Best Sellers
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The Creative Act
- A Way of Being
- Written by: Rick Rubin
- Narrated by: Rick Rubin
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us....
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Wow, life changing book
- By Stephen Nash on 2023-01-24
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My Effin' Life
- Written by: Geddy Lee
- Narrated by: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Cliff Burnstein
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Geddy Lee is one of rock and roll's most respected bassists. For nearly five decades, his playing and work as co-writer, vocalist and keyboardist has been an essential part of the success story of Canadian progressive rock trio Rush....
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You move me, you move me
- By Jon D'Alessandro on 2023-11-19
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Open Book
- A Memoir
- Written by: Jessica Simpson
- Narrated by: Jessica Simpson
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Jessica reveals for the first time her inner monologue and most intimate struggles. Guided by the journals she's kept since age 15, and brimming with her unique humor and down-to-earth humanity, Open Book is as inspiring as it is entertaining....
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Just wow
- By Robin on 2020-02-06
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Me
- Elton John Official Autobiography
- Written by: Elton John
- Narrated by: Elton John, Taron Egerton
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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In his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary life, from his roller-coaster lifestyle as shown in the film Rocketman, to becoming a living legend....
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I was Intrigued
- By Cynthia on 2019-10-22
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Scar Tissue
- Written by: Anthony Kiedis, Larry Sloman
- Narrated by: Rider Strong
- Length: 14 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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As lead singer and songwriter for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Anthony Kiedis has lived life on the razor's edge....
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Sex Drugs and Rock n' Roll
- By Langer MD on 2019-07-13
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The Storyteller: Expanded
- ...Because There's More to the Story
- Written by: Dave Grohl
- Narrated by: Dave Grohl
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Dave Grohl’s The Storyteller created a sensation when it was initially published, becoming a global bestseller and thrilling fans and critics alike....
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Thoroughly enjoyed this.
- By Melanie on 2024-01-26
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The Creative Act
- A Way of Being
- Written by: Rick Rubin
- Narrated by: Rick Rubin
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us....
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Wow, life changing book
- By Stephen Nash on 2023-01-24
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My Effin' Life
- Written by: Geddy Lee
- Narrated by: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Cliff Burnstein
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Geddy Lee is one of rock and roll's most respected bassists. For nearly five decades, his playing and work as co-writer, vocalist and keyboardist has been an essential part of the success story of Canadian progressive rock trio Rush....
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You move me, you move me
- By Jon D'Alessandro on 2023-11-19
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Open Book
- A Memoir
- Written by: Jessica Simpson
- Narrated by: Jessica Simpson
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Jessica reveals for the first time her inner monologue and most intimate struggles. Guided by the journals she's kept since age 15, and brimming with her unique humor and down-to-earth humanity, Open Book is as inspiring as it is entertaining....
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Just wow
- By Robin on 2020-02-06
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Me
- Elton John Official Autobiography
- Written by: Elton John
- Narrated by: Elton John, Taron Egerton
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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In his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary life, from his roller-coaster lifestyle as shown in the film Rocketman, to becoming a living legend....
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I was Intrigued
- By Cynthia on 2019-10-22
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Scar Tissue
- Written by: Anthony Kiedis, Larry Sloman
- Narrated by: Rider Strong
- Length: 14 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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As lead singer and songwriter for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Anthony Kiedis has lived life on the razor's edge....
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Sex Drugs and Rock n' Roll
- By Langer MD on 2019-07-13
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The Storyteller: Expanded
- ...Because There's More to the Story
- Written by: Dave Grohl
- Narrated by: Dave Grohl
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Dave Grohl’s The Storyteller created a sensation when it was initially published, becoming a global bestseller and thrilling fans and critics alike....
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Thoroughly enjoyed this.
- By Melanie on 2024-01-26
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The Dark Story of Eminem
- Written by: Nick Hasted
- Narrated by: Nick Landrum
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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The celebrated story of how Marshall Mathers went from school and low-paid jobs in his native Detroit to global superstardom, rehab and comeback....
