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How Music Works

by David Byrne ...

Narrated by David Byrne, Andrew Garman ...

Unabridged

13 hours 10 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 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—now updated with a new chapter on digital curation.“How Music Works is a buoyant hybrid of social history, anthropological survey, autobiography, personal philosophy, and business manual” ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 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—now updated with a new chapter on digital curation.“How Music Works is a buoyant hybrid of social history, anthropological survey, autobiography, personal philosophy, and business manual”
... Read more
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Jazz

A History of America's Music

by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns ...

Narrated by LeVar Burton ...

Abridged

8 hours 59 min

A masterpiece that brings to life the fascinating story of the quintessential American music—jazz. Visually stunning, with more than five hundred photographs, this companion volume to the acclaimed ten-part PBS TV series is an exploration of the music that celebrates all Americans at their best.Here are the stories of the extraordinary men and women who made the music: Louis Armstrong, the ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

A masterpiece that brings to life the fascinating story of the quintessential American music—jazz. Visually stunning, with more than five hundred photographs, this companion volume to the acclaimed ten-part PBS TV series is an exploration of the music that celebrates all Americans at their best.Here are the stories of the extraordinary men and women who made the music: Louis Armstrong, the
... Read more
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Adorning the Dark

Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making

by Andrew Peterson ...

Narrated by Andrew Peterson ...

Unabridged

5 hours 1 min

Making something beautiful in a broken world can be harrowing work, and it can’t be done alone.Over the last twenty years, Andrew Peterson has performed thousands of concerts, published four novels, released ten albums, taught college and seminary classes on writing, founded a nonprofit ministry for Christians in the arts, and executive-produced a film—all in a belief that God calls us to proclaim ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Making something beautiful in a broken world can be harrowing work, and it can’t be done alone.Over the last twenty years, Andrew Peterson has performed thousands of concerts, published four novels, released ten albums, taught college and seminary classes on writing, founded a nonprofit ministry for Christians in the arts, and executive-produced a film—all in a belief that God calls us to proclaim
... Read more
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Ullas Ki Naav

by Vikas Kumar Jha, Vikas Kumar Jha ...

Narrated by Babita Tripathi ...

Unabridged

11 hours 26 min

आइ बिलीव इन म्यूजि़क, आइ बिलीव इन लव—हमेशा इन दो संगीतमय वाक्यों से अपने रौशनदानो की शुरुआत करनेवाली भारतीय पॉप संगीत की महारानी उषा उथुप रम्भा हो, पाउरिंग रेन, मटिल्डा, कोई यहाँ नाचे-नाचे और दोस्तों से प्यार किया सरीखे झूम-धूम-भरे बेशुमार गानों के संग लोगों के अन्तर्मन के धुँधले क्षितिज को हज़ार वाट की अपनी हँसी से सदैव जगमग करती आई हैं। वे देश-दुनिया की बाईस भाषाओं में गाती हैं। पर दुनिया-भर में ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

आइ बिलीव इन म्यूजि़क, आइ बिलीव इन लव—हमेशा इन दो संगीतमय वाक्यों से अपने रौशनदानो की शुरुआत करनेवाली भारतीय पॉप संगीत की महारानी उषा उथुप रम्भा हो, पाउरिंग रेन, मटिल्डा, कोई यहाँ नाचे-नाचे और दोस्तों से प्यार किया सरीखे झूम-धूम-भरे बेशुमार गानों के संग लोगों के अन्तर्मन के धुँधले क्षितिज को हज़ार वाट की अपनी हँसी से सदैव जगमग करती आई हैं। वे देश-दुनिया की बाईस भाषाओं में गाती हैं। पर दुनिया-भर में
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Ronaldo Bôscoli

by Denilson Monteiro ...

Narrated by Renato Peres ...

Unabridged

17 hours 37 min

Relato da vida de um dos mais importantes compositores brasileiros e umas das principais figuras da Bossa Nova, o livro revela detalhes da história da MPB e da vida de Bôscoli, também conhecido por sua personalidade extremamente sedutora. Nas mais de 500 páginas de A Bossa do Lobo, Denilson Monteiro conta a vida de Ronaldo com riqueza de detalhes, revelando como nasceram as canções que ele compôs; ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

Relato da vida de um dos mais importantes compositores brasileiros e umas das principais figuras da Bossa Nova, o livro revela detalhes da história da MPB e da vida de Bôscoli, também conhecido por sua personalidade extremamente sedutora. Nas mais de 500 páginas de A Bossa do Lobo, Denilson Monteiro conta a vida de Ronaldo com riqueza de detalhes, revelando como nasceram as canções que ele compôs;
... Read more
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Magnificat

Der Lobgesang der Maria - Musik und Meditationen

by Anselm Grün, Johann Sebastian Bach ...

