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60 Songs That Explain the '90s

by Rob Harvilla ...

Narrated by Rob Harvilla ...

Unabridged

9 hours 6 min

A companion to the #1 music podcast on Spotify, this book takes readers through the greatest hits that define a weirdly undefinable decade.The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of genres and lifestyles and superstars, from grunge to hip-hop, from sumptuous R&B to rambunctious ska-punk, from Axl to Kurt to Missy to Santana to Tupac to Britney. ... Read more

$27.99 USD

A companion to the #1 music podcast on Spotify, this book takes readers through the greatest hits that define a weirdly undefinable decade.The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of genres and lifestyles and superstars, from grunge to hip-hop, from sumptuous R&B to rambunctious ska-punk, from Axl to Kurt to Missy to Santana to Tupac to Britney.
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The Inner Game of Music

by Barry Green ...

Narrated by Roxanne Abbott ...

Unabridged

8 hours 33 min

The Inner Game of music is that which takes place in the mind, played against such elusive opponents as nervousness, self doubt, and fear of failure. Using the same principles of "natural learning" W. Timothy Gallwey developed so successfully for tennis, golf, and skiing and applying them to his own field, noted musician Barry Green shows how to acknowledge and overcome these internal obstacles in ... Read more

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The Inner Game of music is that which takes place in the mind, played against such elusive opponents as nervousness, self doubt, and fear of failure. Using the same principles of "natural learning" W. Timothy Gallwey developed so successfully for tennis, golf, and skiing and applying them to his own field, noted musician Barry Green shows how to acknowledge and overcome these internal obstacles in
... Read more
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Music

A Very Short Introduction

by Nicholas Cook ...

Unabridged

4 hours 59 min

What is music? How is it constructed? How is it consumed? Why do you enjoy it at all? In Music: A Very Short Introduction, Nicholas Cook invites us to really think about music and the role it plays in our lives and our ears. Drawing on a number of accessible examples, the author prompts us to call on our own musical experiences in order to think more critically about the roles of the performers ... Read more

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What is music? How is it constructed? How is it consumed? Why do you enjoy it at all? In Music: A Very Short Introduction, Nicholas Cook invites us to really think about music and the role it plays in our lives and our ears. Drawing on a number of accessible examples, the author prompts us to call on our own musical experiences in order to think more critically about the roles of the performers
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High and Rising

A Book About De La Soul

by Marcus J. Moore ...

Narrated by JD Jackson ...

Unabridged

7 hours 24 min

A stunning cultural biography of De La Soul, the era-defining hip-hop trio that touched millions of lives and changed rap forever.De La Soul burst onto the scene with the release of their groundbreaking 1989 album 3 Feet High & Rising, an “anything goes” hip-hop masterpiece hailed as a new masterwork from a bygone era of Black experimentation.Formed in Long Island in 1988 by Kelvin “Posdnuos” ... Read more

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A stunning cultural biography of De La Soul, the era-defining hip-hop trio that touched millions of lives and changed rap forever.De La Soul burst onto the scene with the release of their groundbreaking 1989 album 3 Feet High & Rising, an “anything goes” hip-hop masterpiece hailed as a new masterwork from a bygone era of Black experimentation.Formed in Long Island in 1988 by Kelvin “Posdnuos”
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For the Love of Music

A Conductor's Guide to the Art of Listening

by John Mauceri ...

Narrated by John Mauceri ...

Unabridged

6 hours 8 min

With a lifetime of experience, profound knowledge and understanding, and heartwarming appreciation, an internationally celebrated conductor and teacher answers the questions: Why should I listen to classical music? How can I get the most from the listening experience?A protégé of Leonard Bernstein--his colleague for eighteen years--and an eminent conductor who has toured and recorded all over the ... Read more

$15.00 USD

With a lifetime of experience, profound knowledge and understanding, and heartwarming appreciation, an internationally celebrated conductor and teacher answers the questions: Why should I listen to classical music? How can I get the most from the listening experience?A protégé of Leonard Bernstein--his colleague for eighteen years--and an eminent conductor who has toured and recorded all over the
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Rolling Deep

The High Art of Weed and Rap

by Noah Rubin ...