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Sex, Drugs, Ratt & Roll
- My Life in Rock
- Written by: Stephen Pearcy, Sam Benjamin
- Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Stephen Pearcy was a scrawny, horny, thrill-seeking teenager with an electric guitar who had graduated from backyard parties in San Diego to half-empty dives in Los Angeles before he and his band broke through at Whiskey a Go Go....
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good storyline. the good bad and simply ugly.
- By Rick Raby on 2020-03-23
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The Never-Ending Present
- The Story of Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip
- Written by: Michael Barclay
- Narrated by: George Stroumboulopoulos
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Michael Barclay talks to dozens of the Tragically Hip's peers and friends about not just the Hip’s music, but about the opening bands, the American albatross, the band’s role in Canadian culture, and Gord Downie’s role in reconciliation with Indigenous people....
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Loved the band, loved the book!
- By Susan Visser on 2018-09-18
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My Mama, Cass
- A Memoir
- Written by: Owen Elliot-Kugell
- Narrated by: Owen Elliot-Kugell
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Owen Elliot-Kugell, daughter of legendary rock star “Mama Cass” Elliot, pulls back the curtains of her mother’s life....
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The Heroin Diaries: 10 Year Anniversary Edition
- A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star
- Written by: Nikki Sixx
- Narrated by: Nikki Sixx, Sophie Kargman, Ross Marquand
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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In honor of the 10-year anniversary of The Heroin Diaries, Nikki Sixx’s definitive and bestselling memoir on drug addiction is now available on audio for the first time, read by Nikki Sixx....
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Read to me, Nikki!
- By J9 on 2018-03-20
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Life
- Written by: Keith Richards, James Fox
- Narrated by: Johnny Depp, Joe Hurley
- Length: 23 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Now at last, Keith Richards pauses to tell his story in the most anticipated autobiography in decades....
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Life is a worthy read
- By john on 2018-09-19
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How Music Works
- Written by: David Byrne
- Narrated by: Andrew Garman, David Byrne
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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How Music Works is David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social or technological....
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Wondeful Book, Not that Great Narration
- By Amir Afshar on 2022-07-27
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From Cradle to Stage
- Stories from the Mothers Who Rocked and Raised Rock Stars
- Written by: Virginia Grohl
- Narrated by: Dave Grohl, Virginia Grohl
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Written by Virginia Grohl, the mother of Dave Grohl - former Nirvana drummer and current frontman for the Foo Fighters - From Cradle to Stage shares stories and exclusive photos featuring mothers of rock icons, the icons themselves....
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It was ok
- By Bob on 2023-04-03
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Born to Run
- Written by: Bruce Springsteen
- Narrated by: Bruce Springsteen
- Length: 18 hrs and 12 mins
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In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the Super Bowl's halftime show. The experience was so exhilarating that Bruce decided to write about it....
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Mostly great autobiography
- By Amazon Customer on 2017-12-20
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Behind the Seams
- My Life in Rhinestones
- Written by: Dolly Parton, Holly George-Warren - contributor, Rebecca Seaver - curator
- Narrated by: Dolly Parton, Holly George-Warren, Rebecca Seaver
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Global superstar Dolly Parton shares, for the first time, the full story behind her lifelong passion for fashion, including how she developed her own, distinctly Dolly style, which has defied convention and endeared her to fans around the world....
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The Beatles
- The Biography
- Written by: Bob Spitz
- Narrated by: Alfred Molina
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
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It is all here, the highs and the lows, the love and the rivalry, the drugs, the tears, the thrill, the magic never again to be repeated....
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Rebel Girl
- My Life as a Feminist Punk
- Written by: Kathleen Hanna
- Narrated by: Kathleen Hanna
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre....
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The Dirt
- Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band
- Written by: Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, and others
- Narrated by: Sebastian York, Roger Wayne, Fred Berman, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Celebrate over 30 years of the world's most notorious rock band with the audiobook edition of The Dirt - the outrageous, legendary, no-holds-barred autobiography of Mötley Crüe....
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Very good
- By jason harrison on 2021-02-22
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Guitar Zero
- The New Musician and the Science of Learning
- Written by: Gary Marcus
- Narrated by: Gary Marcus
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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On the eve of his fortieth birthday, a professor of no discernible musical talent learns to play the guitar and investigates how anyone of any age might master a new skill.....
