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Mirror in the Sky
- The Life and Music of Stevie Nicks
- By: Simon Morrison
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lam
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Reflective and expansive, Mirror in the Sky situates Stevie Nicks as one of the finest songwriters of the twentieth century. This biography from distinguished music historian Simon Morrison examines Nicks as a singer and songwriter before and beyond her career with Fleetwood Mac, from the Arizona landscape of her childhood to the strobe-lit Night of 1000 Stevies celebrations.
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Quotes from various sources give the book a more rounded basis
- By Barrymx5 on 07-01-24
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Mirror in the Sky
- The Life and Music of Stevie Nicks
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lam
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 25-10-22
- Language: English
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How Belfast Got the Blues
- A Cultural History of Popular Music in the 1960s
- By: Noel McLaughlin, Joanna Braniff
- Narrated by: Noel McLaughlin
- Length: 24 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Highly original and fascinating cultural and political history told through Belfast’s popular music scene in the 1960s in the context of Northern Ireland’s sociopolitical milieu. With particular emphasis on Van Morrison, Them, and Ottilie Patterson; also features the Peter Whitehead film of The Rolling Stones.
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How Belfast Got the Blues
- A Cultural History of Popular Music in the 1960s
- Narrated by: Noel McLaughlin
- Length: 24 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 13-11-25
- Language: English
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Children of the Stone
- The Power of Music in a Hard Land
- By: Sandy Tolan
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Children of the Stone chronicles Ramzi's journey - from stone thrower to music student to school founder - and shows how through his love of music he created something lasting and beautiful in a land torn by violence and war. This is a story about the power of music, but also about freedom and conflict, determination and vision.
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Amazingly engaging and eye-opening!!
- By Maria Antoraz-Alonso on 09-06-21
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Children of the Stone
- The Power of Music in a Hard Land
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 16-06-15
- Language: English
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Discover: Music of the Romantic Era
- By: David McCleery
- Narrated by: Jeremy Siepmann
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Amid a background of wars and revolution, the 19th century produced many of the world's best-loved composers, including Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, and Tchaikovsky. Discover: Music of the Romantic Era charts the course of music through those turbulent but exhilarating times with 40 music excerpts. Light-hearted but authoritative, it tells the fascinating, often scandalous life stories of the 19th century's greatest composers and describes how they created musical history.
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Lovey!
- By Anonymous on 05-12-25
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Discover: Music of the Romantic Era
- Narrated by: Jeremy Siepmann
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 19-03-09
- Language: English
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The Perfect Tuba
- Forging Fulfillment from the Bass Horn, Band, and Hard Work
- By: Sam Quinones
- Narrated by: Sam Quinones
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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From National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Sam Quinones, the story of a demanding instrument, the determined people who play it, and the hope they offer a fractured nation.
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The Perfect Tuba
- Forging Fulfillment from the Bass Horn, Band, and Hard Work
- Narrated by: Sam Quinones
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 30-09-25
- Language: English
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Tales from the Stave
- By: Frances Fyfield, Clemency Burton Hill
- Narrated by: Frances Fyfield, Clemency Burton Hill
- Length: 27 hrs and 40 mins
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Frances Fyfield and Clemency Burton Hill explore the tales and tribulations revealed in the hand-written music of artists including Bach, Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Mozart, Handel, Stravinsky, Schubert, Rachmaninov and Chopin. Joined by world-leading musicians and musical experts, they investigate the stories behind the manuscripts for famous songs like 'On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring', and some of the best known operas and shows of all time including The Barber of Seville, The Pirates of Penzance and Madame Butterfly.
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Fascinating
- By PM on 12-08-21
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Tales from the Stave
- Narrated by: Frances Fyfield, Clemency Burton Hill
- Length: 27 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 05-08-21
- Language: English
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Satchmo Blows Up the World
- Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War
- By: Penny M. Von Eschen
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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At the height of the ideological antagonism of the Cold War, the US State Department unleashed an unexpected tool in its battle against Communism: jazz. From 1956 through the late 1970s, America dispatched its finest jazz musicians to the far corners of the earth, from Iraq to India, from the Congo to the Soviet Union, in order to win the hearts and minds of the Third World and to counter perceptions of American racism.