Narrated by Anselm Grün ...

Unabridged

57 min

"Meine Seele preist die Größe des Herrn" - so beginnt der Lobgesang der Maria. Johann Sebastian Bach hat mit seinem Magnificat die berühmteste Vertonung dieser Bibelstelle geschrieben. Diese Produktion verbindet die Musik Bachs mit Meditationen und Auslegungen von Anselm Grün. Mit dem Thomanerchor Leipzig und dem Neuen Bachischen Collegium Musicum Leipzig. Es spricht Pater Anselm Grün. ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

"Meine Seele preist die Größe des Herrn" - so beginnt der Lobgesang der Maria. Johann Sebastian Bach hat mit seinem Magnificat die berühmteste Vertonung dieser Bibelstelle geschrieben. Diese Produktion verbindet die Musik Bachs mit Meditationen und Auslegungen von Anselm Grün. Mit dem Thomanerchor Leipzig und dem Neuen Bachischen Collegium Musicum Leipzig. Es spricht Pater Anselm Grün.
... Read more
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Vendiendo Inglaterra por una libra. Una historia social del rock progresivo británico

by Norberto Cambiasso, Norberto Cambiasso ...

Narrated by Gabriel Paserino ...

Unabridged

17 hours 7 min

La tendencia a reducir el rock progresivo a su variante sinfónica, que adalides entusiastas y detractores acérrimos comparten por igual, promueve una mirada sesgada, ajena a las sutilezas de la historia y restringida a unos pocos esquemas formales derivados de la tradición clásica de la música culta que no le hacen justicia a la compleja metamorfosis que caracterizó el escenario musical británico ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

La tendencia a reducir el rock progresivo a su variante sinfónica, que adalides entusiastas y detractores acérrimos comparten por igual, promueve una mirada sesgada, ajena a las sutilezas de la historia y restringida a unos pocos esquemas formales derivados de la tradición clásica de la música culta que no le hacen justicia a la compleja metamorfosis que caracterizó el escenario musical británico
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The Vintage Guide to Classical Music

An Indispensable Guide for Understanding and Enjoying Classical Music

by Jan Swafford ...

Narrated by Peter Coates ...

Unabridged

19 hours 37 min

The most readable and comprehensive guide to enjoying over five hundred years of classical music -- from Gregorian chants, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Johannes Brahms, Igor Stravinsky, John Cage, and beyond.The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is a lively—and opinionated—musical history and an insider's key to the personalities, epochs, and genres of the Western classical ... Read more

$33.92 CAD

The most readable and comprehensive guide to enjoying over five hundred years of classical music -- from Gregorian chants, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Johannes Brahms, Igor Stravinsky, John Cage, and beyond.The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is a lively—and opinionated—musical history and an insider's key to the personalities, epochs, and genres of the Western classical
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Anatomy of 55 More Songs

The Oral History of Top Hits That Changed Rock, Pop and Soul

by Marc Myers ...

Narrated by Michael Butler Murray ...

Unabridged

9 hours 37 min

Songs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of those hits become something more—iconic recordings that not only inspire a generation but also change the direction of music. In Anatomy of 55 More Songs, based on his column for the Wall Street Journal, music journalist and historian Marc Myers tells the story behind fifty-five rock, pop, R&B, country, and soul-gospel hits through intimate ... Read more

$27.13 CAD

Songs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of those hits become something more—iconic recordings that not only inspire a generation but also change the direction of music. In Anatomy of 55 More Songs, based on his column for the Wall Street Journal, music journalist and historian Marc Myers tells the story behind fifty-five rock, pop, R&B, country, and soul-gospel hits through intimate
... Read more
Audiobook

Why the Beach Boys Matter

by Tom Smucker ...

Narrated by Joe Hempel ...

