Music audiobooks
Mozart
By: Peter Gay
Narrated by: Alexander Adams
Length: 4 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
The greatest mind in Western music is examined by a National Book Award–winning writer on culture and psychology in this concise account of the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The composer’s unshakable hold on the public’s fascination can only be strengthened by the historian and biographer Peter Gay’s bold new perspective.
His passionate and... Read more
Chanting: The Sound of Spirit
By: Robert Gass
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
The magic of chanting has a calming, awakening and sometimes even consciousness-altering mystery about it. From singing hymns together in church to learning nursery songs in kindergarten, we’ve all experienced the joy and resonance chanting can bring. In his early days as a rock musician, Robert Gass tapped into "the tribal music of the... Read more
View audiobookBringing Music To Life: A Gathering of Sound Healers
By: Don Campbell, Pat Moffit Cook, Jeff Volk, John ...
Narrated by: Jeff Wessman & Jeff Volk
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
What is it about sound, rhythm and music that affect us so powerfully? In this program, presenters from the Sixth International Sound Colloquium, held in Colorado in 1998, discuss the many ways drums, voice, and music are used to change our physical, mental, and emotional states in positive, healing ways. Read more
View audiobookClimbing Up on the Rough Side
By: Hopeful Gospel
Length: 42 minutes
Abridged: No
The long-awaited second audio recording by the Hopeful Gospel QuartetRobin and Linda Williams, Kate MacKenzie, and Garrison Keilloris old-time gospel singing at its best. Recorded live during broadcasts of Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion, it features instrumentals by Butch Thompson, Chet Atkins, and others.
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Climbing Up On... Read more
A History of Music in Western Civilization
By: Various
Narrated by: Various
Length: 11 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
From anonymous 10th century troubadours to world-renowned 20th century composers, A History of Music of the Western World explores the roots of the most influential music genres of our time. Essential listening for students and lovers of great music, the collection includes stimulating discussions by 15 prominent music authorities, including... Read more
View audiobookThe Sound of Creativity
By: Julia Cameron & Tim Wheater
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
In this captivating dialogue, Julia Cameron and Tim Wheater explore how music can enhance your creative powers. "If we are willing to enter into sound, allow sound into our lives, begin to make sounds, our creative powers become so much larger," according to Cameron. Read more
View audiobookShake It, Break It and Hang It on the Wall
By: Guy's All Star Shoe Band
Length: 1 hour
Abridged: No
This first and only recording of the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band features Rich Dworsky (piano), Andy Stein (violin, saxophone), Pat Donohue (guitar) and Arnie Kinsella (drums), with guest Garrison Keillor contributing vocals on several tracks. Their repertoire is an irresistible mix of timeless jazz, blues, and pop standards.
Tracks:
The Weary and... Read more
Catskills on Broadway
By: Freddie Roman, Dick Capri, Louise Duart & Mal Z...
Narrated by: Freddie Roman, Dick Capri, Louise Duart & Mal Z...
Length: 1 hour 14 minutes
Abridged: No
Outer Critics' Circle Award winner for Outstanding Broadway Comedy! A cast of comedians recreate the uproarious humor made famous by many of the legendary performers who got their starts at New York's Catskill resorts. Debuting at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in 1991, Catskills of Broadway was a critically acclaimed show that played to... Read more
View audiobookMaking Music With the Wild Things
By: Paul Winter
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
A pioneer of integrating animal calls and instrumental music, Paul Winter combines environmental sensitivity and artistic freedom with exquisite ingenuity and skill. This conversation is richly enlivened with samples of the music for which he is known, an astounding variety of new pieces he has collected from around the world, and first-hand... Read more
View audiobookBringing the Song Inside Out
By: Rachel Bagby
Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Breaking into chant and song even as she is speaking, Rachel Bagby shows us how music can do more than we ever thought possible. She believes in, "giving the sacred back to our breath, and giving our breath back to the sacred," and describes what happens when we start listening to and expressing the music inside of us. Read more
View audiobookThe Sound of Healing
By: Sharry Edwards
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 58 minutes
Abridged: No
A remarkable discussion with a woman who hears "signature sounds" emitted from other people's bodies--it's "the sound missing from their voice," she says. These sounds, when sung back to them, seem to have miraculous, documented healing powers in a multitude of "hopeless" medical situations. Read more
View audiobookSinger in the Real World
By: Holly Near
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
"What has to take place for the light to come into your eye?" asks Holly Near. Not only a talented singer and songwriter, she demonstrates in this lively interview that she is also a passionate, humorous and articulate spokesperson for peace and sanity in the world. Read more
View audiobookSongs of the Cat
By: Garrison Keillor
Length: 1 hour 2 minutes
Abridged: No
Garrison Keillor joins German opera superstar Frederica Von Stade and noted conductor Philip Brunelle for this studio recording. These sixteen songs in praise of felines include "My Grandmother's Cat," "The In and Out Song," "Cat O Cat Come Home" as well as tunes from the more cat-loving classical composers. An enchanting recording on a ... Read more
View audiobookMozart
By: Marcia Davenport
Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
Length: 10 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Realistic, moving, engrossing, and positively brilliant, this biography recreates Mozart, the man and his music, against the background of the world he lived in. For Marcia Davenport, the research and writing of Mozart was truly a labor of love, during which she retraced every journey he made, saw every dwelling (then extant) in which he had... Read more
View audiobookDrumming the Spirit
By: Mickey Hart
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
For more than two decades Hart has traveled the planet listening to the musical beat of other cultures and developing a global awareness of issues affecting all life. Here he speaks of his personal journey as a virtuoso percussionist with the legendary Grateful Dead rock band, his encounters with drum masters from around the world, the sacred... Read more
View audiobookSchneewittchen
By: Gebrüder Grimm
Narrated by: Peter Hanzel
Length: 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Free Associating
By: Ken Nordine
Narrated by: Phil Catalfo
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
This is a flight of fancy with Ken Nordine, one of radio's creative geniuses. He is the man who created the marvelous "Word Jazz" records of the late 1950s and whose voice has visited our homes on countless radio and TV commercials over the years. For anyone who loves radio or sound in any medium, this conversation is a must. Read more
View audiobookDiving Into The Pool Of Consciousness
By: Arthur Hastings, Ph.D. & Charles Tart, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 1 hour 44 minutes
Abridged: No
Two of the world's foremost parapsychologists, Arthur Hastings and Charles Tart, explore the depths of human consciousness in all its myriad forms. ESP, spiritual dimensions, mind/brain, social implications, contemporary rituals, music, the media and more are examined in the clear light of their interaction with human consciousness. Read more
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