Narrated by Noah Rubin ...

Unabridged

4 hours

An irreverent, engaging, visually driven exploration of hip-hop culture and weed from writer/editor, music producer, and author of How We Roll, Noah Rubin.Rolling Deep: The High Art of Weed and Rap brings to life the edu-taining story of hip-hop and cannabis culture from hazy 1970s summer night park jams in the Bronx to today’s multi-hyphenate rap moguls dropping hit records alongside signature ... Read more

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An irreverent, engaging, visually driven exploration of hip-hop culture and weed from writer/editor, music producer, and author of How We Roll, Noah Rubin.Rolling Deep: The High Art of Weed and Rap brings to life the edu-taining story of hip-hop and cannabis culture from hazy 1970s summer night park jams in the Bronx to today’s multi-hyphenate rap moguls dropping hit records alongside signature
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Anatomy of 55 More Songs

The Oral History of Top Hits That Changed Rock, Pop and Soul

by Marc Myers ...

Narrated by Michael Butler Murray ...

Unabridged

9 hours 37 min

Songs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of those hits become something more—iconic recordings that not only inspire a generation but also change the direction of music. In Anatomy of 55 More Songs, based on his column for the Wall Street Journal, music journalist and historian Marc Myers tells the story behind fifty-five rock, pop, R&B, country, and soul-gospel hits through intimate ... Read more

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Songs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of those hits become something more—iconic recordings that not only inspire a generation but also change the direction of music. In Anatomy of 55 More Songs, based on his column for the Wall Street Journal, music journalist and historian Marc Myers tells the story behind fifty-five rock, pop, R&B, country, and soul-gospel hits through intimate
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Why Lhasa de Sela Matters

by Fred Goodman ...

Narrated by Lori Felipe-Barkin ...

Series series Why Music Matters
Unabridged

4 hours 35 min

An artist in every sense of the word, Lhasa de Sela wowed audiences around the globe with her multilingual songs and spellbinding performances, mixing together everything from Gypsy music to Mexican rancheras, Americana and jazz, chanson française, and South American folk melodies. In Canada, her album La Llorona won the Juno Award and went gold, and its follow-up, The Living Road, won a BBC World ... Read more

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An artist in every sense of the word, Lhasa de Sela wowed audiences around the globe with her multilingual songs and spellbinding performances, mixing together everything from Gypsy music to Mexican rancheras, Americana and jazz, chanson française, and South American folk melodies. In Canada, her album La Llorona won the Juno Award and went gold, and its follow-up, The Living Road, won a BBC World
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Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung

by Lester Bangs ...

Narrated by Ramiz Monsef ...

Unabridged

16 hours 22 min

Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung contains the wild and brilliant writings of Lester Bangs—the most outrageous and popular rock critic of the 1970s—edited and with an introduction by the reigning dean of rock critics, Greil Marcus. ... Read more

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Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung contains the wild and brilliant writings of Lester Bangs—the most outrageous and popular rock critic of the 1970s—edited and with an introduction by the reigning dean of rock critics, Greil Marcus.
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It's All In The Lyrics

How Music Helped Me Heal and Find My Voice

by Tony Kessel ...

Narrated by Tony Kessel ...

Unabridged

10 hours 32 min

HAVE YOU EVER FELT OVERWHELMED BY LIFE'S CHALLENGES, SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING TO ANCHOR YOU WHEN EVERYTHING FEELS OUT OF TUNE?Music isn't just sound—it's a lifeline that can offer hope, healing, and a path forward.In It's All In The Lyrics: How Music Helped Me Heal and Find My Voice, Tony Kessel invites you on a deeply personal journey where music becomes more than background noise—it's a ... Read more

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HAVE YOU EVER FELT OVERWHELMED BY LIFE'S CHALLENGES, SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING TO ANCHOR YOU WHEN EVERYTHING FEELS OUT OF TUNE?Music isn't just sound—it's a lifeline that can offer hope, healing, and a path forward.In It's All In The Lyrics: How Music Helped Me Heal and Find My Voice, Tony Kessel invites you on a deeply personal journey where music becomes more than background noise—it's a
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The Death of Me

by Michelle Davies ...

