Music audiobooks


The Woman in Me
By: Britney Spears
Narrated by: Michelle Williams
Length: 5 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
Named a Best Book of the Year by Elle, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, NPR, Financial Times, Vanity Fair, and more!
“In Britney Spears’s memoir, she’s stronger than ever.” —The New York Times
Over 2 million copies sold of the “moving” (Time), “powerful” (Los Angeles Times), “radiant” (The New York Times), “poignant” (Vogue) #1 New York... Read more


Dolly Parton, Songteller
By: Dolly Parton
Narrated by: Dolly Parton
Length: 5 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
A Recorded Books Audio Original production of songs and stories performed by Dolly herself, Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics goes beyond the glitz, glamour, and rhinestones to the warmth, heart, and soul of a treasured pop-culture icon.
In this exclusive audio performance, the ten-time Grammy Award–winning artist weaves her words with... Read more


Broken Horses
By: Brandi Carlile
Narrated by: Brandi Carlile
Length: 10 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
Brandi Carlile was born into a musically gifted, impoverished family on the outskirts of Seattle and grew up in a constant state of change, moving from house to house, trailer to trailer, fourteen times in as many years. Though imperfect in every way, her dysfunctional childhood was as beautiful as it was strange, and as nurturing as it was... Read more
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Fahrenheit-182
By: Mark Hoppus & Dan Ozzi
Narrated by: Mark Hoppus
Length: 7 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
A smart, funny, and refreshingly candid memoir from Mark Hoppus, the vocalist, bassist, and founding member of pop-punk band blink-182. Narrated in his own voice, the audiobook offers an intimate and immersive experience that fans won’t want to miss.This is the story of an angst-filled kid from the desert, navigating the chaos of his parents'... Read more
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The Creative Act
By: Rick Rubin
Narrated by: Rick Rubin
Length: 5 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
The #1 New York Times bestseller.
"A gorgeous and inspiring work of art on creation, creativity, the work of the artist. It will gladden the hearts of writers and artists everywhere, and get them working again with a new sense of meaning and direction. A stunning accomplishment.” —Anne Lamott
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping... Read more


Mood Machine
By: Liz Pelly
Narrated by: Liz Pelly
Length: 11 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
An unsparing investigation into Spotify’s origins and influence on music, weaving unprecedented reporting with incisive cultural criticism, illuminating how streaming is reshaping music for listeners and artists alike.
Drawing on over one hundred interviews with industry insiders, former Spotify employees, and musicians, Mood... Read more


They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
Narrated by: Hanif Abdurraqib
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
*2018 "12 best books to give this holiday season" TODAY Show*Best Books of 2018* Rolling Stone"A Best Book of 2017" NPR, Buzzfeed, Paste Magazine, Esquire, Chicago Tribune, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, CBC, Stereogum, National Post, Entropy, Heavy, Book Riot, Chicago Review of Books, The Los Angeles Review, Michigan Daily*American Booksellers Association... Read more
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Heartbreak Is the National Anthem
By: Rob Sheffield
Narrated by: Rob Sheffield
Length: 5 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
***The Instant New York Times Bestseller!***An intimate look at the life and music of modern pop’s most legendary figure, Taylor Swift, from leading music journalist Rob Sheffield.A cultural phenomenon. A worldwide obsession. An agent of emotional chaos. There’s no parallel to Taylor Swift in history: a teenage girl who turns into the world’s... Read more
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Theater Kid
By: Jeffrey Seller
Narrated by: Jeffrey Seller, Annaleigh Ashford, Kyle Beltran...
Length: 11 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
A coming-of-age tale from one of the most successful American producers of our time, Jeffrey Seller, who is the only producer to have mounted two Pulitzer Prize–winning musicals—Hamilton and Rent. Read by the author and a full cast of Broadway and Off-Broadway actors!
The star-studded cast includes: Annaleigh Ashford, Kyle Beltran, Steven Boyer,... Read more


Just Kids
By: Patti Smith
Narrated by: Patti Smith
Length: 9 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
In Just Kids, Patti Smith’s first book of prose, the legendary American artist offers a never-before-seen glimpse of her remarkable relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the epochal days of New York City and the Chelsea Hotel in the late sixties and seventies. An honest and moving story of youth and friendship, Smith brings the... Read more
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Miracle and Wonder
By: Malcolm Gladwell & Bruce Headlam
Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam & Paul Simon
Length: 5 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon is unlike any artistic portrait you’ve ever heard before. Recorded over a series of 30 hours of conversation between Simon, Malcolm Gladwell, and Broken Record podcast co-host Bruce Headlam, the conversation flows from Simon’s music to his childhood in Queens, NY, his frequent collaborators... Read more
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My Black Country
By: Alice Randall
Narrated by: Alice Randall
Length: 11 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author presents “a celebration of all things country music” (Ken Burns) as she reflects on her search for the first family of Black country music.
Country music had brought Alice Randall and her activist mother together and even gave Randall a singular distinction in American music history:... Read more


