Best music history Podcasts

Growin' Up Rock podcast is a weekly memory trip into the hard rock and heavy metal music you loved in your youth as well as the rock 'n' roll that is creating the soundtrack to your life today. Your host, Steven Michael, along with co-host Sonny "Hollywood" Pooni speak with newer and established artist while coming up with some interesting music topics and themes centered around the memories and stories of growing up around rock n roll, that keeps your devil horns hoisted far above your head. Sit back, crank it up, and remember why you fell in love with Rock n Roll. Everyone's got a rock n roll story to tell on Growing Up Rock. Proud Part of Pantheon Podcasts.

Musicians. Movie stars. Mayhem. Murder. DISGRACELAND is the award-winning podcast that tells the unbelievable but true stories from the dark side of entertainment history. Rockstars getting away with murder and behaving very badly. Actors engulfed in scandal. Pop stars plotted against and terrorized. Taylor Swift escaping her stalkers. Jerry Lee Lewis allegedly murdering his wife. Brittany Murphy’s suspicious death. Big Lurch, the hip hop star who ate his roommate. The assassination of John Lennon. The Grateful Dead, the CIA, the LSD that turned on the USA, and the real reason Neil Young gave Charles Manson his motorcycle. Robert Downey Jr.’s redemptive rise from addiction. Anthony Bourdain’s destructive lust for life. The true crime stories that inspired Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska and the serial killer inspired by AC/DC’s Highway To Hell. Welcome to DISGRACELAND, where these stories and more will grip you to the edge of your seat and cause you to binge episode after episode. DISGRACELAND publishes new, fully scripted, and sound-designed episodes every Tuesday and bonus episodes featuring listener voicemails, texts, and emails on Thursdays. DISGRACELAND is not a journalistic podcast. It is an entertainment podcast inspired by true events. Certain dialogue and scenes are sometimes fictionalized for dramatic purposes, as they are in most scripted entertainment based on true events. Sources and credits for each episode are available at www.disgracelandpod.com .To listen to DISGRACELAND ad-free and get access to an exclusive monthly episode, weekly bonus content, and more, become a Disgraceland All Access member at www.disgracelandpod.com/membership.

Rock and roll is not dead. It’s very much alive and well. Listen along as Bethanne Tarpley and Leah Jones tell the stories of bands that were famous before they were born, badass women in the music industry and interview new acts you need to know!

Join That Song From That Movie every fortnight as we journey through the very best and worst of movie songs. From the early days of cinema all the way through to brand new box office releases. From multi platinum chart toppers to obscure forgotten anthems. We breakdown the movie and get to the nub of what makes a perfect accompanying song.Already we've set sail with the Titanic, gone 10 rounds with Rocky and had a swamp dance party with Shrek. So what movie and which song will be next? Send us your suggestions on social media: @TSFTMpod

No Dogs In Space is a music history podcast featuring Marcus Parks and Carolina Hidalgo of the Last Podcast Network. Season 1 - PunkSeason 2 - Alternative

The podcast dedicated to exploring the untold story behind producer George Martin's revolutionary collaboration with The Beatles.

Decomposed breaks down the stories that have shaped classical music, from secrets and scandals to acts of sheer genius. Hear these stories accompanied by the symphonies, operas and other masterpieces they inspired. Hosted by Jade Simmons, a classical concert pianist and storyteller, the first season of Decomposed takes on gender expectations, Cold War propaganda and the danger of putting your personal life on the stage. Produced in partnership with Classical Minnesota Public Radio.

Dive into the heart of music's most compelling narratives with "Misadventures in Music," a podcast where the untold stories of the music industry come to light. Hosted by Merseyside's own Ian Prowse, frontman of Amsterdam and the erstwhile spearhead of Pele, alongside Mick Ord, former head of BBC Merseyside Ian and Mick, with their rich backgrounds in music and journalism, embark on a quest to explore music history.

Thirty pop is a weekly peek back at the music, movies, sports, fashion, politics and news from 30 years ago, hosted Luke Brawner, and featuring a rotating cast of special guests and the occasional early 90s celeb!

Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and many more musical icons all died at the age of 27. Scandalous, tortured, dramatic, and incredibly talented, these artists torched a wild path to their early graves and shifted and shaped our culture along the way. 27 Club tells their stories. Season 4 of 27 Club brings you the story of Amy Winehouse. 27 Club is hosted and created by Jake Brennan, host and creator of the award-winning music and true crime podcast DISGRACELAND. 27 Club is not a journalistic podcast. It is an entertainment podcast inspired by true events. Certain dialogue and scenes are sometimes fictionalized for dramatic purposes as they are in most scripted entertainment media based on true events. Sources for each episode are available at 27clubpod.com.

