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The Book of Salsa
- A Chronicle of Urban Music from the Caribbean to New York City
- Written by: César Miguel Rondón, Frances R. Aparicio - translator, Jackie White - translator
- Narrated by: Drew Birdseye
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
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Salsa is one of the most popular types of music listened to and danced to in the United States. Until now, the single comprehensive history of the music - and the industry that grew up around it, including musicians, performances, styles, movements, and production - was available only in Spanish.
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The Book of Salsa
- A Chronicle of Urban Music from the Caribbean to New York City
- Narrated by: Drew Birdseye
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 2014-02-10
- Language: English
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And the Roots of Rhythm Remain
- ZE Series, Book 6
- Written by: Joe Boyd
- Narrated by: Joe Boyd
- Length: 40 hrs and 26 mins
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From the legendary producer of Nick Drake, R.E.M., Toots and the Maytals, and Pink Floyd and author of White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s comes a riveting, world-spanning tour de force illuminating the artists, histories, controversies, and collaborations that shaped global music.
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And the Roots of Rhythm Remain
- ZE Series, Book 6
- Narrated by: Joe Boyd
- Length: 40 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 2025-01-06
- Language: English
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And Party Every Day
- The Inside Story of Casablanca Records
- Written by: Larry Harris, Curt Gooch, Jeff Suhs
- Narrated by: Larry Harris
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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Now it can be told! The true, behind-the-scenes story of Casablanca Records, from an eyewitness to the excess and insanity. Casablanca was not a product of the 1970s, it was the 1970s. From 1974 to 1980, the landscape of American culture was a banquet of hedonism and self-indulgence, and no person or company in that era was more emblematic of the times than Casablanca Records and its magnetic founder, Neil Bogart.
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And Party Every Day
- The Inside Story of Casablanca Records
- Narrated by: Larry Harris
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 2011-03-30
- Language: English
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The Indispensable Composers
- A Personal Guide
- Written by: Anthony Tommasini
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 20 hrs and 24 mins
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In The Indispensable Composers, Tommasini offers his own personal guide to the canon - and what greatness really means in classical music. What does it mean to be canonical now? Who gets to say? And do we have enough perspective on the 20th century to even begin assessing it? To make his case, Tommasini draws on elements of biography, the anxiety of influence, the composer's relationships with colleagues, and shifting attitudes toward a composer's work over time.
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The Indispensable Composers
- A Personal Guide
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 20 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 2018-11-06
- Language: English
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Play It Loud
- An Epic History of the Style, Sound, and Revolution of the Electric Guitar
- Written by: Brad Tolinski, Alan di Perna, Carlos Santana - foreword
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
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For generations the electric guitar has been an international symbol of freedom, danger, rebellion, and hedonism. In Play It Loud, Brad Tolinski and Alan di Perna bring the history of this iconic instrument to roaring life. It's a story of inventors and iconoclasts, of scam artists, prodigies, and mythologizers as varied and original as the instruments they spawned. Play It Loud uses 12 landmark guitars - each of them artistic milestones in their own right - to illustrate the conflict and passion the instruments have inspired.
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Play It Loud
- An Epic History of the Style, Sound, and Revolution of the Electric Guitar
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 2016-10-25
- Language: English
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Why Karen Carpenter Matters
- Written by: Karen Tongson
- Narrated by: Karen Tongson
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
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In the '60s and '70s, America's music scene was marked by raucous excess, reflected in the tragic overdoses of young superstars such as Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. At the same time, the uplifting harmonies and sunny lyrics that propelled Karen Carpenter and her brother, Richard, to international fame belied a different sort of tragedy - the underconsumption that led to Karen's death at age 32 from the effects of an eating disorder.
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This is not about Karen carpenter
- By Michelle Preyde on 2024-03-03
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Why Karen Carpenter Matters
- Narrated by: Karen Tongson
- Series: Music Matters
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2019-11-26
- Language: English
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Detroit Rock City
- The Uncensored History of Rock 'n' Roll in America's Loudest City
- Written by: Steve Miller
- Narrated by: Steve Miller
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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From the Stooges and MC to Grand Funk Railroad and Ted Nugent, to the White Stripes, Eminem, and Kid Rock, and whole casts of other great bands and performers, Detroit has always produced louder, more rumbling, more subversive rock music than any city in the world. In Detroit Rock City, listeners get to hear the stories straight from the participants themselves: the singers, the guitar slingers, the fans, the reporters, the promoters, even the guys who hand-made amps to be louder and crunchier than the competition’s.
