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Guitar
- An American Life
- Written by: Tim Brookes
- Narrated by: Tim Brookes
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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What was it about a small, humble folk instrument that allowed it to become an American icon? The guitar represents freedom, the open road, protest and rebellion, the blues, youth, lost love, and sexuality. Tim Brookes explores with adoration these ideas and how they became entwined with the history of America.
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Guitar
- An American Life
- Narrated by: Tim Brookes
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 2005-06-17
- Language: English
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Love Is a Mix Tape
- Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
- Written by: Rob Sheffield
- Narrated by: Rob Sheffield
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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“The happiest, saddest, sweetest book about rock ‘n’ roll that I’ve ever experienced.”—Chuck Klosterman Mix tapes: We all have our favorites. Stick one into a deck, press play, and you’re instantly transported to another time in your life. For Rob Sheffield, that time was one of...
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An autobiography from a music lover's perspective
- By The Math Devil on 2019-11-06
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Love Is a Mix Tape
- Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
- Narrated by: Rob Sheffield
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 2007-01-02
- Language: English
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Listening for America
- Inside the Great American Songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim
- Written by: Rob Kapilow
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Few people in recent memory have dedicated themselves as devotedly to the story of twentieth-century American music as Rob Kapilow, the composer, conductor, and host of the hit NPR music radio program, What Makes It Great? Now, in Listening for America, he turns his keen ear to the Great American Songbook, bringing many of our favorite classics to life.
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Listening for America
- Inside the Great American Songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 2022-06-28
- Language: English
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Grunge Is Dead
- The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music
- Written by: Greg Prato
- Narrated by: Greg Prato
- Length: 22 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Grunge Is Dead weaves together the definitive story of the Seattle music scene through a series of interviews with the people who were there. Taking the form of an “oral” history, this books contains more than 130 interviews, along with essential background information from acclaimed music writer Greg Prato.
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Meh
- By Anonymous on 2022-11-01
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Grunge Is Dead
- The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music
- Narrated by: Greg Prato
- Length: 22 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 2021-11-01
- Language: English
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Tearing Down the Wall of Sound
- The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector
- Written by: Mick Brown
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 17 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Phil Spector, born in the Bronx in 1940, grew up an outsider despised by his peers. But he formed a band, and had a number-one hit with "To Know Him Is to Love Him". He quickly became the top producer of early rock and roll and the originator of such girl groups as the Ronettes. Hit followed hit, and for all of them he used a new recording style called the "wall of sound". But the reign of the boy-man who owned pop music was doomed, and Spector spiraled into paranoid isolation and peculiar behavior.
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Interesting
- By RW on 2025-05-03
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Tearing Down the Wall of Sound
- The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 17 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 2007-06-01
- Language: English
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Kraftwerk
- Future Music from Germany
- Written by: Uwe Schütte
- Narrated by: Sam Peter Jackson
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. The story of the phenomenon that is Kraftwerk, and how they revolutionised our cultural landscape 'We are not artists nor musicians. We are workers.' Ignoring nearly all rock traditions, experimenting in near-total secrecy in their Düsseldorf studio, Kraftwerk fused...
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Kraftwerk
- Future Music from Germany
- Narrated by: Sam Peter Jackson
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 2020-02-27
- Language: English
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The Big Book of Rock & Roll Names
- How Arcade Fire, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, Vampire Weekend, and 532 Other Bands Got Their Names
- Written by: Adam Dolgins
- Narrated by: Gabriel Vaughan
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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By turns fascinating, funny, and bizarre, this book offers insight into the peculiar choices and idiosyncratic psychologies of hundreds of top musicians from the 1960s to the present. Originally published more than two decades ago to great success, it's been out of print for years and has now been completely updated and expanded to feature dozens of exclusive interviews, including conversations with groups like The Black Keys, The Killers, Twenty One Pilots, Coldplay, Cage the Elephant, and Vampire Weekend.
