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Title: E Street Shuffle

Subtitle: The Glory Days of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

Author: Clinton Heylin

Narrator: Dan John Miller

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-09-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Publisher's Summary:

Before he was the swaggering, stadium-packing megastar, Bruce Springsteen was a brooding introvert, desperate to strike a balance between his nuanced songwriting and the heft of his backing band. Clinton Heylin's revelatory biography, E Street Shuffle, chronicles the evolution and influence of Springsteen's E Street Band as they rose from blue-collar New Jersey to the heights of rock stardom.

The band's players - most notably saxophonist Clarence "Big Man" Clemons, guitarist "Little" Stevie Van Zandt, and drummer Max Weinberg - became Springsteen's comrades in concert, helping him find the elusive sound and sonic punch that highlighted The Boss's most creative period, including Darkness on the Edge of Town, Born to Run, and Born in the USA. Fans will also learn another side of Springsteen, one punctuated with his clashes with studio executives seeking a commercially viable, radio-friendly album, and his temporary disbanding of the E Street Band to pursue projects like the eerie acoustic of Nebraska.

Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of Springsteen's debut album, Greetings from Asbury Park, drawing on interviews and access to new recordings and shows, Heylin paints a bold picture of The Boss.

Members Reviews:

Insight into Bruce's early days

A good insight into the hard work and effort Bruce put himself and those around him through to get the early albums out.

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Title: Gyan Sarita

Subtitle: Rivers of Knowledge

Author: Brahma Kumaris

Narrator: Brahma Kumaris

Format: Original Recording

Length: 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-18-13

Publisher: m-y books ltd

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Publisher's Summary:

Hindi songs that tell the story of life and soul. The beautiful lyrics in Volume II of our favourite Hindi songs provide a powerful beacon to guide our thoughts to greater spiritual growth.

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Title: Pearls of Love

Author: Brahma Kumaris

Narrator: Brahma Kumaris

Format: Original Recording

Length: 1 hr and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-18-13

Publisher: m-y books ltd

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Publisher's Summary:

Appreciate the beauty of this collection of devotional Hindi songs. A refreshing selection of songs that mirror the pearls of love that each one of us has in our heart.

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Title: Precious Love - Sneh moti- Hindi Devotional Songs

Author: Brahma Kumaris

Narrator: Brahma Kumaris

Format: Original Recording

Length: 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-16-13

Publisher: m-y books ltd

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Publisher's Summary:

Powerful and beautiful listening provided by these Hindi songs express a love for life, a love for the divine within each of us, and a love for God.

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Title: Neil Young and the Poetics of Energy

Subtitle: Musical Meaning and Interpretation

Author: William Echard

Narrator: Michael Giorgio

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-19-13

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Publisher's Summary:

As a writer in Wired magazine puts it, Neil Young is a "folk-country-grunge dinosaur [who has been] reborn (again) as an Internet-friendly, biodiesel-driven, multimedia machine." In Neil Young and the Poetics of Energy, William Echard stages an encounter between Young's challenging and ever-changing work and current theories of musical meaning - an encounter from which both emerge transformed.

Echard roots his discussion in an extensive review of writings from the rock press as well as his own engagement as a fan and critical theorist. How is it that Neil Young is both a perpetual outsider and critic of rock culture, and also one of its most central icons? And what are the unique properties that have lent his work such expressive force? Echard delves into concepts of musical persona, space, and energy, and in the process illuminates the complex interplay between experience, musical sound, social actors, genres, styles, and traditions.

Listeners interested primarily in Neil Young, or rock music in general, will find a new way to think and talk about the subject, and readers interested primarily in musical or cultural theory will find a new way to articulate and apply some of the most exciting current perspectives on meaning, music, and subjectivity.

The book is published by Indiana University Press.

Critic Reviews:

"This book uniquely and successfully sustains a cohesive analysis of the work, career, and reception of a single artist. That the artist is Neil Young, one of the most confounding and mysterious of rock stars, is an added bonus. Finally someone will explain what's been going on all these years!" (Daniel Cavicchi, author of

Tramps Like Us: Music and Meaning Among Springsteen Fans)

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

it's in my collection!!!

