Music audiobooks

Set the Night on Fire

By: Robby Krieger

Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

In his tell-all, legendary Doors guitarist, Robby Krieger, one of Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time," opens up about his band's meteoric career, his own darkest moments, and the most famous black eye in rock 'n' roll.

​Few bands are as shrouded in the murky haze of rock mythology as The Doors, and parsing fact from fiction has... Read more

The Rain Song

By: Bill Brown Jr.

Narrated by: Bill Brown Jr.

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: No

For this lesson on the Led Zeppelin hit we will be using the studio version and learning both the acoustic and electric guitar parts. The song is demonstrated in its entirety with a light metronome track so that you can hear the timing. Then the entire song is taught in two- to four-measure sections completely “by ear.” Read more

Peaceful Easy Feeling

By: Bill Brown Jr.

Narrated by: Bill Brown Jr.

Length: 1 hour 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Learn both the rhythm and lead guitar parts to this Eagles hit without using music or tab. The entire song is played all the way through and then taught in small increments totally “by ear.” Then, once you have learned the guitar parts, you are supplied with three different versions of backing tracks for you and some friends to play along with.... Read more

High Hopes

By: Steve Garrigan

Narrated by: Steve Garrigan

Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

A stunningly told and deeply personal memoir from the lead singer of Irish rockband Kodaline.

Lead singer of the hugely successful Irish rock band Kodaline, Steve Garrigan plays to thousands of fans worldwide - his business is being in the spotlight. But for years, Steve was privately battling his own demons.

Here in this deeply personal memoir,... Read more

How to Lose Everything

By: Christa Couture

Narrated by: Christa Couture

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Christa Couture has come to know every corner of grief—its shifting blurry edges, its traps, its pulse of love at the centre and the bittersweet truth that sorrow is a powerful and wise emotion. From the amputation of her leg as a cure for bone cancer at a young age to her first child’s single day of life, the heart transplant and subsequent... Read more

Spinning Plates

By: Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Narrated by: Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Singer, broadcaster and mother Sophie Ellis-Bextor shares her experiences, insights and reflections on men, music and motherhood.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor's kitchen discos became a source of much needed escapism, catharsis and sequined joy for a swathe of the population during lockdown. From knackered mothers and fed up fathers, to cooped up partiers... Read more

How to Be a Rock Star

By: Shaun Ryder

Narrated by: Shaun Ryder

Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

As lead singer of Happy Mondays and Black Grape, Shaun Ryder was the Keith Richards and Mick Jagger of his generation. A true rebel, who formed and led not one but two seminal bands, he's had number-one albums, headlined Glastonbury, toured the world numerous times, taken every drug under the sun, been through rehab - and come out the other side... Read more

Helene Hegemann über Patti Smith - KiWi Musikbibliothek, Band 13 (Ungekürzt)

By: Helene Hegemann

Narrated by: Helene Hegemann

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Der Funke, der die Gegenwart abfackelt. Helene Hegemann trifft Patti Smith zum ersten Mal in einer Mehrzweckhalle in Wien, die als Probebühne für Christoph Schlingensiefs "Area 7" dient. Eine Begegnung, die der damals Dreizehnjährigen im weitesten Sinne das Leben rettet. Patti Smith sprengt in ihrer Kunst alle Gesetzmäßigkeiten und Regeln, die... Read more

Major Labels

By: Kelefa Sanneh

Narrated by: Kelefa Sanneh

Length: 18 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

One of Oprah Daily's 20 Favorite Books of 2021 • Selected as one of Pitchfork's Best Music Books of the Year

“One of the best books of its kind in decades.” —The Wall Street Journal

An epic achievement and a huge delight, the entire history of popular music over the past fifty years refracted through the big genres that have defined and dominated... Read more

Bad Fat Black Girl

By: Sesali Bowen

Narrated by: Sesali Bowen

Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

“Sesali Bowen is poised to give Black feminism the rejuvenation it needs. Her trendsetting writing and commentary reaches across experiences and beyond respectability. I and so many Black girls still figuring out who they are in this world will gain so much from whatever she has to say.”—Charlene A. Carruthers, activist and author of... Read more

Eruption

By: Brad Tolinski & Chris Gill

Narrated by: Brad Tolinski, Fred Berman, Rob Shapiro, Raphae...