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super interesting
- By Anonymous User on 2022-03-07
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Face the Music
- A Life Exposed
- Written by: Paul Stanley
- Narrated by: Paul Stanley
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Face the Music is the shocking, funny, smart, inspirational story of one of rock’s most enduring icons and the group he helped create, define, and immortalize....
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Great book...
- By Bob on 2022-08-13
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Beastie Boys Book
- Written by: Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz
- Narrated by: Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz, various
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, a book as unique as the band itself - by band members ADROCK and Mike D, with contributions from Amy Poehler, Colson Whitehead, Wes Anderson, Luc Sante, and more....
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phenomenal
- By Johnny Waite on 2018-11-05
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A Newfoundlander in Canada
- Always Going Somewhere, Always Coming Home
- Written by: Alan Doyle
- Narrated by: Alan Doyle
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Great Big Sea front man Alan Doyle returns with a hilarious, heartwarming account of leaving Newfoundland and discovering Canada for the first time....
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Entertaining from start to finish
- By Simon Da Silva on 2020-01-16
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NOFX
- The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories
- Written by: NOFX, Jeff Alulis
- Narrated by: NOFX, Jello Biafra, Tommy Chong
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories is the first tell-all autobiography from one of the world's most influential and controversial punk bands....
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must listen!
- By Bri on 2024-04-22
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The Book of Jose
- A Memoir
- Written by: Fat Joe, Shaheem Reid
- Narrated by: Fat Joe
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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Best Storyteller
- By Tamika Wilson on 2023-07-20
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The Most Beautiful
- My Life with Prince
- Written by: Mayte Garcia
- Narrated by: Mayte Garcia
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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At the one-year anniversary of his death, legendary musician Prince's first wife shares a uniquely intimate, candid, and revelatory look inside the personal and professional life of one of the world's most beloved icons....
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Glad i bought this
- By Amazon Customer on 2021-11-26
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Finding Bagpipe Freedom
- Overcome Musical Frustration in Five Simple Steps
- Written by: Andrew Douglas, Camille Layt
- Narrated by: Andrew Douglas
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Pipers of every level of experience and ability can feel incredibly frustrated and lost in the dark about an instrument they want to play well but can't. It doesn't have to be this way....
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Where Are Your Boys Tonight?
- The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008
- Written by: Chris Payne
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead, Chris Abell
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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An energetic and explosive oral history examining emo’s pop culture takeover from 1999-2008, featuring exclusive interviews with My Chemical Romance’s Mikey Way and Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz and Patrick Stump....
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Thnks Fr Th Mmrs
- By Kindle Customer on 2023-07-18
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Broken Horses
- A Memoir
- Written by: Brandi Carlile
- Narrated by: Brandi Carlile
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Brandi Carlile was born into a musically gifted, impoverished family on the outskirts of Seattle and grew up in a constant state of change, moving from house to house, trailer to trailer....
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Beautiful Memoir
- By Karen Olson on 2021-05-24
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Alice Cooper, Golf Monster
- A Rock 'n' Roller's Life and 12 Steps to Becoming a Golf Addict
- Written by: Alice Cooper, Keith, Kent Zimmerman
- Narrated by: Alice Cooper
- Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins
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The man who invented shock rock tells the amazing and, yeah, shocking story of how he slayed his thirsty demons with a golf club....
New Releases
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My Mama, Cass
- A Memoir
- Written by: Owen Elliot-Kugell
- Narrated by: Owen Elliot-Kugell
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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To the rest of the world, Cass Elliot was a rock star; A charismatic, wisecracking singer from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducted band, The Mamas & The Papas; A legend of Laurel Canyon, decked out in her custom-made Muumuus, glittering designer jewelry, blessed with a powerful, instantly identifiable singing voice which helped define the sound of the 1960s counterculture movement. But to Owen Elliot-Kugell, she was just Mom. In her long-awaited memoir, Owen Elliot-Kugell shares the groundbreaking story of her mom as only a daughter can tell it.
