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Amazing Grace
- A Cultural History of the Beloved Hymn
- By: James Walvin
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
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Sung in moments of personal isolation or on state occasions watched by millions, “Amazing Grace” has become an unparalleled anthem for humankind. How did a simple Christian hymn, written in a remote English vicarage in 1772, come to hold such sway in all corners of the modern world? With this short, engaging cultural history, James Walvin offers an explanation.
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Amazing Grace
- A Cultural History of the Beloved Hymn
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 31-10-23
- Language: English
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Beatleness
- How the Beatles and Their Fans Remade the World
- By: Candy Leonard
- Narrated by: Tamara Marston
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
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Beatleness explains how the band became a source of emotional, intellectual, aesthetic, and spiritual nurturance in fans’ lives, creating a relationship that was historically unique. Looking at that relationship against the backdrop of the sexual revolution, the Vietnam War, political assassinations, and other events of those tumultuous years, the audiobook critically examines the often-heard assertion that the Beatles changed everything.
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Good as an introduction to the Beatles. Maybe not for fans.
- By Martin Fitzgerald on 28-08-24
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Beatleness
- How the Beatles and Their Fans Remade the World
- Narrated by: Tamara Marston
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 31-10-14
- Language: English
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“What Happened at the Festival…!”
- A Wild Ride Through Music, Mayhem, and Unforgettable Moments
- By: Orion Windsor
- Narrated by: Farrah Dalia Evans Voiceovers
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
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Dive into What Happened at the Festival…, a rollicking, laugh-out-loud adventure that captures the sheer unpredictability and exuberance of festival life. Inspired by the real-life Back2Festival in the UK—a vibrant celebration of 80s and 90s music with live DJ sets and unforgettable performances—this book transports listeners to a world where spontaneity reigns supreme and every moment is an opportunity for joy and connection.
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“What Happened at the Festival…!”
- A Wild Ride Through Music, Mayhem, and Unforgettable Moments
- Narrated by: Farrah Dalia Evans Voiceovers
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 10-10-24
- Language: English
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Inside the Godfather
- Never before Told Stories of James Brown by His Inner Circle
- By: Daryl Brown, Michael P. Chabries
- Narrated by: Kellen Michael Malone
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
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Inside the Godfather brings together, for the first time, those from Brown's inner circle. They will correct the distortions of the past and provide for the listener a clear understanding of the brilliance and generosity that was James Brown, Mr. Dynamite. This audiobook will have you question your assumptions about politics, religion, sports, money, and the entire entertainment industry. You will see inside the man. You will never be the same.
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Inside the Godfather
- Never before Told Stories of James Brown by His Inner Circle
- Narrated by: Kellen Michael Malone
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 05-08-14
- Language: English
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Discover: Music of the Baroque Era
- By: Clive Unger-Hamilton
- Narrated by: Sebastian Comberti
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
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Bach, Vivaldi, and Handel are the three great composers of the Baroque era, though there are many other well-known figures, including Albinoni, Pachelbel, and Scarlatti. This engaging introduction, interspersed liberally with music, shows how the works of these composers graced the courts and churches of Europe from 1600 to 1750. It is a fascinating story.
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Good introduction
- By Christine on 29-11-11
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Discover: Music of the Baroque Era
- Narrated by: Sebastian Comberti
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 10-08-11
- Language: English
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Why Jazz Happened
- By: Marc Myers
- Narrated by: Peter Lerman
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
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Why Jazz Happened is the first comprehensive social history of jazz. It provides an intimate and compelling look at the many forces that shaped this most American of art forms and the many influences that gave rise to jazz’s post-war styles. Rich with the voices of musicians, producers, promoters, and others on the scene during the decades following World War II, this book views jazz’s evolution through the prism of technological advances, social transformations, changes in the law, economic trends, and much more.
