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Best Music Podcasts We Could Find
Best Music Podcasts We Could Find
People say that music is the world's universal language through which artists express different emotions and relay powerful messages to listeners. Listening to podcasts enables you to follow your favorite music shows on your way home, at work, while walking in the park, even in the farthest breathtaking regions deprived of Internet connectivity. The podcasts listed in this catalog cover all genres, ranging from classic to rock, from blues to pop. Some of the podcasts listed in the catalog discuss about the latest charts, the hottest music news and cover musical events as well as new music discoveries and conversations with emerging artists, icons. Also, there are shows where musicians dissect their songs and analyse them verse by verse, telling the story behind how they were made as well as the ideas that went through their minds in the process of writing and recording. Other podcasts reveal genuine chunks of the personal lives of authors, told by their associates or themselves.
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A podcast to unite people who love and hate musicals
An antidote to today’s frenzied world. Step back, let go, immerse yourself: it’s time to go slow.A lo-fi celebration of pure sound.
Song Exploder is a podcast where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made. Each episode features an artist discussing a song of theirs, breaking down the sounds and ideas that went into the writing and recording. Hosted and produced by Hrishikesh Hirway.
Celebrating the music that special guests cherish and would like to bestow to future generations.
Hosts/nerds Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton are your friendly music buddies with the week's best new music discoveries, including conversations with emerging artists, icons and more. Hear songs that can completely change your day, with humor, heart and (sometimes) a whole lot of noise. Directions for use: Morning commute, the gym, or alone time. (If rash persists, discontinue use.)
An hour of fresh new tunes from BBC Music Introducing handpicked by Tom Robinson each week in the early hours of Monday morning.
The Popcast is hosted by Jon Caramanica, a pop music critic for The New York Times. It covers the latest in popular music criticism, trends and news.
Podcast from Defected Records
Recordings from the early 20th Century with comments.
Rethink music with The Listening Service. Tom Service presents a journey of imagination and insight, exploring how music works
Alt.Latino is a spotlight on the world of Latinx arts and culture through music, stories and conversation.
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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia
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Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia
Slate Podcasts
What makes a song a smash? Talent? Luck? Timing? All that—and more. Chris Molanphy, pop-chart analyst and author of Slate’s “Why Is This Song No. 1?” series, tells tales from a half-century of chart history. Through storytelling, trivia and song snippets, Chris dissects how that song you love—or hate—dominated the airwaves, made its way to the top of the charts and shaped your memories forever.
The writers and editors of Rolling Stone take you inside the biggest stories in music. Featuring interviews with our favorite artists; what's playing in the office; expert insight on the week's biggest music news; and much more.
A lovingly crafted podcast that reveals the stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds.
A podcast about words about music.
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Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond
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Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond
Pushkin Industries
From Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam, and Justin Richmond. The musicians you love talk about their life, inspiration, and craft. Then play. iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.
Learn more about the albums you love with Dissect. Analyzing one album per season, one song per episode, Dissect dives deep into albums like Childish Gambino's Because the Internet, Beyonce's Lemonade, Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly & DAMN., Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Frank Ocean's Blonde, and more. Let's Dissect.
It’s 1990. The Berlin Wall just fell. The Soviet Union is on the verge of collapse. And the soundtrack to the revolution is one of the best selling songs of all time, the metal ballad “Wind of Change,” by the Scorpions.Decades later, journalist Patrick Radden Keefe heard a rumor: the song wasn’t written by the Scorpions. It was written by the CIA. This is his journey to find the truth.Wind of Change is an Original Series from Pineapple Street Studios, Crooked Media and Spotify.
Innovative and thought-provoking features that make adventurous use of sound and explore a wide variety of subjects. Made by leading radio producers.
The podcast for classical newbies. If you fancy giving classical music a go, start here.
Test your pop knowledge with the daily download of Ken Bruce's tricky music quiz.
A podcast about music, and politics as told by musicians who sing about politics
Firebeatz presents Ignite Radio
Tiny Desk Concerts from NPR Music feature your favorite musicians performing at All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen's desk in the NPR office. Hear Wilco, Adele, Passion Pit, Tinariwen, Miguel, The xx and many more. This is the audio version of the podcast. A video version is also available.
Discover the world with music. Join local experts for a sonic journey around the globe.
