Music audiobooks

Two Against Hitler

By: Isabel Vincent

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

An extraordinary account of two British sisters whose obsession with opera became a cover for their roles in helping Jewish refugees flee the Nazis during World War II--a true story that is one part Schindler's List, one part The Sound of Music and all but forgotten, until now.
Born in the early 1900s in small-town England, the Cook sisters--Ida,... Read more

VIP: Mahalia Jackson

By: Denise Lewis Patrick

Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

Get ready to sing for justice with Mahalia Jackson in this exciting middle grade nonfiction biography. Perfect for fans of the Who Was and Little Leaders series, the books in the VIP series tell the true—and amazing—stories of some of history's greatest trailblazers. Meet the VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE who changed the world! Mahalia Jackson was known... Read more

A Wonderful Guy

By: Eddie Shapiro

Narrated by: Donald Corren, Beresford Bennett & Christopher ...

Length: 20 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Fascinating, never-before-published interviews with Broadway's leading men offer behind-the-scenes looks at the careers of some of the most beloved perfomers today.
In A Wonderful Guy, a follow up to Nothing Like a Dame: Conversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater, theatre journalist Eddie Shapiro sits down for intimate,... Read more

Here Goes Nothing

By: Eamon McGrath

Narrated by: Eamon McGrath

Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Named a Fall 2020 Best Indie Read by the Globe and Mail From Eamon McGrath, award-winning musician and author of the widely acclaimed Berlin-Warszawa Express, comes a smart and gritty novel that explores the lives of touring musicians In this audiobook edition, Eamon McGrath reads the novel set to an original musical score he composed... Read more

THE PROFESSIONAL VOICEOVER HANDBOOK

By: Peter Baker

Narrated by: Peter Baker

Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

This comprehensive audiobook narrated by the author details how to set up your own voiceover business in your own home studio. With sections on voice training, creating powerful showreels, setting up your website and getting your first jobs in, the highly experienced voice artist Peter Baker will take your hand from complete beginner to pro as... Read more

Die Fermate

By: E.T.A. Hoffmann

Narrated by: Peter Bieringer

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Die Fermate Eine Erzählung von E.T.A. Hoffmann, gelesen von Peter Bieringer. Die "Fermate" ist ein musikalisches Artikulationszeichen, das für die Verlängerung eines Tons oder einer Pause über die notierte Dauer hinaus steht. Neben dieser Bedeutung wird die Fermate auch für die Markierung eines Endes verwendet, etwa in Kanons oder bei... Read more

(R)evolution

By: Gary Numan

Narrated by: Gary Numan

Length: 14 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook opens and ends with music from Gary Numan's 2021 album Intruder

A Daily Mail 'best TV and showbiz memoir' for 2020

From humble beginnings in Middlesex, where money was scarce but dreams were encouraged, to the award-winning godfather of electronica, Gary Numan has seen it all. His incredible story can be charted in two distinct... Read more

CABLOG

By: Dege Legg

Narrated by: Dege Legg

Length: 6 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

CABLOG (NONFICTION) | A broke and unemployed musician lands a gig driving a cab through the swamplands of south Louisiana while bobbing and weaving through a nighttime world ruled by drugs, guns, saints, and strippers. In this fuel-injected work of creative nonfiction, Grammy-nominated musician and award-winning writer Dege Legg—aka Brother... Read more

Driven

By: Martin Popoff

Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray

Length: 13 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The conclusion to the definitive biography of the rock 'n' roll kings of the North.



In this conclusion to his trilogy of authoritative books on Canada's most beloved and successful rock band, Martin Popoff takes us through three decades of "life at the top" for Rush's Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart. Though this era begins with the... Read more

When the Mirror Shatters

By: Jennifer Kaylene Carter

Narrated by: Jennifer Kaylene Carter

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

"An entertainer opens up about the dangers of “taking your work home with you” and reveals the internal struggle she faced spiritually when the pressure to perform professionally manifested in her personal life." Read more

Beyoncé

By: Nansubuga Nagadya

Narrated by: Tyla Collier

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Before she was an international superstar and feminist icon, Beyoncé was a girl from Texas who loved to sing and dance. As a member of Destiny’s Child, she climbed the charts as one of the most famous girl groups in history. This launched her solo career, and since then, she’s become an unstoppable force in music and pop culture. Beyond music,... Read more

Lark Takes a Bow

By: Natasha Deen

Narrated by: Heather Gould

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Mysteries seem to follow Lark and Connor Ba wherever they go, and today is no exception! The part-time detectives head to their local community theater to rehearse the play they are in, only to discover that someone is playing pranks on the theater company. The twin sleuths need to work quickly to catch the culprit before one more prank closes... Read more

Beethoven Variations

By: Ruth Padel

Narrated by: Ruth Padel

Length: 2 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A fascinating poetic journey into the mind and heart of a musical genius, from the author of the celebrated Darwin: A Life in Poems

