Music audiobooks

The Last Days of Roger Federer

By: Geoff Dyer

Narrated by: Richard Burnip

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

One of Esquire's best books of spring 2022

An extended meditation on late style and last works from "one of our greatest living critics" (Kathryn Schulz, New York).

When artists and athletes age, what happens to their work? Does it ripen or rot? Achieve a new serenity or succumb to an escalating torment? As our bodies decay, how do we keep on? In... Read more

My Old Kentucky Home

By: Emily Bingham

Narrated by: Emily Bingham

Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

The long journey of an American song, passed down from generation to generation, bridging a nation’s fraught disconnect between history and warped illusion, revealing the country's ever evolving self.

MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME, from its enormous success in the early 1850s, written by a white man, considered the father of American music,... Read more

This Woman's Work

By: Kim Gordon & Sinead Gleeson

Narrated by: Sinead Gleeson, Cindy Kay, Nikki Massoud & Jean...

Length: 8 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Edited by iconic musician Kim Gordon and esteemed writer Sinéad Gleeson, this powerful collection of award-winning female creators shares their writing about the female artists that matter most to them. This book is for and about the women who kicked in doors, as pioneers of their craft or making politics central to their sound: those who offer... Read more

Isn't Her Grace Amazing!

By: Cheryl Wills

Narrated by: Tracey Leigh

Length: 2 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A unique tribute to often overlooked women who have left an indelible mark on Gospel Music—powerful talents who overcame racism and sexism to define the genre, establish its sound, and set the standard for good sangin’ for generations.Nothing in the world soothes the soul better than Gospel music. From the foot-stomping, hand-clapping melodies... Read more

Mary Travers

By: Josée Ouimet

Narrated by: Amélie Bonenfant

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Mary Travers, Madame Bolduc, est née le 4 juin 1894 dans le petit village de pêcheurs de Newport, en Gaspésie. Elle démontre très vite un goût prononcé pour la musique. À treize ans, elle part pour Montréal, engagée comme domestique. Grâce à ses talents de musicienne, elle rencontrera Édouard Bolduc qui deviendra son mari et le père de ses... Read more

The Sound of Being Human

By: Jude Rogers

Narrated by: Jude Rogers

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

'Too often we treat popular music as wallpaper surrounding us as we live our lives. Jude Rogers shows the emotional and cerebral heft such music can have. It's a personal journey which becomes universal. Fascinating'
Ian Rankin

'Moving and absorbing, The Sound of Being Human mixes memoir, analysis, anecdote and personal chronicle into a mosaic... Read more

La musica del diavolo

By: Nicola Valentini

Narrated by: Riccardo Ricobello

Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A Jackson Mississippi, nel 1938, le strade sono piene di polvere. Ed è così che negli incroci sterrati, nei numerosi "crossroads" del Sud degli Stati Uniti, la polvere può avvolgere anche la verità. Che Robert Johnson, il bluesman più famoso del Delta, sia morto ucciso da un marito tradito non ci crede quasi nessuno. Più probabile che sia vera... Read more

Exit Stage Left

By: Nick Duerden

Narrated by: Matt Bates

Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

'Exit Stage Left is the book I've long wanted to read about the PTSD-like after-effects of pop stardom - and Nick Duerden is the perfect writer for the job. The pop star's bittersweet lot - the mass adoration that comes with pop stardom, followed by the bathetic comedown of what inevitably follows - is represented with flair and empathy.' - Pete... Read more

Brilla la luz para ellas

By: Romina Zanellatto

Narrated by: Solana Pastorino

Length: 12 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

"¿Quiénes fueron las pioneras del rock argentino? ¿Cuál fue la tradición rockera femenina que se fue gestando desde los años 60 hasta nuestros días? ¿Por qué la historia casi no las registra? Romina Zanellato, periodista especializada en música y feminismo, se propone narrar por primera vez en forma integral la participación de las mujeres en el... Read more

Dance With the Guitar Man

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

(Late Beginner Level) Learn the guitar part to this Duane Eddy Rock-a-Billy hit without using any music, tab, or video! The lesson starts with a full demonstration of the song followed by a detailed “by ear” lesson teaching every lick played by Eddy on the guitar. Backing tracks included for live performance. Read more

How Music Works

By: David Byrne

Narrated by: Andrew Garman & David Byrne

Length: 13 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological—now updated with a new chapter on digital curation.