Easier to hear than read!

Being as this is a critical study of the guy, hearing the narration really colors and gives life to the text. The narrator sounds like he's a fan, but doesn't sound like he's editorializing on the author's intent. Actually, the author provides a pretty unbiased view of an artist who's always changing his skin to suit the times. Learned some stuff I never knew before...and that's saying something...I've been a fan for years.

Not rock criticism, but a good academic study of a rock musician

Like Susan Fast's Led Zep book, Echard's book about Neil Young is a book by a college professor that is published by an academic publisher. It's an academic study. There are lots of footnotes.

So I hate to see this book criticized by reviewers for being what it is, an academic study. It is not for everyone. It is not INTENDED for everyone.

Once you realize that it defends highly original ideas about how guitar solos are meaningful artistic gestures, you can appreciate it for what it tries to be (semiotic analysis) and not what you might hope it is (rock criticism). And it's damn fine semiotic analysis.

I don't give it five stars because it doesn't give equal time to all phases of Neil Young's career.

A Fabulous Book

I'm a student at Carleton University in Ottawa Ontario where Dr. Echard teaches and I have to say that this book is an excellent tool for students of musical theory. I understand the reservations that others have for the book's readability as it does convey many of Dr.

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Title: Ricky Martin: Red-Hot and on the Rise!

Author: Kathleen Tracy

Narrator: Christian Noble, K. McElheny

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-11-12

Publisher: Random House Audio

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Publisher's Summary:

Fresh from his Grammy win for best Latin pop album, this sizzling Latin heartthrob has finally crossed over into mainstream music superstardom. This timely profile of Martin's life starts with his childhood in Puerto Rico and chronicles his rise to a popular Latin singer, his stint on General Hospital, and his Broadway debut in Les Miserables.

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Title: Piano Demon

Subtitle: The Globetrotting, Gin-Soaked, Too-Short Life of Teddy Weatherford, the Chicago Jazzman Who Conquered Asia

Author: Brendan I. Koerner

Narrator: Brendan I. Koerner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-12

Publisher: The Atavist

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Publisher's Summary:

At age six, Teddy Weatherford was working in the coal mines of Virginia. By his early 20s he was the toast of Chicago's jazz scene, rivaling Louis Armstrong and wowing Jelly Roll Morton with his piano talent. But when Weatherford left segregated America for the allures of Shanghai and Bombay, he set out on an adventure he hadn't imagined. The man they called "The Seagull" would become the globetrotting jazz king of Asia in the shadow of World War II, and provide the soundtrack for the last gasp of an empire.

Brendan I. Koerner presents the true tale of how a forgotten legend lived the American Dream by leaving it behind - and helped globalize music with a piano and a sharkskin suit.

Brendan I. Koerner is an award-winning journalist and the author of Now the Hell Will Start: One Soldier's Flight From the Greatest Manhunt of World War II (Penguin, 2008), which was optioned for film by Spike Lee. He is also a contributing editor at Wired, and contributor to Slate.com, The New York Times, and many other publications.

Members Reviews:

Excellent tribute to a little known Jazz musician.

I first became aware of Mr. Weather ford will reading Langston Hughes' "I wonder as I wander" (also on audible) and wanted to know why I had not heard of him before. Recordings and information on him turned out to pretty elusive. This book, although too short, is the most comprehensive biography I've been able to find to date.

I highly recommend it.

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Title: Adventures in the Scream Trade: Scenes from an Operatic Life

Author: Charles Long

Narrator: Charles Long

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-31-12

Publisher: D Street Books, a division of Mountain Lake Press

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Publisher's Summary:

For over two decades Charles Long thrilled opera audiences, performing at some of America's and the world's most famous venues, and singing alongside some of its greatest stars. In his insightful, frank and humorous new memoir, Long recounts many of those experiences. In the process he sheds light into a world many of us respect, admire and love, but which few of us have ever encountered in such intimate detail.

