Music bestsellers

Dancing Hands

How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln

By: Margarita Engle
Narrated by: Almarie Guerra
Length: 29 minutes

As a little girl, Teresa Carreño loved to let her hands dance across the beautiful keys of the piano. If she felt sad, music cheered her up, and when she was happy, the piano helped her share that joy. Soon she was writing her own songs and performing in grand cathedrals. Then a revolution in Venezuela forced her family to flee to the United... Read more

The Woman in Me

By: Britney Spears
Narrated by: Michelle Williams
Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

“Britney fans will appreciate this candid memoir - her story is deeply personal and sad, and it's fascinating to peer inside her mind. (For a special treat, listen to the audiobook, masterfully read by Michelle Williams!) Read more

The Creative Act

A Way of Being

By: Rick Rubin
Narrated by: Rick Rubin
Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

“The Creative Act by Rick Rubin is a wise and inspiring discussion of what it means to be an artist, a maker. He emphasizes that creativity is a way of being in the world - open, attentive, accepting of awe. And makes the case that each of us has a unique vantage onto the world and that expressing how life looks and feels to us is worth... Read more

Power: Music, Death, Life

By: Pernilla Karlsson & Erik Grönwall
Narrated by: Erik Grönwall
Length: 7 hours 31 minutes

Erik Grönwall skyrocketed to fame overnight when he won the Swedish edition of Idol in 2009. In this revealing autobiography, Erik takes us through his journey, from his childhood to the present day, sharing his struggles to break through as an artist, his devastating leukemia diagnosis, his incredible recovery, and his dedication to... Read more

Broken Horses

A Memoir

By: Brandi Carlile
Narrated by: Brandi Carlile
Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

“First of all, I would recommend this book based on the number and quality of songs she sings throughout - Brandi Carlile has an amazing voice and it really stood out. Additionally, she is a wonderful storyteller and has some crazy adventures that she shares from her life. There is a lot of namedropping, but I feel that if I had the opportunity... Read more

Music Is History

By: Ben Greenman & Questlove
Narrated by: Questlove
Length: 11 hours

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

A Little Devil in America

Notes in Praise of Black Performance

By: Hanif Abdurraqib
Narrated by: JD Jackson
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

“I loved Hanif Abdurraqib’s A Little Devil in America. This essential book explores a handful of Black performers—some world-famous, others everyday people—across a wide variety of disciplines, seamlessly woven into snippets and stories from Hanif’s own life about Black culture and the performance of Blackness. JD Jackson’s low and easy narration... Read more

Bah! Humbug!

By: Michael Rosen
Narrated by: Pete Cross
Length: 2 hours 42 minutes

This Christmas, join Michael Rosen and Tony Ross for their unforgettable retelling of Charles Dickens’s beloved holiday classic. Harry Gruber plays the role of Scrooge in his school’s production of A Christmas Carol, and he is extra nervous about tonight’s performance because his father is in the audience—not away for business, as usual. Will... Read more

The Story of the Saxophone

By: Lesa Cline-Ransome
Narrated by: Cary Hite
Length: 10 minutes

You may think that the story of the saxophone begins with Dexter Gordon or Charlie Parker or on a street corner in New Orleans. It really began in 1840 in Belgium with a young daydreamer named Joseph-Antoine Adolphe Sax—a boy with bad luck but great ideas. Coretta Scott King Honoree Lesa Cline-Ransome unravels the fascinating history of how... Read more

Symphony for a Broken Orchestra

How Philadelphia Collected Sounds to Save Music

By: Amy Ignatow
Narrated by: Tyla Collier & Robert Blackson
Length: 8 minutes

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

Vivaldi's Ring Of Mystery

A Tale of Musical Intrigue

By: Classical Kids
Narrated by: Elizabeth Forster, Barbara Budd & Colm Feore
Length: 48 minutes

Katarina, a young violinist, arrives at the Pietà orphanage where Antonio Vivaldi was music director. Aided by Giovanni the gondolier, she searches throughout Venice for clues to her mysterious past. Over two dozen excerpts, including Vivaldi’s best-loved Four Seasons (with real sound effects), guitar piccolo and trumpet concertos. Also featured... Read more

Heartbreak Is the National Anthem

How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music

By: Rob Sheffield
Narrated by: Rob Sheffield
Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

“Fantastic! 5 Stars! Music fans will enjoy Rob Sheffield's review of Taylor Swift's career, her impact on music, how she has stayed on top for 18 years, and how she keeps her fans wanting MORE! As a long time fan, it's great to learn so many new things about her, and his analysis of the lyrics is really interesting. Read more

Ladybird Audio Adventures: Musical Instruments

Ladybird Audio Adventures

By: Ladybird
Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Brought to you by Ladybird.