Ruth Padel's new sequence of poems, in four movements, is a personal voyage through the life and legend of one of the world's greatest composers. She uncovers the man behind the music, charting his private thoughts... Read more

The Musical Genius of Mozart

By: Craig Wright

Narrated by: Craig Wright

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

One Day University presents a series of audio lectures recorded in real-time from some of the top minds in the United States. Given by award-winning professors and experts in their field, these recorded lectures dive deep into the worlds of religion, government, literature, and social justice. When asked to provide a list of "geniuses" in... Read more

Anoint My Head

By: Andy Macleod

Narrated by: Andy Macleod

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

It’s 1992 and Horace dreams of becoming a rockstar with his band the Pointy Birds. The only problem is that his day-job (mis)filing vinyl in a Soho record store is stealing all his time and energy, plus rival bands like Suede, Blur, Pulp and Radiohead are moving on to bigger and better things. But then someone called Ricky offers his services as... Read more

Medical Grade Music

By: Steve Davis & Kavus Torabi

Narrated by: Kavus Torabi & Steve Davis

Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by, and featuring original music from, Steve Davis and Kavus Torabi.

The story of two outsiders and obsessives whose collision prompted an evangelistic alliance on the furthest frontiers of underground music.

Steve Davis first met Kavus Torabi - guitarist with Gong, Guapo, Cardiacs and Knifeworld - in the mid-2000's at a gig by French... Read more

Soldiers of Song

By: Jason Wilson

Narrated by: Jason Wilson

Length: 7 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The seeds of irreverent humour that inspired the likes of Wayne and Shuster and Monty Python were sown in the trenches of the First World War, and The Dumbells—concert parties made up of fighting soldiers—were central to this process. Soldiers of Song tells their story. Lucky soldiers who could sing a song, perform a skit, or pass as a “lady,”... Read more

Christmas Carols in Old America

By: Patrizia Barrera

Narrated by: Ian A Miller

Length: 3 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Story of the most beautiful Christmas Carols of the American traditionAn intriguing and funny overview on the story of the Christmas carols linked to the American tradition. Entertaining anecdotes, behind the scenes stories, scandals, gossips of the past times, belonging to an America that does not exist anymore. Everything you dont` know about... Read more

HISTOIRE D'UN RÊVE EN 2020

By: M.A.DONN

Narrated by: M.A.DONN

Length: 1 hour 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Une année 2020 fulgurante, rythmée par un quotidien familial effréné, des challenges artistiques incessants, une actualité brûlante, des réflexions profondes, un développement personnel riche, le tout fraîchement arrosé de flash-back.Introspection essentielle pour comprendre le parcours "extra" ordinaire de cette femme, qui se donne tous les... Read more

The Musical Human

By: Michael Spitzer

Narrated by: Daniel Levitin

Length: 17 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents The Musical Human by Michael Spitzer, read by Daniel Levitin.

"Michael Spitzer has pulled off the impossible: a Guns, Germs and Steel for music." —Daniel Levitin

A colossal history spanning cultures, time, and space to explore the vibrant relationship between music and the human species.

165 million years ago saw the birth of... Read more

The Glory Road

By: Anita Faye Garner

Narrated by: Pamela Almand

Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Stories and songs from a childhood spent in a vanished world of revivals and road showsAnita Faye Garner grew up in the South—just about every corner of it. She and her musical family lived in Texarkana, Bossier City, Hot Springs, Jackson, Vicksburg, Hattiesburg, Pascagoula, Bogalusa, Biloxi, Gulfport, New Orleans, and points between, picking up... Read more

Last Chance Texaco

By: Rickie Lee Jones

Narrated by: Rickie Lee Jones

Length: 16 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Grammy Award–winning musician Rickie Lee Jones tells all in this electrifying, intimate memoir about how a little girl grew up to be one of the most legendary, groundbreaking artists of her time. Read—and sung—by Rickie Lee Jones!

This troubadour life is only for the fiercest hearts, only for those vessels that can be broken to smithereens and... Read more

Goodbye, Guns N' Roses

By: Art Tavana

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A valentine and a breakup letter to one of rock's most controversial bands.



Goodbye, Guns N' Roses is a genre-rattling attempt to explain the appeal of America's most divisive rock band. While it includes uncharted history and the self-lacerating connoisseurship of a Guns N' Roses fetishist, it is not a recycled chronicle—this book is a... Read more

Enter Night

By: Mick Wall

Narrated by: Alister Austin

Length: 17 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Sprung from the roots of 70s hard rock, Metallica defined the look and sound of 1980s heavy metal, just as Led Zeppelin had for hard rock and the Sex Pistols for punk before them. Inventors of thrash metal-Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth followed-it was always Metallica who led the way, who pushed to another level, who became the last of the... Read more