Series series Music Matters
Unabridged

4 hours 21 min

Of all the white American pop music groups that hit the charts before the Beatles, only the Beach Boys continued to thrive throughout the British Invasion to survive into the 1970s and beyond. The Beach Boys helped define both sides of the era we broadly call the sixties, split between their early surf, car, and summer pop and their later hippie, counterculture, and ambitious rock. No other group ... Read more

$17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Of all the white American pop music groups that hit the charts before the Beatles, only the Beach Boys continued to thrive throughout the British Invasion to survive into the 1970s and beyond. The Beach Boys helped define both sides of the era we broadly call the sixties, split between their early surf, car, and summer pop and their later hippie, counterculture, and ambitious rock. No other group
... Read more
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Человек дующий. Homo inspirans: История о том, как человек поставил дыхание на службу искусству

by Владимир Зисман ...

Narrated by Игорь Князев ...

Series series Записки музыканта
Unabridged

3 hours 35 min

Из этой книги вы узнаете о том, как, когда, с помощью чего человек научился извлекать звуки из воздуха и вообще зачем ему это всё понадобилось. Но книга, разумеется, не только о духовых музыкальных инструментах. Они всего лишь внешнее проявление непреодолимых потребностей и особенностей, свойственных виду Homo sapiens — любознательности, изобретательности и острого желания перепробовать все ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

Из этой книги вы узнаете о том, как, когда, с помощью чего человек научился извлекать звуки из воздуха и вообще зачем ему это всё понадобилось. Но книга, разумеется, не только о духовых музыкальных инструментах. Они всего лишь внешнее проявление непреодолимых потребностей и особенностей, свойственных виду Homo sapiens — любознательности, изобретательности и острого желания перепробовать все
... Read more
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Musician's Map

by Kane Power ...

Narrated by Kane Power ...

Unabridged

4 hours 17 min

The Musician's Map is a complete guide to building success in music. Whether you're just thinking about learning music, or you're already in the process of building a career; this audiobook will help you. Musician's Map provides practical advice for musicians just starting out and musicians looking to get ahead and further their career.This audiobook is a step-by-step guide that will save you ... Read more

$10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Musician's Map is a complete guide to building success in music. Whether you're just thinking about learning music, or you're already in the process of building a career; this audiobook will help you. Musician's Map provides practical advice for musicians just starting out and musicians looking to get ahead and further their career.This audiobook is a step-by-step guide that will save you
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The Best Church Hymns (UNABRIDGED)

by Louis Fitzgerald BENSON ...

Narrated by Clark Stewart ...

Unabridged

1 hour 37 min

This 1898 book is the result of a survey of 107 hymn-books. The thirty-two hymns are ranked in order of popularity. The texts in this recording are said only, not sung, along with a few explanatory notes for each hymn (some footnotes, not all, here recorded). The texts are preceded by two essays concerning hymns and their standards. Benson (1855-1930) was an American Presbyterian minister who ... Read more

$6.99 CAD

This 1898 book is the result of a survey of 107 hymn-books. The thirty-two hymns are ranked in order of popularity. The texts in this recording are said only, not sung, along with a few explanatory notes for each hymn (some footnotes, not all, here recorded). The texts are preceded by two essays concerning hymns and their standards. Benson (1855-1930) was an American Presbyterian minister who
... Read more
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Music Production

Discover the Past, Present, & Future of Music Production, Recording Technology, Techniques, & Songwriting

by Tommy Swindali ...

Narrated by Austin R Stoler ...

Unabridged

3 hours 34 min

What Makes A Song Great?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 ... Read more

$17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

What Makes A Song Great?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
... Read more
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Music

A Very Short Introduction

by Nicholas Cook ...

Unabridged

4 hours 59 min

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 more critically about the roles of the performers ... Read more

$17.63 CAD

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 more critically about the roles of the performers
... Read more
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For the Love of Music

A Conductor's Guide to the Art of Listening

by John Mauceri ...

Narrated by John Mauceri ...

Unabridged

6 hours 8 min

With a lifetime of experience, profound knowledge and understanding, and heartwarming appreciation, an internationally celebrated conductor and teacher answers the questions: Why should I listen to classical music? How can I get the most from the listening experience?A protégé of Leonard Bernstein--his colleague for eighteen years--and an eminent conductor who has toured and recorded all over the ... Read more

$20.99 CAD

With a lifetime of experience, profound knowledge and understanding, and heartwarming appreciation, an internationally celebrated conductor and teacher answers the questions: Why should I listen to classical music? How can I get the most from the listening experience?A protégé of Leonard Bernstein--his colleague for eighteen years--and an eminent conductor who has toured and recorded all over the
... Read more
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Bayerische Messe

by Helmut Zöpfl, Paul Schmotz, Thomas Capella Mediaevalis ...

