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Apple Podcasts · United States · Oct 29, 2026

Best Music History Podcasts

The top 100 Music History shows on the Apple Podcasts chart (US), plus the episodes trending right now.

Trending Music History episodes

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#1

335: The Beatles and The Academics - How To Process The Beatles

Something About the Beatles · 1 h 44 min

#2

John Legend

Shawn Stockman's On That Note · 1 h 51 min

#3

Fender Layoff Rumor

Know Your Gear Podcast · 2 h 04 min

#4

Keith Morris Part 1: BLACK FLAG

HardLore · 1 h 59 min

#5

Charles Manson: Rock's Boogeyman

Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles · 31 min

#6

10 Traumas of My Chemical Romance

Ongoing History of New Music · 32 min

#7

Sad Ass Songs

Dolly Parton's America · 57 min

#8

Extra Play - The Miseducation of Ed Larson: Punk Rock Vol. I

No Dogs in Space · 1 h 26 min

#9

This Is Radio Clash

2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke · 51 min

#10

I Will Always Leave You

Dolly Parton's America · 53 min

#11

"A Schematic of Life"

The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons · 1 h 29 min

#12

Song 186: “Frownland” by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs · 2 h 40 min

The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

Takin’ A Walk Nashville

Buzz Knight Media Productions

▲ 1 2

Jersey Made

Buzz Knight | Music History Podcast Host

▼ 1 3

Dolly Parton's America

WNYC Studios & OSM Audio

— 4

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

Andrew Hickey

— 5

2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke

Nevermind Media

— 6

No Dogs in Space

The Last Podcast Network

▲ 1 7

Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight

Buzz Knight Media Productions

▼ 1 8

HardLore

Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest

▲ 1 9

Monday Music Club with Will Anderson

Vox Media Podcast Network

▼ 1 10

Shawn Stockman's On That Note

Shawn Stockman

— 11

GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST

Grateful Dead

▲ 1 12

Know Your Gear Podcast

Phillip Mcknight

▼ 1 13

One On One: The Official Tom Petty Podcast

Cup & Nuzzle

— 14

Something About the Beatles

Evergreen Podcasts

▲ 3 15

Ongoing History of New Music

Curiouscast

▲ 1 16

Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles

Gamut Podcast Network

▲ 11 17

The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons

The Fretboard Journal

▲ 4 18

FreestyleMixtapes.Com | Classic and New Freestyle Music

Rafael "DaUnknownAdmin" Reyes

▼ 4 19

Composers Datebook

American Public Media

▼ 4 20

Lost Notes: Groupies

KCRW

▼ 2 21

Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York

Futuro Media

▼ 2 22

The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers

Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers

▲ 3 23

Album | آلبوم

Bardia Barj

▲ 3 24

FatBeats: Behind The Counter

FatBeats

▼ 4 25

Drummer Seeks Musicians: The Making of U2

The Irish Times

▲ 4 26

The Story Behind The Song

Consequence Podcast Network

▼ 3 27

Xevi Had a Problem

Xevi

▲ 7 28

A (Mostly) 80s Music Podcast: What Difference Does It Make?

Dave Sloan and Holly Cantos - 80s Music Podcast

▲ 5 29

Discography

Marc With a C

▲ 2 30

Rock N Roll Story Guys

Gamut Podcast Network

▲ 7 31

Classics For Kids

Naomi Lewin

▲ 1 32

Political Beats

National Review

▲ 18 33

The Nightingale of Iran

Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti

▼ 11 34

Decomposed with Jade Simmons

American Public Media

▼ 6 35

Ranking The Beatles

Jonathan and Julia Pretus

▲ 37 36

داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo

داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور

▼ 1 37

Folk Files

Olivia Harding

▼ 13 38

Holdin’ Court Podcast

REVOLT

▲ 26 39

Stuck in the '80s Podcast

Steve Spears

▲ 3 40

Summer Mix Ibiza Best Deep House Music Techno 2026 Dance Chill Out Lounge Podcast

Summer Mix Ibiza

▼ 2 41

Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

▲ 37 42

Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music

Andrew Gill and Leah Payne

▲ 119 43

Rock's Backpages

Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike

▼ 13 44

Gimme Some Truth

Obadiah Jones

▲ 1 45

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast

Matt Quinn

▲ 22 46

Who Cares About the Rock Hall?

Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard

▲ 1 47

One Sweet Dream: A Beatles Podcast

Diana Erickson

▲ 42 48

Keeping The Rave Alive!

Kutski

▲ 70 49

Theoretikally R & B

Theoretikally R&B

▲ 87 50

Greatest Pop Stars

Billboard

▲ 3

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