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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

$14.99 USD

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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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

$22.99 USD

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
Audiobook

Guitar: Learn To Play Guitar for Beginners

by John G. Phillips ...

Narrated by Matt Montanez ...

Unabridged

52 min

All-in-one Guitar Course With a Proven Step-by-step Learning System.Today only, get this audio bestseller for a special price.Would You Like to Eliminate Every Struggle That You Are Faced With When Starting to Play Guitar?This audiobook is your "Free Pass" to playing guitar. It is the most direct and to the point complete audio program guitar course.Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn.. ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

All-in-one Guitar Course With a Proven Step-by-step Learning System.Today only, get this audio bestseller for a special price.Would You Like to Eliminate Every Struggle That You Are Faced With When Starting to Play Guitar?This audiobook is your "Free Pass" to playing guitar. It is the most direct and to the point complete audio program guitar course.Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn..
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Learning To Read Guitar Music How and Why

by Ged Brockie ...

Narrated by Ged Brockie ...

Unabridged

31 min

Do you play the guitar and wish you could read music? Perhaps you have thought or heard that reading music and playing the guitar is difficult. If so, this audio book is for you.This audio book contains a discussion by professional guitarist of international reputation Ged Brockie on why as a guitarist you should consider learning to read music and the reasons why it will change your musical life. ... Read more

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Do you play the guitar and wish you could read music? Perhaps you have thought or heard that reading music and playing the guitar is difficult. If so, this audio book is for you.This audio book contains a discussion by professional guitarist of international reputation Ged Brockie on why as a guitarist you should consider learning to read music and the reasons why it will change your musical life.
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Audiobook

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

$12.99 USD

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

$21.99 USD

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

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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
Audiobook

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

$12.99 USD

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

$24.99 USD

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

$18.99 USD

"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

$24.99 USD

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
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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

$24.99 USD

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

$19.99 USD

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

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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

$8.99 USD

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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Lucas Cranach

by Richard Muther, Markus Krochmann ...

Narrated by Michael Kommant ...

Series series Berühmte Maler
Abridged

1 hour 28 min

Auf dem Augsburger Reichstag 1550 trafen zwei berühmte alte Herren zusammen: der 72jährige Tizian aus Venedig und der 78jährige "ehrenfeste, hochweise und fürtreffliche Herr Lucas Cranach, Bürgermeister und Maler aus der churfürstlich Sächsischen Hauptstadt Wittenberg". Welchen Eindruck machten sie auf einander? Was sagte wohl Tizian zu dem Bildnis, das Cranach von ihm malte? Was der Wittenberger ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Auf dem Augsburger Reichstag 1550 trafen zwei berühmte alte Herren zusammen: der 72jährige Tizian aus Venedig und der 78jährige "ehrenfeste, hochweise und fürtreffliche Herr Lucas Cranach, Bürgermeister und Maler aus der churfürstlich Sächsischen Hauptstadt Wittenberg". Welchen Eindruck machten sie auf einander? Was sagte wohl Tizian zu dem Bildnis, das Cranach von ihm malte? Was der Wittenberger
... Read more
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Das Beste aus meinem Liebesleben

Geschichten und Songs über die Liebe an guten und schlechten Tagen

by Axel Hacke, Ursula Mauder ...

Narrated by Axel Hacke ...

Unabridged

1 hour 18 min

Es wäre natürlich einfacher zu lieben, wenn die Liebe tagaus, tagein immer so groß bliebe, wie sie eigentlich ist. Wenn nicht die Banalitäten des Lebens an ihr nagen würden wie die Biber an den Bäumen … "Das Beste aus meinem Liebesleben" versammelt Axel Hackes Geschichten aus den Beziehungssümpfen des Alltags, Geschichten, die einem geradezu unheimlich bekannt sind und die man immer wieder mit dem ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Es wäre natürlich einfacher zu lieben, wenn die Liebe tagaus, tagein immer so groß bliebe, wie sie eigentlich ist. Wenn nicht die Banalitäten des Lebens an ihr nagen würden wie die Biber an den Bäumen … "Das Beste aus meinem Liebesleben" versammelt Axel Hackes Geschichten aus den Beziehungssümpfen des Alltags, Geschichten, die einem geradezu unheimlich bekannt sind und die man immer wieder mit dem
... Read more
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Hold It in Your Hands: The Enduring Magic of CDs and Vinyl

by Ian Joseph ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Archie G ...

Unabridged

2 hours 21 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Remember the thrill of peeling the plastic off a brand-new album? The joy of flipping through liner notes, admiring the cover art, and feeling the weight of music in your hands? In Hold It in Your Hands, we celebrate the lasting magic of physical media—CDs, vinyl, and the tangible experience of owning music.In an era of endless streams and disposable ... Read more

$3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Remember the thrill of peeling the plastic off a brand-new album? The joy of flipping through liner notes, admiring the cover art, and feeling the weight of music in your hands? In Hold It in Your Hands, we celebrate the lasting magic of physical media—CDs, vinyl, and the tangible experience of owning music.In an era of endless streams and disposable
... Read more
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EWS Wrestling Superstars Entrance Themes

by Abbas Schirmohammadi, Abbas Schirmohammadi ...

