Apple Podcasts · United States · Nov 14, 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

BLOOD INCANTATION: The Journey to Absolute Elsewhere

HardLore · 4 h 04 min

#2

What to Expect at the 2026 Rock Hall Induction Ceremony

Who Cares About the Rock Hall? · 1 h 31 min

#3

The Beeb

Composers Datebook · 2 min

#4

I Will Always Leave You

Dolly Parton's America · 53 min

#5

Sad Ass Songs

Dolly Parton's America · 57 min

#6

U2's Best Album of the '80s: Revisiting a Classic Catalog

Stuck in the '80s Podcast · 1 h 04 min

#7

Tennessee Mountain Trance

Dolly Parton's America · 40 min

#8

Dollitics

Dolly Parton's America · 44 min

#9

Neon Moss

Dolly Parton's America · 41 min

#10

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

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs ·

#11

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

Know Your Gear Podcast · 2 h 16 min

#12

Episode 162: The Cure, Pt. II

Political Beats · 2 h 41 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

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

Composers Datebook

American Public Media

▲ 2
10

Shawn Stockman's On That Note

Shawn Stockman

▼ 1
11

The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons

The Fretboard Journal

▲ 1
12

The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers

Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers

▲ 1
13

Something About the Beatles

Evergreen Podcasts

▲ 2
14

Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles

Gamut Podcast Network

▼ 4
15

Who Cares About the Rock Hall?

Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard

▲ 20
16

Monday Music Club with Will Anderson

Vox Media Podcast Network

▼ 2
17

Album | آلبوم

Bardia Barj

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18

Rock N Roll Story Guys

Gamut Podcast Network

▼ 2
19

Stuck in the '80s Podcast

Steve Spears

▲ 9
20

Xevi Had a Problem

Xevi

▲ 4
21

Tone-Talk.com

Tone-Talk

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22

Keeping The Rave Alive!

Kutski

▲ 8
23

Growin' Up Rock

Rock Star Copy LLC

▲ 22
24

Jersey Made

Buzz Knight | Music History Podcast Host

▼ 6
25

Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight

Buzz Knight Media Productions

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26

Takin’ A Walk Nashville

Buzz Knight Media Productions

▼ 6
27

Gimme Some Truth

Obadiah Jones

▼ 1
28

One On One: The Official Tom Petty Podcast

Cup & Nuzzle

▼ 6
29

Drummer Seeks Musicians: The Making of U2

The Irish Times

▼ 6
30

Tape Spaghetti

Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart

▼ 3
31

History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff

Pantheon Media

▼ 12
32

Classics For Kids

Naomi Lewin

▼ 1
33

داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo

داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور

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34

Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast

Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast

▲ 27
35

Booked On Rock with Eric Senich

Eric Senich

▲ 4
36

Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York

Futuro Media

▲ 4
37

Political Beats

National Review

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38

Greatest Pop Stars

Billboard

▲ 3
39

Under the Scales

Osiris Media

▼ 7
40

Rock's Backpages

Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike

▼ 6
41

Harold's Old Time Radio No. 1

Harolds Old Time Radio

▲ 13
42

Lost Notes: Groupies

KCRW

▼ 13
43

The Brian Turner Show

Brian Turner

▲ 9
44

Rock & Metal Combat Podcast

Ian Wadley & Ralph Viera

▲ 23
45

Grateful Dead Sleep Stories

GD Sleep Strories

▲ 27
46

Tinsel Tunes - The Christmas Music Podcast

Tinsel Tunes

▲ 22
47

Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture

Love is the Message podcast

▲ 27
48

club 30's with mjfangirl- a Michael Jackson Fan Podcast

mjfangirl

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49

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

Dave Sloan and Holly Cantos - 80s Music Podcast

▲ 67
50

Decomposed with Jade Simmons

American Public Media

▼ 1

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