Music audiobooks

Pete Seeger: The Storm King

By: Pete Seeger

Narrated by: Pete Seeger

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Gems from the life of one of the most influential figures in American music!

Pete Seeger: The Storm King audio collection presents Pete Seeger's spoken words as he captivatingly recounts his most engaging stories, narratives, and poems-set to new music created by nearly 50 musicians from traditions as diverse as African Music, Blues, Bluegrass,... Read more

Strings Attached

By: Joanne Lipman

Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney & Eliza Foss

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

THE FINE ART OF TOUGH LOVE.

If you're lucky, somewhere in your past is that one person who changed your life forever. The one who pushed you to dream bigger and to reach higher, and who set you straight on what matters in life. Perhaps it was a coach, or a professor, or a family friend.

For Joanne Lipman and Melanie Kupchynsky, that person was a... Read more

A Whole Lot of History

By: Kimberley Walsh

Narrated by: Jane Collingwood

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In 2002 - along with Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding and Nicola Roberts - Kimberley Walsh won a place in the Popstars The Rivals band Girls Aloud, and her life changed forever.

Ten years later, after six platinum albums, twenty top-ten singles, a Brit Award, an entry in the Guinness Book of Records and a triumphant sell-out reunion... Read more

Facing the Music

By: Nick Carter

Narrated by: Ted Evans

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

This audio-book is Nick Carter's autobiography and self-help hybrid, in which he chronicles his struggles with a dysfunctional family and the unimaginable rigors of becoming an internationally successful pop-star at the age of 12. From his battle with addiction to serious health complications and the pain of his younger sister's tragic death -... Read more

Wild Tales

By: Graham Nash

Narrated by: Graham Nash

Length: 12 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

From Graham Nash—the legendary musician and founding member of the iconic bands Crosby, Stills & Nash and The Hollies—comes a candid and riveting autobiography that belongs on the reading list of every classic rock fan.
 
Graham Nash's songs defined a generation and helped shape the history of rock and roll—he’s written over 200 songs,... Read more

Mister Max: The Book of Lost Things

By: Cynthia Voigt

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 11 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Newbery medalist Cynthia Voigt presents a rollicking mystery in three acts!

Max's parents are missing. They are actors, and thus unpredictable, but sailing away, leaving Max with only a cryptic note, is unusual even for them. Did they intend to leave him behind? Have they been kidnapped? 

Until he can figure it out, Max feels it's safer to keep a... Read more

Der Nussknacker

By: JUMBO Neue Medien & Verlag GmbH

Narrated by: Marko Simsa

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Es ist Weihnachten und Marie bekommt einen Nussknacker geschenkt. Sie ist so aufgeregt, dass sie gar nicht schlafen kann. Und als die große Standuhr im Wohnzimmer Mitternacht schlägt, wird der Nussknacker plötzlich lebendig. Er verwandelt sich in einen edlen Prinzen und nimmt Marie mit in einen zauberhaften Winterwald. Aus dem Inhalt:... Read more

On the Road with Bob Dylan

By: Larry “Ratso” Sloman

Narrated by: Ramiz Monsef

Length: 15 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1975 as Bob Dylan emerged from eight years of seclusion, he dreamed of putting together a traveling music show that would trek across the country like a psychedelic carnival. The dream became reality, and On the Road with Bob Dylan is the ultimate behind-the-scenes look at what happened when Dylan and the Rolling Thunder Revue took to the... Read more

Die Festtagskantaten - Abridged

By: Johann Sebastian Bach

Narrated by: Various Artists

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Zu den Aufgaben Bachs als Thomas-Kantor in Leipzig gehörte es, für jeden (bzw. fast) jeden Sonntag im Jahr eine Kantate zu komponieren und aufzuführen. Von den ca. 200 erhaltenen Kantaten hier eine Zusammenstellung der Werke, die Bach für Festtage komponiert hat. - Mit dem Thomanerchor Leipzig - dem Chor, den den Bach zu seiner Zeit geleitet hat... Read more

When They Were Boys

By: Larry Kane

Narrated by: Mel Foster

Length: 14 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the real story of the Beatles’ harrowing rise to fame: focusing on that 7-year stretch from the time the boys met as teenagers in the 50’s to early 1964, when the Fab Four prepared to invade America. From the boys’ humble beginnings in Liverpool, to the cellars of Hamburg, When They Were Boys includes stories never before told, including... Read more

Beethoven - Abenteuer Klassik (Autorinnenlesung mit Musik)

By: Cosima Breidenstein

Narrated by: Cosima Breidenstein

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Die Musikerin, Klassikexpertin und Autorin Cosima Breidenstein erzählt unterhaltsam und kindgerecht das Leben Ludwig van Beethovens nach und illustriert ihre Geschichten mit wunderschönen Musikeinlagen. Sie spannt den Bogen von Beethovens Kindheit, die geprägt war durch seinen ehrgeizigen Vater, über seine kreative Schaffensperiode bis hin zu... Read more

Signifying Rappers

By: David Foster Wallace & Mark Costello

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

David Foster Wallace and Mark Costello's exuberant exploration of rap music and culture.

