Top 11 Music History Podcasts

Kev and Randy take to the mics once a week to talk about a song from the catalogue of the enigmatic, brilliant, and sometimes flawed rock legends Queen. Each week a song will be chosen at random so that the boys won't know what track they'll be reviewing. Kev comes into the podcast as a Queen afficionado, while Randy is a more casual fan, but has a huge wealth of knowledge about recording, performing, and music in general. At the end of each episode, both will either upvote or downvote the song and we'll take to social media to see what the listeners think!

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Dave and Holly, your 80s music aficionados, talk to the artists and music industry insiders that made it the greatest decade for music. We are a proud member of The Pantheon Network - Podcasts for Music Lovers

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. Want more Hit Parade? Join Slate Plus to unlock monthly early-access episodes, bonus episodes of "The Bridge," and ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe directly from the Hit Parade show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/hitparadeplus to get access wherever you listen.

A podcast dedicated to discussing every John Hiatt song in alphabetical order featuring Sylvan Groth and Jesse Jackson. John Robert Hiatt (born August 20, 1952) is an American singer-songwriter.[ Hiatt has been nominated for nine Grammy Awards. He has released 22 studio albums, two compilation albums and one live album.His songs have been covered by Bonnie Raitt (Thing called Love), Bob Dylan (The Usual), Have a Little Faith in Me (Joe Cocker, Jewel, Mandy Moore & Bon Jovi) , Memphis in the Meantime (Carl Perkins, Greg Allman) Angel Eyes (Jeff Healey Band) to name just a few. Part of Pantheon Podcasts.

HI FI WAY: The Making of You Am I is a three-part podcast series by Richard Kingsmill. It offers a revealing insight into the much loved Sydney band via their second album. Hi Fi Way was a bolt of lightning, created from adrenalin and gut instinct. Hailed as one of Australia's greatest albums, it also contained glimpses of a hidden story - a story of a frontman who was often "not comfortable in the skin he was in". The process behind You Am I's brilliance on this album happened so quickly it went largely unseen. The anxiety that accompanied that brilliance has gone largely unexplained.

Hip-Hop Hidden Gems is all about celebrating the music that has shaped a generation (or two). The show, hosted by TheMoJoKing & Willie Freeman (AKA Vision) will focus on the artforms undervalued and underappreciated. Each episode will be dedicated to a song that didn't receive it's proper shine upon its initial release. Mo and Willie will revisit each track, and discuss its strengths and weaknesses. They also will provide interesting tidbits of information about the songs and the artists behind the music.
For hardcore hip-hop fans HHHG will provide a sense of nastalgia.
For more modest fans HHHG may be a chance to learn something new.
But for all hip hop fans HHHG will be a celebration. Come party with us.
*HHHG will now be created in seasons, so each artist can be given the deep dive that their talent deserves.

The ultimate classic rock podcast with big name interviews on every episode including 30+ Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees! If you love classic rock and want to hear stories of the glory days from the guys who were at the heart of the action then you'll LOVE this comprehensive classic rock podcast, hosted by UK radio veteran, Paul Stephenson! Check out the VRP Rocks YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@VRPRocks Proudly part of Pantheon Podcasts Network.

Queue Points is the Black Podcasting Award and Ambie Award nominated music podcast that is dropping the needle on Black Music history and celebrating Black music through meaningful dialogue. The show is hosted by DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray. Visit https://queuepoints.com to learn more. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

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Music is an important part of life and everybody remembers their first concert.

Every week Brian will be interviewing musicians, music industry professionals and podcasters, exploring their music and concert experiences. Let's get those nostalgia juices flowing..

Now without further adieu Let's get on with the shooooow!!!

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The Ugly American Werewolf in London is a weekly podcast about classic rock, hard rock, progressive rock, heavy metal, early MTV, 80s music, UK vs. US chart success and all things rock! Hosted by The Wolf and Action Jackson, who interview rock legends, review classic albums and concerts of their favorite classic rock bands each week. Once a month, they welcome musicians, writers and fans to First Concert Memories to tell about one particular night where a live concert changed their life. Action & The Wolf have an unquenchable thirst for knowledge of rock music and its history - tune in to hear what they're passionate about! Proud part of Pantheon Podcasts!

