Music audiobooks

HowExpert Guide to Music Festivals

By: HowExpert & Lydia Endel

Narrated by: Danielle Lorentz

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: No

If you want to learn how to survive, thrive, and have an epic music festival experience, then get HowExpert Guide to Music Festivals. This guide is written by Lydia Endel, who has real-life knowledge, passion, and experience in exploring many different music festivals.This book will educate people who are new to the music festival scene on how... Read more

Please Please Tell Me Now

By: Stephen Davis

Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Lifelong fans and interested newcomers will love this stunning biography of Duran Duran by the bestselling author of Gold Dust Woman and Hammer of the Gods.
In Please Please Tell Me Now, bestselling rock biographer Stephen Davis tells the story of Duran Duran, the quintessential band of the 1980s. Their pretty boy looks made them the stars of... Read more

Magic City: Trials of a Native Son

By: Trick Daddy & Peter Bailey

Narrated by: Peter Bailey

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

"A vivid story about Miami's countercultural history" Jon Caramanica - NEW YORK TIMESThe self-proclaimed "Mayor of Miami" Trick Daddy exploded onto America's pop culture landscape as one of the pioneers of Dirty South rap. His 2001 album, Thugs Are Us, established him, as one critic wrote, "alongside Ludacris and Mystikal as one of the few... Read more

Willie Nelson's Letters to America

By: Willie Nelson

Narrated by: Turk Pipkin

Length: 3 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

An intimate collection of fond memories, personal letters, good songs, and bad jokes from a true American legend."This is your old friend, Willie, sending a note to see how you're doing and to say I'm doing fine."In this series of short letters straight from the heart, Willie sends his thanks and his thoughts to everyone from his family, his... Read more

The Incredible Talking Machine

By: Jenni Spangler

Narrated by: Nicky Diss

Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Pull back the curtain and enter a world where mystery and magic take centre stage . . .
 
Twelve-year-old Tig works at the Theatre Royale, cleaning, selling tickets and doing anything else that is asked of her by her tyrannical boss, Mr Snell. But Tig will do whatever it takes to get closer to her dream – to become a Stage Manager and spend her... Read more

Supla: crônicas do charada brasileiro

By: Supla

Narrated by: Supla

Length: 2 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Prestes a completar meio século de vida, Supla lança um livro comemorativo pela Edições Ideal. Supla: crônicas do Charada Brasileiro realiza um mergulho pela longa trajetória do artista, através de músicas e textos escritos pelo músico. Com prefácios assinados pela ex-prefeita de São Paulo Marta Suplicy e pelo ex-senador Eduardo Suplicy, a obra... Read more

Rayan's Adventure Learning the Five Pillars of Islam

By: The Sincere Seeker Kids Collection

Narrated by: Erin S

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: No

The Religion of Islam is based upon Five Primary Foundations or Pillars. Just as a building or a bridge would lack stability without strong pillars, a Muslim's relationship with Allah, his God, would lack a focus and a secure connection without the observance of and adherence to these fundamental Five Pillars.These Five Pillars or religious... Read more

Atomic Tunes

By: Joanna Smolko & Tim Smolko

Narrated by: Tanya Eby

Length: 12 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

What is the soundtrack for a nuclear war?

During the Cold War, over 500 songs were written about nuclear weapons, fear of the Soviet Union, civil defense, bomb shelters, McCarthyism, uranium mining, the space race, espionage, the Berlin Wall, and glasnost. This music uncovers aspects of these world-changing events that documentaries and history... Read more

I Ain't Studdin' Ya

By: Bobby Rush

Narrated by: Bobby Rush & Leon Nixon

Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Experience music history with this memoir by one of the last of the genuine old school Blues and R&B legends, the Grammy-winning dynamic showman Bobby Rush.

This memoir charts the extraordinary rise to fame of living blues legend, Bobby Rush. Born Emmett Ellis, Jr. in Homer, Louisiana, he adopted the stage name Bobby Rush out of respect for... Read more

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

By: Kenny Werner

Narrated by: Kenny Werner

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Playing music should be as simple and natural as drawing a breath, yet most musicians are hindered by self-consciousness, apprehension, self-doubt, and stress. Before we can truly express our inner self, we must first learn to be at peace and overcome the distractions that can make performance difficult. Kenny's remarkable work deals directly... Read more

Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?

By: Mark Zwonitzer & Charles Hirshberg

Narrated by: Chris Abernathy

Length: 14 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The first major biography of the Carter Family, the musical pioneers who almost single-handedly created the sounds and traditions that grew into modern folk, country, and bluegrass music.



Meticulously researched and lovingly written, it is a look at a world and a culture that, rather than passing, has continued to exist in the music that is the... Read more

In the Heights

By: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Quiara Alegría Hudes & Jere...

Narrated by: America Ferrera, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Quiara Ale...

Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The eagerly awaited follow-up to the #1 New York Times bestseller Hamilton: The Revolution, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s new book gives listeners an extraordinary inside look at In the Heights, his breakout Broadway debut, written with Quiara Alegría Hudes, now a Hollywood blockbuster.

