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A Mad Love
- An Introduction to Opera
- By: Vivien Schweitzer
- Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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A lively introduction to opera, from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century There are few art forms as visceral and emotional as opera -- and few that are as daunting for newcomers. A Mad Love offers a spirited and indispensable tour of opera's eclectic past and present, beginning with...
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A Mad Love
- An Introduction to Opera
- Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 18-09-2018
- Language: English
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Why Mariah Carey Matters
- By: Andrew Chan
- Narrated by: Kenny Wong
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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When it comes to Mariah Carey, star power is never in doubt. She has sold hundreds of millions of albums and cut more chart-topping hits than any other solo artist—ever. And she has that extraordinary five-octave vocal range. But there is more to her legacy than eye-popping numbers. Why Mariah Carey Matters examines the creative evolution and complicated biography of a true diva, making the case that, despite her celebrity, Carey’s musicianship and influence are insufficiently appreciated.
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Why Mariah Carey Matters
- Narrated by: Kenny Wong
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 05-12-2023
- Language: English
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Listening to the Future
- The Time of Progressive Rock, 1968-1978
- By: Bill Martin
- Narrated by: Mark Sando
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Since the late '70s, histories of rock music have either ignored or marginalized the progressive rock era. In part, this has occurred because rock music criticism has taken an almost completely sociological turn, with little or no interest in musical form itself. In Listening to the Future, Bill Martin argues that it is a musical and political mistake to ignore this period of tremendous creativity, a period that still finds resonance in rock music today.
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Listening to the Future
- The Time of Progressive Rock, 1968-1978
- Narrated by: Mark Sando
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 22-08-2023
- Language: English
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Rags and Bones
- An Exploration of The Band
- By: Jeff Sellars - editor, Kevin C. Neece - editor
- Narrated by: Graham Rowat
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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After performing with Ronnie Hawkins as the Hawks (1957-1964), The Band (Rick Danko, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson, and Levon Helm) eventually rose to fame in the sixties as backing musicians for Bob Dylan. This collaboration with Dylan presented the group with a chance to expand musically and strike out on their own. The Band's fusion of rock, country, soul, and blues music-all tinged with a southern flavor and musical adventurousness—created a unique soundscape.
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Rags and Bones
- An Exploration of The Band
- Narrated by: Graham Rowat
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 29-08-2023
- Language: English
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Music for Prime Time
- A History of American Television Themes and Scoring
- By: Jon Burlingame
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 21 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Music composed for television had, until recently, never been taken seriously by scholars or critics. Catchy TV themes, often for popular weekly series, were fondly remembered but not considered much more culturally significant than commercial jingles. Yet noted composers like John Williams, Henry Mancini, and Jerry Goldsmith learned and/or honed their craft in television before going on to major success in feature films.
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Music for Prime Time
- A History of American Television Themes and Scoring
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 21 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 28-03-2023
- Language: English
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A Quick Ting on Afrobeats
- A Quick Ting On Series
- By: Christian Adofo
- Narrated by: Christian Adofo, Magdalene Abraha
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
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The first book of its kind, A Quick Ting on Afrobeats chronicles the social and cultural development of the eponymous music genre, tracing its rich history from the African continent all the way to the musical centre of the Western world.
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A Quick Ting on Afrobeats
- A Quick Ting On Series
- Narrated by: Christian Adofo, Magdalene Abraha
- Series: A Quick Ting On
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 29-09-2022
- Language: English
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Clubland
- How the working men’s club shaped Britain
- By: Pete Brown
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
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The untold story of a British institution ‘Brilliant.’ Alan Johnson ‘Compelling.’ David Kynaston ‘The beer drinkers’ Bill Bryson.’ Times Literary Supplement Ferment Magazine’s Best Beer Book of the Year Pete Brown is a convivial guide on this journey through the intoxicating...
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Clubland
- How the working men’s club shaped Britain
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 09-06-2022
- Language: English
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Musical Revolutions
- How the Sounds of the Western World Changed
- By: Stuart Isacoff
- Narrated by: Jamie Rennell
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
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From the critically acclaimed author of Temperament, a narrative account of the most defining moments in musical history—classical and jazz—all of which forever altered Western culture "A fascinating journey that begins with the origins of musical notation and travels through the...