This is a podcast where I talk about theories I've made, based on twenty one pilots lore!

Gary Morris is joined for a new monthly series by a host of well-known guest pop stars to talk through their careers in the pop industry. An original production from Glasgower. Twitter: @QuiteTheMusic

Diese Pop- und Rock-Klassiker kennt garantiert jeder, die Geschichte dazu aber oft nicht! In jeder Folge erfahrt ihr alles, was es zu dem jeweiligen Song zu wissen gibt.

The TAQS.IM Middle Eastern Music podcast discusses playing, performing and appreciating Arabic, Armenian, Assyrian, Balkan, Greek, Kurdish, Persian, Turkish music and more.

Mit zwei Serien nimmt der Grafenegg Podcast Themen auf, die am stimmungsvollen Schlossareal in der Luft liegen. «VON WOLKEN & TÜRMEN» rückt die Besonderheiten rund um das Schloss und den Park in den Fokus und holt die Künstlerinnen und Künstler auf einer der eindrucksvollsten Open Air-Bühnen Europas vor den Vorhang. «NOTEN & SCHLÜSSEL» bietet Wissenswertes zu den Konzertprogrammen in Grafenegg. Verfügbar jeweils eine Woche vor Ihrem Konzerttermin.

SHIM and Brandon Coates take a look at rock albums through the years, teaching the facts that every casual fan should know, as well as the more obscure facts true fans need to know.

This great podcast is talking about the history of all types of music mostly Rock music. If you're a fan of music and love learning about history then this is the podcast for you. If you have any question or comments or ideas please email me at [email protected]

Conversations about conductors, composers, and always over a cup of coffee!

Denna podd kommer huvudsakligen handla om personer, platser händelser som inträffade mellan åren 1960 till 1979. speciellt inom musik och film, men även politik.Podden riktar sig främst till unga lyssnare som vill veta och äldre som vill minnas.

Just your average podcast... but high!

شبكة أربعة وثمانون تؤكد على التنوع الثقافي والمجتمعي من خلال إنتاجها العديد من البودكاستات المتخصصة وينضم اليوم إلى أسرة شبكة أربعة وثمانون "بودكاست المركاز" أعداد وتقديم المبدع صوتًـا وثقافة وعُمق ثقافي المهندس / أنس الدريني نتمنى ان ينال إستحسان مسامعكم .

