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Why Bowie Matters
- By: Will Brooker
- Narrated by: Ciaran Saward
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
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When David Bowie died on 10th January 2016, it seemed the whole world was united in mourning. His greatest hits were sung tearfully in pubs up and down Britain, garlands of flowers were left at the Aladdin Sane mural in his old stomping ground of Brixton and tributes poured in from a galaxy of stars. To many of us, Bowie was so much more than a pop idol. But why? In Why Bowie Matters, Professor Will Brooker answers that question persuasively, as both a fan and an academic.
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Dreadful don’t purchase
- By Dean Wards on 16-02-26
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Why Bowie Matters
- Narrated by: Ciaran Saward
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 14-11-19
- Language: English
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The Real Rock Follies
- The Great Girl Band Rip-off of 1976
- By: Annabel Leventon
- Narrated by: Annabel Leventon
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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The Real Rock Follies is a real-life story of youthful trust betrayed, dreams of stardom dashed and cruel lessons learnt. The three girls, then in their late twenties, learned too late that in the harsh showbiz world you can hardly trust anyone, not even your friends. However, despite everything, they got the last laugh.
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The Real Rock Follies
- The Great Girl Band Rip-off of 1976
- Narrated by: Annabel Leventon
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 09-12-25
- Language: English
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King of the Groove
- How One Dream Transformed into 60 Years of Making Legendary Music
- By: John Robinson, Allison Mang, Ralph Benmergui
- Narrated by: John JR Robinson
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Grammy winner John JR Robinson's bestselling memoir, "King of the Groove - How One Dream Transformed into 60 Years of Making Legendary Music," is captivating listeners with behind-the-scenes stories from his unprecedented six-decade career. This book plays a part in helping others to find new ways to believe in themselves. The memoir, featuring a foreword by the late, Quincy Jones offers listener and listeners an intimate glimpse into Robinson's journey from small-town Creston, Iowa into a legacy of over 500 million records sold, proving that rhythm isn't just what he does—it's who he is.
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Amazing person
- By Þorsteinn Lýðsson on 20-11-25
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King of the Groove
- How One Dream Transformed into 60 Years of Making Legendary Music
- Narrated by: John JR Robinson
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 21-04-25
- Language: English
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The Beatles' Let It Be
- 33 1/3, Book 12
- By: Steve Matteo
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 3 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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The recording sessions for Let It Be actually began as rehearsals for a proposed return to live stage work for the Beatles, to be inaugurated in a concert at a Roman amphitheater in Tunisia. In this thoroughly researched book, Steve Matteo delves deep into the complex history of these sessions.
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The Beatles' Let It Be
- 33 1/3, Book 12
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 3 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 13-05-25
- Language: English
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The K-Pop Phenomenon: Origins, Evolution, and Future
- Trace the History of First to Fifth-Generation Idols; Explore the Forces Behind the Global Sensation
- By: Hallyu Press
- Narrated by: AutumnHeatherVO
- Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
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Welcome to the electrifying world of K-pop! From its origins in a once-overlooked corner of Asia to today's global superstars like BTS and BLACKPINK, discover how South Korea built an entertainment empire that's revolutionizing modern culture. This comprehensive guide reveals the fascinating story behind K-pop's meteoric rise and lasting impact.
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Loved Every Minute
- By K. Walford on 29-03-25
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The K-Pop Phenomenon: Origins, Evolution, and Future
- Trace the History of First to Fifth-Generation Idols; Explore the Forces Behind the Global Sensation
- Narrated by: AutumnHeatherVO
- Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 30-01-25
- Language: English
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The Book of Exodus
- The Making and Meaning of Bob Marley and the Wailers’ Album of the Century
- By: Vivien Goldman
- Narrated by: Vivien Goldman
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
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Reggae superstar Bob Marley is one of the world’s most important and influential artists. Exodus, named by Time magazine as “Album of the Century,” is Bob Marley’s masterpiece of spiritual exploration. Recorded in London after an assassination attempt on his life sent Marley into exile from Jamaica, Exodus is the most lasting testament to his social conscience. Now, in The Book of Exodus, Goldman chronicles the making of this album, from its conception in Jamaica to the raucous but intense all-night studio sessions in London.