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Why Jazz Happened
- Narrated by: Peter Lerman
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 12-05-23
- Language: English
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The Beatles 100
- 100 Pivotal Moments in Beatles History
- By: John Borack
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
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In 100 brief chapters, John M. Borack discusses and ranks the greatest moments in Beatles history. An avid Fab Four fan since childhood and a music journalist for more than 35 years, Borack has created a book to agree with and disagree with, and one that is sure to spark conversations. A love letter to the greatest rock band of all time, The Beatles 100 is a book for Beatles buffs and casual fans alike.
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Like a 6th form project
- By JJ Varney on 23-04-23
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The Beatles 100
- 100 Pivotal Moments in Beatles History
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 13-07-21
- 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
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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: 15-11-19
- Language: English
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Johnny B. Bad
- Chuck Berry and the Making of Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll
- By: Stephanie Bennett, Keith Richards - contributor, Helen Mirren - contributor, and others
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
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Thirty years ago, Chuck Berry starred in the seminal music documentary Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll, which profiled the legend during a star-studded concert celebrating his 60th birthday. Now comes the complete story behind one of America's most enduring and embattled icons. Compiled as an oral history by the film's producer, Stephanie Bennett, Johnny B. Bad combines interviews from the film's participants, including its music director - Keith Richards. These unique interviews and accounts paint a vivid and multifaceted picture of the artist.
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Damaged audio ruined this!
- By Roy Fox on 06-02-23
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Johnny B. Bad
- Chuck Berry and the Making of Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 19-03-19
- Language: English
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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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God Save the Queens pays tribute to the women of hip-hop - from the early work of Roxanne Shante, to hitmakers like Queen Latifah and Missy Elliot, to the superstars of today. Exploring issues of gender, money, sexuality, violence, body image, feuds, objectification and more, God Save the Queens is an important and monumental work of music journalism that at last gives these influential female artists the respect they have long deserved.
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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: 22-10-19
- Language: English
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The History of Hip Hop
- The History of Hip Hop, Book 3
- By: Eric Reese
- Narrated by: William Butler
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
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This cultural brilliance of sound presented a voice and unique mind through the rough streets of America's largest conurbations going as far back as the 1920s. Sprung from the spirits of poverty, this inner city culture quickly uncovered an amazing bunch of young fresh black American forces of nature eager to express their unique self-street accounts and contributed to a spirited new style of soul of black Americana across major cities in the USA. Nowadays, hip hop has reached the doorsteps of regions as distinct as Africa, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Jamaica, and just about everywhere.
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The History of Hip Hop
- The History of Hip Hop, Book 3
- Narrated by: William Butler
- Series: The History of Hip Hop, Book 3
- Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
- Release date: 26-07-19
- Language: English
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Why the Ramones Matter
- By: Donna Gaines
- Narrated by: Curt Bonnem
- Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
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The central experience of the Ramones and their music is of being an outsider, an outcast, a person who’s somehow defective, and the revolt against shame and self-loathing. The fans, argues Donna Gaines, got it right away, from their own experience of alienation at home, at school, on the streets, and from themselves. This sense of estrangement and marginality permeates everything the Ramones still offer us as artists, and as people. Why the Ramones Matter compellingly makes the case that the Ramones gave us everything.
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Why the Ramones Matter
- Narrated by: Curt Bonnem
- Series: Music Matters
- Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 20-09-22
- Language: English
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An Invitation to the Opera
- By: John Louis DiGaetani
- Narrated by: Nadia May
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
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This invaluable primer will introduce the uninitiated to the mysteries of opera and help more experienced fans to expand their understanding and deepen their appreciation of the art form.
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Very informative
- By Flaminia on 23-02-13
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An Invitation to the Opera
- Narrated by: Nadia May
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 15-12-99
- Language: English
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A Trumpet Around the Corner: The Story of New Orleans Jazz
- American Made Music
- By: Samuel Charters
- Narrated by: Marcus D. Durham
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
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Samuel Charters has been studying and writing about New Orleans music for more than 50 years. A Trumpet around the Corner: The Story of New Orleans Jazz is the first book to tell the entire story of a century of jazz in New Orleans. Although there is still controversy over the racial origins and cultural sources of New Orleans jazz, Charters provides a balanced assessment of the role played by all three of the city's musical lineages - African American, white, and Creole - in jazz's formative years.
