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Get behind the music

If your playlists aren't feeling so fresh, take a break from the tunes and listen to the inspirational audiobooks all about the music and musicians.
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    Our Band Could Be Your Life

    Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991

    by Michael Azerrad ...
    Narrated by Michael Azerrad, Dave Longstreth, Jeff Tweedy, Jonathan Franzen, Laura Jane Grace, Colin Meloy, Jon Wurster, Fred Armisen, Corey Taylor, Sharon Van Etten0, Phil Elverum1, Stephin Merritt2, Merrill Garbus3 ...

    Unabridged

    21 hours 6 min

    The definitive chronicle of underground music in the 1980s tells the stories of Black Flag, Sonic Youth, The Replacements, and other seminal bands whose DIY revolution changed American music forever.Our Band Could Be Your Life is the never-before-told story of the musical revolution that happened right under the nose of the Reagan Eighties -- when a small but sprawling network of bands, labels, ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Scattershot

    Life, Music, Elton, and Me

    by Bernie Taupin ...
    Narrated by Bernie Taupin, John Lee ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 36 min

    An evocative, clear-eyed, and revealing memoir by Bernie Taupin, the lyrical master and long-time collaborator of Elton John“I loved writing, I loved chronicling life and every moment I was cogent, sober, or blitzed, I was forever feeding off my surroundings, making copious notes as ammunition for future compositions. . . . The thing is good, bad, or indifferent I never stopped writing, it was as ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

    The Wild, Definitive Saga of Rock's Greatest Supergroup

    by David Browne ...
    Narrated by Kevin T. Collins ...

    Unabridged

    21 hours 43 min

    The first and most complete narrative biography of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, by acclaimed music journalist and Rolling Stone senior writer David Browne"Riveting." -People Magazine"This is one of the great rock and roll stories." -New York Times Book ReviewEven in the larger-than-life world of rock and roll, it was hard to imagine four more different ... ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Open Book

    by Jessica Simpson ...
    Narrated by Jessica Simpson ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 22 min

    The #1 New York Times BestsellerIncludes six new songs by Jessica Simpson, available exclusively in the Open Book audiobook.Performed by the author featuring her music throughout.Jessica reveals for the first time her inner monologue and most intimate struggles. Guided by the journals she's kept since age fifteen, and brimming with her unique humor and down-to-earth humanity, Open Book<... ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    More Myself

    A Journey

    by Alicia Keys ...
    Narrated by Alicia Keys, Swizz Beats, Terri Augelo, America Ferrera, Bono, Clive Davis, Craig Cook, DJ Walton, Jay-Z, Krucial0, Leigh Blake1, Michelle Obama2, Oprah Winfrey3 ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 55 min

    ****Winner of the 2021 Audie Award for Narration by Author or Authors****An AudioFile Earphones Award-winning production**This program is read by Alicia Keys, with special guest appearances by family and friends, including Oprah Winfrey, Jay-Z, and Michelle Obama.An intimate, revealing look at one artist’s journey from self-censorship to full expression**As one of the most celebrated musicians in ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    High School

    by Tegan Quin, Sara Quin ...
    Narrated by Tegan Quin, Sara Quin ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 25 min

    "Tegan and Sara Quin’s joint memoir is perfect in audiobook form....Knowing and loving Tegan and Sara the musicians will obviously make this listen extra special, but it’s by no means a prerequisite to entry. High School, very literally, is for everyone." -- Paste, best audiobooks of 2019This program is read by the authors and features bonus interviews and rough recordings of Tegan and Sara's ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Janis

    Her Life and Music

    by Holly George-Warren ...
    Narrated by Nina Arianda ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 19 min

    Longlisted for the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for ExcellenceThis blazingly intimate biography of Janis Joplin establishes the Queen of Rock & Roll as the rule-breaking musical trailblazer and complicated, gender-bending rebel she was.Janis Joplin’s first transgressive act was to be a white girl who gained an early sense of the power of the blues, music you could only find on obscure records and ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Heroin Diaries: Ten Year Anniversary Edition