Living together in Cambridge in 1989, David Foster Wallace and longtime friend Mark Costello discovered that they shared "an uncomfortable, somewhat furtive, and distinctively white enthusiasm for a certain music called rap/hip-hop."

The book they wrote... Read more

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven

By: Corey Taylor

Narrated by: Corey Taylor

Length: 7 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

In this book, Corey Taylor undertakes something never before attempted in the history of rock superstardom: he takes you with him as he journeys undercover through various ghostbusting groups who do their best to gather information and evidence about the existence of spirits. Some are more credible than others, and, frankly, some are completely... Read more

Der Karneval der Tiere

By: Marko Simsa

Narrated by: Marko Simsa

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Heute wird der Karneval der Tiere gefeiert. Elefanten, Löwen, Kängurus, Hühner, Fische, Esel, Schildkröten - alle sind dabei. Mit viel Humor erzählt Marko Simsa seine neue Geschichte zum berühmten Konzert von Camille Saint-Saens und lädt seine jungen Zuhörer zum Mitmachen ein. Aus dem Inhalt: Der königliche Marsch der Löwen • Die Hühner und die... Read more

Stephen Sondheim In His Own Words

By: Stephen Sondheim

Narrated by: Stephen Sondheim

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Stephen Sondheim was a multi award-winning American composer, whose works garnered over 60 Tony Awards, as well as an Oscar for Best Song and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Here he discusses his life and achievements in a series of interviews from the BBC radio and TV archive: PM, BBC Radio, 21 July 1973 (featuring Pete Myers); The Lively Arts,... Read more

Froggy Plays in the Band

By: Jonathan London

Narrated by: John McDonough

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Froggy wants to win a big prize in the marching band contest at the Apple Blossom Parade, so he flops up to the attic to find his dad's old saxophone. As they practice for the contest, Froggy and his friends learn the three most important marching band rules: Don't look left. Don't look right. And don't stop for anything! But will these rules... Read more

Performing Artists Compete, Move, Adapt

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A new report shows 45 percent of young adults with college degrees are underemployed, and the next generation of classical performers are no exception. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on how, motivated by the love of performance, artists are adapting to hard economic times and an incredibly competitive job market. Read more

The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones

By: Stanley Booth

Narrated by: Nick Sullivan

Length: 17 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Stanley Booth, a member of the Rolling Stones' inner circle, met the band just a few months before Brian Jones drowned in a swimming pool in 1969.He lived with them throughout their 1969 American tour, staying up all night together listening to blues, talking about music, ingesting drugs, and consorting with groupies. His thrilling account... Read more

I'm Your Man

By: Sylvie Simmons

Narrated by: Joshua Pollock

Length: 18 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times-bestselling, definitive biography of lengendary artist Leonard CohenSinger/songwriter Leonard Cohen is one of the most important and influential musical artists of the past fifty years—and one of the most elusive. In I’m Your Man, journalist Sylvie Simmons, one of the foremost chroniclers of the world of rock ’n’ roll and... Read more

Drum Workshop

By: Chris Puleston

Narrated by: Chris Puleston

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Top drum workshop teacher Chris Puleston invites listeners to participate in their own home drum workshops. This audiobook program, with music by Chris Puleston, incorporates easy exercises and techniques for both beginners and more advanced students. Read more

Better Nate Than Ever

By: Tim Federle

Narrated by: Tim Federle

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Soon to be a Disney+ Original movie!

“The Nate series by Tim Federle is a wonderful evocation of what it’s like to be a theater kid. Highly recommended.” —Lin-Manuel Miranda, star and creator of the musical, Hamilton

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
A Slate Favorite Book of the Year

A small-town... Read more

The Lucy Variations

By: Sara Zarr

Narrated by: Sara Zarr

Length: 8 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Lucy Beck-Moreau once had a promising future as a concert pianist. The right people knew her name, her performances were booked months in advance, and her future seemed certain.

That was all before she turned fourteen.

Now, at sixteen, it's over. A death, and a betrayal, led her to walk away. That leaves her talented ten-year-old brother, Gus,... Read more

Jenni Rivera

By: Leila Cobo

Narrated by: Alma Cuervo

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: No

LIKE A BLAZING SHOOTING STAR, JENNI RIVERA LIT UP THE LIVES OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, YET THE SKY SWEPT HER AWAY BEFORE HER TIME

Jenni Rivera: The Incredible Life of a Warrior Butterfly:

   •  Full color photos 
   •  The complete discography of Jenni Rivera
   •  Billboard lists of sales rankings of Jenni's songs
   •  Exclusive interviews 
   •  A... Read more

Songlab

By: Alex Forbes

Narrated by: Alex Forbes

Length: 3 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Created exclusively with and for teen musicians, this hands-on, step-by-step program uses insight, enthusiasm, and humor to teach teens how to brainstorm ideas, craft effective lyrics, and put those lyrics to music. An award-winning and Billboard-charting songwriter and teacher, Alex Forbes has taught dozens of teens via her Manhattan workshops... Read more