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Apple Podcasts · United States · Sep 16, 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

Dollitics

Dolly Parton's America · 44 min

#2

Dolly Parton's America

Dolly Parton's America · 40 min

#3

Dixie Disappearance

Dolly Parton's America · 38 min

#4

Sad Ass Songs

Dolly Parton's America · 57 min

#5

I Will Always Leave You

Dolly Parton's America · 53 min

#6

Neon Moss

Dolly Parton's America · 41 min

#7

Tennessee Mountain Trance

Dolly Parton's America · 40 min

#8

The Only One For Me, Jolene

Dolly Parton's America · 36 min

#9

She's Alive!

Dolly Parton's America · 26 min

#10

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

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

#11

Gisela Hernández

Composers Datebook · 2 min

#12

Jo Koy

Shawn Stockman's On That Note · 2 h 06 min

New in Music History

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

#35 new2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke #49 newAudio Archive by Cue the RecordAudio Archive by Cue the Record #71 newBanding Together: A Tulsa Music PodcastBanding Together: A Tulsa Music Podcast #81 newWomen of NotesWomen of Notes

The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

Dolly Parton's America

WNYC Studios & OSM Audio

— 2

Takin’ A Walk Nashville

Buzz Knight Media Productions

— 3

Jersey Made

iHeartPodcasts

— 4

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

Andrew Hickey

— 5

Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight

Buzz Knight | Music History Podcast Host

— 6

Monday Music Club with Will Anderson

Vox Media Podcast Network

▲ 2 7

No Dogs in Space

The Last Podcast Network

— 8

Decomposed with Jade Simmons

American Public Media

▼ 2 9

Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York

Futuro Media

— 10

GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST

Grateful Dead

— 11

Shawn Stockman's On That Note

Shawn Stockman

— 12

HardLore

Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest

— 13

Xevi Had a Problem

Xevi

— 14

Know Your Gear Podcast

Phillip Mcknight

— 15

Ongoing History of New Music

Curiouscast

— 16

Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles

Gamut Podcast Network

— 17

The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers

Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers

— 18

Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast

Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast

▲ 1 19

Album | آلبوم

Bardia Barj

▲ 4 20

Chris's Billboard Top 3000 Countdown Podcast

Christopher Williams

— 21

Something About the Beatles

Evergreen Podcasts

▲ 5 22

Composers Datebook

American Public Media

▼ 4 23

Classics For Kids

Naomi Lewin

▼ 1 24

Rock N Roll Story Guys

Gamut Podcast Network

▲ 7 25

Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler

Aaron Cohen

▲ 12 26

Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

▲ 4 27

Straight Stuntin' Digital with BX Thunder & Yami Doll

StreetSweepers Ent. Inc

▲ 44 28

The Rise and Fall of ...

BBC Radio 6 Music

▼ 3 29

Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order

Joy Division / New Order

▼ 5 30

The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons

The Fretboard Journal

▼ 9 31

Holdin’ Court Podcast

REVOLT

▼ 4 32

So Many Roads: A Grateful Dead Podcast

P.Bouley

▲ 20 33

Stuck in the '80s Podcast

Steve Spears

▼ 5 34

Music's Greatest Mysteries

AXS TV

NEW 35

2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke

Nevermind Media

▼ 6 36

TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast

Justin Gausman

▼ 3 37

Rock's Backpages

Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike

▲ 92 38

Discography

Marc With a C

▲ 11 39

Music History Monday

Robert Greenberg

▲ 36 40

Political Beats

National Review

▲ 8 41

Let It Roll

Pantheon Media

▲ 23 42

Eras

BBC Radio 2

▲ 30 43

Tone-Talk.com

Tone-Talk

▼ 11 44

Lost Notes: Groupies

KCRW

▼ 10 45

Tape Spaghetti

Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart

▼ 5 46

When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles

Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell

▼ 11 47

Love Failure

Sana Sana

▲ 30 48

داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo

داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور

▼ 12 49

Audio Archive by Cue the Record

Cue the Record

▲ 27 50

Guess the Year

Cortland Rose Studio

▲ 74

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