Music audiobooks

Frank

By: James Kaplan

Narrated by: Rob Shapiro

Length: 22 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling author James Kaplan redefines Frank Sinatra in a triumphant new biography that includes many rarely seen photographs.

Frank Sinatra was the best-known entertainer of the twenti­eth century—infinitely charismatic, lionized and notori­ous in equal measure. But despite his mammoth fame, Sinatra the man has remained an enigma. As Bob... Read more

Patti LuPone

By: Patti LuPone

Narrated by: Patti LuPone

Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The legendary Patti LuPone is one of the theatre’s most beloved leading ladies. Now she lays it all bare, sharing the intimate story of her life both onstage and off--through the dizzying highs and darkest lows--with the humor and outspokenness that have become her trademarks.

With nearly 100 photographs, including an 8-page four-color insert,... Read more

Chinaberry Sidewalks

By: Rodney Crowell

Narrated by: Rodney Crowell

Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

From the acclaimed musician comes a tender, surprising, and often uproarious memoir about his dirt-poor southeast Texas boyhood.

The only child of a hard-drinking father and a Holy Roller mother, Rodney Crowell was no stranger to bombast from an early age, whether knock-down-drag-outs at a local dive bar or fire-and-brimstone sermons at... Read more

Sweet Judy Blue Eyes

By: Judy Collins

Narrated by: Judy Collins

Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A vivid, highly evocative memoir of one of the reigning icons of folk music, highlighting the decade of the ’60s, when hits like “Both Sides Now” catapulted her to international fame.
 
Sweet Judy Blue Eyes is the deeply personal, honest, and revealing memoir of folk legend and relentlessly creative spirit Judy Collins. In it, she talks about... Read more

A Century of Wisdom

By: Caroline Stoessinger

Narrated by: Linda Korn

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

The subject of the Academy Award–winning documentary The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life, Alice Herz-Sommer was the world’s oldest Holocaust survivor when she died on February 23, 2014. A Century of Wisdom is the true story of her life—an inspiring story of resilience and the power of optimism.
 
Before her death at 110, the pianist Alice... Read more

Wild Tales

By: Graham Nash

Narrated by: Graham Nash

Length: 12 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

From Graham Nash—the legendary musician and founding member of the iconic bands Crosby, Stills & Nash and The Hollies—comes a candid and riveting autobiography that belongs on the reading list of every classic rock fan.
 
Graham Nash's songs defined a generation and helped shape the history of rock and roll—he’s written over 200 songs,... Read more

Liar

By: Rob Roberge

Narrated by: Rob Roberge

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

An intense memoir about mental illness, memory and storytelling, from an acclaimed novelist.
 
When Rob Roberge learns that he's likely to have developed a progressive memory-eroding disease from years of hard living and frequent concussions, he is terrified by the prospect of becoming a walking shadow. In a desperate attempt to preserve his... Read more

Rod

By: Rod Stewart

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The extraordinary life and career of music legend Rod Stewart, in his own words for the first time.
 
With his soulful and singular voice, narrative songwriting, and passionate live performances Rod Stewart has paved one of the most iconic and successful music careers of all time. He was the charismatic lead singer for the trailblazing rock and... Read more

Nate the Great and the Musical Note

By: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat & Craig Sharmat

Narrated by: John Lavelle

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Join the world’s greatest detective, Nate the Great, as he solves the mystery of a strange musical note! Perfect for beginning readers and the Common Core, this long-running chapter book series will encourage children to problem-solve with Nate, using logical thinking to solve mysteries!  

Nate the Great has just received a strange musical... Read more

Santiago the Dreamer in Land Among the Stars

By: Ricky Martin

Narrated by: Ricky Martin

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

When you reach for the moon…sometimes you land among the stars.
 
Santiago’s biggest dream is to perform on stage.  But when he doesn’t get the lead role in the school play, he can’t help but doubt himself. Encouraged by his father’s inspiring words, Santiago rebuilds his confidence and finds that with passion and dedication, you can achieve... Read more

Sparkers

By: Eleanor Glewwe

Narrated by: Phoebe Strole

Length: 8 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

In the city of Ashara, magicians rule all.

Marah Levi is a promising violinist who excels at school and can read more languages than most librarians. Even so, she has little hope of a bright future: She is a sparker, a member of the oppressed lower class in a society run by magicians.

Then a mysterious disease hits the city of Ashara, turning its... Read more

Keyboard Conversations®: Mozart and Friends

By: Jeffrey Siegel

Narrated by: Jeffrey Siegel

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel combine the virtuosity and poetry of a world-class pianist with entertaining commentary to create a magical concert experience. His lively, engaging insights and captivating performances make listening an enthralling experience for all music lovers.