Tony Thaxton explores the weirder side of music, celebrating and telling the story behind those strange albums that make you wonder how and why they exist. Doing deep dives on albums released by pro athletes, actors, fictional characters, and more. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bizarrealbums/support
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World Cafe Words and Music from WXPN
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World Cafe Words and Music from WXPN
WXPN Listener Supported Radio
WXPN's live performance and interview program featuring music and conversation from a variety of important musicians
Joe Pug hosts a monthly conversation with one of today's best songwriters.
The World's Most Dangerous Morning Show, The Breakfast Club, With DJ Envy, Angela Yee And Charlamagne Tha God!
Introduce children to classical music in a fun and entertaining way.
The best in Trance and Progressive!
Questlove Supreme is a fun, irreverent and educational weekly podcast that digs deep into the stories of musical legends and cultural icons in a way that only Questlove and Team Supreme can deliver. Led by Each episode is driven by conversation ranging from the guest’s origins (along with a few never-before-revealed secrets to their success) to their life passions and current projects. This is not your typical interview show. This is about legends and legends in the making bringing their leg ...
This upbeat program focuses on Soca/Calypso music, showcasing artists, interviews, and news from the Caribbean.
Proudly Sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival in Sarasota Florida and Uber
The weekly Resident Advisor Exchange - https://ra.co
Acclaimed DJ and producer Steve Aoki hosts his own electronic dance music podcast featuring all the latest hot dance tracks.
Make sure you tune in every week to catch up to all latest tunes, remixes, bootlegs and more! More info: http://protocol-radio.com http://nickyromero.com
We are musicians, composers, engineers, teachers and students alike. The path of a musician can be challenging and uncertain but it can also be enriching and great fun! This is the path we chose and we are here as your resource. Explore theory, history, ear training, technique, special topics and overall musicianship.
A weekly music show for the whole family.
The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers counts down Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time with comedians, actors, and musicians.
Hosted by Todd (in the Shadows) Nathanson and Alina Morgan, Song vs. Song pits two similar songs of an era against each other with controversial outcomes.
Best Arts & Culture podcast Webby 2020 winner about the making and meaning of popular music. Musicologist Nate Sloan & songwriter Charlie Harding pull back the curtain on how pop hits work magic on our ears & our culture. From Vulture and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
The weekly Resident Advisor Podcast featuring electronic music - https://ra.co
A series of mix shows from Australian DJ and producer Jaytech.
Andrew Hickey presents a history of rock music from 1938 to 1999, looking at five hundred songs that shaped the genre.
People’s Party is a weekly interview show hosted by hip-hop legend Talib Kweli. The show features big-name guests exploring hip-hop, culture, and politics.
Group Therapy is the weekly radio show from Above & Beyond also known as ABGT
A collection of the greatest music stories never told. This season the poet and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib explores a single year: 1980 - the brilliant, awkward and sometimes heartbreaking opening to a monumental decade in popular music.
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Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
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Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
Joshua Weilerstein
Sticky Notes is a classical music podcast for everyone, whether you are just getting interested in classical music for the first time, or if you've been listening to it and loving it all your life. Interviews with great artists, in depth looks at pieces in the repertoire, and both basic and deep dives into every era of music. Classical music is absolutely for everyone, so let's start listening! Note - Seasons 1-5 will be returning over the next year. They have been taken down in order to be ...