Length: 10 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Get a completely new look at guitar legend Eddie Van Halen with this groundbreaking oral history, composed of more than fifty hours of interviews with Eddie himself as well as his family, friends, and colleagues. When rock legend Eddie Van Halen died of cancer on October 6, 2020, the entire world seemed to stop and grieve. Since his band Van... Read more

Amber’s Song

By: Kaitlyn Pitts, Camryn Pitts & Olivia Pitts

Narrated by: Jade Wheeler

Length: 4 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

From the family that brought you the Lena in the Spotlight series and the popular For Girls Like You magazine comes Amber’s Song, book three in the Daniels Sisters series. This realistic fiction story of family, friendship, and the challenges that so many young girls face each day growing up will appeal to girls 8–12 looking to express their... Read more

Ana Maria Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle

By: Hilda Eunice Burgos

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Her last name may mean kings, but Ana María Reyes REALLY does not live in a castle. Rather, she's stuck in a tiny apartment with two parents (way too lovey-dovey), three sisters (way too dramatic), everyone's friends (way too often), and a piano (which she never gets to practice). And when her parents announce a new baby is coming, that means... Read more

I'm Possible

By: Richard Antoine White

Narrated by: Richard Antoine White

Length: 7 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

"If you are looking for an audiobook that will brighten your day and include short tuba interludes, look - or listen - no further." - AudioFile Magazine

Includes original music from the documentary R.A.W. Tuba, as well as the author playing. This program is narrated by the author.

From the streets of Baltimore to the halls of the New Mexico... Read more

Atmabodh - Hindi Audio Book

By: Dada Bhagwan

Narrated by: Dada Bhagwan

Length: 2 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

In this compilation, the truly manifested Gnani Purush, has revealed the real philosophy related to the Soul and other elements. Questions ranging from, doubts about the existence of Soul, What is Soul, description of Soul, Functions of Soul, What is birth and death, Who dies and who is reborn, What is karma, What are the four life forms, How... Read more

A Quintessential Quartet

By: Bernard Gregor-Smith

Narrated by: Bernard Gregor-Smith

Length: 6 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Bernard takes the reader on an evocative and fascinating journey from his early life, detailing his ancestral influences on his his chosen career of cellist, until the present day.A charming book full of pathos and humour, which tells the true story of the world famous Lindsay String Quartet, their adventures during 40 years of world travel and... Read more

Zankolon - a Musical Tale from Africa

By: Al Griot

Narrated by: Al Griot

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Al Griot tells this African tale based on an ancient myth from Burkina Faso like one of the traditional African bards, the griots. It is about the virtues of perseverance and courage: the hunter's luck awaits the one who acquires these virtues. With drums, rattles, the fruits of the flame tree and all kinds of percussion, the story of Zankolon,... Read more

LOS AUDIOLIBROS

By: Raymundo Ramírez

Narrated by: Sofia López

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Nos ha tocado vivir en una época donde consumir información cada día es más sencillo, gracias a las invenciones generadas en la era digital, la automatización a llegado a nosotros, actualmente contamos con podcast y audiolibros, estos formatos de audio nos permiten escuchar información selectiva mientras podemos realizar otras actividades.Los... Read more

Pepsi & Shirlie - It's All in Black and White

By: Pepsi Demacque-Crockett & Shirlie Kemp

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

London. Wham! Pop, glitz and glamour. And two girls with stars in their eyes.

Our friendship began one windy day in 1982, outside Finsbury Park tube. It was an instant like at first sight. We were on our way to a Wham! rehearsal. Pepsi was the new girl in the band and over a car stereo, a cassette tape and that journey to Bushey we bonded. We had... Read more

K-POP: The Odyssey

By: Wooseok Ki

Narrated by: Wooseok Ki

Length: 5 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

K-pop is bigger than it has ever been. Many new artists debut each year and the industry is at an all-time international high. But how did we get here? Is it something more complex and important than mere media headlines?K-POP: The Odyssey - Your Gateway to the Global K-Pop Phenomenon takes you on a journey to explore one of the biggest pop... Read more

Folk Punk, literary style

By: Patrick Schneeweis

Narrated by: Chirag Patel

Length: 3 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

There are artists out there able to lift the spirits of the downtrodden, who point towards a better world with all they are. Sometimes, they do this in DIY punk style: raw, unplugged, and deeply human. Patrick Schneeweis, better known as Pat the Bunny, is an artist who chose the road less travelled, instinctively deeming it more honest and less... Read more

Unrequited Infatuations

By: Stevie Van Zandt

Narrated by: Stevie Van Zandt

Length: 14 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Uncover never-before-told stories in this epic tale of self-discovery by a Rock n Roll disciple and member of the E Street Band. What story begins in a bedroom in suburban New Jersey in the early '60s, unfolds on some of the country's largest stages, and then ranges across the globe, demonstrating over and over again how Rock and Roll has the... Read more

Nina

By: Traci N. Todd

Narrated by: Jade Wheeler

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

This illuminating and defining picture book biography, adapted for audio, tells the story of little Eunice who grew up to become the acclaimed singer Nina Simone and her bold, defiant, and exultant legacy.

Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in small town North Carolina, Nina Simone was a musical child. She sang before she talked and learned to play... Read more

Promise That You Will Sing About Me

By: Miles Marshall Lewis

Narrated by: Larry Herron & Miles Marshall Lewis

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

This program includes an introduction read by the author.

A stunning, in-depth look at the power and poetry of one of the most consequential rappers of our time.

Kendrick Lamar is one of the most influential rappers, songwriters and record producers of his generation. Widely known for his incredible lyrics and powerful music, he is regarded as... Read more