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Highways and Heartaches: How Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, and Children of the New South Saved the Soul of Country Music by Michael Streissguth

Highways and Heartaches: How Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, and Children of the New South Saved the Soul of Country Music: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Highways and Heartaches: How Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, and Children of the New South Saved the Soul of Country Music audiobook runs 7.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Jaime Lincoln Smith (about 5.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.8listening hrs
The Americasstore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

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1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.8 hours, it is shorter than 62% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Highways and Heartaches: How Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, and Children of the New South Saved the Soul of Country Music is an audiobook by Michael Streissguth: a 7.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Jaime Lincoln Smith, released August 8, 2023, on the The Americas shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.8 hrs
Narrated by
Jaime Lincoln Smith
Released
August 8, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
The Americas
ISBN
9781668626344

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Highways and Heartaches: How Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, and Children of the New South Saved the Soul of Country Music audiobook?

Highways and Heartaches: How Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, and Children of the New South Saved the Soul of Country Music runs 7.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.2 hours.

Is the Highways and Heartaches: How Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, and Children of the New South Saved the Soul of Country Music audiobook free?

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Who narrates Highways and Heartaches: How Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, and Children of the New South Saved the Soul of Country Music?

Highways and Heartaches: How Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, and Children of the New South Saved the Soul of Country Music is narrated by Jaime Lincoln Smith.