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Run the Song
- Writing About Running About Listening
- Written by: Ben Ratliff
- Narrated by: Ben Ratliff
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
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Run the Song is also the story of how a professional critic, frustrated with conventional modes of criticism, finds his way back to a deeper relationship with music. When stumped or preoccupied by a piece of music, Ratliff starts to think that perhaps running can tell him more about what he’s listening to—let’s run it, he’ll say. And with that, the listener in turn is invited to listen alongside one of the great listeners of our day in this wildly inventive and consistently thought-provoking chronicle of a profoundly unsettling time.
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Run the Song
- Writing About Running About Listening
- Narrated by: Ben Ratliff
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Release Date: 08-04-25
- Language: English
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Song
- A History in 12 Parts
- Written by: John Potter
- Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
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Author and singer John Potter tells the European story of song. The form has captivated audiences and excited performers for centuries, from the music of the troubadours and the Christian liturgy through classical composers such as Bach and Schumann up to Britten, Berio, and the rise of popular music. Choosing twelve key works, Potter offers a personal tour through this vital tradition, from John Dowland's "Flow My Tears" to George Gershwin's "Summertime." Throughout, he reveals who wrote and sang these joyful masterpieces—and what they mean to singers and audiences today.
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Song
- A History in 12 Parts
- Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Release Date: 30-01-24
- Language: English
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The Remarkable Big Band Era
- Just What Is Nostalgia?
- Written by: John Rayburn
- Narrated by: John Rayburn
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
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Just what is nostalgia? Here are provocative and exciting stories about a great period of popular music. It was a time when the nation was facing desperate days of the Great Depression as well on-going fears of a World War. The still young radio industry was a major force in helping provide a worried nation with a source of entertainment and comfort. The author/narrator had conversation/interviews with many of the major stars and he tells you about their talent and their wonderful music. It’s as though you’re sitting there listening as to one of the most memorable eras in the nation’s history.
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The Remarkable Big Band Era
- Just What Is Nostalgia?
- Narrated by: John Rayburn
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Release Date: 23-01-24
- Language: English
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Overpaid, Oversexed and Over There
- How a Few Skinny Brits with Bad Teeth Rocked America
- Written by: David Hepworth
- Narrated by: David Hepworth
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
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The Beatles landing in New York in February 1964 was the opening shot in a cultural revolution nobody predicted. Suddenly the youth of the richest, most powerful nation on earth was trying to emulate the music, manners and the modes of a rainy island that had recently fallen on hard times.
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Overpaid, Oversexed and Over There
- How a Few Skinny Brits with Bad Teeth Rocked America
- Narrated by: David Hepworth
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Release Date: 17-09-20
- Language: English
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Kraftwerk
- Future Music from Germany
- Written by: Uwe Schütte
- Narrated by: Sam Peter Jackson
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
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Brought to you by Penguin. The story of the phenomenon that is Kraftwerk, and how they revolutionised our cultural landscape 'We are not artists nor musicians. We are workers.' Ignoring nearly all rock traditions, experimenting in near-total secrecy in their Düsseldorf studio, Kraftwerk fused...
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Kraftwerk
- Future Music from Germany
- Narrated by: Sam Peter Jackson
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Release Date: 27-02-20
- Language: English
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الموسيقى سلسلة مقدمات موجزة
- Written by: نيكولاس كوك
- Narrated by: Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
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يطرح هذا الكتاب أسئلةً أساسيةً حول طبيعة الموسيقى بوصفها ممارسةً بشريةً، فالعالم يمتلئ بأنواع مختلفة من الموسيقى: الشعبية، والكلاسيكية، والجاز، والروك، والبوب، والكثير غيرها. بيد أن الكتاب يركز على أبعادها الاجتماعية والثقافية، مستكشفاً تطورها عبر الحقب، وموضحاً تأثير التكنولوجيا فيها، ودورها في سياقات العمل الاجتماعي والسياسي. ويناقش الكتاب أيضاً وضع الموسيقى في زمن العولمة؛ من دورها في إنهاء الاستعمار إلى أهميتها بوصفها وسيلةً للتواصل بين الثقافات.
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الموسيقى سلسلة مقدمات موجزة
- Narrated by: Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Release Date: 18-12-25
- Language: Arabic
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موسيقى البلوز
- Written by: إيلايجا والد
- Narrated by: Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
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في هذا الكتاب، يستعرِض إيلايجا والد نوعاً موسيقياً هو في صميم الثقافة الأمريكية. ويتتبَّع جذورَ هذه الموسيقى في الحقول ومعسكرات العمل والأناشيد الدينية، ويُظهِر التحوُّلاتِ التي شهدتها على يدِ فنانين محترفين مثل وليام سي هاندي، الذي جعل موسيقى البلوز فناً شعبياً قبل قرنٍ مضى. ثم يتابع والد تطورَ هذه الموسيقى من ما رايني وبيسي سميث إلى بوب ديلان وجيمي هندريكس، ويوضِّح تأثير التسجيلات الريفية، ويستكشف دورَ البلـوز في تطوُّر موسيقى الكانتري وموسيقى الجاز، ويلقي نظرةً على اتجاهاتِ الإيقاع والبلوز التي راجت في أربعينيات القرن العشرين وخمسينياته. وأخيراً، ينتقل والد إلى الحاضر، ويتطرَّق إلى تأثيراتِ البلوز على الشِّعر الأمريكي وعلاقة هذا النوع الموسيقي بالأساليبِ الحديثة مثل الراب.