“[An] exuberant, unique, and invaluable record of dynamic, brilliant,... Read more

How To Write & Release Your First Song

By: Chris Greenwood

Narrated by: Chris Greenwood

Length: 3 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Songs move people. They create visuals in our minds and stoke fires in our hearts. They lift us up, take us down, and allow our minds to soar. Chris Greenwood is the man behind Manafest: the globally successful rock and rap musician who’s sold millions of singles and albums world-wide. With over 20 years experience in the industry, both as a... Read more

Die Blechtrommel - Konzertlesung nach Günter Grass (Ungekürzt)

By: Günter Grass

Narrated by: Devid Striesow

Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Bei der Konzertlesung Die Blechtrommel verschmilzt Günter Grass' Jahrhundertroman aus dem Jahr 1959 mit klassischer Schlagwerkmusik. Ausgewählte Szenen des Buches werden musikalisch untermalt; dabei bekommen die vielfältigen Schlaginstrumente auch ihren solistischen Platz. Sprache und Musik erzählen das Leben Oskar Matzeraths, der mit drei... Read more

Ever Fallen in Love

By: Pete Shelley & Louie Shelley

Narrated by: Julia Winwood & Philip Pope

Length: 8 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

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'One of the finest songwriters of a generation'
The Guardian

'A musical pioneer'
NME

When Pete Shelley, lead singer of legendary punk band Buzzcocks, passed away in 2018 we lost one of music's brightest stars - as well as the chance to hear his story.

Or so it seemed.

Recordings have surfaced of a series of remarkable interviews in which Pete... Read more

There's No Bones in Ice Cream

By: Sylvain Sylvain & Dave Thompson

Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

There's No Bones in Ice Cream by Sylvain Sylvain is the inside story of glam heroes the New York Dolls—outrageous, defiant, sleaze kings, transgender posers, drug casualties, and victims, not just of their own excess but of an unsympathetic music industry that simply didn't know how to process them.

Sylvain, one of only two surviving members of... Read more

Changes

By: Sheldon Pearce

Narrated by: Ashton Grooms, Aden Hakimi, Cary Hite, JD Jacks...

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

A New Yorker writer’s intimate, revealing account of Tupac Shakur’s life and legacy, timed to the fiftieth anniversary of his birth and twenty-fifth anniversary of his death.

In the summer of 2020, Tupac Shakur’s single “Changes” became an anthem for the worldwide protests against the murder of George Floyd. The song became so popular, in fact,... Read more

Home Sweet Road

By: Johnnyswim

Narrated by: Abner Ramirez & Amanda Sudano

Length: 5 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

The hugely popular singer/songwriter duo Johnnyswim share their story like never before, showing listeners how to find home wherever they are in this stunning debut.

Foreword by Chip and Joanna Gaines
 
Work and life partners Amanda Sudano Ramirez and Abner Ramirez are known for translating the memories and milestones of their journey, as well as... Read more

Music

By: Nicholas Cook

Narrated by: Suzanne Toren

Length: 4 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

What is music? How is it constructed? How is it consumed? Why do you enjoy it at all? In Music: A Very Short Introduction, Nicholas Cook invites us to really think about music and the role it plays in our lives and our ears. Drawing on a number of accessible examples, the author prompts us to call on our own musical experiences in order to think... Read more

Bookmarks Are People Too!

By: Henry Winkler & Lin Oliver

Narrated by: Henry Winkler

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Hi there, I’m Hank. Here’s what you need to know about me: I don’t try to make the kids in my class laugh, but somehow I do. Spelling is my worst subject. (Come to think of it, so are math and reading!) I try hard— I really do. So why does my brain always freeze into a Popsicle?When Hank hears that his class is putting on a play, he’s the only... Read more

Go Further

By: Paul Myers & S.W. Lauden

Narrated by: Christina Delaine & Keith Sellon-Wright

Length: 5 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Fun, bright, and playful, Power Pop is a sometimes adored, sometimes maligned, often misunderstood genre of music. From its heyday in the '70s and '80s to its resurgence in the '90s and '00s, Power Pop has meant many things to many people. In Go Further, editors Paul Myers and S. W. Lauden have a whole new crop of writers going deep on what... Read more

The Collected Works of Jim Morrison

By: Jim Morrison

Narrated by: Jim Morrison, Patti Smith, Liz Phair, Oliver Ra...

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Performed by Jim Morrison, Patti Smith, Liz Phair, Oliver Ray, Tom Robbins, Frank Lisciandro, Anne Morrison Chewning, Sefton Graham, and Ian Morrison. Includes Jim Morrison’s final poetry recording, now available for the first time, at the Village Recorder in West Los Angeles on his 27th birthday, December 8, 1970.The definitive anthology of Jim... Read more

Sinatra and Me

By: Tony Oppedisano

Narrated by: Pete Simonelli

Length: 10 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

This intimate, revealing portrait of Frank Sinatra—from the man closest to the famous singer during the last decade of his life—features never-before-seen photos and new revelations about some of the most famous people of the past fifty years, including Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Sam Giancana, Madonna, and Bono. “If you are a Frank fan, buy... Read more

Coeur de rockeuse

By: Carine Paquin

Narrated by: Éloisa Cervantes

Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Je m'appelle Charlie Paradis-Mendez et j'adore jouer de la batterie. Je dis « jouer », mais pour moi c'est beaucoup plus qu'un jeu, c'est une passion. Mon rêve a toujours été de jouer dans un band et cet été, quand j'ai pris la décision de déménager aux Îles-de-la-Madeleine avec mon père, j'étais loin de m'imaginer que l'occasion se... Read more