Narrated by Abbas Schirmohammadi ...

Abridged

38 min

Wrestling Superstars Entrance Themes EWS ‒ Erding Wrestling Show. Ihr kennt mich sicher auch unter meinem Kampfnamen "Nobody". Als ich 2005 die EWS gründete, dachte ich nicht im Traum daran, dass wir heute zu den beliebtesten und bestbesuchten Wrestling-Ligen Deutschlands zählen. Wir veranstalten unsere Events in ganz Bayern. Unser Heimspiel haben wir immer im Sportpark Schollbach in Erding mit ... Read more

$18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Wrestling Superstars Entrance Themes EWS ‒ Erding Wrestling Show. Ihr kennt mich sicher auch unter meinem Kampfnamen "Nobody". Als ich 2005 die EWS gründete, dachte ich nicht im Traum daran, dass wir heute zu den beliebtesten und bestbesuchten Wrestling-Ligen Deutschlands zählen. Wir veranstalten unsere Events in ganz Bayern. Unser Heimspiel haben wir immer im Sportpark Schollbach in Erding mit
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Audiobook

First Gig Ever, The

by Sophia John ...

Narrated by Barkha Swaroop Saxena ...

Series Audiobook 7 - Friday Shots
Unabridged

11 min

A band of musicians dream of making it big in the world. When they do not get sponsors, they choose a most unusual location for their first gig. Their decision has unintended, world shattering consequences. ... Read more

$4.99 USD

A band of musicians dream of making it big in the world. When they do not get sponsors, they choose a most unusual location for their first gig. Their decision has unintended, world shattering consequences.
... Read more
Audiobook

The Harmonium Handbook

Owning, Playing, and Maintaining the Devotional Instrument of India

by Satyaki Kraig Brockschmidt ...

Narrated by Satyaki Kraig Brockschmidt ...

Abridged

3 hours 7 min

***The Harmonium Handbook***provides detailed instruction in how to play, maintain, and repair this popular devotional instrument. It also reveals the colorful history of free-reed instruments such as the harmonium, which dates back to the time of Marco Polo. The story behind the modern version of the harmonium is a fascinating testimony to the love, skill, innovation, and intermingling of many of ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

***The Harmonium Handbook***provides detailed instruction in how to play, maintain, and repair this popular devotional instrument. It also reveals the colorful history of free-reed instruments such as the harmonium, which dates back to the time of Marco Polo. The story behind the modern version of the harmonium is a fascinating testimony to the love, skill, innovation, and intermingling of many of
... Read more
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Lata Sur Gatha

by Yatindra Mishra ...

Narrated by Dishi Duggal, Yunus Khan ...

Unabridged

12 hours 57 min

उनकी आवाज़ से चेहरे बनते हैं। ढेरों चेहरे,जो अपनी पहचान को किसी रंग-रूप या नैन – नक्शे से नहीं, बल्कि सुर और रागिनी के आइनें में देखने से आकार पते हैं। एक ऐसी सलोनी निर्मिती, जिसमे सुर का चेहरा दरअसल भावनाओं का चेहरा बन जाता है। कुछ-कुछ उस तरह,जैसे बचपन में पारियों की कहानियों में मिलने वाली एक रानी परी का उदारता और प्रेम से भीगा हुआ व्यक्तित्व हमको सपनों में भी खुशियों और खिलोंनों से भर देता था। ... Read more

$21.99 USD

उनकी आवाज़ से चेहरे बनते हैं। ढेरों चेहरे,जो अपनी पहचान को किसी रंग-रूप या नैन – नक्शे से नहीं, बल्कि सुर और रागिनी के आइनें में देखने से आकार पते हैं। एक ऐसी सलोनी निर्मिती, जिसमे सुर का चेहरा दरअसल भावनाओं का चेहरा बन जाता है। कुछ-कुछ उस तरह,जैसे बचपन में पारियों की कहानियों में मिलने वाली एक रानी परी का उदारता और प्रेम से भीगा हुआ व्यक्तित्व हमको सपनों में भी खुशियों और खिलोंनों से भर देता था।
... Read more
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Huey Morgan's Rebel Heroes

The Renegades of Music & Why We Still Need Them

by Huey Morgan ...

Narrated by Huey Morgan ...

Unabridged

5 hours 15 min

The defining sounds of popular music - blues, rock 'n' roll, punk, hip-hop - were shaped and driven by rebel voices: whether that was Robert Johnson and Billie Holiday in the 1920-40s, or the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Joe Strummer in the 1960s and 70s. Truly ground- and rule-breaking voices have been drowned out by pop-by-numbers acts in more recent years, and in Rebel Heroes, Huey ... Read more

$24.99 USD

The defining sounds of popular music - blues, rock 'n' roll, punk, hip-hop - were shaped and driven by rebel voices: whether that was Robert Johnson and Billie Holiday in the 1920-40s, or the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Joe Strummer in the 1960s and 70s. Truly ground- and rule-breaking voices have been drowned out by pop-by-numbers acts in more recent years, and in Rebel Heroes, Huey
... 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

$24.99 USD

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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