Narrated by div. Darsteller ...

Unabridged

32 min

Nach der Musik von Paul Schmotz schrieb Helmut Zöpfl die Texte zu dieser Mundartmesse. Ein Schatz in der Sammlung bayerischer Messen und religiöser Lieder. Ausführende: Capella Mediaevalis München unter der Leitung von Thomas Schmid. Einleitungsmusik, Zum Eingang, Zum Gloria, Zwischengesang, Fürbitten, Zum Sanctus, Nach der Wandlung, Zum Agnus Die, Zur Kommunion I, Zur Kommunion II, Danklied nach ... Read more

$8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Nach der Musik von Paul Schmotz schrieb Helmut Zöpfl die Texte zu dieser Mundartmesse. Ein Schatz in der Sammlung bayerischer Messen und religiöser Lieder. Ausführende: Capella Mediaevalis München unter der Leitung von Thomas Schmid. Einleitungsmusik, Zum Eingang, Zum Gloria, Zwischengesang, Fürbitten, Zum Sanctus, Nach der Wandlung, Zum Agnus Die, Zur Kommunion I, Zur Kommunion II, Danklied nach
... Read more
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Sie Düffeldoffel da! Herbert Wehner - Ein komischer Heiliger

by Jürgen Roth ...

Narrated by Gert Heidenreich ...

Unabridged

2 hours 39 min

Herbert Wehner war ein Jahrhundertpolitiker, ein Mensch, an dem sich die Weltgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts bricht. Er war Sozialist, Anarchist, Kommunist, Widerstandskämpfer in Deutschland und in der Emigration. 1946 trat er in die SPD ein und gehörte von 1949 bis 1983 dem Deutschen Bundestag an. Wehner liebte das Parlament. Er hielt atemberaubende Reden und machte den politischen Gegner nach ... Read more

$21.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Herbert Wehner war ein Jahrhundertpolitiker, ein Mensch, an dem sich die Weltgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts bricht. Er war Sozialist, Anarchist, Kommunist, Widerstandskämpfer in Deutschland und in der Emigration. 1946 trat er in die SPD ein und gehörte von 1949 bis 1983 dem Deutschen Bundestag an. Wehner liebte das Parlament. Er hielt atemberaubende Reden und machte den politischen Gegner nach
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Wofür stehst du?

Was in unserem Leben wichtig ist - Eine Suche

by Axel Hacke, Giovanni di Lorenzo ...

Narrated by Axel Hacke, Giovanni di Lorenzo ...

Abridged

3 hours 44 min

In diesem spannenden Hörbuch treten Axel Hacke und Giovanni di Lorenzo in einen ungewöhnlichen Dialog. Sie erzählen und reflektieren, was im Leben und was in der Gesellschaft wichtig ist. Es geht ihnen nicht um einen allgemeinen Tugendkatalog, wie er neuerdings en vogue ist, sondern um eine Inventur bisheriger Lebensführung, geleitet von den Fragen: Was haben wir erlebt? Worüber regen wir uns noch ... Read more

$21.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In diesem spannenden Hörbuch treten Axel Hacke und Giovanni di Lorenzo in einen ungewöhnlichen Dialog. Sie erzählen und reflektieren, was im Leben und was in der Gesellschaft wichtig ist. Es geht ihnen nicht um einen allgemeinen Tugendkatalog, wie er neuerdings en vogue ist, sondern um eine Inventur bisheriger Lebensführung, geleitet von den Fragen: Was haben wir erlebt? Worüber regen wir uns noch
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Vince Ebert: Die jetzt aber wirklich große Show!

Stand-up Kabarett

by Vince Ebert ...

Narrated by Vince Ebert ...

