Listen and read

Step into an infinite world of stories

  • Listen and read as much as you want
  • Over 400 000+ titles
  • Bestsellers in 10+ Indian languages
  • Exclusive titles + Storytel Originals
  • Easy to cancel anytime
Subscribe now
Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

One Last Song: Conversations on Life, Death, and Music

Duration
3H 46min
Language
English
Format
Category

Non-Fiction

An ironically upbeat book that asks some of today's most inimitable musicians which song they would choose to be the last one they ever hear

If you could choose the last song you'd hear before you died, what would it be and why? Your favorite song of all time? Perhaps the one you danced to at your wedding? The song from that time you got super stoned and just let the chords speak to you? It's a hard question that Mike Ayers has thought about for years.

In One Last Song, Ayers invites thirty musicians to consider what song they would each want to accompany them to those pearly white gates. Weaving together their explanations with evocative illustrations and poignant interludes—what your song to die to says about you, what songs famous people have died to, and more. The book offers insight into the minds of famous artists and provides an entry point for considering how integral music is to our own personal narratives.

© 2024 Tantor Media (Audiobook): 9798855516623

Release date

Audiobook: 27 August 2024

Others also enjoyed ...

  1. Blacksound: Making Race and Popular Music in the United States Matthew D. Morrison
  2. Paper Paradise: Do what you want to do Glenn Wheatley
  3. I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World Kai Cheng Thom
  4. Imagining Progress: Science, Faith, and Child Mortality in America Kristin Johnson
  5. Anna Pavlova Vera Krasovskaya
  6. Entwined: Essays on Polyamory and Creating Home Alex Alberto
  7. And They Let The Blood Flow Julius Kane
  8. The Remarkable Big Band Era: Just What Is Nostalgia? John Rayburn
  9. Searching for Home: The Impact of WWII on a Hidden Child Joseph Gosler
  10. The Language of Food: "Mouth-watering and sensuous, a real feast for the imagination" BRIDGET COLLINS Annabel Abbs
  11. Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine Noura Erakat
  12. Why Modern Music Sounds So Terrible: The Decline of Audio Quality in the Digital Age John Harpoon
  13. Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Reshaped the World Will Sommer
  14. Agents of Influence: Britain's Secret Intelligence War Against the IRA Aaron Edwards
  15. The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense Gad Saad
  16. The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories Ilan Pappe
  17. The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
  18. I Am Like This Only! Anshumala Singh
  19. Twilight's Last Gleaming: Can America Be Saved? Todd Starnes
  20. The Right Kind of White: A Memoir Garrett Bucks
  21. Iran: A Modern History Abbas Amanat
  22. Weapons of Mass Confusion: Unraveling Schooling's Hidden Truths: "Transform your understanding! Access compelling audio lessons to unravel the secrets of education and excel!" Lysander Greewood
  23. First in Line: How COVID-19 Placed Me on the Frontlines of a Health Care Crisis Sandra Lindsay, RN
  24. Primatology, Ethics and Trauma Robert Ingersoll
  25. On a Knife’s Edge: The Ukraine, November 1942–March 1943: The Ukraine, November 1942-March 1943 Prit Buttar
  26. Exurbia Now: The Battleground of American Democracy David Masciotra
  27. The Troublemaker: How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong's Greatest Dissident, and China's Most Feared Critic Mark L. Clifford
  28. Children of the Sun, Part 1: I. Runaways Daniel Nsengimana
  29. Neighborhood Defenders: Participatory Politics and America's Housing Crisis David M. Glick
  30. Lolly Scramble: A Memoir of Little Consequence Tony Martin
  31. Dear Boys, Michaela Kathleen
  32. Back Roads and Better Angels: A Journey Into the Heart of American Democracy Francis S. Barry