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The Big Book of Rock & Roll Names
- How Arcade Fire, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, Vampire Weekend, and 532 Other Bands Got Their Names
- Narrated by: Gabriel Vaughan
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 2024-11-12
- Language: English
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How Music Works
- The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond
- Written by: John Powell
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Have you ever wondered how off-key you are while singing in the shower? Or if your Bob Dylan albums really sound better on vinyl? Or why certain songs make you cry? Now, scientist and musician John Powell invites you on an entertaining journey through the world of music. Discover what distinguishes music from plain old noise, how scales help you memorize songs, what the humble recorder teaches you about timbre (assuming your suffering listeners don’t break it first), and more.
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How Music Works
- The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2010-12-20
- Language: English
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Rags and Bones
- An Exploration of The Band
- Written by: Jeff Sellars - editor, Kevin C. Neece - editor
- Narrated by: Graham Rowat
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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After performing with Ronnie Hawkins as the Hawks (1957-1964), The Band (Rick Danko, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson, and Levon Helm) eventually rose to fame in the sixties as backing musicians for Bob Dylan. This collaboration with Dylan presented the group with a chance to expand musically and strike out on their own. The Band's fusion of rock, country, soul, and blues music-all tinged with a southern flavor and musical adventurousness—created a unique soundscape.
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Disappointing listen
- By Bagman on 2023-10-11
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Rags and Bones
- An Exploration of The Band
- Narrated by: Graham Rowat
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 2023-08-29
- Language: English
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Quincy Jones: His Life in Music
- American Made Music Series
- Written by: Clarence Bernard Henry
- Narrated by: Charles Johnson
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Quincy Jones (b. 1933) is one of the most prolific composers, arrangers, bandleaders, producers, and humanitarians in American music history and the recording and film industries. Clarence Bernard Henry focuses on the life, music, career, and legacy of Jones within the social, cultural, historical, and artistic context of American, African American, popular, and world music traditions.
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Quincy Jones: His Life in Music
- American Made Music Series
- Narrated by: Charles Johnson
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 2019-11-15
- Language: English
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Bach, Beethoven, and the Boys
- Music History as It Ought to Be Taught
- Written by: David W. Barber
- Narrated by: Jean-Michel George
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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David W. Barber has delighted fans around the world with Accidentals on Purpose, When the Fat Lady Sings, and other internationally best-selling books of musical humor. His best-selling Bach, Beethoven and the Boys chronicles the lives of the great (and not-so-great) composers, exploring their sex lives, exposing their foibles, and expanding on our understanding of these all-too-human creatures.
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Bach, Beethoven, and the Boys
- Music History as It Ought to Be Taught
- Narrated by: Jean-Michel George
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 2018-08-15
- Language: English
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Composers
- Their Lives and Works
- Written by: DK
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Introduced with more than 90 biographical entries that trace the friendships, loves, and rivalries that inspired each musical genius and their work. Profiles offer revealing insights into what drove each individual to create the musical masterpieces - symphonies, concertos and operatic scores -...
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Composers
- Their Lives and Works
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 2020-09-15
- Language: English
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Opera
- The Definitive Story
- Written by: Alan Riding, Leslie Dunton-Downer
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
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Immerse yourself in more than 400 years of the world's most celebrated operas and discover the fascinating stories behind them. Explore the lives of singers such as Maria Callas, Luciano Pavarotti, and Jonas Kaufmann. Meet composers like Mozart, Wagner, and Britten, and the librettists with whom...
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Opera
- The Definitive Story
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 2022-08-16
- Language: English
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The KLF
- Chaos, Magic, and the Band Who Burned a Million Pounds
- Written by: John Higgs
- Narrated by: John Higgs
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
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In this fascinating and in-depth biography, popular British writer and cultural historian John Higgs digs into the story behind the end of one of the most popular bands of the late twentieth century. The band members themselves, when asked in interviews, were never able to satisfactorily explain their behavior, but looked haunted every time it came up. With his characteristically creative mind, Higgs leads listeners on a journey to understand “a story that no one knows they are in—least of all the main characters.”
