Apple Podcasts · United States · Nov 5, 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

Song 187, “Space Oddity” by David Bowie, Part One, “Commencing Countdown Engines On”

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs ·

#2

Guitar Center Has 20,000 Used Pedals The Most Ever!

Know Your Gear Podcast · 1 h 48 min

#3

Left Off the Album: From B-Side To Classic

Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles · 32 min

#4

Alt-Rock's Most Important Bass Players - Part 1

Ongoing History of New Music · 28 min

#5

ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES

2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke · 48 min

#6

83 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love - Craig Conant

The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers · 1 h 10 min

#7

Sad Ass Songs

Dolly Parton's America · 57 min

#8

Keith Morris Part 2: CIRCLE JERKS, Repo Man, Decline of Western Civilzation, Grand Theft Auto V

HardLore · 2 h 12 min

#9

Kirk Franklin

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

#10

Dolly Parton's America

Dolly Parton's America · 40 min

#11

Black Sabbath vs ACDC

Rock N Roll Story Guys · 36 min

#12

I Will Always Leave You

Dolly Parton's America · 53 min

New in Music History

Brand new shows that entered this chart within two weeks of launch.

The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

Jersey Made

Buzz Knight | Music History Podcast Host

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2

Takin’ A Walk Nashville

Buzz Knight Media Productions

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3

Accelerated Culture

acceleratedculture

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4

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

Andrew Hickey

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5

Dolly Parton's America

WNYC Studios & OSM Audio

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6

2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke

Nevermind Media

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7

Monday Music Club with Will Anderson

Vox Media Podcast Network

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8

No Dogs in Space

The Last Podcast Network

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9

HardLore

Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest

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10

GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST

Grateful Dead

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11

Shawn Stockman's On That Note

Shawn Stockman

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12

Know Your Gear Podcast

Phillip Mcknight

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13

Ongoing History of New Music

Curiouscast

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14

Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York

Futuro Media

▲ 5
15

Freedom Needs a Soundtrack

Rangzen Productions

▲ 13
16

Classics For Kids

Naomi Lewin

▲ 1
17

Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight

Buzz Knight Media Productions

▼ 4
18

The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers

Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers

▼ 2
19

One On One: The Official Tom Petty Podcast

Cup & Nuzzle

▲ 3
20

Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles

Gamut Podcast Network

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21

Something About the Beatles

Evergreen Podcasts

▼ 3
22

Album | آلبوم

Bardia Barj

▼ 1
23

Lost Notes: Groupies

KCRW

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24

Stuck in the '80s Podcast

Steve Spears

▲ 5
25

Tape Spaghetti

Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart

▼ 10
26

The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons

The Fretboard Journal

▲ 1
27

From The Archives

Fervor Records

▲ 48
28

Stories in the Room: Michael Jackson's Thriller Album

Anthony Marinelli and Steven Ray

▼ 2
29

The Story Behind The Song

Consequence Podcast Network

▲ 1
30

That One Lyric

Ted Canova

▼ 6
31

Gimme Some Truth

Obadiah Jones

▲ 11
32

Rock N Roll Story Guys

Gamut Podcast Network

▼ 1
33

Composers Datebook

American Public Media

▼ 8
34

Under the Scales

Osiris Media

▲ 1
35

Drummer Seeks Musicians: The Making of U2

The Irish Times

▼ 2
36

PHILM The Podcast

PHILM

▲ 2
37

The Rise and Fall of ...

BBC Radio 6 Music

▲ 11
38

Into The Heart of U2 Podcast

Into The Heart of U2 Podcast

▲ 142
39

Xevi Had a Problem

Xevi

▼ 7
40

Buy That Guitar Podcast

Vintage Guitar magazine

▲ 19
41

The Mighty VH Podcast

Tommy London & Tor

▲ 61
42

Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler

Aaron Cohen

▼ 8
43

The Hardest Podcast to Podcast

Ryan Schaap

▼ 2
44

Helping Friendly Podcast

Osiris Media

▲ 26
45

داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo

داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور

▲ 7
46

FatBeats: Behind The Counter

FatBeats

▲ 34
47

Inside the Milky Way - A Look at Early Alternative Music

ITMW Music

▼ 10
48

Rock's Backpages

Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike

▲ 52
49

The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll

The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll

▼ 13
50

Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture

Love is the Message podcast

▲ 55

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