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Classical Music Discoveries
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Episode 3: 18003 Florence Price: Symphonies 1 and 3
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The Philadelphia Orchestra and its Music Director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin release their latest album Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 to celebrate the achievements of Florence Price in surmounting systemic barriers of African-Americans and women in classical music. Price came to prominence almost ninety years ago. The composer’s Symphony No. 1 w…
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Strong Songs
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Metroid Music, Bond Themes & Jazz Philosophy
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Polish your reading glasses and pour a cup of tea - it's time for a Strong Songs mailbag! On the last Q&A episode of year three, Kirk answers questions on Metroid meter, mystery Bond instruments, (more) Tuvan throat singing, how to count odd meters like The Terminator theme, actors who pretend to play instruments, and how to define a musical "work,…
Bands include: Clarence Williams Blue Five, Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five, Artie Shaw and the Gramercy Five, Kay Starr and the Lamplighter Five, The Original Memphis Five, The Kansas City Five and the Firehouse Five Plus Two. Songs include: When the Saints Go Marching In, After School Swing Session, Where Or When, Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do…
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All Songs Considered
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Presenting 'It's Been A Minute': Pop music's 'Latin Explosion' of 1999
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This is the third and final installment in a special series from NPR's 'It's Been A Minute' podcast looking at important moments in the history of pop-music crossover. On this episode, Sam and his guests look at the so-called "Latin Explosion" of the late 1990s and ask who this historic if calculated moment was actually for, and what were the busin…
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BBC Music Introducing Mixtape
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The BBC Music Introducing Mixtape with Emily Pilbeam
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Emily Pilbeam presents a mixtape of her personal selection of tracks from BBC Introducing with Alewya, Priestgate, Shelf Life Sad Night Dynamite, Chrissi, Morgan Harper Jones, Deep Tan, Greg Surmacz, L E M F R E C K, Henry Carlyle, Ustoo, Adult DVD, Clwb Fuzz, The Howl & The Hum & Tom Everett.By BBC Radio 6 Music
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The Listening Service
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The timeless power of contemporary choral music
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The vocal music of contemporary composers like Morton Lauridsen and Eric Whitacre, Ola Gjeilo and Caroline Shaw, is hugely popular with choirs, congregations and audiences. How do they achieve their brand of mystery and magic? Tom Service immerses himself in the resonant sound world of 21st-century choral music and discovers how it works. With gues…
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Alt.Latino
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Alt.Latino And NPR News: Musical Profiles From Mexico, Cuba and Peru
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This week we share music stories from NPR News that you should know about, featuring Cimafunk, Susana Baca and 'El Charro de Mexico' Vicente Fernandez.By NPR
“Punk happened, past tense.” That’s what Boomer-era critics and true-believer punks told the younger generations. Punk’s whole reason for being was rejecting the mainstream. But punk wasn’t just a movement—it was also a genre. And 20 years after it first emerged, punk went from underground to overground, dominating the radio for the first time. In …
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World Cafe Words and Music from WXPN
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Sleater-Kinney's 'Path Of Wellness' marks time of great change, within and without
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Sleater-Kinney's new album is the first they produced themselves, the first without Janet Weiss and amidst the backdrop of wildfires, pandemic and protests.By Raina Douris
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Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
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Sticky Notes Vs. Wagner w/ Rafael Payare
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Wagner is probably the most admired AND the most reviled composer in Western Classical Music history. I've always been uncomfortable with Wagner's music, so I decided to sit down with the wonderful conductor(and my brother-in-law), Rafael Payare to try and understand how to embrace Wagner. We talk about emotional manipulation, the length of his ope…
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Rolling Stone Music Now
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The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Pt. 2)
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We continue our journey through Rolling Stone’s brand-new list of the greatest songs ever, with Rob Sheffield and Brittany Spanos joining host Brian Hiatt to talk about tracks from the Ronettes, Dr. Dre, the Notorious B.I.G., Prince, Chuck Berry and more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Episode 134 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “In the Midnight Hour", the links between Stax, Atlantic, and Detroit, and the career of Wilson Pickett. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode.Patreon backers also have a fifteen-minute bonus episode available, on "Mer…
Guitarist Fabricio Mattos takes us on a journey through the Carimbó music of Brazil.By BBC Radio 3
Remembering Jacob Desvarieux, John Davis and Chucky Thompson. Guests: The New Yorker's Doreen St. Felix; Billboard's Gil Kaufman; Jeff Mao.By NYTimes.com Podmaster
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Jaytech Music Podcast
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Jaytech Music Podcast 166 with Dezza and Matt Fax
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The September 2021 episode of Jaytech Music features a number of new Jaytech original tracks and remixes alongside fresh records from Ferry Corsten, Protoculture, Paul Thomas and Funkagenda. Guest mix this month is a back to back set from Dezza and Matt Fax, celebrating their Colorscapes mix compilation and North America tour. Part 1 - Jaytech 1. B…
Today's most widely used tuning system is equal temperament. It sounds great to our ears. But it is a compromise! Musicians and mathematicians have always struggled finding tuning systems that didn't compromise the pure tones provided within the natural harmonic series. On this episode, we will discuss these struggles and the systems that arose fro…
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Classics For Kids
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Giacomo Puccini 4: Classical Music that Turned into Musical Theater
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Jonathan Larson, the composer of the musical "Rent," used the same plot for this musical as Puccini did for La Boheme. Other composers also used classical music when they wrote their Broadway hits. "Kismet" is adapted from compositions by Russian composer Alexander Borodin and "The Song of Norway" uses tunes by Edvard Grieg to tell the story of Gri…