Taylor Swift's "Love Story" - How Genre-Bending Storytelling Captured a Generation
Among pop phenom Taylor Swift's instantly recognizable catalog, perhaps no composition made a bigger cultural splash than her best-selling 2008 single "Love Story". Immediately resonating with listeners across demographics, the track rocketed Swift from country darling to bonafide global superstar at age 18. Though dismissed by some critics as juvenile fluff upon release, "Love Story" revealed early glimpses of Swift's ingenious interweaving of emotional intimacy with narrative lyrical craft that would become her trademark. Examining how the song adeptly blended genres and invented a new musical lexicon to articulate universal romantic yearnings helps explain its lasting prominence today.
From its opening images, "Love Story" announcing "this love is difficult, but it's real" signals Swift embracing sentiment without irony or agenda. The lyrics proceed to detail a teenager's breathless infatuation and family tensions threatening the fledgling couple's bliss through familiar pop culture archetypes - specifically Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet". Swift casts herself as traditionally feminine, focused wholly on romance rather than brooding angst. Some deemed it musically and lyrically superficial.
Yet therein lay the song's quiet innovation - condensing complex desires around romance, identity and defiance of authority figures into deceptively simple lyrics over soaring melodies. In speaking to nearly universal adolescent experiences through the shorthand of time-tested archetypes rather than chasing edgy reinvention, Swift tapped the resonant vein of historical artistic tradition. But she reenvisioned tales like "Romeo and Juliet" through subtly singular lyrics and earnest performance to reclaim shopworn cultural tropes for a new generation.
Swift also bucks the country music establishment on "Love Story" by hybridizing genres long before that became industry norm. Mixing pop instruments like electric guitars over banjos and fiddles with cozy coffeehouse acoustic vibes, Swift forged her own musical lexicon beyond rigid genre bounds from the start. The alchemy struck gold - country radio still spun it but pop audiences rushed to crown it 2009's top selling track. In the process, "Love Story" founded a new musical empire that scoffed at Nashville rules.
Behind the scenes, Swift chose to collaborate with producer Nathan Chapman specifically because of his punk rock history yielding unexpected chord changes. Together they crafted the song's signature hook stacking words rhythmically and devising dynamic leaps between the plaintive verse pleading with father for acceptance and the belt-it-to-the-rafters chorus victoriously culminating with the lovers eloping. The clever sonic and lyrical contrast musically enacts the rebellious spirit. This risky genre blend could easily have alienated country and pop programmers alike. Instead "Love Story" soared up both charts, cementing Swift as a singular voice.
But beyond hit potential, "Love Story's" lyrics also heralded Swift's natural gift for intimate storytelling. She bypasses toxic tropes like femme fatales or sexy sirens for girl-next-door authenticity. Her protagonist is no manic pixie dreamgirl but literally the earnest high school date you brought home to awkwardly pose with your parents. Swift gives power back to young women's voices yearning purely for connection free from male gazes.
She also avoids other female songwriters' penchant towards confessional oversharing, keeping revelations universal. Yet "Love Story" still unveils profound generational insights, honoring young romance's urgency while hinting those feelings grow even fiercer with age through its "Romeo and Juliet" invocation. For Swift understands adolescence's tempests seem unparalleled in their glory and agony precisely because they're first felt. By gifting that resonance back through music, she builds loyalty.
Swift sells the emotional sincerity by effortlessly inhabiting varied feminine archetypes - the doe-eyed innocent, fierce warrior defending love, the wide-eyed observer still learning hard lessons watching elders. She signals that women contain multitudes and need not reduce themselves to fit into reductive molds, especially for approval from skeptics.
In all these ways, "Love Story's" deceptively simple lyrics captured the zeitgeist far beyond any one demographic Swift fit industry marketing molds for. The song showcased early glimmers of her gifts forOnce again Taylor Swift shatters sales expectations surpassing 1.3 million units overnight with "Midnights"' summarizing entire emotional landscapes through verbal snapshots. By embedding cultural mythology and empowering feminine perspectives under gilded melodies, the song embraced ambitious substance cloaked in pop sounds.
In turn, "Love Story" found nearly universal resonance from school

A history of Beethoven and one of his most popular songs.

Tangomundo goes Podcast! Buchungen von Tickets/Spenden: paypal.me/Tangomundo

In Doe Maar Normaal ontdek je de verhalen achter de grootste, fascinerendste en obscuurste Nederlandstalige protestnummers. Veel mensen komen niet verder dan Boudewijn de Groot, maar er is zoveel meer. Ontdek de verdwenen parels van de Nederlandse protestpop met presentatoren Mirthe van der Drift, Rose Heijnen en wetenschapper Laurens Ham.

The official Cheeky Tracks podcast hosted by General Bounce, where you'll be the first to hear some of the new music coming to the Cheeky Tracks label in the coming months alongside the best new releases from other hard house, hard dance and bounce labels in the scene. There's also a monthly classics section where the General will be showing off some of the tunes he's hammered over the last 20 years of his career!

An oral history of Trey Anastasio’s career outside of Phish, from the formation of the Trey Anastasio Band in 1999 to the Beacon Jams of 2020. This series is based on extensive interviews with Trey, his bandmates and his collaborators.

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Papcast to podcast poświęcony zespołowi Papa Dance i płycie "Poniżej krytyki". 35. rocznica wydania tego albumu jest pretekstem do rozmowy o historii zespołu oraz Polsce lat 80. z zaproszonymi gośćmi. Prowadzenie: Kuba Ambrożewski

The best music from across House, Trance, and electronic genres, mixed by HNNRS from Miami, USA. Follow @DJHNNRS on Soundcloud and Instagram. Visit www.HNNRS.com for videos, gigs, bookings. Avaliable on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Pandora, Overcast, Castro, Castindex and Podfriend, TuneIn + Alexa, Podcast Addict, Podchaser, Pocket Casts, Deezer, Listen Notes, Player FM, Podcast Index.