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A perfect read for lovers of creative chaos.
- By SSlick on 2024-09-28
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The KLF
- Chaos, Magic, and the Band Who Burned a Million Pounds
- Narrated by: John Higgs
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 2024-07-09
- Language: English
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The Vinyl Diaries
- Sex, Deep Cuts, and My Soundtrack to Queer Joy
- Written by: Pete Crighton
- Narrated by: Pete Crighton
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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A poignant, funny, and lively memoir of sexual awakening, music, and discovering one's true self. Pete Crighton came of age in the early/mid 1980s in the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Growing up in Toronto, he was terrified that his friends and schoolmates would find out that he was “different” at a...
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The Vinyl Diaries
- Sex, Deep Cuts, and My Soundtrack to Queer Joy
- Narrated by: Pete Crighton
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 2025-05-13
- Language: English
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Classical Music 101
- Written by: Fred Plotkin
- Narrated by: Fred Plotkin
- Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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In clear and entertaining prose, Plotkin explores a thousand years of music, introduces listeners to more than 100 great works, and profiles in depth many significant composers, including Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, Dvoxak, and Mahler. He describes all the musical instruments in the orchestra, defines major musical terms, and makes music theory comprehensible for the uninitiated. There are also conversations with important musicians who offer fascinating insights about their art.
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Classical Music 101
- Narrated by: Fred Plotkin
- Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 2004-06-02
- Language: English
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The Classical Music Book
- Written by: DK
- Narrated by: Peter Forbes
- Length: 15 hrs and 58 mins
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From Mozart to Mendelssohn, this comprehensive guide to classical music history and classical music biography is the perfect latest addition to the bestselling Big Ideas series. Easy to understand and clear to follow, this history of classical music explores and explains music theory and the...
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The Classical Music Book
- Narrated by: Peter Forbes
- Series: Big Ideas Simply Explained
- Length: 15 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 2020-09-15
- Language: English
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Days That I'll Remember
- Spending Time with John Lennon and Yoko Ono
- Written by: Jonathan Cott
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
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Jonathan Cott met John Lennon in 1968 and remained friends with him and Yoko Ono until John's death in 1980. He has kept in touch with Yoko since that time, and is one of the few writers who understands her profoundly positive influence on Lennon. This deeply personal book recounts the course of these friendships over the decades and provides an intimate look at two of the most astonishing cultural figures of our time. And what Jonathan Cott has to say will be found nowhere else.
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Days That I'll Remember
- Spending Time with John Lennon and Yoko Ono
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 2013-02-12
- Language: English
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The Sound of Freedom
- Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Concert That Awakened America
- Written by: Raymond Arsenault
- Narrated by: David Crommett
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
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Award-winning civil rights historian Ray Arsenault describes the dramatic story behind Marian Anderson’s concert at the Lincoln Memorial - an early milestone in civil rights history - on the 70th anniversary of her performance. On Easter Sunday 1939, the brilliant vocalist Marian Anderson sang before a throng of 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington - an electrifying moment and an underappreciated milestone in civil rights history.
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The Sound of Freedom
- Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Concert That Awakened America
- Narrated by: David Crommett
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 2013-03-04
- Language: English
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George Frideric Handel
- A Life with Friends
- Written by: Ellen T. Harris
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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An intimate portrait of Handel’s life and inner circle, modeled after one of the composer’s favorite forms: the fugue. During his lifetime, the sounds of Handel’s music reached from court to theater, echoed in cathedrals, and filled crowded taverns, but the man himself - known to most as the composer of Messiah - is a bit of a mystery. Though he took meticulous care of his musical manuscripts and even provided for their preservation on his death, very little of an intimate nature survives.
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George Frideric Handel
- A Life with Friends
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 2014-10-09
- Language: English
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