: 7 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Welcome to the sunshine island - where the beaches are golden, the lifestyle is perfect and anything is possible.Popstar Matteo Stanford is eager to escape to the sunshine island to catch up with his old friend Alex and secretly film his latest music video. But within moments of landing, the location for the shoot is leaked to the press, and his... Read more

Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within, Book & Includes Online Downloadable code

By: Kenny Warner

Narrated by: Kenny Warner

Length: 6 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

While breathing should be as easy and natural as playing music, most musicians are constrained by anxiety, worry, self-doubt, and other negative emotions. We must first learn to be at peace and get rid of the distractions that can hinder performance before we can genuinely express who we are on the inside. In his outstanding work, Kenny... Read more

The Number Ones

By: Tom Breihan

Narrated by: Ray Stoney

Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Beloved music critic Tom Breihan's fascinating narrative of the history of popular music through the lens of game-changing #1 singles from the Billboard Hot 100. When Tom Breihan launched his Stereogum column in early 2018, “The Number Ones”—a space in which he has been writing about every #1 hit in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, in... Read more

John Farnham

By: Jane Gazzo

Narrated by: Jane Gazzo

Length: 11 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

John Farnham is nothing less than an Aussie icon. In a career spanning almost five decades, the likeable, charismatic star has entertained countless Australians of every generation, selling millions of records along the way. But his extraordinary story is as much about tackling adversity as it is about topping the charts.

In the mid-1980s,... Read more

Victory Is Assured

By: Stanley Crouch

Narrated by: Mirron Willis

Length: 14 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The grievous loss of Stanley Crouch, one of America's most renowned intellectuals, is underscored by the posthumous appearance of these remarkable essays.



With Stanley Crouch's untimely death in 2020, American literature lost "a critic without peer" (Ta-Nehisi Coates). Born in Los Angeles in 1945, Crouch—a towering stylist, fearless columnist,... Read more

The Book of Jose

By: FAT JOE & Shaheem Reid

Narrated by: FAT JOE

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum–selling artist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Fat Joe pulls back the curtain on his larger-than-life persona in this gritty, intimate memoir about growing up in the South Bronx and finding his voice through music.

“An adrenaline rush . . . buckle up and lean back.”—Spin

Fat Joe is a hip-hop legend, but this is... Read more

Rock & Roll in Kennedy's America

By: Richard Aquila

Narrated by: Chris Abernathy

Length: 13 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

A rousing, poignant look at the cultural history of rock & roll during the early 1960s.



In the early 1960s, the nation was on track to fulfill its destiny in what was being called "the American Century." Baby boomers and rock & roll shared the country's optimism and energy. For "one brief, shining moment" in the early 1960s, both... Read more

Beat the Odds in Business & Life

By: Sandy Gennaro & Steve Olivas

Narrated by: Sandy Gennaro

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Sandy Gennaro has learned a thing or two during his fifty years on the world stage. The music industry has cultivated in him a keen sense of business management—leading to this collection of strategies, philosophies, and practical solutions to many of the struggles facing companies small and large. Reading this book will prepare everyone (from... Read more

Gênesis

By: Vinícius Léscio

Narrated by: Vinícius Léscio

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A Criação da Terra e da vida nela, a Queda de Adão e Eva e a introdução do pecado neste mundo, a origem da casa de Israel e o estabelecimento dos convênios feitos por um misericordioso Pai Celestial a fim de salvar Seus filhos. Através da voz e interpretação de um dos maiores dubladores Capixabas na América Latina, Vinícius Léscio nos apresenta... Read more

Aptavani-12 (P) - Hindi Audio Book

By: Dada Bhagwan

Narrated by: Dada Bhagwan

Length: 15 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Param Pujya Dadashri, the revered scientist of Akram Vignan (the direct path to Self-realization) has explained about mahatmas' (Self-realized followers of Param Pujya Dadashri) puzzles about their worldly interaction, their difficulties in following the Agnas (the five cardinal spiritual instructions given after Self-realization) and about the... Read more

What the Ear Hears (and Doesn't)