De muziekhistorie ligt op straat, maar niet voor het oprapen. In de podcast History Repeating duiken Mark Siera en Jurre Zwinkels in de lokale popgeschiedenis van de Leidse regio. Van vergeten optredens, onontdekte parels tot verloren verhalen. We horen graag van je.

New England based podcast featuring in depth interviews with people in Hip Hop culture. Hosted by Ned Wellbery aka Leedz.

A podcast about ’70s Reprise Records recording artist Fanny

En el podcast hablamos sobre la banda de las Cigarreras...

Amb Quim Rutllant. Diumenge, de 9.00 a 10.00. Una hora per trobar-se a un mateix a través de la música i les seves arrels. L'actualitat del folk del país i de les músiques del món i, a la vegada, els artistes –nacionals i internacionals- que ens han fet qui som.

Rubrica quindicinale che analizza in ordine alfabetico le parole che definiscono i concetti e le forme musicali, le formazioni più comuni, le tecniche compositive e interpretative, i periodi storici, le più significative tradizioni popolari... Di ogni vocabolo viene fornito un esempio musicale. a cura di Claudio Martini

From Rock Star to Wildlife Advocate is hosted by John Kay of Steppenwolf. You haven’t heard of Steppenwolf? Well, maybe the iconic songs, “Born to Be Wild,” “Magic Carpet Ride” and “The Pusher” ring a bell. John Kay is the vocalist and primary songwriter of Steppenwolf, one of the world’s foremost rock n’ roll bands. John Kay tells his personal story in his podcast, from the birth of Steppenwolf to how he became a champion of wildlife. Each episode features tales from John's life. He was born in East Prussia, which no longer exists. He shares anecdotes from the tribulations and triumphs of Steppenwolf. Also in the mix are travelogues of journeys to fascinating places, where defenders of wildlife risk their lives to protect our planet's living treasures. These heroes inspired John and his spouse Jutta to create the Maue Kay Foundation, which now supports over a dozen non-governmental organizations and wildlife guardians around the world. So whether you’re a classic rock fan, an animal lover with a passion for wildlife or if you simply enjoy interesting stories, From Rock Star to Wildlife Advocate is your kind of podcast. A Maue Kay Foundation original production.

miek and Brent welcome you all to The Spice Level, where they will discuss each Spice Girls song, along with other Spice Girls media and give their takes and opinions along the way. Spice up your life!

Zach and Callie of Dystopian Dance Party make fun of hard rock history, one trashy paperback at a time.

Welcome to the new podcast 'All about the Music' hosted by Damian Dolny, where you will discover songs the radio stations don't play. Each episode will focus on a different theme; you will also hear fascinating facts and stories. Join us and let the music take you to a different world.

Chilling with some good music

Подкаст об удивительной жизни Егора Летова и музыке «Гражданской обороны».

Журналист Александр Горбачев рассказывает, как в Омске возникла самая влиятельная группа русского рока, как ее лидер перевоплощался из антисоветчика в имперца, как Летов создал студию в комнате в хрущевке — и о многом другом. Подкаст основан на разговорах с близкими Летова и на интервью самого музыканта.

Подкаст обновляется раз в неделю. Но все серии можно послушать уже сейчас — по подписке в Apple Podcasts:

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Als je van muziek houdt en graag nieuwe dingen ontdekt of oude favorieten herbeleeft, dan is De Bob & Bas Platencast iets voor jou! Je kunt je abonneren op de podcast en elke twee weken genieten van een gezellige en informatieve babbel over plaatjes. Je leert misschien wel iets nieuws of je krijgt zin om je eigen platenkast af te stoffen. Dus waar wacht je nog op? Luister nu naar De Bob & Bas Platencast en laat je verrassen door de muzikale smaak van Bob en Bas! 🎧

Solo necesitamos estar atentos a las señales De Dios

Подкаст об истории метал-музыки. Вы узнаете, как зарождалась, развивалась и менялась тяжёлая музыка на протяжении прошедшего полувека.

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Join Rob and Joseph as they chronologically discuss all the notable albums of the punk/new wave movement. From the messy, anarchic noise of the early 70’s proto-punk rockers to the tired, polished death-rattles of the mid-80’s corporate synth-poppers, no stone goes unturned in their quest to fully examine the birth, life and death of “the wave” that produced some of the most beloved songs in modern popular music.