Music audiobooks

Marian McPartland’s Jazz World

By: Marian McPartland

Narrated by: Marian McPartland

Length: 7 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

In this collection of musical portraits, jazz pianist and radio host Marian McPartland pays sparkling tribute to such beloved and legendary figures as Benny Goodman, Bill Evans, Joe Morello, Paul Desmond, Alec Wilder, Mary Lou Williams, and others.In a preface to this new edition, published originally as All in Good Time, McPartland extends her... Read more

Laurel Canyon

By: Michael Walker

Narrated by: Lloyd James

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Laurel Canyon was the neighborhood perched above the clubs and record companies of Sunset Strip where Joni Mitchell, Jim Morrison, Graham Nash, Cass Elliot, Carole King, Don Henley, and Peter Tork, just to name a few, lived and collaborated to make an indelible mark on our music and our culture. Starting with The Byrds in 1965, these musicians... Read more

Tearing Down the Wall of Sound

By: Mick Brown

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 17 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Phil Spector, born in the Bronx in 1939, grew up an outsider despised by his peers. Yet after his family moved to California, he learned everything he could about music, formed a band, and had a number-one hit with "To Know Him Is to Love Him." He quickly became the top producer of early rock and roll, originator of such girl groups as the... Read more

Kickin' Back

By: John Smith

Narrated by: Bec Kageyama

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The artistry of John Smith speaks for itself. "Just being real" is a prominent theme throughout all his music. and yet, to simply say that John Smith is a great singer/songwriter would not be enough. Smith possesses the even rarer gift of being able to share his soul. Read more

The Beatles - Abridged

By: Bob Spitz

Narrated by: Alfred Molina

Length: 10 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

2007 Audie Award Winner for Non-Fiction, Abridged

Even before the Beatles hit the big time, a myth was created. This version of the Beatles legend smoothed the rough edges and filled in the fault lines, and for more than forty years this manicured version of the Beatles story has sustained as truth -- until now.
The product of almost a decade of... Read more

Bayerische Messe

By: Helmut Zöpfl

Narrated by: div. Darsteller

Length: 32 minutes

Abridged: No

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... Read more

John

By: Cynthia Lennon

Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor, Julian Lennon & Cynthia Lennon

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

The Extraordinary Story of a Man, a Legend and a Marriage

When she was eighteen years old, a girl named Cynthia Powell met a boy named John Lennon and they fell in love. Their ten-year relationship coincided with the start of the Beatles phenomenon—from Liverpool’s dockside clubs to the dizzying worldwide fame that followed. And Cynthia Lennon,... Read more

Replay

By: Sharon Creech

Narrated by: Christopher Burns

Length: 3 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech's inspired novel tells the story of a boy who fantasizes about who he is in order to discover who he will become. Now with fresh and gorgeous new cover art, this touching tale has received many starred reviews, and was called a ""warm, funny, philosophical novel"" by Kirkus Reviews.With the backdrop of a large... Read more

John - Abridged

By: Cynthia Lennon

Narrated by: Cynthia Lennon

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The Extraordinary Story of a Man, a Legend and a Marriage

When she was eighteen years old, a girl named Cynthia Powell met a boy named John Lennon and they fell in love. Their ten-year relationship coincided with the start of the Beatles phenomenon—from Liverpool’s dockside clubs to the dizzying worldwide fame that followed. And Cynthia Lennon,... Read more

Lucas Cranach - Abridged

By: Richard Muther

Narrated by: Michael Kommant

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

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... Read more

Sing mal wieder - Abridged

By: Karin Ruppelt & Werner Kopelke

Narrated by: Various Artists

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Wer täglich frohen Herzens singt, den Doktor um die Praxis bringt!" So lautet ein einfaches und noch dazu preiswertes Rezept, ohne Nebenwirkungen. Denn Singen ist Erquickung für Körper und Geist. Wer singt, atmet bewusster und bringt seinen Kreislauf in Schwung. Beim Singen werden körpereigene Hormone freigesetzt, Stress und Frustration... Read more

THREE CHORDS AND THE TRUTH - Abridged

By: Laurence Leamer

Narrated by: Laurence Leamer

Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Every June, in gratitude to their devoted fans, the stars of country music appear at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds to sign autographs for hours and perform during the week called Fan Fair. Though the 1996 Fan Fair was a phenomenal success, for Nashville itself it was also a time of doubt, uncertainty and dramatic change. The week was like a... Read more

Theater Shoes

By: Noel Streatfeild

Narrated by: Elizabeth Sastre

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A beautiful gift edition of the beloved classic about three orphan siblings and their love of music, theater, and dance.
 