For information about the other titles in this series... Read more

Keyboard Conversations®: The Romanticism of the Russian Soul

By: Jeffrey Siegel

Narrated by: Jeffrey Siegel

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel combine the virtuosity and poetry of a world-class pianist with entertaining commentary to create a magical concert experience. His lively, engaging insights and captivating performances make listening an enthralling experience for all music lovers.

For information about the other titles in this series... Read more

Keyboard Conversations®: The Romance of the Piano

By: Jeffrey Siegel

Narrated by: Jeffrey Siegel

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel combine the virtuosity and poetry of a world-class pianist with entertaining commentary to create a magical concert experience. His lively, engaging insights and captivating performances make listening an enthralling experience for all music lovers.

For information about the other titles in this series... Read more

Keyboard Conversations®: The Power and Passion of Beethoven

By: Jeffrey Siegel

Narrated by: Jeffrey Siegel

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel combine the virtuosity and poetry of a world-class pianist with entertaining commentary to create a magical concert experience. His lively, engaging insights and captivating performances make listening an enthralling experience for all music lovers.

For information about the other titles in this series... Read more

Stage Fright on a Summer Night

By: Mary Pope Osborne

Narrated by: Mary Pope Osborne

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system!

The show must go on! That's what Jack and Annie learn when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to Elizabethan England. There they meet William Shakespeare himself—one of the greatest writers of all time! But... Read more

A Crooked Kind of Perfect

By: Linda Urban

Narrated by: Tai Alexandra Ricci

Length: 3 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Carnegie Hall, look out!

Zoe Elias has big musical dreams. As soon as she gets a glossy baby grand piano, she’ll be on her way. Trouble is, what Zoe gets is a wood-grained, vinyl-seated, wheeze-bag organ. The Perfectone D-60.

How will she ever be discovered as a prodigy when her lesson book is The Hits of the Seventies? Not even a cha-cha beat can... Read more

Lang Lang: Playing With Flying Keys

By: Lang Lang

Narrated by: Andrew Pang

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Lang Lang started learning to play the piano when he was three years old in Shenyang, China. Today he is one of the world’s most outstanding pianists. In this engrossing life story, adapted by Michael French, Lang Lang not only recounts the difficult, often thrilling, events of his early days, but also shares his perspective on his rapidly... Read more

Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo #16: Bad Rap

By: Nancy Krulik

Narrated by: Anne Bobby

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Katie and Suzanne are so excited-they won tickets to see their favorite rock group, the Bayside Boys, at the Cherrydale Arena! And not only do they get to see the show, but they get to attend the dress rehearsal and go backstage to hang out with the group! But when the magic wind turns Katie into one of the band members in the middle of the... Read more

A Good Night for Ghosts

By: Mary Pope Osborne

Narrated by: Mary Pope Osborne

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Make story time a little spookier with the #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time! Every visit to the magic tree house leads to a time-travel adventure!

Jack and Annie are on a mission to find—and inspire—a musician that brings happiness to millions of people. After traveling to New Orleans, Jack and Annie come head to head with... Read more

Beacon Street Girls #4: Out of Bounds

By: Annie Bryant

Narrated by: Various

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Can the Beacon Street Girls' magic act bring the house down at Abigail Adams Junior High's talent show? Maeve, Avery, Katani, Isabel, and Charlotte face their toughest challenges yet -- keeping the Movie House from going out of business and helping Isabel deal with too many demands from the Queens of Mean. Plus, Maeve's relationship with Dillon... Read more

My Song

By: Harry Belafonte & Michael Shnayerson

Narrated by: Harry Belafonte & Mirron Willis

Length: 19 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Harry Belafonte is not just one of the greatest entertainers of our time; he has led one of the great American lives of the last century. Now, this extraordinary icon tells us the story of that life, giving us its full breadth, letting us share in the struggles, the tragedies, and, most of all, the inspiring triumphs.
 
Belafonte grew up,... Read more

His Way

By: Kitty Kelley

Narrated by: Anna Fields

Length: 21 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the book Frank Sinatra failed to stop,  the unauthorized biography of one of the most  elusive public figures of our time. Celebrated  journalist Kitty Kelley spent three years researching  government documents (Mafia-related material, wiretaps  and secret testimony) and interviewing more than  800 people in Sinatra's life (family,... Read more

Mister Max: The Book of Lost Things

By: Cynthia Voigt

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 11 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Newbery medalist Cynthia Voigt presents a rollicking mystery in three acts!

A PARADE BEST KIDS BOOK OF ALL TIME

Max's parents are missing. They are actors, and thus unpredictable, but sailing away, leaving Max with only a cryptic note, is unusual even for them. Did they intend to leave him behind? Have they been kidnapped?

Until he can figure it... Read more