Apple Podcasts · United States · Nov 4, 2026

Best Music History Podcasts

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

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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

I Will Always Leave You

Dolly Parton's America · 53 min

#5

Tennessee Mountain Trance

Dolly Parton's America · 40 min

#6

Dollitics

Dolly Parton's America · 44 min

#7

Dolly Parton's America

Dolly Parton's America · 40 min

#8

Neon Moss

Dolly Parton's America · 41 min

#9

The Only One For Me, Jolene

Dolly Parton's America · 36 min

#10

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

Monday Music Club with Will Anderson · 34 min

#11

Dixie Disappearance

Dolly Parton's America · 38 min

#12

She's Alive!

Dolly Parton's America · 26 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

▲ 1
4

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

Andrew Hickey

▼ 1
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

▲ 1
8

No Dogs in Space

The Last Podcast Network

▼ 1
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

Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight

Buzz Knight Media Productions

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14

Ongoing History of New Music

Curiouscast

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15

Tape Spaghetti

Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart

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16

The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers

Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers

▲ 7
17

Classics For Kids

Naomi Lewin

▲ 2
18

Something About the Beatles

Evergreen Podcasts

▼ 1
19

Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York

Futuro Media

▲ 5
20

Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles

Gamut Podcast Network

▲ 6
21

Album | آلبوم

Bardia Barj

▼ 3
22

One On One: The Official Tom Petty Podcast

Cup & Nuzzle

▲ 5
23

Lost Notes: Groupies

KCRW

▲ 2
24

That One Lyric

Ted Canova

▲ 6
25

Composers Datebook

American Public Media

▼ 4
26

Stories in the Room: Michael Jackson's Thriller Album

Anthony Marinelli and Steven Ray

▼ 10
27

The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons

The Fretboard Journal

▼ 5
28

Freedom Needs a Soundtrack

Rangzen Productions

▲ 45
29

Stuck in the '80s Podcast

Steve Spears

▼ 9
30

The Story Behind The Song

Consequence Podcast Network

▲ 7
31

Rock N Roll Story Guys

Gamut Podcast Network

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32

Xevi Had a Problem

Xevi

▲ 17
33

Drummer Seeks Musicians: The Making of U2

The Irish Times

▼ 5
34

Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler

Aaron Cohen

▼ 1
35

Under the Scales

Osiris Media

▼ 3
36

The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll

The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll

▲ 19
37

Inside the Milky Way - A Look at Early Alternative Music

ITMW Music

▲ 7
38

PHILM The Podcast

PHILM

▲ 25
39

Tone-Talk.com

Tone-Talk

▲ 82
40

Decomposed with Jade Simmons

American Public Media

▼ 4
41

The Hardest Podcast to Podcast

Ryan Schaap

▼ 1
42

Gimme Some Truth

Obadiah Jones

▲ 3
43

Pantheon - Podcasts for Music Lovers

Pantheon Media

▲ 5
44

No Nazi's Friend

No Nazi's Friend

▲ 10
45

Winter of Discontent - A Beatles Podcast

Nick Anthony

▲ 120
46

Digital Dave Presents

DJ Digital Dave

▲ 7
47

Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

▲ 9
48

The Rise and Fall of ...

BBC Radio 6 Music

▲ 18
49

Greatest Pop Stars

Billboard

▲ 10
50

DC Rock History

dcrockpod

▲ 21

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