Written by: Owen Elliot-Kugell
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The Jazzmen
- How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America
- Written by: Larry Tye
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Satchel and Bobby Kennedy, a sweeping and spellbinding portrait of the longtime kings of jazz—Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie—who, born within a few years of one another, overcame racist exclusion and violence to become the most popular entertainers on the planet.
Written by: Larry Tye
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Futuromania
- Electronic Dreams, Desiring Machines, and Tomorrow's Music Today
- Written by: Simon Reynolds
- Narrated by: Rich Keeble
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Simon Reynolds's first book in eight years is a celebration of music that feels like a taste of tomorrow. Sounds that prefigure pop music's future—the vanguard genres and heroic innovators whose discoveries eventually get accepted by the wider mass audience. But it's also about the way music can stir anticipation for a thrillingly transformed world just around the corner: a future that might be utopian or dystopian, but at least will be radically changed and exhilaratingly other.
Written by: Simon Reynolds
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A Hair Metal Journey
- Written by: Metal Mike
- Narrated by: Metal Mike
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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80’s Glam Metalcast podcaster, “Metal” Mike, takes the listener on a journey through Hair Metal’s highs and lows, from 1986 to 1991. “A Hair Metal Journey” is loaded with stories about Metal’s glory days from past and current members of bands like KISS, RATT, Winger, Dokken, Britny Fox and more! You get a peak behind the scenes of Hair Metal’s classic albums and tours. All along the way, the author looks at back at his own 80’s adolescent journey, going to EPIC concerts, and keeping up with all the head banging fandom that came along with this legendary genre!
Written by: Metal Mike
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Push the Right Buttons
- A Practical Guide to Becoming and Succeeding as an Audio Engineer and Producer
- Written by: Neil Kesterson
- Narrated by: Neil Kesterson
- Length: 22 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Step by step, the author explains how to balance creativity with professionalism while building a career in the recording arts. Music production, television and film sound design, live sound, advertising, broadcasting, and other audio production fields are explored. The book describes common pitfalls to avoid while streamlining a career.
Written by: Neil Kesterson
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Keys to Success
- How Piano Unlocks Your Child's Potential
- Written by: Michael Burns
- Narrated by: Benjamin Powell
- Length: 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Childhood piano lessons are more than just learning to play an instrument. They foster discipline, creativity, and problem-solving skills that benefit children in all areas of life. This book will show you how piano lessons can unlock your child's potential and set them up for success in music and beyond.
Written by: Michael Burns
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My Mama, Cass
- A Memoir
- Written by: Owen Elliot-Kugell
- Narrated by: Owen Elliot-Kugell
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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To the rest of the world, Cass Elliot was a rock star; A charismatic, wisecracking singer from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducted band, The Mamas & The Papas; A legend of Laurel Canyon, decked out in her custom-made Muumuus, glittering designer jewelry, blessed with a powerful, instantly identifiable singing voice which helped define the sound of the 1960s counterculture movement. But to Owen Elliot-Kugell, she was just Mom. In her long-awaited memoir, Owen Elliot-Kugell shares the groundbreaking story of her mom as only a daughter can tell it.
Written by: Owen Elliot-Kugell
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The Jazzmen
- How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America
- Written by: Larry Tye
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Satchel and Bobby Kennedy, a sweeping and spellbinding portrait of the longtime kings of jazz—Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie—who, born within a few years of one another, overcame racist exclusion and violence to become the most popular entertainers on the planet.
Written by: Larry Tye
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Futuromania
- Electronic Dreams, Desiring Machines, and Tomorrow's Music Today
- Written by: Simon Reynolds
- Narrated by: Rich Keeble
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Simon Reynolds's first book in eight years is a celebration of music that feels like a taste of tomorrow. Sounds that prefigure pop music's future—the vanguard genres and heroic innovators whose discoveries eventually get accepted by the wider mass audience. But it's also about the way music can stir anticipation for a thrillingly transformed world just around the corner: a future that might be utopian or dystopian, but at least will be radically changed and exhilaratingly other.
