Music audiobooks

101 Amazing Facts about Billie Eilish

By: Jack Goldstein

Narrated by: Jason Zenobia

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Billie Eilish is one of the music industry’s hottest properties right now. Today some people see her as a mainstream act and many well-known celebrities are talking of how much they like her work. Yet her biggest fans have been there from the start, following her career long before she was the ‘next big thing’.
But how much do you really know... Read more

Made in Spain

By: James Rhodes

Narrated by: Joe Lewis & James Rhodes

Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Made in Spain es un testimonio sincero, unas veces agridulce y otras lleno de humor, que nos recuerda el poder de las segundas oportunidades. Alguna vez has querido volver a empezar? Un nuevo comienzo, un nuevo hogar, una nueva familia. Una nueva vida… El pianista James Rhodes recrea en este libro el largo camino que emprendió cuando decidió... Read more

Two Beats Ahead

By: Panos A. Panay & R. Michael Hendrix

Narrated by: Landon Woodson

Length: 7 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover what the musical mind has to teach us about innovation in this fascinating book, featuring interviews with Justin Timberlake, Pharrell Williams, T Bone Burnett, Gloria Estefan, Imogen Heap, and many more.  
 
Musicians may just hold the keys to innovation in business. They don’t think like we do, and in the creative process, they don’t... Read more

Hollywood Eden

By: Joel Selvin

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

From the Beach Boys and Jan & Dean to the Byrds and the Mamas & the Papas, acclaimed music journalist Joel Selvin tells the story of a group of young artists and musicians who came together at the dawn of the 1960s to create the lasting myth of the California dream. From surf music to hot-rod records to the sunny pop of the Beach Boys... Read more

Beeswing

By: Richard Thompson

Narrated by: Richard Thompson

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

A Rolling Stone Best Music Book of 2021

“Thompson is a master showman . . .  [Beeswing is] everything you’d hope a Richard Thompson autobiography would be . . . It’s both major and minor, dirge and ditty, light on its feet but packing a punch.”
—The Wall Street Journal

Now Featuring an Interview with Elvis Costello
 
In this moving, immersive,... Read more

Joy Returns!

By: Wendy Ledger

Narrated by: Kae Marie Denino

Length: 4 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

She’s much too young to be so sad. Can she learn to express her feelings without words?1964. Nine-year-old Samantha doesn’t know what to do with her grief. With the sudden and unexpected death of her father, her whole world seems empty. But when she attends church on a whim, the magnificent sound of the pipe organ awakens a deeply buried... Read more

Simply Stravinsky

By: Pieter van den Toorn

Narrated by: Angus Freathy

Length: 5 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Born and raised in St. Petersburg, Russia, Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) divided his time between law studies and music until 1906, when, under the tutelage of composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, he dedicated himself exclusively to composition. Five years later, he achieved international fame with his ballet scores, The Firebird, Petrushka, and The... Read more

Music and Theater

By: Leon Botstein

Narrated by: Leon Botstein

Length: 58 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. Music is so important because it has no purpose. Its... Read more

Excavate!

By: Tessa Norton & Bob Stanley

Narrated by: Dean Williamson, Maxine Peake & Pat Nevin

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

THE LOUDER THAN WAR #1 BOOK OF THE YEAR A ROUGH TRADE, THE TIMES, MOJO, UNCUT, THE HERALD BOOK OF THE YEAR This is not a book about a rock band. This is not even a book about Mark E Smith. This is a book about The Fall group - or more precisely, their world. 'To 50,000 Fall Fans: please buy this inspired & inspiring, profound &... Read more

The Search for John Lennon

By: Lesley-Ann Jones

Narrated by: Rebecca Gethings

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Pulling back the many hidden layers of John Lennon’s life, Lesley-Ann Jones closely tracks the events and personality traits that led to the rock star living in self-imposed exile in New York—where he was shot dead outside his apartment on that fateful autumn day forty years ago.

Late on December 8th, 1980, the world abruptly stopped turning for... Read more

Un Guitarrista Conforme al Corazón de Dios

By: Angel Candelaria

Narrated by: Angel Candelaria

Length: 3 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

¿Eres un guitarrista con propósito?La mayoría de los guitarristas tocan por tocar. La guitarra es un mero pasatiempo; un simple hobby al cual dedicarle tiempo cuando se pueda. La música no ocupa un lugar de prioridad en sus vidas.Para otros, la guitarra es una herramienta para atraer la atención a ellos mismos.Sin embargo, existe un remanente –... Read more

The Nightingale

By: Sam Lee

Narrated by: Sam Lee

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

As featured on The Today Programme
'Wondering and wonderful. The nature book of the year.' JOHN LEWIS-STEMPEL
______________________________
Come to the forest, sit by the fireside and listen to intoxicating song, as Sam Lee tells the story of the nightingale.