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Satchmo Blows Up the World
- Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 10-07-18
- Language: English
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Why Karen Carpenter Matters
- By: Karen Tongson
- Narrated by: Karen Tongson
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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In the '60s and '70s, America's music scene was marked by raucous excess, reflected in the tragic overdoses of young superstars such as Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. At the same time, the uplifting harmonies and sunny lyrics that propelled Karen Carpenter and her brother, Richard, to international fame belied a different sort of tragedy - the underconsumption that led to Karen's death at age 32 from the effects of an eating disorder.
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Fantastic
- By Richard Wyatt on 12-11-20
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Why Karen Carpenter Matters
- Narrated by: Karen Tongson
- Series: Music Matters
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 26-11-19
- Language: English
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Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung
- The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock 'N' Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock 'N' Roll
- By: Lester Bangs, Greil Marcus
- Narrated by: Ramiz Monsef
- Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung contains the wild and brilliant writings of Lester Bangs—the most outrageous and popular rock critic of the 1970s—edited and with an introduction by the reigning dean of rock critics, Greil Marcus.
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Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung
- The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock 'N' Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock 'N' Roll
- Narrated by: Ramiz Monsef
- Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 03-05-22
- Language: English
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The Story of Rock and Roll
- By: Max Ridgway
- Narrated by: David Wright
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
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The Story of Rock and Roll an epic tale with a cast of thousands (if you count the crowd at Woodstock), spanning more than a century. It’s also an American story (at least until the Beatles arrived) about music created by individuals clinging to the lowest rung of the social ladder who, nevertheless, invented a musical idea that engulfed the entire world, influencing all aspects of culture, and drawing every other kind of music into its orbit. It’s a story that has everything: scandal, betrayal, big money, murder, tragedy and triumph, long successful careers, and lives unexpectedly cut short.
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The Story of Rock and Roll
- Narrated by: David Wright
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 16-06-25
- Language: English
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Mozart in the Jungle
- Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music
- By: Blair Tindall
- Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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In a book that inspired the Amazon original series starring Gael Garcia Bernal and Malcolm McDowell, oboist Blair Tindall recounts her decades-long professional career as a classical musician, from the recitals and Broadway orchestra performances to the secret life of musicians who survive hand to mouth in the backbiting New York classical music scene, trading sexual favors for plum jobs and assignments in orchestras across the city.
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Pronounce Classical terms Correctly!
- By Brooke Michelle Bowers on 26-03-24
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Mozart in the Jungle
- Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music
- Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 31-03-15
- Language: English
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100 Years of Grand Ole Opry
- A Celebration of the Artists, the Fans, and the Home of Country Music
- By: The Members of the Grand Ole Opry, Craig Shelburne, Brenda Colladay
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey, Terri Clark
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Since 1925, the Grand Ole Opry has left an undeniable mark on American culture. What began as an impromptu performance of old-time fiddle tunes has transformed into the longest-running radio broadcast in US history, as well as a live performance for millions of country music fans each year. Replete with gorgeous illustrations and tributes from country music’s biggest names, 100 Years of Grand Ole Opry is a glorious, one-of-a-kind celebration, and a must-have for any country music fan.
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So fascinating
- By Karen Winton on 30-04-25
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100 Years of Grand Ole Opry
- A Celebration of the Artists, the Fans, and the Home of Country Music
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey, Terri Clark
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 15-04-25
- Language: English
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Shouting Out Loud
- Lives of The Raincoats
- By: Audrey Golden
- Narrated by: Audrey Golden
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Art students Gina Birch and Ana da Silva formed The Raincoats in 1977. Since the release of their seminal early records, the 'godmothers of grunge' have been revered by punk, queer, feminist and indie pop artists alike. The Raincoats reimagined the nature of experimental music and DIY design and went on to inspire Sonic Youth, Nirvana, and an entire generation of Riot Grrrl and queercore musicians.
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Shouting Out Loud
- Lives of The Raincoats
- Narrated by: Audrey Golden
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 31-07-25
- Language: English
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Elvis Presley: A Southern Life
- By: Joel Williamson
- Narrated by: Nick Sullivan
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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In Elvis Presley: A Southern Life, one of the most admired Southern historians of our time takes on one of the greatest cultural icons of all time. The result is a masterpiece: a vivid, gripping biography, set against the rich backdrop of Southern society - indeed, American society - in the second half of the 20th century.
