Apple Podcasts · United States · Nov 7, 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

KENNY HICKEY: The Life & Death of TYPE O NEGATIVE

HardLore · 3 h 27 min

#2

Song 187, “Space Oddity” by David Bowie, Part One, “Commencing Countdown Engines On”

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs ·

#3

Sad Ass Songs

Dolly Parton's America · 57 min

#4

Guitar Center Has 20,000 Used Pedals The Most Ever!

Know Your Gear Podcast · 1 h 48 min

#5

Nothing but L’s

Xevi Had a Problem · 1 h 06 min

#6

I Will Always Leave You

Dolly Parton's America · 53 min

#7

Neon Moss

Dolly Parton's America · 41 min

#8

Tennessee Mountain Trance

Dolly Parton's America · 40 min

#9

Dollitics

Dolly Parton's America · 44 min

#10

Dixie Disappearance

Dolly Parton's America · 38 min

#11

ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES

2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke · 48 min

#12

Alt-Rock's Most Important Bass Players - Part 1

Ongoing History of New Music · 28 min

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Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

Andrew Hickey

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2

HardLore

Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest

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3

Dolly Parton's America

WNYC Studios & OSM Audio

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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

2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke

Nevermind Media

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8

Ongoing History of New Music

Curiouscast

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9

Shawn Stockman's On That Note

Shawn Stockman

▲ 1
10

Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles

Gamut Podcast Network

▼ 1
11

Composers Datebook

American Public Media

▲ 1
12

The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons

The Fretboard Journal

▼ 1
13

Something About the Beatles

Evergreen Podcasts

▲ 1
14

The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers

Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers

▼ 1
15

Monday Music Club with Will Anderson

Vox Media Podcast Network

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16

Album | آلبوم

Bardia Barj

▲ 1
17

Rock N Roll Story Guys

Gamut Podcast Network

▼ 1
18

Stuck in the '80s Podcast

Steve Spears

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19

One On One: The Official Tom Petty Podcast

Cup & Nuzzle

▲ 6
20

Who Cares About the Rock Hall?

Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard

▲ 62
21

Keeping The Rave Alive!

Kutski

▼ 2
22

TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast

Justin Gausman

▲ 9
23

Gimme Some Truth

Obadiah Jones

▼ 2
24

Booked On Rock with Eric Senich

Eric Senich

▲ 2
25

Greatest Pop Stars

Billboard

▲ 8
26

Tone-Talk.com

Tone-Talk

▲ 4
27

Growin' Up Rock

Rock Star Copy LLC

▲ 5
28

History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff

Pantheon Media

▼ 8
29

Political Beats

National Review

▼ 6
30

Classics For Kids

Naomi Lewin

▼ 8
31

Harold's Old Time Radio No. 1

Harolds Old Time Radio

▲ 5
32

Xevi Had a Problem

Xevi

▲ 5
33

Drum History

Bart Vanderzee

▲ 13
34

Lost Notes: Groupies

KCRW

▼ 10
35

Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York

Futuro Media

▼ 6
36

Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight

Buzz Knight Media Productions

▼ 8
37

The Mighty VH Podcast

Tommy London & Tor

▼ 2
38

Freedom Needs a Soundtrack

Rangzen Productions

▲ 58
39

داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo

داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور

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40

Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler

Aaron Cohen

▲ 1
41

Inside the Milky Way - A Look at Early Alternative Music

ITMW Music

▼ 7
42

Fingal's Cave - A Podcast for all dedicated Pink Floyd Fans

Nils Zehnpfennig / Ian Priston / Phil Salathé / Kyle V

▼ 4
43

Guess the Year

Cortland Rose Studio

▼ 3
44

Summer Mix Ibiza Best Deep House Music Techno 2026 Dance Chill Out Lounge Podcast

Summer Mix Ibiza

▲ 44
45

Decomposed with Jade Simmons

American Public Media

▲ 21
46

Rock & Metal Combat Podcast

Ian Wadley & Ralph Viera

▼ 19
47

Deep Dives and Deep Cuts: the History of Punk, Post-punk and New Wave (1976-1986)

DDDC

▲ 102
48

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast

Matt Quinn

▲ 8
49

The Hardest Podcast to Podcast

Ryan Schaap

▲ 36
50

Under the Scales

Osiris Media

▼ 6

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