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A Trumpet Around the Corner: The Story of New Orleans Jazz
- American Made Music
- Narrated by: Marcus D. Durham
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 08-02-18
- Language: English
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The Music of James Bond
- By: Jon Burlingame
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
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The story of the music that accompanies the cinematic adventures of Ian Fleming's intrepid Agent 007 is one of surprising real-life drama. In The Music of James Bond, author Jon Burlingame throws open studio and courtroom doors alike to reveal the full and extraordinary history of the sounds of James Bond, spicing the story with a wealth of fascinating and previously undisclosed tales.
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An interesting journey through the music of Bond
- By Film fan on 02-02-20
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The Music of James Bond
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 06-02-14
- Language: English
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Glam!
- Bowie, Bolan, and the Glitter Revolution
- By: Barney Hoskyns
- Narrated by: Joanna Hall
- Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
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From Oscar Wilde to Ziggy Stardust, from Liberace to Lou Reed and T Rex to Roxy Music, here is the flamboyant decadence, the androgyny, and the sheer unadulterated fun of the early '70s - in an incredible rock history that tells it like it was.
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Glam!
- Bowie, Bolan, and the Glitter Revolution
- Narrated by: Joanna Hall
- Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 28-04-14
- Language: English
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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
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
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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 interviews with the artists who wrote and recorded them.
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Anatomy of 55 More Songs
- The Oral History of Top Hits That Changed Rock, Pop and Soul
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 06-12-22
- Language: English
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Jazz
- An Audio Guide
- By: Stuart Nicholson
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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Award-winning music journalist and author Stuart Nicholson takes the listener on an entertaining journey from jazz's early stirrings in America’s south through to the present day, when almost every country in the world has its own vibrant jazz scene. En route we meet a host of jazz heroes past and present, from Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Miles Davis, to Keith Jarrett and Kamasi Washington. Each chapter is accompanied by a playlist designed to provide a stimulating and enjoyable entry point to what has been described as the most exciting art form of all.
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- By godofphilosophy on 10-01-24
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Jazz
- An Audio Guide
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 01-01-24
- Language: English
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Well of Souls
- Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History
- By: Kristina R. Gaddy, Rhiannon Giddens - foreword
- Narrated by: Chanté McCormick
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
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In an extraordinary story unfolding across two hundred years, Kristina Gaddy uncovers the banjo's key role in Black spirituality, ritual, and rebellion. Through meticulous research in diaries, letters, archives, and art, she traces the banjo's beginnings from the seventeenth century, when enslaved people of African descent created it from gourds or calabashes and wood.-
Well of Souls
- Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History
- Narrated by: Chanté McCormick
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 04-10-22
- Language: English
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Roger Waters (Spanish Edition)
- El cerebro de Pink Floyd [Pink Floyd's Brain]
- By: Sergio Marchi
- Narrated by: Sebastian Diaz
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
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La biografía integral de Roger Waters, cerebro de una de las bandas más importantes de los últimos sesenta años, en un recorrido que va de su infancia—marcada por la desaparición de su padre en la guerra—a la ebullición cultural de la Inglaterra de los Beatles y los Stones y después. Syd Barrett, las giras, los discos, El lado oscuro de la luna, The Wall, David Gilmour, la militancia política y las peleas y polémicas de una carrera única que lo encuentra vital como siempre y tocando por todo el mundo a los 80.
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Roger Waters (Spanish Edition)
- El cerebro de Pink Floyd [Pink Floyd's Brain]
- Narrated by: Sebastian Diaz
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 19-10-23
- Language: Spanish
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