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Celestial Bodies
By: Laura Jacobs
Narrated by: Tiffany Morgan
Length: 6 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
A distinguished dance critic offers an enchanting introduction to the art of ballet
As much as we may enjoy Swan Lake or The Nutcracker, for many of us ballet is a foreign language. It communicates through movement, not words, and its history lies almost entirely abroad -- in Russia, Italy, and France. In Celestial Bodies, dance critic Laura... Read more
Me
By: Elton John
Narrated by: Elton John & Taron Egerton
Length: 11 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NOW UPDATED WITH A NEW CHAPTER
In 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... Read more
Symphony for a Broken Orchestra
By: Amy Ignatow
Narrated by: Tyla Collier & Robert Blackson
Length: 8 minutes
Abridged: No
The schools of Philadelphia were filling up with broken violins, drums, pianos, and more, making it difficult for students to learn to play. This sparked an idea for a symphony, played entirely with the broken instruments, that would raise funds to repair the instruments themselves. Musicians young and old volunteered, and their captivating... Read more
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Our Band Could Be Your Life
By: Michael Azerrad
Narrated by: Phil Elverum, Stephin Merritt, Jon Wurster, Cor...
Length: 21 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
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 --... Read more
My Effin' Life
By: Geddy Lee
Narrated by: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson & Cliff Burnstein
Length: 16 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
The long-awaited memoir from the iconic Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Rush bassist, and bestselling author of Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass.Includes two new songs by Geddy Lee, available exclusively in the My Effin’ Life audiobook.Geddy Lee is one of rock and roll's most respected bassists. For nearly five decades, his playing and work... Read more
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Music Is History
By: Questlove & Ben Greenman
Narrated by: Questlove
Length: 11 hours
Abridged: No
A New York Times bestseller, Music Is History combines multi–Grammy Award winner Questlove’s deep musical expertise with his curiosity about history, examining America over the past fifty years.Focusing on the years 1971 to the present, Questlove finds the hidden connections in the American tapestry, whether investigating how the blaxploitation... Read more
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Dolly Parton, Songteller
By: Dolly Parton
Narrated by: Dolly Parton
Length: 5 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
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... Read more
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Energy Follows Thought
By: Willie Nelson, David Ritz & Mickey Raphael
Narrated by: Willie Nelson & Ethan Hawke
Length: 6 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
For the first time ever, and to help celebrate his 90th birthday in 2023, American icon Willie Nelson provides the stories behind the lyrics of 160 of his favorite songs.From his earliest work in the 1950s to today, Willie looks back at the songs that have defined his career, from his days of earning $50 each to his biggest hits, from his less... Read more
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Miracle and Wonder
By: Malcolm Gladwell & Bruce Headlam
Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam & Paul Simon
Length: 5 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
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... Read more
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Reckless Daughter
By: David Yaffe
Narrated by: Xe Sands
Length: 12 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
Joni Mitchell is a cultural touchstone for generations of Americans. In her heyday she released ten experimental, challenging, and revealing albums; her lyrics captivated people with the beauty of their language and the rawness of their emotions, both deeply personal to Mitchell and universally relatable to her audience. In this intimate... Read more
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3 Shades of Blue
By: James Kaplan
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 14 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
The national bestseller!
“A superb book...[Kaplan is] a master biographer, a dogged researcher and shaper of narrative, and this is his most ambitious book to date.” —Los Angeles Times
From the author of the definitive biography of Frank Sinatra, the story of how jazz arrived at the pinnacle of American culture in 1959, told through the journey of... Read more
Behind the Seams
By: Dolly Parton
Narrated by: Dolly Parton, Holly George-Warren & Rebecca Seaver
Length: 4 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
A beautiful celebration of Dolly Parton’s iconic sense of style through entertaining personal stories, interviews with friends and family, music, and archival interview and performance clips.
In Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones, global superstar Dolly Parton shares, for the first time, the full story behind her lifelong passion for... Read more
Where Are Your Boys Tonight?