    A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star

    by Nikki Sixx ...
    Narrated by Ross Marquand, Nikki Sixx, Sophie Kargman ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 11 min

    In honor of the ten-year anniversary of The Heroin Diaries, Nikki Sixx’s definitive and bestselling memoir on drug addiction is reissued with exclusive new content. This shocking, gripping, and at times darkly hilarious memoir explores Nikki’s yearlong war with a vicious heroin addiction. Now more than ever, with opioid addiction ravaging our country and rising by twenty percent in the past year ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Me

    Elton John Official Autobiography

    by Elton John ...
    Narrated by Elton John, Taron Egerton ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 28 min

    INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNOW UPDATED WITH A NEW CHAPTERIn his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary life, from his rollercoaster lifestyle as shown in the film Rocketman, to becoming a living legend.Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses who grew up in the London suburb of Pinner and dreamed ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    It's a Long Story

    My Life

    by Willie Nelson ...
    Narrated by Christopher Ryan Grant ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 33 min

    Willie Nelson shares his life story in this "heartfelt" bestselling memoir of true love, wild times, best friends, and barrooms (Washington Post)."Unvarnished. Funny. Leaving no stone unturned." . . . So say the publishers about this book I've written. What I say is that this is the story of my life, told as clear as a Texas sky and in the same rhythm that I lived it.It's a story of restlessness ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Miracle and Wonder

    Conversations with Paul Simon

    by Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam ...
    Narrated by Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam, Paul Simon ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 6 min

    Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon is unlike any artistic portrait you’ve ever heard before. Recorded over a series of 30 hours of conversation between Simon, Malcolm Gladwell, and Broken Record podcast co-host Bruce Headlam, the conversation flows from Simon’s music to his childhood in Queens, NY, his frequent collaborators including Art Garfunkel, and the nature of creativity ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Dolly Parton, Songteller

    My Life in Lyrics

    by Dolly Parton ...
    Narrated by Dolly Parton ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 18 min

    A Recorded Books Audio Original production of songs and stories performed by Dolly herself, Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics goes beyond the glitz, glamour, and rhinestones to the warmth, heart, and soul of a treasured pop-culture icon.In this exclusive audio performance, the ten-time Grammy Award–winning artist weaves her words with music and memories to give listeners the stories ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    In the Pleasure Groove

    Love, Death, and Duran Duran

    by John Taylor ...
    Narrated by John Taylor ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 54 min

    John Taylor, Duran Duran’s co-founder, takes the reader on a wild ride through his life. From the eighties through today, from Rio to All You Need is Now, John writes about the music, the parties, and the MTV videos that made millions swoon.With Duran Duran, John Taylor has created some of the greatest music of our time. From the disco dazzle of debut single ‘Planet Earth’ right up to their latest ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?

    A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir

    by Steven Tyler ...
    Narrated by Jeremy Davidson ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 6 min

    “Steven Tyler is one of the giants of American music, who’s been influential for a whole generation of Rock ’n’ Roll fans around the world. Long May He Rock!”—Sir Paul McCartneyDoes the Noise in My Head Bother You? is the rock memoir to end all rock memoirs — the straight-up, no-holds-barred story of Grammy Award-winning, Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and all around superstar legend Steven ... Read more

    $31.99 USD $4.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Philosophy of Modern Song

    by Bob Dylan ...
    Narrated by Bob Dylan ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 38 min

    The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan’s first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One—and since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. The audio is narrated by an all-star lineup including Bob Dylan, Jeff Bridges, Steve Buscemi, John Goodman, Oscar Isaac, Helen Mirren, Rita Moreno, Sissy Spacek, Alfre Woodard, Jeffrey Wright, and Renée Zellweger!Dylan, who began ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Sound Man

    A Life Recording Hits With the Rolling Stones, the Who, Led Zeppelin, the Eagles, Eric Clapton, the Faces…

    by Glyn Johns ...
    Narrated by Simon Vance ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 47 min