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The Book of Exodus
- The Making and Meaning of Bob Marley and the Wailers’ Album of the Century
- Narrated by: Vivien Goldman
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 24-09-19
- Language: English
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The Classical Music Book
- By: DK
- Narrated by: Peter Forbes
- Length: 15 hrs and 58 mins
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From Mozart to Mendelssohn, this comprehensive guide to classical music history and classical music biography is the perfect latest addition to the best-selling Big Ideas series. Easy to understand and clear to follow, this history of classical music explores and explains music theory and the impact of seminal pieces, while also providing fascinating stories about the lives of crucial composers and performers. Including an insightful foreword by Katie Derham, The Classical Music Book analyses more than 90 works by famous composers.
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The Classical Music Book
- Narrated by: Peter Forbes
- Series: Big Ideas Simply Explained
- Length: 15 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 17-09-20
- Language: English
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Always Music in the Air
- The Sound of Twin Peaks
- By: Scott Ryan
- Narrated by: Scott Ryan
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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A first-time-ever exploration of the 290 songs from the entirety of Twin Peaks, sure to entice fans of the David Lynch-Mark Frost's cult classic that revolutionized TV, with brand-new interviews with Frost and several of the key composers and musicians involved.
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Always Music in the Air
- The Sound of Twin Peaks
- Narrated by: Scott Ryan
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 06-03-25
- Language: English
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Bring That Beat Back
- How Sampling Built Hip-Hop
- By: Nate Patrin
- Narrated by: David Sadzin
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Sampling - incorporating found sound and manipulating it into another form entirely - has done more than any musical movement in the 20th century to maintain a continuum of popular music as a living document and, in the process, has become one of the most successful (and commercial) strains of postmodern art. Bring That Beat Back traces the development of this transformative pop-cultural practice from its origins in the turntable-manning, record-spinning hip-hop DJs of 1970s New York through 40 years of musical innovation and reinvention.
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very informative
- By Ja Dawg on 22-05-21
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Bring That Beat Back
- How Sampling Built Hip-Hop
- Narrated by: David Sadzin
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 21-07-20
- Language: English
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Shoegaze
- Genre: A 33 1/3 Series
- By: Ryan Pinkard
- Narrated by: Hunter Johns
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
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Bloomsbury presents Shoegaze by Ryan Pinkard, read by Hunter Johns. What the hell is shoegaze? A scene? A movement? A sound? Back in the Nineties, many would have said the so-called genre was entirely fabricated. The term itself, an offensive piss-take given by the notoriously catty and...
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Shoegaze
- Genre: A 33 1/3 Series
- Narrated by: Hunter Johns
- Series: Genre: A 33 1/3 Series
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 24-04-25
- Language: English
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Kerrang! Living Loud
- Four Decades on the Frontline of Rock, Metal, Punk, and Alternative Music
- By: Kerrang!, Nick Ruskell
- Narrated by: Dave John, Nicky Diss, Harriet Carrimichael, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Kerrang! has an unparalleled reputation as one of the world's best-loved rock-focused publications. It continues to be at the forefront of alternative music, flying the flag for metal, hardcore, punk and beyond, introducing millions to their new favourite bands. Anyone who's anyone in the metal scene has featured Kerrang!'s hallowed pages and this unique book chronicles these appearances. If it happened in metal, Kerrang! covered it, as confirmed in this year-by-year survey of alternative music.
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Slooooooooowly Narrated
- By Jross on 15-04-23
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Kerrang! Living Loud
- Four Decades on the Frontline of Rock, Metal, Punk, and Alternative Music
- Narrated by: Dave John, Nicky Diss, Harriet Carrimichael, Colin Mace
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 06-04-23
- Language: English
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Satchmo Blows Up the World
- Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War
- By: Penny M. Von Eschen
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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At the height of the ideological antagonism of the Cold War, the US State Department unleashed an unexpected tool in its battle against Communism: jazz. From 1956 through the late 1970s, America dispatched its finest jazz musicians to the far corners of the earth, from Iraq to India, from the Congo to the Soviet Union, in order to win the hearts and minds of the Third World and to counter perceptions of American racism.
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Satchmo Blows Up the World
- Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 10-07-18
- Language: English
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Goodbye, Guns N' Roses
- The Crime, Beauty, and Amplified Chaos of America's Most Polarizing Band
- By: Art Tavana
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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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 deconstruction of myth, one that blends high and low art sketches to examine how Guns N' Roses impacted popular culture.
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I'm somewhat glad this was free
- By Villordsutch on 01-08-23
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Goodbye, Guns N' Roses
- The Crime, Beauty, and Amplified Chaos of America's Most Polarizing Band
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 13-04-21
- Language: English
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Shouting Out Loud
- Lives of The Raincoats
- By: Audrey Golden
- Narrated by: Audrey Golden
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
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Art students Gina Birch and Ana da Silva formed The Raincoats in 1977. Since the release of their seminal early records, the 'godmothers of grunge' have been revered by punk, queer, feminist and indie pop artists alike. The Raincoats reimagined the nature of experimental music and DIY design and went on to inspire Sonic Youth, Nirvana, and an entire generation of Riot Grrrl and queercore musicians.
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Shouting Out Loud
- Lives of The Raincoats
- Narrated by: Audrey Golden
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 31-07-25
- Language: English
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Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys
- The Songs That Tell Their Story
- By: Mark Dillon
- Narrated by: Mark Dillon
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Reflecting on the Beach Boys’ long, fascinating history, this book tells the story behind 50 of the band’s greatest songs from the perspective of group members, collaborators, fellow musicians, and notable fans. The band's music is as influential now as it was 50 years ago, and this retelling of how the iconic rock group found itself in the annals of pop culture couldn't come at a better time.
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Really Disappointing
- By RGB on 06-08-24
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Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys
- The Songs That Tell Their Story
- Narrated by: Mark Dillon
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 08-01-13
- Language: English
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And Party Every Day
- The Inside Story of Casablanca Records
- By: Larry Harris, Curt Gooch, Jeff Suhs
- Narrated by: Larry Harris
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Now it can be told! The true, behind-the-scenes story of Casablanca Records, from an eyewitness to the excess and insanity. Casablanca was not a product of the 1970s, it was the 1970s. From 1974 to 1980, the landscape of American culture was a banquet of hedonism and self-indulgence, and no person or company in that era was more emblematic of the times than Casablanca Records and its magnetic founder, Neil Bogart.
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Superb
- By Linda T on 23-10-22
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And Party Every Day
- The Inside Story of Casablanca Records
- Narrated by: Larry Harris
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 30-03-11
- Language: English
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Einstein, Michael Jackson & Me
- A Search for Soul in the Power Pits of Rock and Roll
- By: Howard Bloom
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 17 hrs and 2 mins
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Howard Bloom - called “the greatest press agent that rock and roll has ever known” by Derek Sutton, the former manager of Styx, Ten Years After, and Jethro Tull - is a science nerd who knew nothing about popular music. But he founded the biggest PR firm in the music industry and helped build or sustain the careers of our biggest rock legends, including Michael Jackson, Prince, Bob Marley, Bette Midler, Billy Joel, Billy Idol, Chaka Khan, and 100 more. What was he after? He was on a hunt for the gods inside of you and me.
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Superb listen
- By Ezada on 02-03-23
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Einstein, Michael Jackson & Me
- A Search for Soul in the Power Pits of Rock and Roll
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 17 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 18-08-20
- Language: English
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Why Karen Carpenter Matters
- By: Karen Tongson
- Narrated by: Karen Tongson
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
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In the '60s and '70s, America's music scene was marked by raucous excess, reflected in the tragic overdoses of young superstars such as Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. At the same time, the uplifting harmonies and sunny lyrics that propelled Karen Carpenter and her brother, Richard, to international fame belied a different sort of tragedy - the underconsumption that led to Karen's death at age 32 from the effects of an eating disorder.
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Fantastic
- By Richard Wyatt on 12-11-20
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Why Karen Carpenter Matters
- Narrated by: Karen Tongson
- Series: Music Matters
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 26-11-19
- Language: English
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Where Did Our Love Go?
- The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound
- By: Nelson George
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
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Nelson George's chronicle of Motown Records' rise and fall remains a classic account of an essential American music company and its dynamic founder, Berry Gordy Jr. Gordy's uncanny instinct for finding extraordinary talent - from performers and musicians to songwriters and producers - packed the label's roster with a who's who of historic artists and hitmakers.
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Beautiful book, beautifully read
- By Greg Williams on 19-02-22
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Where Did Our Love Go?
- The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 05-05-21
- Language: English
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Opera Wars
- Inside the World of Opera and the Battles for Its Future
- By: Caitlin Vincent
- Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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Blunt, irreverent, and at times delightfully subversive, Opera Wars spotlights opera’s colorful and sometimes warring personalities, increasingly fierce controversies over content, and the battles being waged for its economic future—a “colorful, witty look behind the velvet curtain”...
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Opera Wars
- Inside the World of Opera and the Battles for Its Future
- Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 13-01-26
- Language: English
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