Dylan Goes Electric!
By: Elijah Wald
Narrated by: Sean Runnette
Length: 11 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
On the evening of July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan took the stage at Newport Folk Festival, backed by an electric band, and roared into his new rock hit, "Like a Rolling Stone." The audience of committed folk purists and political activists who had hailed him as their acoustic prophet reacted with a mix of shock, booing, and scattered cheers. It was the... Read more
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Searching for the Sound - Abridged
By: Phil Lesh
Narrated by: Phil Lesh
Length: 5 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Phil Lesh first met Jerry Garcia in 1959 in the clubs of Palo Alto, California. At Garcia's suggestion, Lesh learned to play the electric bass and joined him in a new group that blended R & B, country, and rock 'n' roll with an experimental fervor never before heard.
In time for the Grateful Dead's fortieth anniversary, Phil Lesh offers the... Read more


Down with the System
By: Serj Tankian
Narrated by: Serj Tankian
Length: 9 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
An exhilarating, thoughtful, and beautifully written memoir by musician, songwriter, and lead singer-lyricist of Grammy award-winning metal band, System Of A Down, Serj Tankian.
Serj Tankian will be the first to admit that his band, System Of A Down, was “unlikely a chart-topper as had ever existed in modern music history: a band of... Read more


Waiting on the Moon
By: Peter Wolf
Narrated by: Peter Wolf
Length: 11 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
In the tradition of classic collections of observations and musings such as Christopher Isherwood’s I Am a Camera and Truman Capote’s The Dogs Bark, Waiting on the Moon is a treasure trove of vignettes from a legendary musical figure whose career spans more than six decades and is still going strong.
Peter Wolf grew up in the Bronx, a child of... Read more


Open Book
By: Jessica Simpson
Narrated by: Jessica Simpson
Length: 11 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
The #1 New York Times BestsellerIncludes six new songs by Jessica Simpson, available exclusively in the Open Book audiobook.
Performed by the author featuring her music throughout.
Jessica reveals for the first time her inner monologue and most intimate struggles. Guided by the journals she's kept since age fifteen, and brimming with her unique... Read more


Rebel Girl
By: Kathleen Hanna
Narrated by: Kathleen Hanna
Length: 9 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre.Hey girlfriend I got a proposition goes something like this: Dare ya to do what you want Kathleen Hanna’s band Bikini Kill embodied the punk scene of the 90s, and today her personal yet feminist lyrics on anthems like “Rebel Girl” and... Read more
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Born to Run
By: Bruce Springsteen
Narrated by: Bruce Springsteen
Length: 18 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
The revelatory and wildly bestselling memoir by legendary rock star Bruce Springsteen: “Glorious…a philosophically rich ramble through a rock ’n roll life…It’s the lyric he was born to write” (USA TODAY, 4 out of 4 stars).
Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life. The result is... Read more


Dilla Time
By: Dan Charnas
Narrated by: Dan Charnas
Length: 14 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
This program contains examples of J Dilla's music performed in the studio by drummer Nate Smith and is accompanied by a bonus PDF of maps, photos, guides, and more.
"This book is a must for everyone interested in illuminating the idea of unexplainable genius.” —QUESTLOVE
Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time... Read more


The Dad Rock That Made Me A Woman
By: Niko Stratis
Narrated by: Niko Stratis
Length: 6 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
A memoir-in-essays on transness, dad rock, and the music that saves us.
When Wilco's 2007 album Sky Blue Sky was infamously criticized as "dad rock," Niko Stratis was a twenty-five-year-old closeted trans woman working in her dad's glass shop in the Yukon Territory. As she sought escape from her hypermasculine environment, Stratis found an... Read more


Cinema Speculation
By: Quentin Tarantino
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini & Quentin Tarantino
Length: 10 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
Instant New York Times bestsellerThe long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: a deliriously entertaining, wickedly intelligent cinema book as unique and creative as anything by Quentin Tarantino.In addition to being among the most celebrated of contemporary... Read more
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How Women Made Music
By: National Public Radio, Inc & Alison Fensterstock
Narrated by: Alison Fensterstock, Ann Powers, Janina Edwards...
Length: 10 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
The audiobook edition of How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History brings listeners closer than ever to their creative heroes. Featuring rare interview excerpts with Nina Simone, Sinead O’Connor, Lucinda Williams, Joni Mitchell, Taylor Swift, Solange, and many more.NPR’s launch of the multi-platform series Turning the Tables in 2017,... Read more
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A Little Devil in America
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
Narrated by: JD Jackson
Length: 9 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A sweeping, genre-bending “masterpiece” (Minneapolis Star Tribune) exploring Black art, music, and culture in all their glory and complexity—from Soul Train, Aretha Franklin, and James Brown to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Whitney Houston, and Beyoncé
ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Chicago Tribune, The... Read more