    Born just outside London in 1942, Glyn Johns was sixteen years old at the dawn of rock and roll. His big break as a producer came on the Steve Miller Band's debut album, Children of the Future, and he went on to engineer or produce iconic albums for the best in the business including Abbey Road with the Beatles. Even more impressive, Johns was perhaps the only person on a given day in the studio ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Wild Tales

    A Rock & Roll Life

    by Graham Nash ...
    Narrated by Graham Nash ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 41 min

    From Graham Nash—the legendary musician and founding member of the iconic bands Crosby, Stills & Nash and The Hollies—comes a candid and riveting autobiography that belongs on the reading list of every classic rock fan.Graham Nash's songs defined a generation and helped shape the history of rock and roll—he’s written over 200 songs, including such classic hits as "Carrie Anne," “On A Carousel,” ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Access All Areas

    Stories from a Hard Rock Life

    by Scott Ian ...
    Narrated by Scott Ian ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 4 min

    Entertaining, crazy, and hilarious stories from Scott Ian of AnthraxScott Ian, famous for cofounding legendary thrash metal band Anthrax and only slightly less so for his iconic beard, has done and seen a lot in his decades of touring. Those of you who have read Scott's memoir I'm the Man may know the history of the band, but Access All Areas divulges all the zany, bizarre, funny, and captivating ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Confess

    The Autobiography

    by Rob Halford ...
    Narrated by Rob Halford ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 2 min

    The legendary frontman of Judas Priest, one of the most successful heavy metal bands of all time, celebrates five decades of heavy metal in this tell-all memoir.Most priests hear confessions. This one is making his.Rob Halford, front man of global iconic metal band Judas Priest, is a true "Metal God." Raised in Britain's hard-working, heavy industrial heartland, he and his music were forged in the ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    From Cradle to Stage

    Stories from the Mothers Who Raised Rock Stars

    by Virginia Grohl ...
    Narrated by Virginia Grohl ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 17 min

    Written by Virginia Grohl, the mother of Dave Grohl—former Nirvana drummer and current frontman for the Foo Fighters—From Cradle to Stage shares stories and exclusive photos featuring mothers of rock icons, the icons themselves, and their Behind the Music-style relationshipsWhile the Grohl family had always been musical-the family sang together on long car trips, harmonizing to Motown and David ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Sporty One

    My Life as a Spice Girl

    by Melanie Chisholm ...
    Narrated by Melanie Chisholm ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 38 min

    An intimate memoir from international pop star Melanie Chisholm--better known as Mel C. or Sporty Spice--chronicling her trajectory from small-town girl to overnight icon as part of the Spice Girls.25 years ago, The Spice Girls, a girl band that began after five women answered an ad in the paper, released their first single. 'Wannabe' became a hit and from that moment and, almost overnight, ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Nöthin' But a Good Time

    The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion

    by Tom Beaujour, Richard Bienstock ...
    Narrated by Tom Beaujour, Richard Bienstock, Amy McFadden, Gary Furlong ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 58 min

    This program includes introductions read by the authors."A backstage pass to the wildest and loudest party in rock history—you'll feel like you were right there with us!" —Bret Michaels of PoisonNöthin' But a Good Time is the definitive, no-holds-barred oral history of 1980s hard rock and hair metal, told by the musicians and industry insiders who lived it.Hard rock in the 1980s was a hedonistic ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Sing Backwards and Weep

    A Memoir

    by Mark Lanegan ...
    Narrated by Mark Lanegan ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 56 min

    This gritty bestselling memoir by the singer Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age, and Soulsavers documents his years as a singer and drug addict in Seattle in the '80s and '90s.When Mark Lanegan first arrived in Seattle in the mid-1980s, he was just "an arrogant, self-loathing redneck waster seeking transformation through rock 'n' roll." Little did he know that within less ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Waylon

    An Autobiography

    by Waylon Jennings, Lenny Kaye ...
    Narrated by Waylon Jennings ...

    Abridged

    2 hours 58 min

    Waylon Jennings relates the story of his life as a country music star. His beginnings were poor but he became Buddy Holly's protege before sinking into drug abuse and 3 failed marriages. His success came when he met his present wife, Jessi Colter. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD