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    • By: Alex van Halen
    • Narrated by: Alex van Halen
    • Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 10-22-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1,015 ratings
    • In this intimate and open account—nothing like any rock-and-roll memoir you’ve ever read—Alex Van Halen shares his personal story of family, friendship, music and brotherly love in a remarkable tribute to his beloved brother and band mate.

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    • Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties
    • By: Elijah Wald
    • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
    • Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 05-16-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 67 ratings
    • 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"....

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    • Jazz and the Underworld
    • By: T. J. English
    • Narrated by: JD Jackson
    • Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 08-02-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 89 ratings
    • Dangerous Rhythms tells the symbiotic story of jazz and the underworld: a relationship fostered in some of 20th century America’s most notorious vice districts. For the first half of the century mobsters and musicians enjoyed a mutually beneficial partnership....

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    • By: David Byrne
    • Narrated by: Andrew Garman, David Byrne
    • Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 04-26-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 128 ratings
    • David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological, is now updated with a new chapter on digital curation.

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    • The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
    • By: Warren Zanes
    • Narrated by: Warren Zanes
    • Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 05-02-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 135 ratings
    • Without Nebraska, Bruce Springsteen might not be who he is today. The natural follow-up to Springsteen’s hugely successful album The River should have been the hit-packed Born in the U.S.A....

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    • The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist
    • By: Liz Pelly
    • Narrated by: Liz Pelly
    • Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 01-07-25
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • 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.

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    • What the Music You Love Says About You
    • By: Ogi Ogas, Susan Rogers
    • Narrated by: Susan Rogers
    • Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 09-20-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 160 ratings
    • Drawing from her successful career as a music producer (engineering hits like Prince’s “Purple Rain”), professor of cognitive neuroscience Susan Rogers reveals why your favorite songs move you....

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    • The Eagles’ Reckless Ride Down the Rock & Roll Highway
    • By: Mick Wall
    • Narrated by: Al Kessel
    • Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 10-31-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 44 ratings
    • Legendary rock journalist Mick Wall delivers definitive insight into America's bestselling band of all time, exploring their meteoric rise to fame and the hedonistic days of the '70s music scene in LA, when American music was taking over the world....

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    • Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens
    • By: 50 Cent
    • Narrated by: Kris Ex
    • Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 08-08-05
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 266 ratings
    • From Pieces to Weight: Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens is a violent and introspective memoir that reveals not only 50 Cent's story but the story of a generation....

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    • Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool
    • By: James Kaplan
    • Narrated by: Dion Graham
    • Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 03-05-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 78 ratings
    • From the author of the definitive biography of Frank Sinatra, the story of three towering artists—Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans—and how they came together to create the most iconic jazz album of all time, Kind of Blue.

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    • The Inside History of the Grateful Dead
    • By: Dennis McNally
    • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
    • Length: 29 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 11-28-17
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 557 ratings
    • From 1965 to 1995, the Grateful Dead flourished as one of the most beloved, unusual, and accomplished musical entities to ever grace American culture....

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    • The Beatles: All These Years
    • By: Mark Lewisohn
    • Narrated by: Clive Mantle
    • Length: 43 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 10-29-13
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1,584 ratings
    • Tune In is the first volume of All These Years - a highly-anticipated, groundbreaking biographical trilogy....

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    • The Revolutionary Year
    • By: Steve Turner
    • Narrated by: Simon Vance
    • Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 03-06-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 377 ratings
    • A riveting look at the transformative year in the lives and careers of the legendary group whose groundbreaking legacy would forever change music and popular culture....

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    • The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album
    • By: Ken Caillat, Steve Stiefel
    • Narrated by: Ken Caillat, Fred Berman
    • Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 02-01-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 409 ratings
    • Fleetwood Mac's classic 1977 Rumours album topped the Billboard 200 for 31 weeks and won the Album of the Year Grammy....

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    • ZE Series, Book 6
    • By: Joe Boyd
    • Narrated by: Joe Boyd
    • Length: 40 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 01-06-25
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • From the legendary producer of Nick Drake, R.E.M., Toots and the Maytals, and Pink Floyd and author of White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s comes a riveting, world-spanning tour de force illuminating the artists, histories, controversies, and collaborations that shaped global music.

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    • The Story of the Roughest, Toughest, Most Hell-Raising Band to Ever Come Out of the Pacific Northwest, the Screaming Trees
    • By: Barrett Martin
    • Narrated by: Barrett Martin
    • Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 12-28-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 36 ratings
    • In 1992, the Screaming Trees were expected to become the next big band to come out of the Seattle music scene during the heyday of grunge. Except it never happened....

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    • A History
    • By: Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns
    • Narrated by: Brian Corrigan, Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns
    • Length: 18 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 09-10-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 199 ratings
    • The rich and colorful story of America's most popular music and the singers and songwriters who captivated, entertained, and consoled listeners throughout the 20th century - based on the upcoming eight-part film series to air on PBS in September 2019....

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    • By: Ted Gioia
    • Narrated by: Bob Souer
    • Length: 21 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 05-14-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 311 ratings
    • Ted Gioia's History of Jazz has been universally hailed as a classic - acclaimed by jazz critics and fans around the world....

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