Apple Podcasts · United States · Nov 12, 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

KENNY HICKEY: The Life & Death of TYPE O NEGATIVE

HardLore · 3 h 27 min

#3

Behringer Making $10 Guitar Pedals And Everyone Is Losing Their Mind

Know Your Gear Podcast · 2 h 15 min

#4

Alt-Rock's Most Important Bass Players - Part 2

Ongoing History of New Music · 26 min

#5

Pass This On

2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke · 51 min

#6

The Other Side Of Aerosmith: “Seasons Of Wither”

Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles · 11 min

#7

82 - Neil Young - Harvest - Ann Wilson

The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers · 1 h 28 min

#8

Sad Ass Songs

Dolly Parton's America · 57 min

#9

I Will Always Leave You

Dolly Parton's America · 53 min

#10

Nirvana vs Sub Pop

Rock N Roll Story Guys · 53 min

#11

Dollitics

Dolly Parton's America · 44 min

#12

Dixie Disappearance

Dolly Parton's America · 38 min

The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

Andrew Hickey

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2

Dolly Parton's America

WNYC Studios & OSM Audio

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3

HardLore

Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest

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4

No Dogs in Space

The Last Podcast Network

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5

Know Your Gear Podcast

Phillip Mcknight

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6

GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST

Grateful Dead

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7

Ongoing History of New Music

Curiouscast

▲ 4
8

2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke

Nevermind Media

▲ 2
9

Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles

Gamut Podcast Network

▲ 6
10

Shawn Stockman's On That Note

Shawn Stockman

▼ 1
11

Monday Music Club with Will Anderson

Vox Media Podcast Network

▼ 4
12

Composers Datebook

American Public Media

▼ 4
13

The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers

Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers

▲ 8
14

The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons

The Fretboard Journal

▼ 2
15

Something About the Beatles

Evergreen Podcasts

▼ 1
16

Rock N Roll Story Guys

Gamut Podcast Network

▲ 7
17

Album | آلبوم

Bardia Barj

▼ 4
18

Tone-Talk.com

Tone-Talk

▼ 2
19

Jersey Made

Buzz Knight | Music History Podcast Host

▼ 2
20

History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff

Pantheon Media

▲ 11
21

One On One: The Official Tom Petty Podcast

Cup & Nuzzle

▲ 3
22

Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight

Buzz Knight Media Productions

▲ 7
23

Rock's Backpages

Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike

▼ 5
24

Xevi Had a Problem

Xevi

▼ 5
25

Classics For Kids

Naomi Lewin

▲ 1
26

Drummer Seeks Musicians: The Making of U2

The Irish Times

▲ 24
27

Stuck in the '80s Podcast

Steve Spears

▼ 7
28

Tape Spaghetti

Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart

▲ 53
29

Gimme Some Truth

Obadiah Jones

▲ 5
30

Keeping The Rave Alive!

Kutski

▲ 5
31

Takin’ A Walk Nashville

Buzz Knight Media Productions

▲ 92
32

Classic Rock Album Olympics

Evergreen Podcasts

▲ 40
33

When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles

Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell

▼ 11
34

Growin' Up Rock

Rock Star Copy LLC

▼ 9
35

Lost Notes: Groupies

KCRW

▲ 13
36

Harold's Old Time Radio No. 1

Harolds Old Time Radio

▲ 7
37

American Songcatcher

Nicholas Edward Williams

▲ 82
38

Freedom Needs a Soundtrack

Rangzen Productions

▼ 10
39

Who Cares About the Rock Hall?

Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard

▼ 7
40

Political Beats

National Review

▼ 10
41

Booked On Rock with Eric Senich

Eric Senich

▼ 2
42

The Band: A History

The Band: A History

▲ 16
43

Under the Scales

Osiris Media

▼ 2
44

The Mighty VH Podcast

Tommy London & Tor

▲ 2
45

The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll

The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll

▼ 18
46

The Hardest Podcast to Podcast

Ryan Schaap

▲ 1
47

داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo

داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور

▼ 5
48

Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York

Futuro Media

▼ 11
49

TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast

Justin Gausman

▼ 9
50

Drum History

Bart Vanderzee

▼ 17

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