Winner of The FutureBook of the Year Award 2019 and shortlisted for the Best Children's Audiobook at the New York Festival Radio Awards 2020.

Meet our fearless adventurers Cassandra, Otto and Missy AKA the smartest raven in the universe as they set out on their next action-packed Ladybird Audio Adventure!

On this... Read more

Girl in a Band

A Memoir

By: Kim Gordon
Narrated by: Kim Gordon
Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERKim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her story—a memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll, written with the lyricism and haunting beauty of Patti Smith's Just... Read more

Over the Influence

A Memoir

By: Joanna "JoJo" Levesque
Narrated by: Joanna "JoJo" Levesque
Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

A breathtakingly candid memoir by Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, the chart-topping, multi-platinum recording artist behind hits like “Leave (Get Out),” “Too Little, Too Late”, and the Grammy Award-winning "Say So" Signed to a major recording deal at just 12 years old, JoJo catapulted to the top of the pop-and-R&B-infused charts in the mid 2000's.... Read more

Rebel Girl

My Life as a Feminist Punk

By: Kathleen Hanna
Narrated by: Kathleen Hanna
Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre.Hey girlfriend I got a proposition goes something like this: Dare ya to do what you want Kathleen Hanna’s band Bikini Kill embodied the punk scene of the 90s, and today her personal yet feminist lyrics on anthems like “Rebel Girl” and... Read more

Not Starring Zadie Louise

By: Joy McCullough
Narrated by: Stacy Gonzalez
Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Zadie loves Tae Kwon Do, comic books, and outer space. She also loves visiting the community theater that her mom runs, especially the lighting grid over the stage and the stage manager’s booth, which is filled with levers and buttons like a spaceship control panel. So when the family’s finances suffer a blow and Zadie has to give up her usual... Read more

Mood Machine

The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist

By: Liz Pelly
Narrated by: Liz Pelly
Length: TBA

An unsparing investigation into Spotify’s origins and influence on music, weaving unprecedented reporting with incisive cultural criticism, illuminating how streaming is reshaping music for listeners and artists alike.

Drawing on over one hundred interviews with industry insiders, former Spotify employees, and musicians, Mood Machine takes us to... Read more

Junie B. Jones First Ever MUSICAL Edition!

Junie B., First Grader (at last!) Audiobook plus 15 Songs from Junie B. Jones The Musical

Junie B. Jones: Book #18

By: Barbara Park
Narrated by: Lana Quintal
Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Junie B. Jones The Musical is a hit! Listen to the full cast album and the audiobook of Junie B. Jones, First Grader (at last!).
 
Being in first grade means having to get used to a whole new classroom. And a whole new teacher. And a whole new bunch of strange children. But here's the worst thing of all: When Junie B. tries to read words on the... Read more

Every Valley

The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel's Messiah

By: Charles King
Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
Length: 10 hours 46 minutes

“Like anyone who grew up around classical music, I am familiar with the Messiah. However, I wasn't familiar with the story around Handel's composing of it. This was a fascinating look at a particular point in time and the legendary oratorio that came out of it. Especially excellent on audio, as Stevenson does a fabulous job narrating. It's... Read more

Mozart’s Magic Fantasy

A Journey Through 'The Magic Flute'

By: Classical Kids
Narrated by: Richard Binsley, Tracey Moore & Barbara Budd
Length: 48 minutes

A journey through The Magic Flute. With magic bells and flute, Sarah and the dragon find their way from the Queen of the Night’s realm to Sarastro’s castle. Together they help Prince Tamino find Princess Pamina and the bird-man Papageno find his Papagena. Features Mozart’s best-known arias, originally translated and freshly recorded with... Read more

