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Named a Best Book of 2017 by NPR and GQ Joining the ranks of the classics Please Kill Me, Our Band Could Be Your Life, and Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, an intriguing oral history of the post-9/11 decline of the old-guard music industry and rebirth of the New York rock scene, led by a group of...

"The Die-Hards of Standing Rock" is from the December 08, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Jack Healy and Alyssa Schukar and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"'Brexit' Vote Stokes Fear on the Rock" is from the May 6, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Raphael Minder and narrated by Caroline Miller.

RESTLESS 'til rock is back

"Squash, Rice and Roadkill: Feeding the Fighters of Standing Rock" is from the November 16, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Kim Severson and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

Rolling Stone Best Music Books of the Year "Definitive...Not just for Talking Heads fans—it’s a masterful dive into downtown New York in the 70s, and the changing face of rock music.”—Town & Country "Riveting"—New York Post "A masterful achievement." —Booklist (starred review) On the...

Forced into marriage to a man who is older and wealthier, young Theodora Fitzgerald contemplates her fate in love, until she meets and falls in love with another. - Summary by Amy Deuchler

As a Bleecker street bouncer and musician during the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s in Greenwich Village, author and narrator Kevin Patrick Corrigan relives true stories of old school New York City.

"Champagne on the Rocks Is This Summer's Drink" is from the July 28, 2016 Food section of The New York Times. It was written by Steven Kurutz and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Keith Emerson, '70s Rock Showman with a Taste for Spectacle, Dies at 71" is from the March 12 2016, Arts section of The New York Times. It was written by Ben Ratliff and narrated by Paul Ryden.

"Protesters Throw Rocks at Police Horses outside Trump Rally in Albuquerque" is from the May 24, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Christopher Mele and Ashley Parker and narrated by Caroline Miller.

Ted Sweeney. Affable everyman in small-town Montana. Tailgate hung on with baling wire, owner of his own business. Ten minutes ago, his biggest worry had been how to pay for the engagement ring rattling around in his pocket. But that was before he came home to find a corpse tidily arranged in his favorite recliner, his "old pal of a piece of furniture". Is it a warning or a setup or what? Sweeney can't help but admire the efficiency of the work, the slice deep across the guy's throat. Somebody knew what they were doing.

"Poetic musings on a life well-lived—one that is still moving forward, always creating, always luminous. This isn't your typical autobiography. Garfunkel's history is told in flowing prose, bounding from present to past, far from a linear rags-to-riches story." —Bookreporter "It's hard to...

"At Oscars, Chris Rock Scores and 'Spotlight' Takes Center Stage" is from the Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael Cieply and Brooks Barnes and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong returns to Haven’s Rock in Cold as Hell as Casey Duncan hunts down a dangerous killer during a deadly blizzard. Haven’s Rock is a sanctuary town hidden deep in the Yukon for those who need to disappear from the regular world. Detective Casey...

From backrooms of Max's and CBGB's to the Tropicana Hotel in Los Angeles and back, Punk Avenue is a tour de force of stories from someone at the heart of the era. With brilliant, often hilarious prose, Phil Marcade relays first-hand tales about spending a Provincetown summer with photographer Nan Goldin and actor-writer Cookie Mueller, having the Ramones play their very first gig at his party, working with Blondie's Debbie Harry on French lyrics for her songs, enjoying Thanksgiving with Johnny Thunders' mother, and starting the beloved NYC punk-blues band The Senders.