By: Richard Mainwaring

Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

For readers of Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bill O’Neill, What the Ear Hears (and Doesn’t) is a fascinating science book for adults that explores the physics principle of frequency and the (sometimes weird) role it plays in our everyday lives.What do the world’s loneliest whale, a black hole, and twenty-three people doing Tae Bo all have in common?In... Read more

Guitar by Ear: Solos Box Set 3

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 13 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Flat Pick, Fingerstyle, Pop, Country, Twang—it’s all here in this mixed bag of great guitar solo playing, and you’ll learn all of them completely “By Ear!” Almost all have backing tracks to play along with, and all have full demonstrations of the songs to listen to and practice along with. This is fourteen hours of the best guitar instruction... 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

Punk Paradox

By: Greg Graffin

Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins & Greg Graffin

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

A historical memoir and cultural criticism of punk rock’s evolution, by the legendary singer-songwriter of Bad Religion
 
Greg Graffin is the lead vocalist and songwriter of Bad Religion, recently described as “America's most significant punk band.” Since its inception in Los Angeles in 1980, Bad Religion has produced 18 studio albums, become a... Read more

Bet My Soul on Rock 'n' Roll

By: Jean Beauvoir

Narrated by: James Fouhey

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Jean Beauvoir joined the Plasmatics in 1979, playing bass and keyboards for the most notorious band to emerge out of the New York City punk scene. By 1982, he was a member of Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul, a retro-rock revival act headed by Steven Van Zandt. The Disciples of Soul videos played on MTV during the network's earliest... Read more

Chuck Berry

By: RJ Smith

Narrated by: Phil Morris

Length: 13 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive biography of Chuck Berry, legendary performer and inventor of rock and roll

Best known as the groundbreaking artist behind classics like “Johnny B. Goode,” “Maybellene,” “You Never Can Tell” and “Roll Over Beethoven,” Chuck Berry was a man of wild contradictions, whose motives and motivations were often shrouded in mystery. After... Read more

Ride or Die

By: Shanita Hubbard

Narrated by: Tovah Ott

Length: 3 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Cultural criticism and pop culture history intertwine in this important book, which dissects how hip hop has sidelined Black women's identity and emotional well-being.
  Do you have a “ride or die chick” in your life? A “ride or die chick” is a Black woman who holds down her family and community. She’s that friend or family member that you can... Read more

Beethoven in Paradise

By: Barbara O'Connor

Narrated by: Jeff Woodman

Length: 3 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Martin longs to be a musician. But a piano wouldn't fit in his mobile home, even if his father would let him have one. Martin's father wants him to play baseball and forget about all that "sissy" music stuff. If it weren't for the harmonica he plays when he's out of the house, and the music he creates in his head when his father is yelling at... Read more

My Country

By: George Canyon

Narrated by: George Canyon

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

From Juno and Canadian Country Music Award winner George Canyon comes a heartfelt and candid memoir charting his humble beginnings in rural Nova Scotia, the hard-won success he found under the bright lights of Nashville, Tennessee, and all the life lessons he learned on and off the road that ultimately led him home.

Today, George Canyon is a... Read more

Transformer

By: Simon Doonan

Narrated by: Nigel Pilkington

Length: 4 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In this funny and poignant memoir and cultural history, the television personality, columnist, and author of Drag pays homage to Lou Reed’s groundbreaking album Transformer on its fiftieth anniversary and recalls its influence on his coming of age and coming out through glam rock.In November 1972, Lou Reed released his album, Transformer because... Read more

Muscle Shoals Sound Studio

By: Carla Jean Whitley

Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi

Length: 3 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

An estimated four hundred gold records have been recorded in the Muscle Shoals area. Many of those are thanks to Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, dubbed "the Swampers."

Some of the greatest names in rock, R&B and blues laid tracks in the original, iconic concrete-block building—the likes of Cher, Lynyrd... Read more

Gus and the Starlight

By: Victoria Carless

Narrated by: Edwina Wren

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

A spine-tingling and heart-warming story about friendship and finding your special place in the world.
Gus doesn't want to make friends. She also doesn't want to be intrigued by the cat-lady teacher at her new school, or the Riley's Comet project that she and her seaweed-eating science partner are working on together.And she definitely doesn't... Read more