Narrated by Susanna Wolff ...

Unabridged

9 hours 23 min

When Isaac Naylor committed suicide after a teenage fan was found dead in his hotel room, the world thought it had lost one of the greatest rock stars of a generation. Naylor, lead singer of The Ospreys, had been arrested for causing the girl's death and was on police bail when he drowned himself in the sea off the Devon coast, leaving two notes addressed to his bandmates and his younger brother, ... Read more

$24.99 USD

When Isaac Naylor committed suicide after a teenage fan was found dead in his hotel room, the world thought it had lost one of the greatest rock stars of a generation. Naylor, lead singer of The Ospreys, had been arrested for causing the girl's death and was on police bail when he drowned himself in the sea off the Devon coast, leaving two notes addressed to his bandmates and his younger brother,
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Fire Flurries

Confessions of a Small Town Rockstar

by Sandi MarLisa ...

Narrated by Sandi MarLisa ...

Unabridged

11 hours 43 min

Sandi MarLisa is your favorite small town rockstar. She also happens to be a newly divorced ex-minister, mother of two children, and published author in her hometown of Panama City, Florida. After surviving category five Hurricane Michael and the Covid-19 pandemic, she enters the dating scene in her hometown while also making it as a professional musician with big dreams and fiery Floridian spirit ... Read more

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Sandi MarLisa is your favorite small town rockstar. She also happens to be a newly divorced ex-minister, mother of two children, and published author in her hometown of Panama City, Florida. After surviving category five Hurricane Michael and the Covid-19 pandemic, she enters the dating scene in her hometown while also making it as a professional musician with big dreams and fiery Floridian spirit
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Victory Is Assured

Uncollected Writings of Stanley Crouch

by Stanley Crouch, Wynton Marsalis ...

Narrated by Mirron Willis ...

Unabridged

14 hours 45 min

The grievous loss of Stanley Crouch, one of America's most renowned intellectuals, is underscored by the posthumous appearance of these remarkable essays.With Stanley Crouch's untimely death in 2020, American literature lost "a critic without peer" (Ta-Nehisi Coates). Born in Los Angeles in 1945, Crouch—a towering stylist, fearless columnist, and without question, one of the finest jazz critics of ... Read more

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The grievous loss of Stanley Crouch, one of America's most renowned intellectuals, is underscored by the posthumous appearance of these remarkable essays.With Stanley Crouch's untimely death in 2020, American literature lost "a critic without peer" (Ta-Nehisi Coates). Born in Los Angeles in 1945, Crouch—a towering stylist, fearless columnist, and without question, one of the finest jazz critics of
... Read more
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Musician's Map

by Kane Power ...

Narrated by Kane Power ...

Unabridged

4 hours 17 min

The Musician's Map is a complete guide to building success in music. Whether you're just thinking about learning music, or you're already in the process of building a career; this audiobook will help you. Musician's Map provides practical advice for musicians just starting out and musicians looking to get ahead and further their career.This audiobook is a step-by-step guide that will save you ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Musician's Map is a complete guide to building success in music. Whether you're just thinking about learning music, or you're already in the process of building a career; this audiobook will help you. Musician's Map provides practical advice for musicians just starting out and musicians looking to get ahead and further their career.This audiobook is a step-by-step guide that will save you
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Wrestling Superstars Entrance Themes 2

by Abbas Schirmohammadi, Abbas Schirmohammadi, Abbas Schirmohammadi ...

Narrated by Abbas Schirmohammadi ...

