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Shine Bright
- A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop
- Written by: Danyel Smith
- Narrated by: Danyel Smith
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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American pop music is arguably this country’s greatest cultural contribution to the world, and its singular voice and virtuosity were created by a shining thread of Black women geniuses stretching back to the country’s founding. This is their surprising, heartbreaking, soaring...
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Shine Bright
- A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop
- Narrated by: Danyel Smith
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 2022-04-19
- Language: English
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Nilsson
- The Life of a Singer-Songwriter
- Written by: Alyn Shipton
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 16 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Paul McCartney and John Lennon described him as the Beatles' "favorite group," he won Grammy awards, wrote and recorded hit songs, and yet no figure in popular music is as much of a paradox, or as underrated, as Harry Nilsson. In this first ever full-length biography, Alyn Shipton traces Nilsson's life from his Brooklyn childhood to his Los Angeles adolescence and his gradual emergence as a uniquely talented singer-songwriter.
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What a life...What an artist
- By Durango on 2022-07-28
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Nilsson
- The Life of a Singer-Songwriter
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 16 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2014-05-06
- Language: English
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Roots and Rhythm
- A Life in Music
- Written by: Charlie Peacock
- Narrated by: Charlie Peacock
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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In this artful memoir, Grammy Award-winning music producer Charlie Peacock flexes his literary chops and gives listeners the gritty backstage stories they crave: biographical anecdotes, geeky trivia, and how the hits were written and recorded (from jazz to rock and pop). Threaded throughout is Peacock’s unique ancestral and spiritual story—the roots. Like Coltrane, Dylan, and Bono before him, Peacock reveals a Christ-affection while refusing genres too small for his music.
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Roots and Rhythm
- A Life in Music
- Narrated by: Charlie Peacock
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 2025-02-04
- Language: English
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Weird Era
- How Pitchfork Changed Music Forever: A Memoir
- Written by: Ryan Schreiber
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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An Almost Famous–like memoir for the twenty-first century: Pitchfork’s founder opens up about running the most influential, and infamous, music publication of the internet age. In 1996, as legacy media slowly went digital, a nineteen-year-old Minneapolitan named Ryan Schreiber fired up his...
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Weird Era
- How Pitchfork Changed Music Forever: A Memoir
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 2026-12-01
- Language: English
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In Defense of Ska (Expanded 2nd Edition)
- Written by: Aaron Carnes
- Narrated by: Aaron Carnes
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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With an additional 30,000 words of compelling stories, research, and analysis, music journalist and In Defense of Ska podcast creator/host Aaron Carnes presents the case that ska never died, by jumping headfirst into ska's "lost years," i.e., the period after the 90s third-wave ska boom.
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In Defense of Ska (Expanded 2nd Edition)
- Narrated by: Aaron Carnes
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2025-01-21
- Language: English
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Music Production
- Discover the Past, Present, & Future of Music Production, Recording Technology, Techniques, & Songwriting
- Written by: Tommy Swindali
- Narrated by: Austin R Stoler
- Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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It's a big question, and one that has been written about endlessly in an attempt to reveal the "formula" for creating a worldwide, smash hit record. First of all a good song speaks to you. You remember it, even if it's just one really good line.... It fills you with emotions, whether those be sad or happy ones. Then there is something else...it's the way the music was produced and its techniques which hook you in and enhance the listening experience. Inside this book, you will find a timeless blueprint for making smash hit songs.
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Music Production
- Discover the Past, Present, & Future of Music Production, Recording Technology, Techniques, & Songwriting
- Narrated by: Austin R Stoler
- Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 2020-02-04
- Language: English
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God Save the Queens
- The Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop
- Narrated by: Kathy Iandoli, Bahni Turpin
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2019-10-22
- Language: English
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A Mad Love
- An Introduction to Opera
- Written by: Vivien Schweitzer
- Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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A lively introduction to opera, from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century There are few art forms as visceral and emotional as opera -- and few that are as daunting for newcomers. A Mad Love offers a spirited and indispensable tour of opera's eclectic past and present, beginning with...
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A Mad Love
- An Introduction to Opera
- Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 2018-09-18
- Language: English
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Good Booty
- Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 13 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 2017-08-15
- Language: English
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Marian McPartland's Jazz World
- All in Good Time
- Written by: Marian McPartland
- Narrated by: Marian McPartland
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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In this collection of musical portraits, jazz pianist and radio host Marian McPartland pays sparkling tribute to such beloved and legendary figures as Benny Goodman, Bill Evans, Joe Morello, Paul Desmond, Alec Wilder, Mary Lou Williams, and others.
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Marian McPartland's Jazz World
- All in Good Time
- Narrated by: Marian McPartland
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 2006-05-09
- Language: English
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The Music of James Bond
- Written by: Jon Burlingame
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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The story of the music that accompanies the cinematic adventures of Ian Fleming's intrepid Agent 007 is one of surprising real-life drama. In The Music of James Bond, author Jon Burlingame throws open studio and courtroom doors alike to reveal the full and extraordinary history of the sounds of James Bond, spicing the story with a wealth of fascinating and previously undisclosed tales.