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Musical Revolutions
- How the Sounds of the Western World Changed
- Narrated by: Jamie Rennell
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 07-06-2022
- Language: English
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Quincy Jones: His Life in Music
- American Made Music Series
- By: Clarence Bernard Henry
- Narrated by: Charles Johnson
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Quincy Jones (b. 1933) is one of the most prolific composers, arrangers, bandleaders, producers, and humanitarians in American music history and the recording and film industries. Clarence Bernard Henry focuses on the life, music, career, and legacy of Jones within the social, cultural, historical, and artistic context of American, African American, popular, and world music traditions.
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Quincy Jones: His Life in Music
- American Made Music Series
- Narrated by: Charles Johnson
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 15-11-2019
- Language: English
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Perfect Wave
- More Essays on Art and Democracy
- By: Dave Hickey
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
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When Dave Hickey was 12, he rode the surfer's dream: the perfect wave. And, like so many things in life we long for, it didn't quite turn out - he shot the pier and dashed himself against the rocks of Sunset Cliffs in Ocean Beach, which just about killed him. Fortunately, for Hickey and for us, he survived, and continues to battle, decades into a career as one of America's foremost critical iconoclasts, a trusted, even cherished no-nonsense voice commenting on the all-too-often nonsensical worlds of art and culture.
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Perfect Wave
- More Essays on Art and Democracy
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 14-11-2017
- Language: English
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Exploring American Folk Music
- Ethnic, Grassroots, and Regional Traditions in the United States
- By: Kip Lornell
- Narrated by: Michael Rene Zuzel
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
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Exploring American Folk Music: Ethnic, Grassroots, and Regional Traditions in the United States reflects the fascinating diversity of regional and grassroots music in the United States. The book covers the diverse strains of American folk music - Latin, Native American, African, French-Canadian, British, and Cajun - and offers a chronology of the development of folk music in the United States. A chapter includes detailed information about the roots of hip hop.
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Exploring American Folk Music
- Ethnic, Grassroots, and Regional Traditions in the United States
- Narrated by: Michael Rene Zuzel
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 12-11-2014
- Language: English
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Swingin' at the Savoy
- By: Norma Miller, Evette Jensen
- Narrated by: Bettye Zoller Seitz
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
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Dancer, award-winning choreographer, show producer, stand-up comedienne, TV/film actress, and author, Norma Miller shares her touching historical memoir of Harlem's legendary Savoy Ballroom and the phenomenal music and dance craze that "spread the power of Swing across the world like Wildfire". It was a time when the music was Swing, and Harlem was king.
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Swingin' at the Savoy
- Narrated by: Bettye Zoller Seitz
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 28-07-2014
- Language: English
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The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll
- The Mysterious Roots of Modern Music
- By: Christopher Knowles
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
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Sex. Drugs. Loud music. Wild costumes. Dazzling light shows. These words can all describe a great rock concert or a hot dance club, but they were also part and parcel of the ancient cultural phenomenon known as the "Mystery religions". In this book, author Christopher Knowles shows how the long-dead Mystery religions got a secular reincarnation when a new musical form called rock 'n' roll burst onto the scene.
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The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll
- The Mysterious Roots of Modern Music
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 12-01-2012
- Language: English
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My Love Story (German edition)
- Die Autobiografie
- By: Tina Turner
- Narrated by: Sandra Schwittau
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
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Die Königin des Rock'n'Roll. "Liebe hat mein Leben gerettet. Davon will ich erzählen." Tina Turner, die Königin des Rock 'n' Roll, wird bald 80 Jahre alt. Unter dem Eindruck einer lebensbedrohlichen Erkrankung, die sie aufgrund einer wunderbaren Wendung überwinden konnte, schildert sie erstmals ihre ganze Geschichte. "Private Dancer", "Simply the Best", "I Can't Stand the Rain" - jeder, der Tina Turners Musik hört, ahnt etwas von ihrer Energie. Ihr Lebenswille und nie versiegender Mut brachten sie aus der Enge der Kindheit in Tennessee auf die Bühnen der Welt.