Written by: Simon Reynolds
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A Hair Metal Journey
- Written by: Metal Mike
- Narrated by: Metal Mike
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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80’s Glam Metalcast podcaster, “Metal” Mike, takes the listener on a journey through Hair Metal’s highs and lows, from 1986 to 1991. “A Hair Metal Journey” is loaded with stories about Metal’s glory days from past and current members of bands like KISS, RATT, Winger, Dokken, Britny Fox and more! You get a peak behind the scenes of Hair Metal’s classic albums and tours. All along the way, the author looks at back at his own 80’s adolescent journey, going to EPIC concerts, and keeping up with all the head banging fandom that came along with this legendary genre!
Written by: Metal Mike
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Push the Right Buttons
- A Practical Guide to Becoming and Succeeding as an Audio Engineer and Producer
- Written by: Neil Kesterson
- Narrated by: Neil Kesterson
- Length: 22 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Step by step, the author explains how to balance creativity with professionalism while building a career in the recording arts. Music production, television and film sound design, live sound, advertising, broadcasting, and other audio production fields are explored. The book describes common pitfalls to avoid while streamlining a career.
Written by: Neil Kesterson
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Keys to Success
- How Piano Unlocks Your Child's Potential
- Written by: Michael Burns
- Narrated by: Benjamin Powell
- Length: 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Childhood piano lessons are more than just learning to play an instrument. They foster discipline, creativity, and problem-solving skills that benefit children in all areas of life. This book will show you how piano lessons can unlock your child's potential and set them up for success in music and beyond.
Written by: Michael Burns
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Barbra Streisand
- Redefining Beauty, Femininity, and Power (Jewish Lives)
- Written by: Neal Gabler
- Narrated by: Peter Lerman
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Barbra Streisand has been called the “most successful...talented performer of her generation” by Vanity Fair, and her voice, said pianist Glenn Gould, is “one of the natural wonders of the age.” Streisand scaled the heights of entertainment—from a popular vocalist to a first-rank Broadway star in Funny Girl to an Oscar-winning actress to a producer and director. But she has also become a cultural icon who has transcended show business.
Written by: Neal Gabler
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Can't Be Satisfied
- The Life and Times of Muddy Waters
- Written by: Robert Gordon
- Narrated by: Keb' Mo'
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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The epic, rollicking, up-and-down life of Muddy Waters—who went from Mississippi farmhand to musical legend, invented electric blues, and created the template for the rock-and-roll band and its wild lifestyle—is chronicled with rare vividness in Robert Gordon’s widely praised biography.
Written by: Robert Gordon
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Elvis Is King
- Costello's My Aim Is True (Pop Classics)
- Written by: Richard Crouse
- Narrated by: Shea Taylor
- Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1976, under the guidance of legendary label Stiff Records, he transformed himself into the snarling, spectacled artist who defied the musical status quo to blaze the trail for a new kind of rock star with his debut album, My Aim Is True. In Elvis Is King, Richard Crouse examines how the man, the myth, and the music of this arrestingly original album smashed the trends of the era to bridge the gap between punk and rock ’n’ roll.
Written by: Richard Crouse
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The Beloved Vision
- Music in the Romantic Age
- Written by: Stephen Walsh
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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The emotional resonance of nineteenth century has moved generations musicians and resonated with countless listeners. It has inspired artists and writers. But no writer until how has adopted such an insightful narrative approach as Stephen Walsh, and he shows how there is more to Romantic music that meets the eye—and the ear.
Written by: Stephen Walsh
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The Beloved Vision
- A History of Nineteenth Century Music
- Written by: Stephen Walsh
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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The Beloved Vision links the music history of this singular epoch to the ideas that lay behind Romanticism in all its manifestations. In this account, we come to understand the phase in music history that has become the mainstay of the twentieth and twenty-first century concert and operatic repertoire.
Written by: Stephen Walsh
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Piano by Ear: Pop and Standards Box Set 10
- The Piano by Ear Series
- Written by: Bill Brown
- Narrated by: Bill Brown
- Length: 14 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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This Piano By Ear box contains fifteen hours of high quality music instruction teaching you some of the greatest songs of all time. These solos are mostly intermediate to early advanced, so you will sound like a true professional once you have mastered them. This package contains mostly movie and theater hits along with a few top hits from the pop and rock world.