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Detroit Rock City
- The Uncensored History of Rock 'n' Roll in America's Loudest City
- Narrated by: Steve Miller
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 2013-07-09
- Language: English
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Raving Till We Die
- Techno Music from the Late 80s until Now
- Written by: Ian Anderson
- Narrated by: Mary Kell
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
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This book provides a comprehensive overview of techno music from its inception in the 1980s to the present day. It discussed the various styles and genres that have emerged within techno, and the key artists and tracks that have helped shape the genre. The book also includes details about some of techno's most prominent producers and DJs, offering listeners insight into their creative process and the inspiration behind their music.
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Raving Till We Die
- Techno Music from the Late 80s until Now
- Narrated by: Mary Kell
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
- Release date: 2023-05-03
- Language: English
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The Come Up
- An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop
- Written by: Jonathan Abrams
- Narrated by: Dion Graham, Diontae Black, Torian Brackett, and others
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
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The music that would come to be known as hip-hop was born at a party in the Bronx in the summer of 1973. Now, fifty years later, it’s the most popular music genre in America. Just as jazz did in the first half of the twentieth century, hip-hop and its groundbreaking DJs and artists—nearly all of them people of color from some of America’s most overlooked communities—pushed the boundaries of music to new frontiers, while transfixing the country’s youth and reshaping fashion, art, and even language.
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Great peek into the origins and journey of Hip Hop.
- By Bazza on 2025-03-18
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The Come Up
- An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop
- Narrated by: Dion Graham, Diontae Black, Torian Brackett, Langston Darby, James Fouhey, Kevin R. Free, Dominic Hoffman, JD Jackson, Terrence Kidd, January LaVoy, Adam Lazarre-White, Leon Nixon, Reynaldo Piniella, Malik Rashad
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 2022-10-18
- Language: English
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Corporate Rock Sucks
- The Rise and Fall of SST Records
- Written by: Jim Ruland
- Narrated by: Jim Ruland
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
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In Corporate Rock Sucks, music journalist Jim Ruland relays the unvarnished story of SST Records, from its remarkable rise in notoriety to its infamous downfall. With records by Black Flag, Minutemen, Hüsker Dü, Bad Brains, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Screaming Trees, Soundgarden, and scores of obscure yet influential bands, SST was the most popular indie label by the mid-80s - until a tsunami of legal jeopardy, financial peril, and dysfunctional management brought the empire tumbling down. This investigative deep-dive leads listeners through SST’s tumultuous history.
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Heyday of Independent Hardcore Label
- By Tim Kirker on 2022-05-20
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Corporate Rock Sucks
- The Rise and Fall of SST Records
- Narrated by: Jim Ruland
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 2022-04-12
- 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
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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 User 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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The Holy or the Broken
- Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of "Hallelujah"
- Written by: Alan Light
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
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Today, "Hallelujah" is one of the most-performed rock songs in history. It has become a staple of movies and television shows as diverse as Shrek and The West Wing, of tribute videos and telethons. It has been covered by hundreds of artists, including Bob Dylan, U2, Justin Timberlake, and k.d. lang, and it is played every year at countless events - both sacred and secular - around the world. Yet when music legend Leonard Cohen first wrote and recorded "Hallelujah", it was for an album rejected by his longtime record label.
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The story behind the song
- By John William Guise on 2018-09-24
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The Holy or the Broken
- Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of "Hallelujah"
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 2017-06-06
- Language: English
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There Was Nothing You Could Do
- Bruce Springsteen's “Born in the U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland
- Written by: Steven Hyden
- Narrated by: Steven Hyden
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
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On June 4, 1984, Columbia Records issued what would become one of the best-selling and most impactful rock albums of all time. An instant classic, Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. would prove itself to be a landmark not only for the man who made it, but rock music in general, and even the larger American culture over the next 40 years.