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Flawed book about a very flawed man
- By Richard L. on 13-08-18
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Elvis Presley: A Southern Life
- Narrated by: Nick Sullivan
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 21-01-15
- Language: English
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Woody Guthrie
- An Intimate Life
- By: Gustavus Stadler
- Narrated by: Jeff Zinn
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
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Dismantles the Woody Guthrie we have been taught—the rough-and-ready rambling’ man—to reveal an artist who discovered how intimacy is crucial for political struggle Woody Guthrie is often mythologized as the classic American “rambling’ man,” a real-life Steinbeckian folk hero who...
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Woody Guthrie
- An Intimate Life
- Narrated by: Jeff Zinn
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 06-10-20
- Language: English
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Bach, Beethoven, and the Boys
- Music History as It Ought to Be Taught
- By: David W. Barber
- Narrated by: Jean-Michel George
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
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David W. Barber has delighted fans around the world with Accidentals on Purpose, When the Fat Lady Sings, and other internationally best-selling books of musical humor. His best-selling Bach, Beethoven and the Boys chronicles the lives of the great (and not-so-great) composers, exploring their sex lives, exposing their foibles, and expanding on our understanding of these all-too-human creatures.
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Bach, Beethoven, and the Boys
- Music History as It Ought to Be Taught
- Narrated by: Jean-Michel George
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 15-08-18
- Language: English
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Depeche Mode's 101
- 33 1/3
- By: Mary Valle
- Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
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Eight years after its founding in Basildon, Essex, Depeche Mode, rooted in 1970s Krautrock, combined old-fashioned touring, well-crafted songs, and the steadfast support of KROQ to dominate Southern California, the United States, and then the world, kicking open the doors for the likes of Nirvana in the process. 101 is the hidden-in-plain-sight hinge of modern music history.
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Depeche Mode's 101
- 33 1/3
- Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 13-05-25
- Language: English
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This Is Our Music: Free Jazz, the Sixties, and American Culture
- The Arts and Intellectual Life in Modern America
- By: Iain Anderson
- Narrated by: Paul Steven Forrest
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
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This Is Our Music, declared saxophonist Ornette Coleman's 1960 album title. But whose music was it? At various times during the 1950s and 1960s, musicians, critics, fans, politicians, and entrepreneurs claimed jazz as a national art form, an Afrocentric race music, an extension of modernist innovation in other genres, a music of mass consciousness, and the preserve of a cultural elite. This original and provocative book explores who makes decisions about the value of a cultural form and on what basis.
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An excellent book done a huge disservice by a terrible AI narration.
- By Anonymous on 08-01-26
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This Is Our Music: Free Jazz, the Sixties, and American Culture
- The Arts and Intellectual Life in Modern America
- Narrated by: Paul Steven Forrest
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 02-10-12
- Language: English
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Fleetwood Mac's Tusk
- 33 1/3, Book 77
- By: Rob Trucks
- Narrated by: Pete Cross
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
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Here, Rob Trucks talks to Lindsey Buckingham, as well as members of Animal Collective, Camper Van Beethoven, the New Pornographers, Wolf Parade, and the USC Trojan marching band in order to chart both the story and the impact of an album born of personal obsession and a stubborn unwillingness to compromise.
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Fleetwood Mac's Tusk
- 33 1/3, Book 77
- Narrated by: Pete Cross
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 13-05-25
- Language: English
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U2's Achtung Baby: Meditations on Love in the Shadow of the Fall
- 33 1/3
- By: Stephen Catanzarite
- Narrated by: Paul Bellantoni
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
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Stephen Catanzarite takes a close look at what many consider to be U2's most fully formed album through the prisms of religion, politics, spirituality, and culture, illuminating its previously unexplored depths, arguing that it's a concept album about love and the fall of man.
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U2's Achtung Baby: Meditations on Love in the Shadow of the Fall
- 33 1/3
- Narrated by: Paul Bellantoni
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 13-05-25
- Language: English
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