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My Love Story (German edition)
- Die Autobiografie
- Narrated by: Sandra Schwittau
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 29-10-2018
- Language: German
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God Save the Queens
- The Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop
- By: Kathy Iandoli
- Narrated by: Kathy Iandoli, Bahni Turpin
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
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Can’t Stop Won’t Stop meets Girls to the Front in this essential and long overdue history of hip-hop’s female pioneers and its enduring stars. Every history of hip-hop previously published, from Jeff Chang’s Can’t Stop Won’t Stop to Shea Serrano’s The Rap Yearbook, focuses...
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God Save the Queens
- The Essential History of Women in Hip-Hop
- Narrated by: Kathy Iandoli, Bahni Turpin
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 22-10-2019
- Language: English
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Mighty Real
- A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000
- By: Barry Walters
- Narrated by: Barry Walters
- Length: 13 hrs
- Unabridged
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“An essential book for this moment.” —Rob Sheffield The definitive history of LGBTQ music, from Stonewall to RuPaul, and its impact on culture and American life From the underground dancefloors of the Seventies to the global charts of the Nineties, LGBTQ artists and audiences shaped...
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Mighty Real
- A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000
- Narrated by: Barry Walters
- Length: 13 hrs
- Release date: 12-05-2026
- Language: English
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The Story of Rock and Roll
- By: Max Ridgway
- Narrated by: David Wright
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
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The Story of Rock and Roll an epic tale with a cast of thousands (if you count the crowd at Woodstock), spanning more than a century. It’s also an American story (at least until the Beatles arrived) about music created by individuals clinging to the lowest rung of the social ladder who, nevertheless, invented a musical idea that engulfed the entire world, influencing all aspects of culture, and drawing every other kind of music into its orbit. It’s a story that has everything: scandal, betrayal, big money, murder, tragedy and triumph, long successful careers, and lives unexpectedly cut short.
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The Story of Rock and Roll
- Narrated by: David Wright
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 16-06-2025
- Language: English
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Revolution
- Prince, the Band, the Era
- By: James Campion
- Narrated by: Kenneth Medford
- Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins
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Revolution is a detailed exploration into the era of Prince's most prolific and groundbreaking music made with considerable inspiration and performed by a unique cadre of musicians he gathered and relentlessly drove to be the sonic, visual, and ideological reflection of his evolving vision. This is the story of the genre-shifting, multi-media, trailblazing Prince & the Revolution from their humble inception to their precipitous rise in celebrated hit singles, albums, films, and tours to their controversial and shocking demise.
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Revolution
- Prince, the Band, the Era
- Narrated by: Kenneth Medford
- Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 28-08-2025
- Language: English
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From the Basement
- A History of Emo Music and How It Changed Society
- By: Taylor Markarian
- Narrated by: Laura Darrell
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
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A Look at the History of the Emo and Indie Music Era. Explore the cultural, social, and psychological factors surrounding the genres.
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- By Mark Fabiano on 03-04-2024
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From the Basement
- A History of Emo Music and How It Changed Society
- Narrated by: Laura Darrell
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 18-07-2023
- Language: English
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Mozart
- The Man Who Was Born in Tune
- By: James Johnson
- Narrated by: Derek Ashley
- Length: 50 mins
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Mozart was chaos. A boy wonder. A broke genius. A man who joked about farts and wrote music that made kings weep. This book isn’t a textbook. It’s a story. From the powdered courts of Europe to the echo of his Requiem, MOZART: The Man Who Was Born in Tune follows the full arc. The prodigy, the rebel, the romantic, and the ghost. You’ll meet the father who pulled the strings, the wife who stayed through the madness, the enemies who envied him, and the symphonies that bent light.
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Mozart
- The Man Who Was Born in Tune
- Narrated by: Derek Ashley
- Length: 50 mins
- Release date: 03-02-2026
- Language: English
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