By: Chris Payne
Narrated by: Graham Halstead & Chris Abell
Length: 13 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
An explosive oral history of emo’s takeover from 1999 to 2008, featuringMY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, FALL OUT BOY, PARAMORE, PANIC! AT THE DISCO, TAKING BACK SUNDAY, JIMMY EAT WORLD, DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL, AND MANY MOREIf Meet Me in the Bathroom traced New York City's early 2000’s rock scene, Where Are Your Boys Tonight? gives the inside story of the... Read more
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Holding the Note
By: David Remnick
Narrated by: Matt Godfrey & David Remnick
Length: 9 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
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... Read more
Stories I Might Regret Telling You
By: Martha Wainwright
Narrated by: Martha Wainwright
Length: 6 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
A singer-songwriter's heartfelt memoir about growing up in a bohemian musical family and her experiences with love, loss, motherhood, divorce, the music industry, and more. Born into music royalty, the daughter of folk legends Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III and sister to the highly-acclaimed and genre-defying singer Rufus Wainwright,... Read more
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She Come By It Natural
By: Sarah Smarsh
Narrated by: Sarah Smarsh
Length: 4 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
In this Time Top 100 Book of the Year, the National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Heartland “analyzes how Dolly Parton’s songs—and success—have embodied feminism for working-class women” (People).
Growing up amid Kansas wheat fields and airplane factories, Sarah Smarsh witnessed firsthand the particular... Read more
Year of the Monkey
By: Patti Smith
Narrated by: Patti Smith
Length: 4 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
Riveting, elegant, and humorous, New York Times bestseller Year of the Monkey is a moving and original work, a touchstone for our turbulent times.
Following a run of new year’s concerts at San Francisco’s legendary Fillmore, Patti Smith finds herself tramping the coast of Santa Cruz, about to embark on a year of solitary wandering. Unfettered by... Read more
More Fun in the New World
By: John Doe & Tom Desavia
Narrated by: John Doe, Tom Desavia & Various
Length: 12 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
Sequel to Grammy-nominated bestseller Under the Big Black Sun, continuing the up-close and personal account of the L.A. punk scene
Picking up where Under the Big Black Sun left off, More Fun in the New World explores the years 1982 to 1987, covering the dizzying pinnacle of L.A.'s punk rock movement as its stars took to the national -- and... Read more
60 Songs That Explain the '90s
By: Rob Harvilla
Narrated by: Rob Harvilla
Length: 9 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
A companion to the #1 music podcast on Spotify, this book takes readers through the greatest hits that define a weirdly undefinable decade.
The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of genres and lifestyles and superstars, from grunge to hip-hop, from sumptuous R&B to rambunctious... Read more
Declassified
By: Arianna Warsaw-Fan Rauch
Narrated by: Arianna Warsaw-Fan Rauch
Length: 6 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
The best masterclass in classical music you never knew you needed.
Arianna Warsaw-Fan Rauch’s life-long fascination with classical music has taken her through Juilliard and into the shiny world of symphony halls and international concert tours. She’s loved classical music her whole life. But she’s also hated classical music her whole life. After... Read more
Split Decision
By: Ice-T, Spike & Douglas Century
Narrated by: Ice-T, Spike & Douglas Century
Length: 8 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
Award-winning actor, rapper, and producer Ice-T unveils a compelling memoir of his early life robbing jewelry stores until he found fame and fortune—while a handful of bad choices sent his former crime partner down an incredibly different path.
Ice-T rose to fame in the late 1980s, earning acclaim for his music before going on to enthrall... Read more
Hollywood Park
By: Mikel Jollett
Narrated by: Mikel Jollett
Length: 11 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author, and includes original music from the Airborne Toxic Event album, Hollywood Park
Hollywood Park is a remarkable memoir of a tumultuous life. Mikel Jollett was born into one of the country’s most infamous cults, and subjected to a childhood filled with poverty, addiction, and emotional abuse. Yet, ultimately, his... Read more
Devotion
By: Patti Smith
Narrated by: Patti Smith
Length: 2 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
From the renowned artist and author Patti Smith, an inspired exploration of the nature of creative invention.A work of creative brilliance may seem like magic—its source a mystery, its impact unexpectedly stirring. How does an artist accomplish such an achievement, connecting deeply with an audience never met? In this groundbreaking book, one of... Read more
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Mozart's Starling
By: Lyanda Lynn Haupt
Narrated by: Linda Henning
Length: 7 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
On May 27th, 1784, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart met a flirtatious little starling in a Viennese shop who sang an improvised version of the theme from his Piano Concerto no. 17 in G major. Sensing a kindred spirit in the plucky young bird, Mozart bought him and took him home to be a family pet. For three years, the starling lived with Mozart,... Read more
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