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موسيقى البلوز
- Narrated by: Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Release Date: 18-12-25
- Language: Arabic
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Il bambino di Salisburgo
- Mozart, l'interminabile infanzia
- Written by: Edgarda Ferri
- Narrated by: Valentina Mari
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
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Un bambino come tanti: silenzioso, non bello, con grandi occhi pieni di domande. Dal momento in cui il mondo si accorge di lui, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart non avrà più pace. Per farlo dovrà però rinunciare alla spensieratezza, alle amicizie, agli amori e persino alla salute, mentre per restare nell'orbita della sua vita eccezionale coloro che lo amano, come la sorella Nannerl e la madre Anna, si sacrificheranno fino ad annullarsi.
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Il bambino di Salisburgo
- Mozart, l'interminabile infanzia
- Narrated by: Valentina Mari
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Release Date: 16-12-25
- Language: italian
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Rock of Pages
- The Literary Tradition of 1980s Heavy Metal
- Written by: Jesse Kavadlo
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
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Based on decades of work as a professor of literature and as a musician, Jesse Kavadlo analyzes the ways in which 1980s heavy metal aligns with and develops many of the themes prevalent in the canon of literature. In doing so, the book examines some of the contexts of 1980s heavy metal, including Cold War, the rise of MTV, and the formation of the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) and subsequent congressional hearings.
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Rock of Pages
- The Literary Tradition of 1980s Heavy Metal
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Release Date: 11-12-25
- Language: English
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Kiss and Make-Up
- Written by: Gene Simmons
- Narrated by: Gene Simmons
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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Exploding on the music scene in the early 1970s, the rock group KISS combined raw energy with theatrical showmanship—not to mention face painting! Founding member Gene Simmons—an outrageous star whose superlong tongue, legendary sexual exploits, and demonic makeup have made him a rock icon—recounts his own story as well as the history of the band. In KISS and Make-Up, Simmons shares a wild, shocking, and unbelievable tale about an immigrant boy from Israel who studied to be a rabbi but was saved by rock and roll and became one of the most notorious rock stars in the world.
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Kiss and Make-Up
- Narrated by: Gene Simmons
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Release Date: 22-12-25
- Language: English
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Unfinished
- The Role of the Artist in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
- Written by: Lucas Cantor Santiago
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
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Bloomsbury presents Unfinished by Lucas Cantor Santiago, read by Christopher Ragland. For most of his career, the Emmy Award–winning composer and producer Lucas Cantor Santiago was a self-described luddite. Technology, he felt, was moving too fast, transforming the world and the arts with no regard for the cost in tradition, hard-won human wisdom, and tried-and-true methods of mastery.
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Unfinished
- The Role of the Artist in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Release Date: 11-12-25
- Language: English
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Rockin' the Kremlin
- My Incredible True Story of Gangsters, Oligarchs, and Pop Stars in Putin's Russia
- Written by: David Junk, Fred Bronson
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
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When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, Russia opened its borders, and Russian audiences were hungry for Western popular music and the values it espoused. David Junk was one of the first idealistic, young Americans to seize this opportunity. Rockin’ the Kremlin is the thrilling true story of how David became the first CEO of Universal Music Russia and built impactful cultural bridges with music—but also how that would all shatter with the rise of Vladimir Putin and invasions of Ukraine.
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Rockin' the Kremlin
- My Incredible True Story of Gangsters, Oligarchs, and Pop Stars in Putin's Russia
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Release Date: 04-12-25
- Language: English
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How Belfast Got the Blues
- A Cultural History of Popular Music in the 1960s
- Written by: Noel McLaughlin, Joanna Braniff
- Narrated by: Noel McLaughlin
- Length: 24 hrs and 6 mins
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Highly original and fascinating cultural and political history told through Belfast’s popular music scene in the 1960s in the context of Northern Ireland’s sociopolitical milieu. With particular emphasis on Van Morrison, Them, and Ottilie Patterson; also features the Peter Whitehead film of The Rolling Stones.
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How Belfast Got the Blues
- A Cultural History of Popular Music in the 1960s
- Narrated by: Noel McLaughlin
- Length: 24 hrs and 6 mins
- Release Date: 13-11-25
- Language: English
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While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- The Music of George Harrison
- Written by: Simon Leng
- Narrated by: Simon Leng
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
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Now fully revised and expanded, this new edition of While My Guitar Gently Weeps: The Music of George Harrison is the most comprehensive evaluation of George Harrison's musical career ever published. Treating each of Harrison's songs with unprecedented analysis, author Simon Leng reveals Harrison's eclectic approach – from teenage Nashville twang through Indian raga, psychedelia, gospel, soul, and pure pop – and thoroughly defines Harrison's role in the Beatles.
