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  • The Wonder of Stevie cover art

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    • Original Gangstas

    • The Untold Story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, and the Birth of West Coast Rap
    • By: Ben Westhoff
    • Narrated by: J.D. Jackson
    • Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 15-09-2016
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
    • A monumental, revealing narrative history about the legendary group of artists at the forefront of West Coast hip-hop: Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac Shakur....

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    • There Was Nothing You Could Do

    • Bruce Springsteen's “Born in the U.S.A.” and the End of the Heartland
    • By: Steven Hyden
    • Narrated by: Steven Hyden
    • Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 28-05-2024
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating

    • On June 4, 1984, Columbia Records issued what would become one of the best-selling and most impactful rock albums of all time. An instant classic, Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. would prove itself to be a landmark not only for the man who made it, but rock music in general.

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    • Smash!

    • Green Day, The Offspring, Bad Religion, NOFX, and the '90s Punk Explosion
    • By: Ian Winwood
    • Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
    • Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 20-11-2018
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings

    • With astounding access to all the key players of the time, including members of Green Day, The Offspring, Rancid, Bad Religion, Social Distortion, and many others, music writer Ian Winwood at last gives the significant, substantive, and compelling story of '90s punk rock its due....

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    • Laurel Canyon

    • The Inside Story of Life in L.A.'s Legendary Rock and Roll Neighborhood
    • By: Michael Walker
    • Narrated by: Lloyd James
    • Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 18-05-2006
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
    • This is the story of an important period in rock music, but also of the harsher results of the sixties....

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    • Mud Ride

    • A Messy Trip Through the Grunge Explosion
    • By: Steve Turner
    • Narrated by: Lloyd Floyd, Steve Turner
    • Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 13-06-2023
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings

    • A down-and-dirty chronicle of the birth and evolution of the Seattle grunge scene—from backyard skateboard ramps and underground hardcore clubs to worldwide phenomenon—as told by one of its founding fathers and lead guitarist of legendary alternative rock band, Mudhoney....

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    • Music Is History

    • By: Ahmir Khalib Thompson, Questlove
    • Narrated by: Questlove
    • Length: 11 hrs
    • Release date: 19-10-2021
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings

    • Best-selling author and Sundance award-winning director Questlove offers a thrilling, music-driven ride through the last 50 years of American history....

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    • How Music Works

    • The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond
    • By: John Powell
    • Narrated by: Walter Dixon
    • Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 20-12-2010
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
    • An enthralling investigation into the mysteries of music....

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    • Bach's Musical Universe

    • The Composer and His Work
    • By: Christoph Wolff
    • Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
    • Length: 13 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 14-04-2020
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings

    • A concentrated study of Johann Sebastian Bach's creative output and greatest pieces, capturing the essence of his art....

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  • Good Music, Sacred Music, and Silence cover art

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    • Not for You

    • Pearl Jam and the Present Tense
    • By: Ronen Givony
    • Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
    • Length: 17 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 10-08-2021
    • Language: English
    • 2.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings

    • Not for You is the first full-length treatment of Pearl Jam's odyssey and importance in the culture, from the '90s to the present....

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    • Play It Loud

    • An Epic History of the Style, Sound, and Revolution of the Electric Guitar
    • By: Brad Tolinski, Alan di Perna, Carlos Santana - foreword
    • Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
    • Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 25-10-2016
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
    • By a pair of veteran music writers, an unprecedented history of the electric guitar, its explosive impact on music and culture, and the people who brought it to life....

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    • Grunge Is Dead

    • The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music
    • By: Greg Prato
    • Narrated by: Greg Prato
    • Length: 22 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 01-11-2021
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 ratings

    • Grunge Is Dead weaves together the definitive story of the Seattle music scene through a series of interviews with the people who were there....

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    • Great Piano Works Explained

    • By: Catherine Kautsky, The Great Courses
    • Narrated by: Catherine Kautsky
    • Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 07-10-2022
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings

    • In Great Piano Works Explained, you’ll study masterpieces from a wide selection of the great composers, deepening your skill in hearing and appreciating these timeless creations of the human spirit....

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    • Biography of a Phantom

    • A Robert Johnson Blues Odyssey
    • By: Robert Mack McCormick, John Troutman - editor
    • Narrated by: Adam Verner
    • Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 04-04-2023
    • Language: English
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    • When blues master Robert Johnson's recordings were rereleased to great fanfare in the 1960s, little was known about his life. Biography of a Phantom is musicologist Mack McCormick's search, from the late 1960s until McCormick's death in 2015, to uncover Johnson's life story....

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    • The Number Ones

    • Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music
    • By: Tom Breihan
    • Narrated by: Ray Stoney
    • Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 15-11-2022
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating

    • Beloved music critic Tom Breihan's fascinating narrative of the history of popular music through the lens of game-changing #1 singles from the Billboard Hot 100, The Numbers Ones features the greatest pop artists of all time.

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    • Get Tusked

    • The Inside Story of Fleetwood Mac's Most Anticipated Album
    • By: Hernan Rojas, Ken Caillat
    • Narrated by: Sheree Wichard
    • Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 09-01-2020
    • Language: English
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    • In this behind-the-scenes look at the making of Fleetwood Mac's epic, platinum-selling double album, Tusk, producers and engineers Ken Caillat and Hernan Rojas tell their stories of spending a year with the band in their new million-dollar studio trying to follow up Rumours....

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    • Leonard Cohen: The Man Who Saw the Angels Fall

    • By: Christophe Lebold
    • Narrated by: Vlasta Vrana
    • Length: 19 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 03-09-2024
    • Language: English
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    • After more than two decades of research and travels, Christophe Lebold, who befriended the poet and spent time with him in Los Angeles, delivers a stimulating analysis of Cohen’s life and art.

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    • When the Drummers Were Women

    • A Spiritual History of Rhythm
    • By: Layne Redmond
    • Narrated by: Kristi Burns
    • Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 13-06-2024
    • Language: English
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    • For millennia, the sacred drummers of pre-Christian Mediterranean and western Asia were women. In this inspiring book, Layne Redmond, herself a renowned drummer, tells their history.

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