In the 1970s, Paul McCartney was a man on the run. After the breakup of The Beatles, the biggest and most culturally influential band of the 1960s, Paul McCartney faced an impossible question: Who was he now? At 27 years old, being a Beatle was all he had known since he was a teenager. Now he had to figure out who he was as an artist, as a husband, and as a father. In this Audible Original, hear Paul tell the story of his most transformative decade in his own words.

From Freakonomics Radio host Stephen Dubner comes an immersive, insightful audio documentary tracing the creation and enduring legacy of George Frideric Handel's Messiah, which has been called the greatest piece of participatory music ever created. In 2020, Stephen Dubner fell madly in love with...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! In his most personal work yet, Grammy Award–winning rapper 2 Chainz shares the spiritual journey behind his success, offering a raw, reflective, and deeply motivational meditation on the inner voice that’s guided him his whole life: God. Before he was 2...

Standing at the bleeding edge of the new decade between the experimental Berlin Trilogy (Low, Heroes, and Lodger) and 1983’s wildly successful Let’s Dance, it was here Bowie sought to bury the ghosts of his past and the golden decade of the 1970s to become a global superstar reaching millions of new fans. Featuring fresh insights and exclusive interviews with close collaborators, Adam Steiner’s Silhouettes and Shadows uncovers the studio stories, meanings behind, and secret history of Scary Monsters...

Gunnar and Matthew Nelson reveal the untold stories of their upbringing from their iconic grandparents Ozzie and Harriet to their legendary father Ricky Nelson. What Happened To Your Hair? details their journey to not only hit #1 on the charts but also navigate one of the wildest careers in...

The first-ever insider account of the Shakur family, the iconic hip hop group THUG LIFE, and the life and death Tupac Shakur–written by Mopreme Shakur, the legendary rapper’s big brother and eldest son of Black liberation activist Mutulu Shakur.

The Spirit of Ani is a captivating journey of intimate reflections with Ani DiFranco, a pathbreaking, highly original artist of our time. In this powerful collaborative work, the legendary folk-rock star and feminist icon is in conversation with author, artist, and cultural anthropologist Lauren Coyle Rosen. In these exchanges, Ani is remarkably open about her creativity, spirituality, personal experiences, and evolving consciousness. She is vulnerable and unapologetic, offering an unprecedented window into her fiercely prolific journeys.

Global superstar Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, like many other Puerto Ricans, has lived a life marked by public crises—blackouts, hurricanes, political corruption, and oppression, among others—that have exposed the ongoing impacts of colonialism in Puerto Rico. Offering a portrait of the past and future of Puerto Rican resistance through one of its loudest and proudest voices, P FKN R draws on interviews with musicians, politicians, and journalists as well as ethnographic research to set Bad Bunny and Puerto Rican resistance in a historical, political, and cultural context.

【悩める夜に聴くおひとり様クラシック】毎日をがんばる大人に寄り添ったクラシック音楽をお届け！「いい大人」って？「いい年をして」という意味もあれば、「善良な大人」という意味もある言葉。大人になるまでクラシックになじみのない方もいるはずです。このシリーズでは、大人の皆さんにもっと肩の力を抜いてクラシックを楽しんでもらいたい！

毎日をがんばる大人に寄り添ったクラシック音楽をお届け！大人の皆さんにもっと肩の力を抜いてクラシックを楽しんでもらいたい！ということで、大人生活の中のさまざまなシチュエーションやフィーリングに寄り添ったクラシック音楽をお届けしていきます！Vol.2は、【ぜったい2度寝できない朝に流すクラシック】。 大人なら「ここ一番」ということが待ち受けているのでしょう。

Musical Momentum: High-Efficiency Rehearsal Systems for Sustainable Ensemble Growth offers a practical, systems-based approach to creating consistent, lasting improvement in ensemble performance. Rather than focusing on isolated rehearsal strategies or motivational techniques, this book reveals how sustained musical growth is built through structure — specifically, the intentional design of learning environments that stabilize skill development and allow progress to compound over time.

Darker with the Dawn uncovers the history and deeper meanings behind Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds' most well-known songs from "Tupelo", "The Mercy Seat", "Red Right Hand", "Stagger Lee", "Into My Arms", to "Higgs Boson Blues" and beyond. The book explores Nick Cave's life in music drawing upon his inspirations of the Bible, Greek myth, and literature, as well as his enduring passion for gospel, blues, and progressive rock.

Classically trained singers learn how to act with their voice but are taught very little awareness about their bodies as equally expressive instruments. This handbook offers singers of all levels a new, holistic approach to learning how to incorporate meaningful gesture, posture, and body language in their work and become confident end engaging actors in opera and on the concert stage. Performing in Opera and Concert is the first installment of The Lyrical Stage Trilogy, a series about the craft, the repertoire and the value of opera and the classical recital in the 21st Century.

From Italian parlors to Appalachian porches, one small instrument carried the sound of two worlds. Before bluegrass was born, before guitars ruled the stage, there was the mandolin — a shimmering, eight-string traveler that journeyed from Neapolitan opera houses to Kentucky hollers.

"Nothing New But 'Abortive Gasp'“ portrays the short-lived, controversial Hamburg electro-industrial band Abortive Gasp (1987–1989). Founded by Harry Luehr (instruments) and Tim Paal (vocals) with rotating guests, they stood out for their high improvisation – unusual in the electronic scene. Their sound mixed early dub, parodies of Front 242/Ministry, and ironic-anarchic elements. As "Hamburg Bunker Bands“ (with Girls Under Glass), they played clubs like Kir or Stairways near the Schanzenviertel Flakbunker – a refuge from scene hostility.