Critic Reviews:

"Opera singer Charles Long is a skilled wordsmith, and his narration adds verve and energy to his story. The result is a fun and enlightening listening experience. His elegant foreign accents add authenticity, with his best creation being, of course, himself. Particularly amusing is his colorful and frank description about being a straight guy in a world abounding with gay men. Also, his spirited account of the time he and his boss, an Italian restaurant owner, retreated to a back alley to settle a dispute over a microphone is amusing. Adding to the listening pleasure are gorgeous snippets of opera music." (AudioFile)

Members Reviews:

A real scream

I'll start this off by confessing that I am acquainted with Charles Long. But I met him long after he left the opera and beyond knowing he'd sung, knew little of his actual career. I was blown away!

I so enjoyed reading this book on so many levels. 1, it's hilarious. He shares dozens of great anecdotes that really take you backstage. I've always thought the audience misses the best part of a show and this proves it. 2, it's honest. Charles pulls no punches. If he has an opinion about a person or a situation, he'll say so without regard to the reputation or stature of his target. In the most colorful language. It was both shocking and refreshing! and 3, I loved it for the inside view it gave me of a true life in the arts - a person who has devoted his whole being, without excuse or reservation, to art. It's a level of purity most of us can only glimpse and is the true gift of this book.

Flying high, falling deep

Amazingly successful man shares the triumph and tragedy of his career. Anyone who strives for glory will appreciate the lessons in this man's words-- lessons of what to do and what not to do.

With much appreciation for the author's honest sharing, sincerely, Edward Albert

I was a screamer too

I was a singer and enjoyed the book a lot because of that. The book brings back a lot of memories and though sometimes it brought a smile and other times a little sad anger, it was a good read.

For those in the business....

I loved this book although it made me sad. It is for a narrow audience perhaps but, in my youth I worked with the author in opera and was cowed by his immense, international level talent...and to learn of how terribly he was treated by fate...and to see how marvelously he overcame it all...makes me think that anyone who has ever struggled against terrible odds to find a positive resolution...this is a textbook and a well worthwhile read.

Unfortunate

I have always enjoyed stories about/by opera singers, and have friends who have had major international careers. While some of Mr Long' s stories are interesting, I found him to be rude and ignorant to many groups of people.

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Title: All the Things You Are

Subtitle: The Life of Tony Bennett

Author: David Evanier

Narrator: Rob Dean

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-01-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Publisher's Summary:

The first complete biography of singing legend Tony Bennett.

Among America's greatest entertainers such as Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Ray Charles, and Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Bennett alone is still here and at the top of his game. For the first time, All the Things You Are tells the incredible story of Bennett's life and 60-year career, from his impoverished New York City childhood through his first chart-topping hits, from liberating a concentration camp to his civil rights struggles, from his devastating personal and career battles and addiction in the 1970's to his stunning comeback and emergence as a musical statesman, America's troubadour, role model, and mentor, and unmatched interpreter of the American songbook.

Whether you've been a Tony Bennett fan for decades or are just discovering him, this book will deepen your understanding of this hugely gifted entertainer and his music.

Members Reviews:

Informative and sometimes sketchy

This book is no substitute for Tony Bennett's own memoir,The Good Life: The Autobiography Of Tony Bennett, but it offers things from a perspective not found in Bennett's book. The author is at times obsequious and then changes and offers up some first-person gossip from a Bennett insider.

The book needed some editorial help. Very often I found myself rereading lines trying to resolve an unclear antecedent.

The book is not indexed and has only a woefully inadequate discography. I had to laugh at all the albums marked "unavailable" in the discography, because at about the same time this book was issued, Columbia released a 73 CD + 3 DVD set containing nearly all of Bennett's recorded work:Tony Bennett: the Complete Collection. Now that's a true masterwork.

Great Book - One of it's kind

All The Things You Are is without a doubt the best book ever written on Tony Bennett. I've waited a long time for a book like this to come into print.