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A fine and informative survey
- By presterjohn1 on 2022-10-09
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The Music of James Bond
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 2014-02-06
- Language: English
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The Pied Pipers of Rock 'n' Roll: Radio Deejays of the '50s and '60s
- Written by: Wes Smith
- Narrated by: Gary Theroux
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
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In The Pied Pipers of Rock 'n' Roll, Wes Smith examines the phenomenon of the AM deejays who captivated a generation and helped define the counterculture that has forever changed the landscape of American youth. Smith takes a close look at nine of the men who made this happen and explores the reasons for their influence and its lasting effects on the generation whose lives still unfold to the soundtrack laid down by these platter-spinners of their youth.
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The Pied Pipers of Rock 'n' Roll: Radio Deejays of the '50s and '60s
- Narrated by: Gary Theroux
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 2013-05-11
- Language: English
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Mozart & Beethoven: The Lives and Legacies of History's Most Famous Composers
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Guy Veryzer
- Length: 4 hrs
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This audiobook analyzes the themes and progression of the composers' most famous works, comparing and contrasting them to each other and other composers' great works.
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Excellent
- By Fatima on 2018-02-08
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Mozart & Beethoven: The Lives and Legacies of History's Most Famous Composers
- Narrated by: Guy Veryzer
- Length: 4 hrs
- Release date: 2015-08-28
- Language: English
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Changing Lives
- Gustavo Dudamel, El Sistema, and the Transformative Power of Music
- Written by: Tricia Tunstall
- Narrated by: Carol Monda
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
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When Gustavo Dudamel, at the age of 28, ascended the podium at the Hollywood Bowl for his inaugural concert as conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, he immediately captivated the hearts of his audience, just as he had the minds of music critics who designated him a modern-day Leonard Bernstein. In Changing Lives, the maestro's story becomes the entry point to an equally captivating subject: El Sistema, the music education program that nurtured his musical talent, first as a young violinist and then as a budding conductor under the mentorship of its founder, Jos Antonio Abreu.
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Changing Lives
- Gustavo Dudamel, El Sistema, and the Transformative Power of Music
- Narrated by: Carol Monda
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 2013-06-04
- Language: English
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Stories Behind the Greatest Hits of Christmas
- Uncover the Secrets and History of Beloved Holiday Classics
- Written by: Ace Collins
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Much like The Stories Behind The Best-Loved Songs Of Christmas, The Stories Behind The Great Traditions of Christmas and More Stories Behind The Best Loved Songs of Christmas this new Collins Christmas book will fill a void in the book world. With a look at these secular classics, people who...
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Stories Behind the Greatest Hits of Christmas
- Uncover the Secrets and History of Beloved Holiday Classics
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 2010-12-27
- Language: English
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Listen to This
- Miles Davis and Bitches Brew
- Written by: Victor Svorinich
- Narrated by: John Gagnepain
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
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Listen to This stands out as the first book exclusively dedicated to Davis' watershed 1969 album, Bitches Brew. Victor Svorinich traces its incarnations and inspirations for 10-plus years before its release. The album arrived as the jazz scene waned beneath the rise of rock and roll and as Davis faced large changes in social conditions affecting the African-American consciousness.
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Listen to This
- Miles Davis and Bitches Brew
- Narrated by: John Gagnepain
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 2016-12-16
- Language: English
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Woodstock: The History and Legacy of America's Most Famous Music Festival
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Richard D. Hurd
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
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Woodstock, more accurately entitled the Woodstock Music Festival; An Aquarian Exposition: Three Days of Peace and Music, represents one of the most enduring symbols of the youth movement of America's late 1960s and early '70s. As the public pinnacle of that social phenomenon, the giant festival that overwhelmed a section of an upstate New York farm for a week during a time of national and international upheaval evolved from a typical speculative financial venture to a defining historical monument.
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Woodstock: The History and Legacy of America's Most Famous Music Festival
- Narrated by: Richard D. Hurd
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
- Release date: 2015-06-22
- Language: English
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Rock Stars on the Record
- The Albums That Changed Their Lives
- Written by: Eric Spitznagel
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
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Rock Stars on the Record is a collection of firsthand tales by artists of all ages, backgrounds, and musical influences, remembering the meaning behind the records that mattered most to them. From Laura Jane Grace to Ian MacKaye, Don McLean to Cherie Currie, Alice Bag to Mac DeMarco, and many more, best-selling author Eric Spitznagel talks to rock stars across the sonic spectrum about the albums that changed them in ways only music can change someone.
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Rock Stars on the Record
- The Albums That Changed Their Lives
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 2021-02-23
- Language: English
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Johnny B. Bad
- Chuck Berry and the Making of Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll
- Written by: Stephanie Bennett, Keith Richards - contributor, Helen Mirren - contributor, and others
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
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Thirty years ago, Chuck Berry starred in the seminal music documentary Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll, which profiled the legend during a star-studded concert celebrating his 60th birthday. Now comes the complete story behind one of America's most enduring and embattled icons. Compiled as an oral history by the film's producer, Stephanie Bennett, Johnny B. Bad combines interviews from the film's participants, including its music director - Keith Richards. These unique interviews and accounts paint a vivid and multifaceted picture of the artist.
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Johnny B. Bad
- Chuck Berry and the Making of Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 2019-03-19
- Language: English
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