Every year, as darkness falls upon woodlands, the nightingale... Read more

Verdades a medias

By: India Martínez

Narrated by: India Martínez

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: No

La gran artista India Martínez nos muestra en su primer libro sus emociones más íntimas a través un precioso conjunto de textos relatados con sensibilidad y emoción. «La verdad es muy subjetiva, depende de la piel que la percibe». Verdades a medias es una colección de textos poéticos en los que la cantante India Martínez indaga en lo más... Read more

Melanie Raabe über Lady Gaga - KiWi Musikbibliothek, Band 12 (Ungekürzte Autorinnenlesung)

By: Melanie Raabe

Narrated by: Melanie Raabe

Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Mein Essay über Lady Gaga erzählt von Sonderwegen. Von dem eines jungen Mädchens namens Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, das zu Lady Gaga wurde, von meinem - und dem meiner Freunde. Von Partys und Drag, Outsidertum und Selbstfindung, von spätem Coming-of-Age und davon, wie man jedes bisschen Mut zusammenkratzt, um das zu werden, was man schon... Read more

Jacksonville and the Roots of Southern Rock

By: Michael Ray FitzGerald

Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The enduring achievement and legacy of a rock movement



The Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd helped usher in a new kind of southern music from Jacksonville, Florida. Together, they and fellow bands like Blackfoot, 38 Special, and Molly Hatchet would reset the course of seventies rock. Yet Jacksonville seemed an unlikely hotbed for a new... Read more

The Marathon Don't Stop

By: Rob Kenner

Narrated by: Landon Woodson

Length: 11 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

This “beautiful tribute to a legendary artist” (Quincy Jones) is the first in-depth biography of Nipsey Hussle, the hip-hop mogul, artist, and activist whose transformative legacy inspired a generation with his motivational lyrics and visionary business savvy—before he was tragically shot down in the very neighborhood... Read more

Junge, Beethoven!

By: Musikwerk Kinderchor

Narrated by: Rainer Strecker

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Margret Steenfatts Buch "Auch ich bin ein König" basiert auf Tagebucheintragungen eines Bäckers, in dessen Haus die Familie Beethoven eine Zeit lang lebte. Durch dessen Schilderungen bekommen wir einen lebendigen Einblick in den Alltag eines kleinen Jungen, der musikalisch hochbegabt, aber andererseits eben auch ein einfacher Lausbub war. Mit... Read more

Sophie Taueber-Arp und das Kabarett Voltaire

By: Enrico Bernard

Narrated by: Skye Vikström

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Der Text hat das Leben und das künstlerische Schaffen von Sophie Taeuber Arp zum Thema. Sophie Taeuber, die Lebensgefährtin von Hans Arp, war Mitbegründerin der dadaistischen Bewegung, deren Manifest das hundertjährige Jubiläum (2018) feierte. Nach dem ersten Weltkrieg war sie Muse und Inspirationsquelle der jungen Künstler, die in Zürich den... Read more

Junge, Beethoven!

By: Musikwerk Kinderchor

Narrated by: Rainer Strecker

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Margret Steenfatts Buch "Auch ich bin ein König" basiert auf Tagebucheintragungen eines Bäckers, in dessen Haus die Familie Beethoven eine Zeit lang lebte. Durch dessen Schilderungen bekommen wir einen lebendigen Einblick in den Alltag eines kleinen Jungen, der musikalisch hochbegabt, aber andererseits eben auch ein einfacher Lausbub war. Mit... Read more

Hear Me Out

By: Sarah Harding

Narrated by: Rebekah Hinds

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

'I can't rewrite history; all I can do is be honest and wear my heart on my sleeve. It's really the only way I know. I want to show people the real me. Or perhaps remind them. Because, somewhere - amongst the nightclubs, the frocks and hairdos, the big chart hits, and the glamour of being a popstar - the other Sarah... Read more

Acid for the children

By: Flea

Narrated by: Marco Lubián

Length: 9 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestseller en The New York Times Bestseller #1 en LA Times Bestseller #1 en Biografías de Músicos de Jazz en Amazon EUA Selección 2019 de NPR Audiolibro original nominado al Grammy 2021 como mejor álbum spoken word «Flea es un escritor cautivador, con un don particular que flota libremente y reverbera. Escribe en explosiones y epifanías... Read more

Turnen, tanzen, Musik machen [Wieso? Weshalb? Warum? JUNIOR Folge 71] - Abridged

By: Constanza Droop

Narrated by: Various Artists, Niklas Heinecke & Vincent Richter

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Spielerisch entdecken die Kleinen in diesem Hörspiel alles rund um Bewegung im Kinderalltag. Dabei darf natürlich Musik nicht fehlen: Stampfen, klatschen und mit Instrumenten musizieren macht allen Spaß. Vom Kinderturnen über Yoga, Ballett oder Kinder­tanz bis zum draußen Toben - bei diesem Hörspiel kann jedes Kind mitmachen! Altersgerechte... Read more

Löwenzahn und Pusteblume, Schmetterling und ich. Komm mit in meinen Lieder-Garten! - Abridged

By: Matthias Meyer-Göllner

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die Lieder entführen Kinder in die Natur. Schwungvolle Rhythmen und fantasievolle Texte laden zum Entdecken, Mitsingen, Tanzen und Spielen zu Hause und im Freien ein. Im Garten können Farben und Düfte von Kräutern, Blumen und Früchten erlebt werden. Bei einem Picknick auf der Wiese sorgen ein hungriger Bär und das Wiesentier­gewimmel für... Read more

Can't Stop Won't Stop (Young Adult Edition)

By: Jeff Chang & Dave ‘Davey D’ Cook

Narrated by: Dave ‘Davey D’ Cook & Jeff Chang

Length: 12 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the authors.

The American Book Award winner, now completely adapted for a young adult audience!

From award-winning author Jeff Chang, Can't Stop Won't Stop is the story of hip-hop, a generation-defining movement and the music that transformed American politics and culture forever.

Hip hop is one of the most dominant and... Read more