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While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- The Music of George Harrison
- Narrated by: Simon Leng
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Release Date: 10-11-25
- Language: English
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The Composer's Landscape
- The Pianist as Explorer - Interpreting the Scores of Eight Masters
- Written by: Carol Montparker
- Narrated by: Carol Montparker
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
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Derived from a popular series of lecture-recitals presented by Carol Montparker over the past several years, The Composer's Landscape features eight insightful essays on the piano repertoire. Each chapter focuses on a single composer: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, and Mendelssohn. Montparker uses landscape as a metaphor for the score, whether it be a well-tended garden of Mozart or the thorny thickets on a Schumann page: the topographical peaks and valleys, the circuitous melodic lines, the thoroughfares where all the voices convene, and so on.
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The Composer's Landscape
- The Pianist as Explorer - Interpreting the Scores of Eight Masters
- Narrated by: Carol Montparker
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Release Date: 07-11-25
- Language: English
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Michael Rabin - America's Virtuoso Violinist
- The First, Authorized Biography Revised and Updated
- Written by: Anthony Feinstein
- Narrated by: Guy Bannerman
- Length: 10 hrs
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In Michael Rabin: America's Virtuoso Violinist, Anthony Feinstein tells the poignant story of the life and career of one of history's greatest violinists. As a child prodigy, Rabin had the classical music world at his feet. Notable successes abounded. Yet no sooner had Rabin taken his place alongside such illustrious colleagues as Heifetz, Milstein, and Stern than he abruptly and inexplicably disappeared from the concert stage. For three years, the public saw and heard little of him.
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Michael Rabin - America's Virtuoso Violinist
- The First, Authorized Biography Revised and Updated
- Narrated by: Guy Bannerman
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release Date: 03-11-25
- Language: English
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This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll
- Pop Music, the Swastika and the Third Reich
- Written by: Daniel Rachel
- Narrated by: Billy Bragg, Daniel Rachel
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BILLY BRAGG Over the last seven decades, some of rock 'n' roll's most celebrated figureheads have flirted with the imagery and theatre of the Third Reich. From Keith Moon and Vivian Stanshall kitting themselves out in Nazi uniforms to Siouxsie Sioux and Sid Vicious...
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This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll
- Pop Music, the Swastika and the Third Reich
- Narrated by: Billy Bragg, Daniel Rachel
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
- Release Date: 06-11-25
- Language: English
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Plunderphonics
- Genre: A 33 1/3 Series
- Written by: Matthew Blackwell
- Narrated by: Sam Rushton
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
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In Plunderphonics, Matthew Blackwell tells the story of a group of musicians who advocated for changes to the copyright system by deploying unlicensed samples in their recordings. Though the legal terrain did not shift in the favor of plunderphonic musicians, they changed public perception of fair use and enabled more widespread sampling in underground music.
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Plunderphonics
- Genre: A 33 1/3 Series
- Narrated by: Sam Rushton
- Series: Genre: A 33 1/3 Series
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Release Date: 13-11-25
- Language: English
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20th Century Ambient
- Genre: A 33 1/3 Series
- Written by: Dusty Henry
- Narrated by: Sam Rushton
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
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20th Century Ambient details a crucial period in which ambient music became a fully realized idea and is secretly one of the most popular genres in the world. This book walks through ambient's ambiguous timeline to uncover not just the genre's evolution but to understand why it resonates so deeply with the human spirit.
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20th Century Ambient
- Genre: A 33 1/3 Series
- Narrated by: Sam Rushton
- Series: Genre: A 33 1/3 Series
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Release Date: 13-11-25
- Language: English
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Gallagher (German Edition)
- Fall und Aufstieg von Oasis
- Written by: PJ Harrison, Stefan Rohmig - translator
- Narrated by: Sebastian Waldemer
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
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Dass die zerstrittenen Brüder Noel und Liam Gallagher eines Tages wieder zueinander finden würden, haben Fans nicht zu hoffen gewagt. Als Oasis im Sommer 2024 ihre Reunion und Tour verkündete, war die Freude umso größer. Dieses Buch erzählt, wie es dazu kam. Der Autor schreibt von der persönlichen und musikalischen Entwicklung der Brüder, von dem Bruch der Band im Jahr 2009 und den anschließenden Solokarrieren. Fundiert recherchiert ist dieses Buch eine Chronik bedeutender Musikgeschichte, einer Band, die immer noch Massen begeistert und von zwei Brüdern, die nie so ganz ohneeinander konnten.
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Gallagher (German Edition)
- Fall und Aufstieg von Oasis
- Narrated by: Sebastian Waldemer
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Release Date: 30-10-25
- Language: german
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