Apple Podcasts · United States · Nov 3, 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

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

HardLore · 2 h 12 min

#3

Sad Ass Songs

Dolly Parton's America · 57 min

#4

The Hallelujah Story: Leonard Cohen, John Cale, Jeff Buckley & the Song That Took Over the World

Monday Music Club with Will Anderson · 34 min

#5

I Will Always Leave You

Dolly Parton's America · 53 min

#6

Dollitics

Dolly Parton's America · 44 min

#7

The Only One For Me, Jolene

Dolly Parton's America · 36 min

#8

Dolly Parton's America

Dolly Parton's America · 40 min

#9

Dixie Disappearance

Dolly Parton's America · 38 min

#10

Neon Moss

Dolly Parton's America · 41 min

#11

Tennessee Mountain Trance

Dolly Parton's America · 40 min

#12

Mozart and 'Amadeus'

Composers Datebook · 2 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

▲ 1
2

Takin’ A Walk Nashville

Buzz Knight Media Productions

▲ 1
3

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

Andrew Hickey

▼ 2
4

Accelerated Culture

acceleratedculture

▲ 1
5

Dolly Parton's America

WNYC Studios & OSM Audio

▼ 1
6

2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke

Nevermind Media

—
7

No Dogs in Space

The Last Podcast Network

—
8

Monday Music Club with Will Anderson

Vox Media Podcast Network

—
9

HardLore

Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest

—
10

GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST

Grateful Dead

—
11

Shawn Stockman's On That Note

Shawn Stockman

—
12

Know Your Gear Podcast

Phillip Mcknight

—
13

Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight

Buzz Knight Media Productions

▲ 2
14

Ongoing History of New Music

Curiouscast

—
15

Tape Spaghetti

Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart

▲ 8
16

Stories in the Room: Michael Jackson's Thriller Album

Anthony Marinelli and Steven Ray

▲ 2
17

Something About the Beatles

Evergreen Podcasts

▼ 4
18

Album | آلبوم

Bardia Barj

▲ 2
19

Classics For Kids

Naomi Lewin

▲ 10
20

Stuck in the '80s Podcast

Steve Spears

▲ 2
21

Composers Datebook

American Public Media

▼ 4
22

The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons

The Fretboard Journal

▼ 6
23

The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers

Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers

▲ 1
24

Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York

Futuro Media

▼ 5
25

Lost Notes: Groupies

KCRW

▲ 2
26

Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles

Gamut Podcast Network

▼ 5
27

One On One: The Official Tom Petty Podcast

Cup & Nuzzle

▼ 2
28

Drummer Seeks Musicians: The Making of U2

The Irish Times

▼ 2
29

When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles

Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell

▲ 83
30

That One Lyric

Ted Canova

NEW
31

Rock N Roll Story Guys

Gamut Podcast Network

▼ 3
32

Under the Scales

Osiris Media

▲ 67
33

Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler

Aaron Cohen

▲ 38
34

Buy That Guitar Podcast

Vintage Guitar magazine

▲ 5
35

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

Dave Sloan and Holly Cantos - 80s Music Podcast

▲ 9
36

Decomposed with Jade Simmons

American Public Media

▼ 4
37

The Story Behind The Song

Consequence Podcast Network

▲ 8
38

Grateful Dead Sleep Stories

GD Sleep Strories

▲ 4
39

Ugly Things

Ugly Things Magazine

▲ 90
40

The Hardest Podcast to Podcast

Ryan Schaap

▼ 9
41

Tinsel Tunes - The Christmas Music Podcast

Tinsel Tunes

▼ 6
42

Helping Friendly Podcast

Osiris Media

▲ 147
43

Theoretikally R & B

Theoretikally R&B

▲ 17
44

Inside the Milky Way - A Look at Early Alternative Music

ITMW Music

▼ 6
45

Gimme Some Truth

Obadiah Jones

▼ 12
46

Political Beats

National Review

▼ 10
47

深度睡眠|阿尔法冥想|10分钟轻松入睡,安眠到天亮

曲艺大剧院

NEW
48

Pantheon - Podcasts for Music Lovers

Pantheon Media

▲ 21
49

Xevi Had a Problem

Xevi

▼ 19
50

Inak Ahang | اینک آهنگ

خانه موزه بتهوون

▲ 20

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