Beethoven Lives Upstairs

A Tale of Genius & Childhood

By: Classical Kids
Narrated by: Stephen Ouimette & Nathaniel Moreau
Length: 48 minutes

An eccentric new boarder turns a young boy’s life upside-down. Ludwig van Beethoven has moved in upstairs! Young Christoph exchanges letters about the chaotic arrival of Mr. Beethoven and learns to appreciate and understand the great composer and his music. Over two dozen excerpts including Moonlight Sonata, Symphonies #5-9, Für Elise,... Read more

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

By: Hanif Abdurraqib
Narrated by: Hanif Abdurraqib
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

*2018 "12 best books to give this holiday season" TODAY Show*Best Books of 2018* Rolling Stone"A Best Book of 2017" NPR, Buzzfeed, Paste Magazine, Esquire, Chicago Tribune, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, CBC, Stereogum, National Post, Entropy, Heavy, Book Riot, Chicago Review of Books, The Los Angeles Review, Michigan Daily*American Booksellers Association... Read more

The Backstagers and the Theater of the Ancients

The Backstagers: Book #2

By: Andy Mientus
Narrated by: Andy Mientus
Length: 3 hours

After all the backstage ghost drama during Phantasm, things are quiet for the Backstagers of the St. Genesius School Drama Club—too quiet. But when that quiet is filled by a mysterious voice that haunts the Backstagers day and night, they set off on a globetrotting adventure to discover the ancient secrets of the legendary artifacts of the... Read more

The Backstagers and the Ghost Light

The Backstagers: Book #1

By: Andy Mientus
Narrated by: Andy Mientus
Length: 3 hours 18 minutes

The stage crew at St. Genesius Prep—or Backstagers, as they like to call themselves—are ready for whatever the theater world can throw their way: the madness of tech week, inevitable prop malfunctions, and all the paranormal activity that goes on behind the scenes. Luckily Jory, Hunter, Sasha, Beckett, and Aziz are up for the job! But lately,... Read more

The Backstagers and the Final Blackout

The Backstagers: Book #3

By: Andy Mientus
Narrated by: Andy Mientus
Length: 3 hours 46 minutes

The Backstagers are back for a thrilling third act! They’ve dealt with the ghost haunting their theater and faced off against the sinister siblings trying to steal the famous Designer’s Journal during their production of Tammy, but now, a mysterious masked man has taken all the ancient theater artifacts that they’ve collected. They don’t know... Read more

The Chronicles of DOOM

Unraveling Rap's Masked Iconoclast

By: S.H. Fernando, Jr.
Narrated by: Leon Nixon
Length: 14 hours

“MF DOOM was one of the best rappers of all-time, forever altering the genre while maintaining a shape-shifting air of mystery. The Chronicles of DOOM is a fascinating, in-depth, and highly entertaining guide to the man behind the music and the mask. For old fans and new alike, if you are a music fan of any sort; you owe it to yourself to read... Read more

Just Kids

By: Patti Smith
Narrated by: Patti Smith
Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

“Patti Smith's finest piece of nonfiction, brimming with love and dedication for Robert Mapplethorpe. Read more

Punk Paradox

A Memoir

By: Greg Graffin
Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins & Greg Graffin
Length: 12 hours 45 minutes

“A must for all Bad Religion or Punk Music fans Read more

More Myself

A Journey

By: Alicia Keys
Narrated by: Alicia Keys, America Ferrera, Bono, Clive Davis, Craig Cook, DJ Walton, Jay-Z, Krucial, Leigh Blake, Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Swizz Beats & Terri Augelo
Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

**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... Read more

Beastie Boys Book

By: Michael Diamond & Adam Horovitz
Narrated by: Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz & Various
Length: 12 hours 40 minutes

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, a book as unique as the band itself—by band members ADROCK and Mike D, with contributions from Amy Poehler, Colson Whitehead, Wes Anderson, Luc Sante, and more.
 