Abridged

53 min

Comedy ist wie das Leben: Am einen Tag geht's runter, am anderen läufts auch nicht gut! Vince Ebert, geboren am 23.5.68 im Odenwald, hatte als Diplomphysiker gar keine Wahl: Er musste auf die Comedy-Bühne. 1998 mit dem ersten Soloprogramm gestartet, kam er schnell auf die Bühnen renommierter deutscher Theater und ins Fernsehen: Ottis Schlachthof im BR, WDR Nightwash, Mitternachtsspitzen, Pro ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

Comedy ist wie das Leben: Am einen Tag geht's runter, am anderen läufts auch nicht gut! Vince Ebert, geboren am 23.5.68 im Odenwald, hatte als Diplomphysiker gar keine Wahl: Er musste auf die Comedy-Bühne. 1998 mit dem ersten Soloprogramm gestartet, kam er schnell auf die Bühnen renommierter deutscher Theater und ins Fernsehen: Ottis Schlachthof im BR, WDR Nightwash, Mitternachtsspitzen, Pro
... Read more
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Com amor, Janis

by Laura Joplin ...

Narrated by Bárbara Aravolo ...

Unabridged

15 hours 18 min

O livro que inspirou o aclamado documentário da Netflix "O livro que todo fã de rock precisa ler." Melissa Etheridge "Um mergulho em uma das mais trágicas e fascinantes vidas do rock and roll." Los Angeles Times Janis Joplin brilhou na cena musical dos anos 1960. Com uma voz rouca inconfundível e performances inesquecíveis no palco, a rainha do rock teve a vida interrompida tragicamente aos 27 ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

O livro que inspirou o aclamado documentário da Netflix "O livro que todo fã de rock precisa ler." Melissa Etheridge "Um mergulho em uma das mais trágicas e fascinantes vidas do rock and roll." Los Angeles Times Janis Joplin brilhou na cena musical dos anos 1960. Com uma voz rouca inconfundível e performances inesquecíveis no palco, a rainha do rock teve a vida interrompida tragicamente aos 27
... Read more
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The Chromatics Camp At The Musical Mountain

by Julie Kirchhubel ...

Narrated by Daniel Smerdon ...

Unabridged

2 hours 45 min

There’s a rumour spreading quickly on the farm that triggers immediate emergency escape plans for this unknowing bunch of fruit and vegetables. And there’s a certain upcoming birthday to celebrate, but it’s too dangerous to stay on the farm. Where can they flee to? Make no mistake; this is a day full of twists and turns. Just how does an ordinary Saturday morning lead to an unexpected adventure of ... Read more

$21.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

There’s a rumour spreading quickly on the farm that triggers immediate emergency escape plans for this unknowing bunch of fruit and vegetables. And there’s a certain upcoming birthday to celebrate, but it’s too dangerous to stay on the farm. Where can they flee to? Make no mistake; this is a day full of twists and turns. Just how does an ordinary Saturday morning lead to an unexpected adventure of
... Read more
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Century of Song

101 Songs that Shaped American Music

by Noah Lefevre ...

Narrated by Brian Telestai ...

Unabridged

11 hours 24 min

Discover the Music that Changed EverythingEmbark on a complex and inspiring journey through the last 101 years as told through some of the most memorable hits and the artists behind them.Noah Lefevre, creator of Polyphonic, explores how our favorite music does more than entertain. From Aretha Franklin carving out her own space in what had been considered a man's world by reworking the chauvinistic ... Read more

$33.92 CAD

Discover the Music that Changed EverythingEmbark on a complex and inspiring journey through the last 101 years as told through some of the most memorable hits and the artists behind them.Noah Lefevre, creator of Polyphonic, explores how our favorite music does more than entertain. From Aretha Franklin carving out her own space in what had been considered a man's world by reworking the chauvinistic
... Read more
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One Way Out

The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band

by Alan Paul ...

Narrated by Dan John Miller ...

Unabridged

11 hours 4 min

One Way Out is the powerful biography of the Allman Brothers Band, an oral history written with the band's participation and filled with original, never-before-published interviews as well as personal letters and correspondence. This is the most in-depth look at a legendary American rock band that has meant so much to so many for so long.For twenty-five years, Alan Paul has covered the Allman ... Read more

$29.85 CAD

One Way Out is the powerful biography of the Allman Brothers Band, an oral history written with the band's participation and filled with original, never-before-published interviews as well as personal letters and correspondence. This is the most in-depth look at a legendary American rock band that has meant so much to so many for so long.For twenty-five years, Alan Paul has covered the Allman
... Read more

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