Apple Podcasts · United States · Nov 2, 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

Neon Moss

Dolly Parton's America · 41 min

#8

Dolly Parton's America

Dolly Parton's America · 40 min

#9

She's Alive!

Dolly Parton's America · 26 min

#10

Dixie Disappearance

Dolly Parton's America · 38 min

#11

The Only One For Me, Jolene

Dolly Parton's America · 36 min

#12

Three Parisian premieres

Composers Datebook · 2 min

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Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

Andrew Hickey

▲ 3
2

Jersey Made

Buzz Knight | Music History Podcast Host

▼ 1
3

Takin’ A Walk Nashville

Buzz Knight Media Productions

▼ 1
4

Dolly Parton's America

WNYC Studios & OSM Audio

▼ 1
5

Accelerated Culture

acceleratedculture

▲ 149
6

2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke

Nevermind Media

▼ 1
7

No Dogs in Space

The Last Podcast Network

▼ 1
8

Monday Music Club with Will Anderson

Vox Media Podcast Network

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9

HardLore

Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest

▼ 2
10

GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST

Grateful Dead

▼ 1
11

Shawn Stockman's On That Note

Shawn Stockman

▼ 1
12

Know Your Gear Podcast

Phillip Mcknight

▼ 1
13

Something About the Beatles

Evergreen Podcasts

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14

Ongoing History of New Music

Curiouscast

—
15

Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight

Buzz Knight Media Productions

▼ 3
16

The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons

The Fretboard Journal

▲ 1
17

Composers Datebook

American Public Media

▲ 2
18

Stories in the Room: Michael Jackson's Thriller Album

Anthony Marinelli and Steven Ray

▼ 2
19

Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York

Futuro Media

▼ 1
20

Album | آلبوم

Bardia Barj

▲ 2
21

Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles

Gamut Podcast Network

▼ 1
22

Stuck in the '80s Podcast

Steve Spears

▼ 1
23

Tape Spaghetti

Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart

▲ 96
24

The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers

Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers

▲ 3
25

One On One: The Official Tom Petty Podcast

Cup & Nuzzle

▼ 10
26

Drummer Seeks Musicians: The Making of U2

The Irish Times

▼ 3
27

Lost Notes: Groupies

KCRW

▼ 3
28

Rock N Roll Story Guys

Gamut Podcast Network

▲ 10
29

Classics For Kids

Naomi Lewin

▼ 3
30

Xevi Had a Problem

Xevi

▲ 1
31

The Hardest Podcast to Podcast

Ryan Schaap

▲ 56
32

Decomposed with Jade Simmons

American Public Media

▼ 7
33

Gimme Some Truth

Obadiah Jones

▲ 9
34

Keeping The Rave Alive!

Kutski

▼ 1
35

Tinsel Tunes - The Christmas Music Podcast

Tinsel Tunes

▼ 1
36

Political Beats

National Review

▼ 1
37

Let It Roll

Pantheon Media

▲ 10
38

Inside the Milky Way - A Look at Early Alternative Music

ITMW Music

▲ 2
39

Buy That Guitar Podcast

Vintage Guitar magazine

▼ 11
40

Rock's Backpages

Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike

▲ 9
41

Growin' Up Rock

Rock Star Copy LLC

▲ 70
42

Grateful Dead Sleep Stories

GD Sleep Strories

▲ 43
43

The Mighty VH Podcast

Tommy London & Tor

▼ 7
44

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

Dave Sloan and Holly Cantos - 80s Music Podcast

▼ 14
45

The Story Behind The Song

Consequence Podcast Network

▼ 4
46

Larry's Country Diner

Gabriel Communications

▲ 105
47

Freedom Needs a Soundtrack

Rangzen Productions

▼ 18
48

Folk Files

Olivia Harding

▲ 13
49

Drum History

Bart Vanderzee

▼ 5
50

Booked On Rock with Eric Senich

Eric Senich

▲ 67

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