The inspiration for the Spike Jonze “live documentary” Beastie Boys Story, coming soon to IMAX... Read more

Open Book

By: Jessica Simpson
Narrated by: Jessica Simpson
Length: 11 hours 21 minutes

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... Read more

Talking to My Angels

By: Melissa Etheridge
Narrated by: Melissa Etheridge
Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Twenty years after the success of her first memoir, the New York Times bestseller The Truth Is . . ., the Grammy and Oscar award-winning rocker and trailblazing LGBTQAI icon takes stock of the intervening years, recounting the euphoric triumphs and the life-altering tragedies of her life.The audiobook is an exclusive musical experience, read and... Read more

Gershwin’s Magic Key

By Classical Kids

By: Classical Kids & Paul Pement, Will Martin, Libby Wheeler
Narrated by: Elic Bramlett & Leslie Ann Sheppard
Length: 50 minutes

A Musical Tale of Friendship and Inspiration! Step into the streets of 1920s New York City where a poor newsboy has a chance encounter with the famous composer George Gershwin. A bonding friendship develops as the two explore the many sights and sounds of the city and the vast melting post of American Music. But will they discover the key to... Read more

Hip-Hop Is History

By: Questlove
Narrated by: Questlove
Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Recorded at the legendary Electric Lady Studios in New York City, the audiobook features narration and storytelling by Questlove, who expertly weaves together a rich sonic tapestry of hip-hop tales large and small, well-known and obscure. From hearing “Rapper’s Delight” for the first time in 1979 to directing and producing the 50th Anniversary... Read more

The First Rule of Punk

By: Celia C. Pérez
Narrated by: Victoria Villarreal
Length: 6 hours 17 minutes

A 2018 Pura Belpré Author Honor Book

The First Rule of Punk is a wry and heartfelt exploration of friendship, finding your place, and learning to rock out like no one’s watching.

There are no shortcuts to surviving your first day at a new school—you can’t fix it with duct tape like you would your Chuck Taylors. On Day One, twelve-year-old Malú... Read more

The Silver Snarling Trumpet

The Birth of the Grateful Dead—The Lost Manuscript of Robert Hunter

By: Robert Hunter
Narrated by: Fred Berman, Dennis McNally, Brigid Meier & John Mayer
Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Discovered at last, the legendary lost manuscript of Grateful Dead co-founder and primary lyricist Robert Hunter, written in the early 1960s—a wry, richly observed, and enlightening remembrance of “the scene” in Palo Alto that gave rise to an incredible partnership of Hunter and Jerry Garcia, and then to the Grateful Dead itself—with a Foreword... Read more

How Women Made Music

A Revolutionary History from NPR Music

By: National Public Radio, Inc & Alison Fensterstock
Narrated by: Alison Fensterstock, Ann Powers, Janina Edwards, Hillary Huber, Maggi-Meg Reed, Chanté McCormick & Inés del Castillo
Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

The audiobook edition of How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History brings listeners closer than ever to their creative heroes. Featuring rare interview excerpts with Nina Simone, Sinead O’Connor, Lucinda Williams, Joni Mitchell, Taylor Swift, Solange, and many more.NPR’s launch of the multi-platform series Turning the Tables in 2017,... Read more

The Voice Inside

By: John Farnham & Poppy Stockell
Narrated by: Gaynor Wheatley, Jill Farnham & John Farnham
Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

At last, the unflinching and unforgettable memoir of music and life from the much-loved Australian legend. The Voice, in his own voice.

Growing up in London and Melbourne, music was always part of John Farnham's world. But the young John never dreamed of what was to come. Pop stardom in the 1960s. The release of Whispering Jack, the critically... Read more

These Fists Break Bricks

How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World

By: Chris Poggiali & Grady Hendrix
Narrated by: Grady Hendrix
Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

EXPLODING FISTS … BREAKING BOUNDARIES … DEFYING ODDS …BONE-BLASTING … SPINE-SHATTERING … BOX-OFFICE-BUSTING …When a Hollywood studio released Five Fingers of Death to thrill-seeking Times Square moviegoers in 1973, only a handful of Black and Asian audience members knew the difference between an Iron Fist and an Eagle’s Claw. That changed... Read more

Patti LuPone

A Memoir

By: Patti LuPone
Narrated by: Patti LuPone
Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

The legendary Patti LuPone is one of the theatre’s most beloved leading ladies. Now she lays it all bare, sharing the intimate story of her life both onstage and off--through the dizzying highs and darkest lows--with the humor and outspokenness that have become her trademarks.

