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    Disgraceland

    Musicians Getting Away with Murder and Behaving Very Badly

    by Jake Brennan ...
    Narrated by Jake Brennan ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 6 min

    From the creator of the popular rock 'n' roll true crime podcast, DISGRACELAND comes an off-kilter, hysterical, at times macabre book of stories from the highly entertaining underbelly of music history.You may know Jerry Lee Lewis married his thirteen-year-old cousin but did you know he shot his bass player in the chest with a shotgun or that a couple of his wives died under extremely mysterious ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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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

    $22.50 USD

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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

    $14.95 USD

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    Holding the Note

    Profiles in Popular Music

    by David Remnick ...
    Narrated by David Remnick, Matt Godfrey ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 41 min

    NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and editor of The New Yorker gathers his writing on some of the essential musicians of our time—intimate portraits of Leonard Cohen, Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, and more.The greatest popular songs, whether it’s Aretha Franklin singing “Respect” or Bob Dylan performing “Blind Willie ... Read more

    $22.50 USD

  • 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

    $8.69 USD

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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

    $0.99 USD

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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

    $19.95 USD

  • 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

    $12.30 USD

  • Audiobook

    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

    $14.39 USD

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    Ten Masterpieces of Music

    by Harvey Sachs ...
    Narrated by Paul Bellantoni ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 40 min

    In this magisterial volume, Harvey Sachs, author of the highly acclaimed biography Toscanini, takes listeners into the heart of ten great works of classical music?works that have endured because they were created by composers who had a genius for drawing music out of their deepest wellsprings. These masters?Mozart and Beethoven; Schubert, Schumann, Berlioz, Verdi, and Brahms; Sibelius, Prokofiev, ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    But Beautiful

    A Book About Jazz

    by Geoff Dyer ...
    Narrated by Dion Graham ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 6 min

    In eight poetically charged vignettes, Geoff Dyer skillfully evokes the music and the men who shaped modern jazz. Drawing on photos, anecdotes, and, most important, the way he hears the music, Dyer imaginatively reconstructs scenes from the embattled lives of some of the greats: Lester Young fading away in a hotel room; Charles Mingus storming down the streets of New York on a too-small bicycle; ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Futuromania

    Electronic Dreams, Desiring Machines, and Tomorrow's Music Today

    by Simon Reynolds ...
    Narrated by Rich Keeble ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 47 min

    A collection of writing by Simon Reynolds, centered on music that seemed, in its moment, to prefigure the FutureSimon Reynolds's first book in eight years is a celebration of music that feels like a taste of tomorrow. Sounds that prefigure pop music's future—the vanguard genres and heroic innovators whose discoveries eventually get accepted by the wider mass audience. But it's also about the way ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Won't Back Down

    Heartland Rock and the Fight for America

    by Erin Osmon ...
    Narrated by Andrea Gallo ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 54 min

    One of America’s leading music journalists on heartland rock’s glory days and its role in the populist politics of the 1980s.Hear “American Girl” or “Born in the U.S.A.” and, like it or not, chances are you begin to hum along. The soundtrack of grocery stores, pool halls, bowling alleys, flea markets, chain restaurants, drug stores, and political rallies—heartland rock, while beloved by some and ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Anthems We Love

    29 Iconic Artists on the Hit Songs That Shaped Our Lives

    by Steve Baltin ...
    Narrated by Steve Baltin, Cameron Crowe ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 47 min

    Read by the author.**"**Anthems We Love is not just a tale of artistic adventure, it's also a manual for artists and fans alike. There is no formula. Just these inspiring stories of the heart . . . " —Cameron Crowe, Academy Award–nominated director, producer, and screenwriter (Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous, Say Anything, and Pearl Jam Twenty)From U2 to Carly Simon, the Temptations t... ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    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

    $8.69 USD

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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

    $4.63 USD

  • Audiobook

    The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic

    Revised and Expanded Edition

    by Jessica Hopper ...
    Narrated by Ella Turenne, Mozhan Marnò ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 10 min

    An acclaimed, career-spanning collection from a fiercely feminist and revered contemporary rock critic, reissued with new materialThroughout her career, spanning more than two decades, Jessica Hopper, a revered and pioneering music critic, has examined women recording and producing music, in all genres, through an intersectional feminist lens. The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • Audiobook

    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

    $13.00 USD

  • Audiobook

    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

    $12.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    I'll Love You Forever

    Notes from a K-Pop Fan

    by Giaae Kwon ...
    Narrated by Giaae Kwon ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours

    Jia Tolentino’s Trick Mirror meets Cathy Park Hong’s Minor Feelings in a meditation that blends memoir and cultural criticism to explore how the author’s love affair with K-pop has shaped her sense of self, charting K-pop’s complex coming-of-age through some of its biggest idols.I’ll Love You Forever: Notes from a K-Pop Fan is a smart, poignant, constantly surprising essay collection that ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    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

    $15.00 USD

  • Audiobook

    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

    $6.44 USD

  • Audiobook

    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

    $15.81 USD

  • Audiobook

    Staying Composed

    Overcoming Anxiety and Self-Doubt Within a Creative Life

    by Dale Trumbore ...
    Narrated by Dale Trumbore ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 29 min

    "Dale writes candidly about the challenges she's faced and what she found works. Staying Composed is a treasure trove of practical strategies for moving your artistic career forward... I recommend Staying Composed not only for composers, but for performers, writers, and any other creatives. Too many of us harbor fantasies of a short cut to 'making it,' instead of building our own career success, ... Read more

    $12.95 USD