Abridged

46 min

Wrestling Superstars Entrance Themes Liebe Wrestling-Fans! Ich bin Christof Haas und 1. Vorsitzender der EWS – Erding Wrestling Show. Ihr kennt mich sicher auch unter meinem Kampfnamen "Nobody". Als ich 2005 die EWS gründete, dachte ich nicht im Traum daran, dass wir heute zu den beliebtesten und bestbesuchten Wrestling-Ligen Deutschlands zählen. Wir veranstalten unsere Events in ganz Bayern. ... Read more

$16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Wrestling Superstars Entrance Themes Liebe Wrestling-Fans! Ich bin Christof Haas und 1. Vorsitzender der EWS – Erding Wrestling Show. Ihr kennt mich sicher auch unter meinem Kampfnamen "Nobody". Als ich 2005 die EWS gründete, dachte ich nicht im Traum daran, dass wir heute zu den beliebtesten und bestbesuchten Wrestling-Ligen Deutschlands zählen. Wir veranstalten unsere Events in ganz Bayern.
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Jazz

A History of America's Music

by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns ...

Narrated by LeVar Burton ...

Abridged

8 hours 59 min

A masterpiece that brings to life the fascinating story of the quintessential American music—jazz. Visually stunning, with more than five hundred photographs, this companion volume to the acclaimed ten-part PBS TV series is an exploration of the music that celebrates all Americans at their best.Here are the stories of the extraordinary men and women who made the music: Louis Armstrong, the ... Read more

$14.99 USD

A masterpiece that brings to life the fascinating story of the quintessential American music—jazz. Visually stunning, with more than five hundred photographs, this companion volume to the acclaimed ten-part PBS TV series is an exploration of the music that celebrates all Americans at their best.Here are the stories of the extraordinary men and women who made the music: Louis Armstrong, the
... Read more
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Disgraceland

Musicians Getting Away with Murder and Behaving Very Badly

by Jake Brennan ...

Narrated by Jake Brennan ...

Unabridged

6 hours 6 min

From the creator of the popular rock 'n' roll true crime podcast, DISGRACELAND comes an off-kilter, hysterical, at times macabre book of stories from the highly entertaining underbelly of music history.You may know Jerry Lee Lewis married his thirteen-year-old cousin but did you know he shot his bass player in the chest with a shotgun or that a couple of his wives died under extremely mysterious ... Read more

$24.99 USD

From the creator of the popular rock 'n' roll true crime podcast, DISGRACELAND comes an off-kilter, hysterical, at times macabre book of stories from the highly entertaining underbelly of music history.You may know Jerry Lee Lewis married his thirteen-year-old cousin but did you know he shot his bass player in the chest with a shotgun or that a couple of his wives died under extremely mysterious
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How Music Works

by David Byrne ...

Narrated by David Byrne, Andrew Garman ...

Unabridged

13 hours 10 min

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, autobiography, personal philosophy, and business manual” ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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, autobiography, personal philosophy, and business manual”
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PENG PENG Parker

by Nora Gomringer, Philipp Scholz ...

Narrated by Nora Gomringer ...

Abridged

34 min

Dorothy Parker war eine vielschichtige Frau: Dichterin, Geliebte, Werbetexterin und Oscar-Nominee. Niemand hat so seufzend, so verlachend über die Liebe und das Rangeln zwischen den Geschlechtern geschrieben wie sie und uns dabei gleichzeitig Karikaturen und fein linierte Portraits der Boulevardlöwen und -löwinnen ihrer Zeit hinterlassen, mal zart und mal hart. Ein New York der 20er Jahre ohne ... Read more

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Dorothy Parker war eine vielschichtige Frau: Dichterin, Geliebte, Werbetexterin und Oscar-Nominee. Niemand hat so seufzend, so verlachend über die Liebe und das Rangeln zwischen den Geschlechtern geschrieben wie sie und uns dabei gleichzeitig Karikaturen und fein linierte Portraits der Boulevardlöwen und -löwinnen ihrer Zeit hinterlassen, mal zart und mal hart. Ein New York der 20er Jahre ohne
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Mit alten Männern spiel' ich nicht

Der Schlagzeuger von Udo Lindenberg und Peter Maffay über sein bewegtes Leben | Legendäre Geschichten des Rockstars von den 1970ern bis heute

by Bertram Engel, Tom Schäfer ...