Written by: Bill Brown
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Tales from the Dancefloor
- Manchester, The Warehouse Project, Parklife, Sankeys, The Haçienda
- Written by: Sacha Lord
- Narrated by: Sacha Lord
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
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Sacha Lord's journey is interwoven with the history and culture of the city of Manchester. Listeners will discover Manchester’s vibrant music scene(s) and the challenges it has faced over the decades. The book takes the listener behind the scenes of Sacha's groundbreaking events, including his early nights at the legendary Haçienda club, the establishment of Warehouse Project and Parklife. Sacha's never-told stories are fascinating and entertaining, covering a three-decade structure through 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.
Written by: Sacha Lord
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All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words
- Unpublished, Unvarnished, and Told by The Beatles and Their Inner Circle
- Written by: Peter Brown, Steven Gaines
- Narrated by: Adam Stevens, Anthony Howell, Ben Jacobson, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
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All You Need Is Love is a groundbreaking oral history of the one of the most enduring musical acts of all time. The material is comprised of intimate interviews with Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, their families, friends and business associates that were conducted by Beatles intimate Peter Brown and author Steven Gaines in 1980-1981 during the preparation of their international bestseller, The Love You Make, which spent four months on the New York Times bestseller list in 1983 and remains the biggest selling biography worldwide about the Beatles
Written by: Peter Brown, and others
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Music and Mind
- Harnessing the Arts for Health and Wellness
- Written by: Renée Fleming - editor, Francis S. Collins MD PhD
- Narrated by: Gina Daniels, Carin Gilfry, Patty Nieman, and others
- Length: 22 hrs and 19 mins
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A compelling and growing body of research has shown music and arts therapies to be effective tools for addressing a widening array of conditions, from providing pain relief and alleviating anxiety and depression to regaining speech after stroke or traumatic brain injury, and improving mobility for people with disorders that include Parkinson’s disease and MS.
Written by: Renée Fleming - editor, and others
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My Black Country
- A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and Future
- Written by: Alice Randall
- Narrated by: Alice Randall
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
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Country music had brought Randall and her activist mother together and even gave Randall a singular distinction in American music history: she is the first Black woman to cowrite a number one country hit, Trisha Yearwood’s “XXX’s and OOO’s”. Randall found inspiration and comfort in the sounds and history of the first family of Black country music: DeFord Bailey, Lil Hardin, Ray Charles, Charley Pride, and Herb Jeffries who, together, made up a community of Black Americans rising through hard times to create simple beauty, true joy, and sometimes profound eccentricity.
Written by: Alice Randall
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Effortless Guitar
- The Secrets to Pain-Free Playing, Perfect Posture, Reducing Tension and Improved Performance with the Alexander Technique
- Written by: Adrian Farrell, Luke Lewis
- Narrated by: Mike Pulcinella
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
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Discover the Secrets to Reducing Tension, Pain-Free Playing, Perfect Posture, and Effortless Technique! Effortless Guitar is a breakthrough in guitar education, dispelling myths and misinformation that has caused countless player's careers and progress to be cut short. Through his experience as an Alexander Technique teacher and lifelong guitarist, Adrian Farrell shows you how to unlock your playing potential, avoid strain related injuries, and develop technique for life.
Written by: Adrian Farrell, and others
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A Really Strange and Wonderful Time
- The Chapel Hill Music Scene: 1989-1999
- Written by: Tom Maxwell
- Narrated by: Tom Maxwell
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
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A Really Strange and Wonderful Time features a representative cross-section of what was being created in and around Chapel Hill between 1989 and 1999. In addition to the aforementioned indie bands, it documents―through firsthand accounts―other local notables like Ben Folds Five, Dillon Fence, Flat Duo Jets, Small, Southern Culture on the Skids, Squirrel Nut Zippers, The Veldt, and Whiskeytown. At the same time, it describes the nurturing infrastructure which engendered and encouraged this marvelous diversity. In essence, A Really Strange and Wonderful Time is proof of the genius of community.
Written by: Tom Maxwell