“How Music Works is a buoyant hybrid of social history, anthropological survey,... Read more

Blackbird

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

(Late Beginner Level) Learn the guitar part to this Beatle’s classic without using music, tab, or video. The lesson includes a full demonstration of the guitar part followed by a detailed “note-by-note” and “phase-by-phase” lesson describing frets and fingering completely “by ear!” You will also learn two different ways to play the unusual... Read more

Cotton Fields

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

(Beginner Level) In this lesson you will learn both the rhythm and lead guitar parts to “Cotton Fields.” A full demonstration is given at the beginning of the lesson followed by a detailed “by ear” lesson in two- to four-measure sections. At the end of the lesson there are backing tracks to play along with. This is a lot of fun for a great price! Read more

Down on the Corner

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

(Beginner Level) A lesson on the style of Creedence Clearwater Revival. In this all-audio lesson you will learn both the rhythm and lead guitar parts to this classic rock hit without using any music, tab, or video. The entire lesson is taught “phase-by-phase” and “note-by-note” completely “by ear!” A full demonstration and backing tracks are... Read more

Feelin' Bad Blues

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

(Late Intermediate Level) This song is best remembered from the movie Crossroads. For this song you will need a slide, and you will need to be in open D tuning. At the beginning of the lesson the song is demonstrated completely, then you are talked through getting to open D tuning, and then you are taught the song phase-by-phase, completely “by... Read more

Heartbreak Hotel

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

(Beginner Level) In this lesson you will learn not only the actual guitar part but a guitar version of the walking bass part as well. There is a full demonstration of the song followed by a detailed “by ear” lesson. At the end you are given backing tracks to practice and play along with. Read more

House of the Rising Sun

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

(Beginner Level) You will learn both guitar parts to this pre-psychedelic version of “House of the Rising Sun” using no print, tab, or video. A full demonstration of the song is played at the beginning of the lesson followed by a detailed “by ear” lesson on every lick in the song. Also included is information about guitars, amplifiers, and... Read more

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

(Intermediate Level) Learn all of the great licks from Edge in this easy to follow “by ear” lesson. The lesson begins with a full demonstration of the song and then teaches very lick and phase “by ear” without the use of music, tab, or video. Bill Brown also describes the effects used on the song. Backing tracks are included with this lesson for... Read more

Iron Man

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

(Beginner & Intermediate Level) A lesson on the style of Black Sabbath from the Paranoid album. Learn both the rhythm and lead guitar parts to this classic heavy metal rock hit without using any music or tab. The entire lesson is taught “by ear,” and a full demonstration and backing tracks are included! Read more

Jesus Just Left Chicago

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

(Intermediate Level) Learn all of the guitar licks and riffs to this ZZ Top hit without using music or tab. The entire guitar part is demonstrated all the way through and then taught in two- to four-measure increments totally “by ear.” Backing tracks are included to practice and perform with. Read more

Long Train Running

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

(Beginner & Intermediate Level) In this lesson you start with a full demonstration of the song with backing tracks followed by a detailed “by ear” lesson of both the rhythm guitar and the harmonica solo arranged for lead guitar. Each section is taught in detail with demonstration, and then at the end of the lesson you are given the backing... Read more

Lovely to See You

By: Bill Brown

Narrated by: Bill Brown

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

(Beginner Level) In this all-audio lesson you will learn both the rhythm and lead guitar parts to this Moody Blues hit without using music, tab, or video. The lesson starts with a full demonstration of the song followed by a detailed “by ear” lesson on each guitar part. The song is broken up into small sections, and each lick is taught... Read more

Sandro. El fuego eterno

By: Mariano del Mazo

Narrated by: Claudio Munda

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Toda la verdad del ícono de la música y el cine argentinos, su varón más sensual y enigmático.
¿Qué singular parábola ocurrió para que un chico de un inquilinato de Valentín Alsina tuviera a los 22 años a América bajo la suela de sus zapatos? ¿Qué clase de invención es la de ese galán crepuscular que seducía en un escenario hasta... Read more

This Book Shreds

By: Rob Spampinato

Narrated by: Rob Spampinato

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Are you ready to learn what it takes to shred? Do you want to make music more than just a dream or a hobby? In This Book Shreds Rob will teach you how to:-Use the power of music to create lifelong connections with people who are awesome.-Write mind-bending songs based on universal emotions and simple research.-Create a mindset foundation that... Read more