With nearly 100 photographs, including an 8-page four-color insert,... Read more

Danza!: Amalia Hernandez and El Ballet Folklorico de Mexico

By: Duncan Tonatiuh
Narrated by: Adriana Sananes
Length: 22 minutes

As a child, Amalia always thought she would grow up to be a teacher-that is, until she saw dancers perform in her town square. She was fascinated by the way they twirled and swayed, and she knew that someday she would be a dancer, too. When she began to study dance, she studied many different types, including ballet and modern, under some of the... Read more

All I Ever Wanted

A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir

By: Kathy Valentine
Narrated by: Kathy Valentine
Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

This brutally honest memoir tells the story of The Go-Go’s bassist Kathy Valentine’s impact on the music world and how she moved forward following the end of the band that once defined her whole life.

At twenty-one, Kathy Valentine was at the Whisky in Los Angeles when she met a guitarist from a fledgling band called the Go-Go's-and the band... Read more

Tchaikovsky Discovers America

A Tale of Courage and Adventure

By: Classical Kids
Narrated by: Colin Fox, Barbara Budd & Gerald Issac
Length: 47 minutes

Tchaikovsky arrives in New York for the grand opening of Carnegie Hall in 1891. It’s all aboard for a fun-filled musical adventure to Niagara Falls. During his trip, the great composer shares stories with a young family about his music, his life and his fear of conducting. In the end, both the composer and the family discover something about... Read more

Lips Unsealed - Abridged

A Memoir

By: Belinda Carlisle
Narrated by: Belinda Carlisle
Length: 5 hours 7 minutes

The women of the iconic eighties band the Go-Go’s will always be remembered as they appeared on the back of their debut record: sunny, smiling, each soaking in her own private bubble bath with chocolates and champagne. The photo is a perfect tribute to the fun, irreverent brand of pop music that the Go-Go’s created, but it also conceals the... Read more

Parachute Women

Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and the Women Behind the Rolling Stones

By: Elizabeth Winder
Narrated by: Angelina Rocca
Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Discover the true story of the four women who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to help shape and curate the image of The Rolling Stones—perfect for fans of Girls Like Us. The Rolling Stones have long been considered one of the greatest rock-and-roll bands of all time. At the forefront of the British Invasion and heading up the counterculture... Read more

Bing Crosby

A Pocketful of Dreams; The Early Years, 1903–1940

By: Gary Giddins
Narrated by: Edward Lewis
Length: 22 hours 16 minutes

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

Sounds of Relaxing Campfire Evenings Mixed With Piano Overture Rhythms for Calm Nights, Deep Relaxation & Stress Relief

Immerse Into the Serene Ambiance for Restful Sleep Using Enhanced BGM 8D Audio

By: Cedar Skye
Narrated by: Cedar Skye
Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Discover the ultimate experience in tranquility and wellness with "Sounds of Relaxing Campfire Evenings Mixed with Piano Overture Rhythms for Calm Nights, Deep Relaxation & Stress Relief." This unique audio journey is designed to help you unwind from the stresses of daily life and embrace true serenity.Immerse yourself in soothing background... Read more

Washita Love Child

The Rise of Indigenous Rock Star Jesse Ed Davis

By: Douglas K. Miller
Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab
Length: 14 hours 10 minutes

No one played like Jesse Ed Davis. One of the most sought-after guitarists of the late 1960s and '70s, Davis appeared alongside the era's greatest stars—John Lennon and Mick Jagger, B. B. King and Bob Dylan—and contributed to dozens of major releases, including numerous top-ten albums and singles, and records by artists as distinct as Johnny... Read more

What the Ear Hears (and Doesn't)

Inside the Extraordinary Everyday World of Frequency

By: Richard Mainwaring
Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett
Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

For readers of Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bill O’Neill, What the Ear Hears (and Doesn’t) is a fascinating science book for adults that explores the physics principle of frequency and the (sometimes weird) role it plays in our everyday lives.What do the world’s loneliest whale, a black hole, and twenty-three people doing Tae Bo all have in common?In... Read more