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There Was Nothing You Could Do
- Bruce Springsteen's “Born in the U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland
- Narrated by: Steven Hyden
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 2024-05-28
- Language: English
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And After All
- A Fan History of Oasis
- Written by: Melissa Locker
- Narrated by: Kit Griffiths
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
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And After All gives the mic to the fans that launched Oasis to stratospheric fame and takes a deep dive into the band’s formation, history, and reunion. Through the lens of the fans who were there for all the songs, feuds, and incredible shows, journalist Melissa Locker examines the path Oasis charted as they cemented their place in modern rock history.
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And After All
- A Fan History of Oasis
- Narrated by: Kit Griffiths
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 2025-07-01
- Language: English
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Nobody Ever Asked Me About the Girls
- Women, Music, and Fame
- Written by: Lisa Robinson
- Narrated by: Lisa Robinson
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
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From the effects of fame on family and vice versa to motherhood and drugs, sex, and romance, Lisa Robinson has discussed every taboo topic with nearly every significant living female artist to pass through the pages of Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair. Here, in Nobody Ever Asked Me About the Girls, her interviews with and observations of fabulous female pop and rock stars, from Tina Turner and Alanis Morrissette to Rihanna, show how these powerhouse women fell in love with music, seized their ambitions, and changed pop culture.
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Thank you Lisa Robinson
- By nicole on 2023-10-18
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Nobody Ever Asked Me About the Girls
- Women, Music, and Fame
- Narrated by: Lisa Robinson
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 2020-11-10
- Language: English
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Bedroom Rapper
- Cadence Weapon on Hip-Hop, Resistance and Surviving the Music Industry
- Written by: Rollie Pemberton
- Narrated by: Rollie Pemberton
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
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Tracing his roots from recording beats in his mom's attic in Edmonton to performing with some of the most recognizable names in rap and electronic music—De La Soul, Public Enemy, Mos Def, Questlove, Diplo, and more—Polaris Prize winner Rollie Pemberton, a.k.a Cadence Weapon, captures the joy in finding yourself, and how a sense of place and purpose entwines inextricably with a music scene.
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Amazing
- By Camille Brereton on 2023-03-11
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Bedroom Rapper
- Cadence Weapon on Hip-Hop, Resistance and Surviving the Music Industry
- Narrated by: Rollie Pemberton
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 2022-05-31
- Language: English
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Here Comes the Night
- The Dark Soul of Bert Berns and the Dirty Business of Rhythm and Blues
- Written by: Joel Selvin
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
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Here Comes the Night: Bert Berns and the Dirty Business of Rhythm and Blues is both a definitive account of the New York rhythm and blues world of the early '60s, and the harrowing, ultimately tragic story of songwriter and record producer Bert Berns, whose meteoric career was fueled by his pending doom. His heart damaged by rheumatic fever as a youth, doctors told Berns he would not live to see 21. Although his name is little remembered today, Berns worked alongside all the greats of the era.
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Here Comes the Night
- The Dark Soul of Bert Berns and the Dirty Business of Rhythm and Blues
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 2014-12-23
- Language: English
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Maximum Volume: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin
- The Early Years, 1926-1966
- Written by: Kenneth Womack
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
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Maximum Volume offers a glimpse into the mind, the music, and the man behind the sound of the Beatles. George Martin's working-class childhood and musical influences profoundly shaped his early career in the BBC's Classical Music department and as head of the EMI Group's Parlophone Records. Out of them flowed the genius behind his seven years producing the Beatles' incredible body of work, including such albums as Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and Abbey Road.
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Fascinating and Motivating
- By Carson on 2019-02-22
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Maximum Volume: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin
- The Early Years, 1926-1966
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2017-09-01
- Language: English
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We Gotta Get Out of This Place
- The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War
- Written by: Doug Bradley, Craig Werner
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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For a Kentucky rifleman who spent his tour trudging through Vietnam's Central Highlands, it was Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'". For a "tunnel rat" who blew smoke into the Viet Cong's underground tunnels, it was Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze". For a black marine distraught over the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., it was Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools".
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We Gotta Get Out of This Place
- The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 2017-06-06
- 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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