There's the book Bennett co-wrote with Will Friedwald. The Good Life: The Autobiography Of Tony Bennett, but it doesn't really say anything - it mainly reminds us that Bennett is a really nice guy. We already knew that.

What immediately comes across in Evanier's book is his fascination and affection for Italian-American crooners. You can tell that Evanier not only writes about the subject of crooners, but is also a huge fan. It's clear that no one put Evanier up to the task of writing this book. He had to write it. His enthusiasm and his easy to read writing style makes All The Things You Are a delectable treat. I think I read it in two days. It was so enjoyable I almost wanted to eat it afterwards.

As in his other books Evanier gets to the heart of Bennett. We see how Bennett surrounded himself with great musicians and insisted on recording quality material. Evanier writes that Bennett's musical style was informed first under the directorship of the innovative jazz guitarist, Chuck Wayne and then later under the pianist Ralph Sharon. Moving away from the crooner pop songs that made him famous, Bennett's used his success to evolve into one of the all-time great jazz singers.

I was surprised to learn about his failed marriages, struggles with addiction, and his (what?) volcanic temper. But at least we now know that Bennett is human.

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Title: Afghan Whigs' 'Gentlemen' (33 1/3 Series)

Author: Bob Gendron

Narrator: David Marantz

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-26-12

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Arts & Entertainment, Music

Publisher's Summary:

Like no record before or since, Gentlemen is fraught with the psychological warfare, bedroom drama, Catholic guilt, reprehensible deception, and shame that coincide with relationships gone seriously wrong. Its seemingly thick skin is rife with argument, infection, claustrophobia, temptation, accusation, illness, addiction, blood, scourge, and spite. And then there's the music. Singer Greg Dulli's liquor-cabinet confessions are chased with some of the blackest-sounding rock ever committed to tape by a white band. Hopped-up on primal energy, the mesmerizing R&B, funk, slide-blues, garage, and chamber-pop strains are tied to a come-hither soulfulness perfumed with hyssop and stained with nicotine.

To this day, Gentlemen remains as cursed as its controversial narrator, an album out of time even in its time. Released in October 1993, when grunge ruled the world, it sold far less than works by most "alternative" bands of the day. Despite glowing reviews and feverish tour support, Gentlemen faded from view--and yet it remains dearly beloved to almost everyone who's heard it.

Drawing on new, in-depth interviews with all of the band members, Bob Gendron dissects the record's charisma, arrangements and lyrics. He also delves into the memories, histories, experiences and influences of the Afghan Whigs, most notably those driving Dulli, a polarizing frontman whose fierce pretentiousness, GQ appearance and gloves-off boisterousness concealed deep-rooted mental depression and chemical dependency.

Editorial Reviews:

This is an especially entertaining nonfiction book from the series 33 1/3, in which Bob Gendron writes about the album Gentlemen, by the Afghan Whigs. The audiobook explores the band's controversial history - adored by some, hated by others - and their relatively obscurity today, except to loyal fans. How did this happen after such amazing initial success? Using interviews with band member as well as his own insightful input on narrative, lyrics, and musicianship, Gendron brings new eyes and a fascinating perspective to this high-energy, high drama album. The narration is done by David Marantz, in whose drawling voice listeners will detect an honest enjoyment of the book's subject matter.

Members Reviews:

Impressive

Would you consider the audio edition of Afghan Whigs' 'Gentlemen' (33 1/3 Series) to be better than the print version?

Gendron's write up takes an under-rated album and turns it into a great listening experience. Duli comes alive in this story and his supporting crew all have their characters accurately conveyed in this well-researched narrative.

For those of you who like the 33 and 1/3 Series stories that actually are about the artists instead of the writer, this is your book.

I always thought that Black Love was the Whig's best album. I owned and listened to Gentlemen but was unconvinced of it being genius. Until this audiobook.

Now I see it differently. Through interviews and media reports, Gendron puts you in the mind's of Duli and the rest of the band.