Narrated by Bertram Engel, Stefan Lehnen ...

Unabridged

10 hours 24 min

Aus der westfälischen Provinz zum RockstarSeit fünf Jahrzehnten spielt Schlagzeuger Bertram Engel als festes Bandmitglied bei zwei absoluten Stars der Rockmusik: Udo Lindenberg und Peter Maffay. Mit beiden verbinden ihn große Erfolge, vor allem aber zahlreiche legendäre Erlebnisse.Seine Autobiografie Mit alten Männern spiel' ich nicht ist dadurch nicht weniger als ein Stück westdeutscher ... Read more

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Aus der westfälischen Provinz zum RockstarSeit fünf Jahrzehnten spielt Schlagzeuger Bertram Engel als festes Bandmitglied bei zwei absoluten Stars der Rockmusik: Udo Lindenberg und Peter Maffay. Mit beiden verbinden ihn große Erfolge, vor allem aber zahlreiche legendäre Erlebnisse.Seine Autobiografie Mit alten Männern spiel' ich nicht ist dadurch nicht weniger als ein Stück westdeutscher
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The Chromatics Camp At The Musical Mountain

by Julie Kirchhubel ...

Narrated by Daniel Smerdon ...

Unabridged

2 hours 45 min

There’s a rumour spreading quickly on the farm that triggers immediate emergency escape plans for this unknowing bunch of fruit and vegetables. And there’s a certain upcoming birthday to celebrate, but it’s too dangerous to stay on the farm. Where can they flee to? Make no mistake; this is a day full of twists and turns. Just how does an ordinary Saturday morning lead to an unexpected adventure of ... Read more

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There’s a rumour spreading quickly on the farm that triggers immediate emergency escape plans for this unknowing bunch of fruit and vegetables. And there’s a certain upcoming birthday to celebrate, but it’s too dangerous to stay on the farm. Where can they flee to? Make no mistake; this is a day full of twists and turns. Just how does an ordinary Saturday morning lead to an unexpected adventure of
... Read more
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Drumming for Beginners - Your Journey Into Playing Drums

by Tigger Reginalds ...

Narrated by John Hays ...

Unabridged

21 min

Have you always had a secret desire to learn how to play the drums?Was it the expense of getting started or the difficulty that put you off in the past?Have you shaken off that negativity and have decided that now is the time to learn?Learning to play the drums is difficult for many people. The coordination and rhythm that is required doesn’t always come naturally and many start and then abruptly ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Have you always had a secret desire to learn how to play the drums?Was it the expense of getting started or the difficulty that put you off in the past?Have you shaken off that negativity and have decided that now is the time to learn?Learning to play the drums is difficult for many people. The coordination and rhythm that is required doesn’t always come naturally and many start and then abruptly
... Read more
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Exit Stage Left

The curious afterlife of pop stars

by Nick Duerden ...

Narrated by Matt Bates ...

Unabridged

11 hours 38 min

'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 Paphides, author of Broken Greek'Fame is the ... Read more

$28.99 USD

'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 Paphides, author of Broken Greek'Fame is the
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La música ha muerto

by Halasius Bradford ...

Narrated by Alberto Rodriguez ...

Unabridged

2 hours

Una Indagación Filosófica y Cultural sobre la Muerte de la Música. Este tratado filosófico de Halasius Bradford y provocador diseca la transformación de la música de una fuerza orgánica y mística a un producto mercantilizado, argumentando que la música moderna se ha reducido a simples patrones de sonido, despojada de su alma. Explorando las intersecciones entre la consciencia, la tecnología, el ... Read more

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Una Indagación Filosófica y Cultural sobre la Muerte de la Música. Este tratado filosófico de Halasius Bradford y provocador diseca la transformación de la música de una fuerza orgánica y mística a un producto mercantilizado, argumentando que la música moderna se ha reducido a simples patrones de sonido, despojada de su alma. Explorando las intersecciones entre la consciencia, la tecnología, el
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