When orphans Sorrel, Mark, and Holly are sent to live with their grandmother, a famous English actress, she enrolls them in the Children's Academy of Dancing and Stage Training, the same Academy that made the orphans from... Read more

From Pieces to Weight - Abridged

By: 50 Cent

Narrated by: J.D. Williams

Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the New York Times bestseller From Pieces to Weight, rap mogul 50 Cent, a.k.a. Curtis Jackson, lifts the veil on his complicated life, from the murder of his mother when he was twelve, to hustling on the streets; from the assassination attempt that nearly finished him to his meteoric rise to the top of hip hop royalty.

This violent and... Read more

Killing Yourself to Live

By: Chuck Klosterman

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

For 6,557 miles, Chuck Klosterman thought about dying. He drove a rental car from New York to Rhode Island to Georgia to Mississippi to Iowa to Minneapolis to Fargo to Seattle, and he chased death and rock 'n' roll all the way. Within the span
of twenty-one days, Chuck had three relationships end-one by choice, one by
chance, and one by... Read more

Guitar

By: Tim Brookes

Narrated by: Tim Brookes

Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

How did a small, humble folk instrument become an American icon? How did the guitar come to represent freedom, the open road, protest and rebellion, the blues, youth, lost love, and sexuality? In this intensely personal memoir and informative history, Tim Brookes recounts his quest to build the perfect guitar. Pairing up with a master artisan... Read more

Brother Ray

By: Ray Charles & David Ritz

Narrated by: Andrew L. Barnes

Length: 13 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Ray Charles (1930–2004) led one of the most extraordinary lives of any popular musician. In Brother Ray, he reveals his life story unsparingly, from the chronicle of his musical development to his heroin addiction to his tangled romantic life.Overcoming poverty, blindness, the loss of his parents, and the pervasive racism of the era, Ray Charles... Read more

Jazz 101

By: John F. Szwed

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Jazz 101 is a fascinating entr├®e into the world of jazz, for the beginner, novice, or jazz enthusiast. Szwed takes listeners on a tour of the varied and nonlinear history of jazz, exploring how it developed from an ethnic music to become America's most popular music and then part of the avant-garde in less than fifty years. Szwed's complete... Read more

Opera 101

By: Fred Plotkin

Narrated by: Fred Plotkin

Length: 18 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Opera is the fastest growing of all the performing arts, attracting audiences of all ages who are enthralled by the gorgeous music, vivid drama, and magnificent productions. If you’ve decided that the time has finally come to learn about opera and discover it for yourself, this is the book for you.Opera 101 is recognized as the standard text in... Read more

Positively 4th Street

By: David Hajdu

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 12 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the candid, mesmerizing, and often intimate account of how four young people—Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mimi Baez Fariña, and Richard Fariña—gave rise to a modern-day bohemia and created the enduring sound and style of the 1960s.Even before they became lovers in 1963, Dylan and Joan Baez were seen as the reigning king and queen of folk music.... Read more

Classical Music 101

By: Fred Plotkin

Narrated by: Fred Plotkin

Length: 19 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The author who has taught tens of thousands of people to love opera now introduces readers to the rich and soul-stirring world of classical music.From the author of the bestselling Opera 101 comes a comprehensive and highly accessible guide to discovering the glories of classical music, based on the fundamental principle of developing the skills... Read more

Bing Crosby

By: Gary Giddins

Narrated by: Edward Lewis

Length: 22 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

From 1934 to 1954, Bing Crosby utterly dominated American entertainment. The number one movie star for five years in a row, he had more hit records than anyone in history. The rise of Bing Crosby was the rise of the American popular culture itself.In this commanding biography, eminent cultural critic Gary Giddins takes us on the remarkable... Read more

Sinatra

By: Anthony Summers & Robbyn Swan

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 17 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Packed with revelations, this is the first complete account of a career built on raw talent, sheer willpower--and criminal connections. Anthony Summers--bestselling author of Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe--and Robbyn Swan unveil stunning new information about Sinatra’s links to the Mafia, his crowded love life and his tangled... Read more

Sinatra - Abridged

By: Anthony Summers & Robbyn Swan

Narrated by: Tony Roberts

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Packed with revelations, this is the first complete account of a career built on raw talent, sheer willpower--and criminal connections. Anthony Summers--bestselling author of Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe--and Robbyn Swan unveil stunning new information about Sinatra’s links to the Mafia, his crowded love life and his tangled... Read more