Welcome to The Library! These great halls are filled with the stories of our world's great musical minds, from the masters across ancient civilizations to the champions of our digital age. In this library, Menken, Powell, Zimmer, and Williams share shelves with Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Wagner, and the tales of composers not as widely known are told with the same enthusiasm as their famous colleagues. Our Curator, Stephen Trygar, invites you to explore this wonderous library with him one masterpiece at a time.

We take the worst bands you remember and give them way more attention than they deserve. Equal parts comedy and storytelling, Polishing Turds will change the way you look at pop music. Behind every bad song there's a good story!

Hosted by Graeme Dutch and Bret Chinnery - two blokes in their 30's who were lucky enough to grow up in the 90's with TV petrol head and indie enthusiast Helen Stanley popping by once a month. We talk about the culture we grew up in and how it influenced our lives. Mainly covering music of the Britpop/Indie variety with a pinch of football and life in general. Random stories, pet hates, topical opinions and special guests to add to the chaos. This podcast will change your life!

Host Chris Slusarenko (Eyelids, Guided By Voices, owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide. Click here to get EXCLUSIVE BONUS WEEKLY Revolutions Per Movie content on our Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You will find discussions on all things music related in this show, no genre is off limits. Interviews, album reviews, giveaways, record collecting, tips and tricks, movies, and whatever we feel like doing. New episodes every Monday morning. You can find us on all social media platforms @noise_avocation

This is a podcast from Roots of American Music, a Cleveland-based non-profit organization whose mission is to integrate music and education in Northeast Ohio to create vibrant communities through art and vibrant art through community. This show examines our shared American experience - contemporary and historic - from a variety of perspectives and seeks to tell captivating stories of people, places and events with a focus on live performance.

Standard Tuning is a podcast that takes a deep dive into the history of different musical groups. Each episode we’ll choose one band and explore the who, what, where, whens and hows behind their personal histories. Join your host Frank as you explore bands from all over the world.

Trevor and Beric take a modern look at classic and modern albums and decide if the reviews hold up.

The Itch is a longtime rock radio show on 89.1 KCLC-FM. Now its hosts have entered the podcasting world with rock reviews and interviews exploring the deep connection between people and music. If it gets your head banging and your blood flowing, it's an itch we're here to scratch.

Las canciones que tarareaban nuestras abuelas mientras cosían o cocinaban esconden historias más tremendas de lo que parece. En ¡Ay, campaneras! buceamos en las entretelas de la copla, el cuplé y la zarzuela y celebramos las vidas de quienes usaron estas músicas para seguir adelante. Si no puedo llevar peineta no es mi revolución.

Have you ever heard a song that is so bad or bizarre that it’s actually amazing? The Songtopsy Report is a comedy podcast where bad music experts Nick Brigadier, Mike Russell, and Steven Trolinger explore and dissect the most bad, bizarre, or noteworthy music they have ever come across. Covering one-hit wonders, criminal musicians, underground sub-genres, and other musical oddities, Nick, Mike and Steven refuse to rest until they determine how these songs ever saw the light of day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Biztape is a weekly podcast that serves as a catch-all for music business and media news of the week. As music industry professionals themselves, hosts Colin McKay and Joe Wasilewski provide insight into the technical and business world of these closed curtain industries drawing from their research and expertise. No topic is off-limits when discussing these secretive and elusive industries. Check out The Biztape! Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Tiktok: @Thebiztape Email: thebiztapepodcast@gmail.com

ESC101 is a podcast which highlights and discusses the history of the Eurovision Song Contest by looking at various elements of the contest throughout the years from hosts to postcards, interval acts to artists, and more! If you're looking to learn about the obscure history of the Eurovision Song Contest and improve your ESC Trivia skills, this is the podcast for you!

PLAY SOMETHING SWEET with Patti Compton is a music history show that celebrates music and puts songs in historical context. Join host Patti Compton as she traces the history of American music through blues, jazz, country, rock, soul, punk, and more. In each show, Patti brings insight into the cultural influences that contributed to the music and plays a variety of well-known and lesser-known tracks. Listen in as we PLAY SOMETHING SWEET on KXFM. Thursdays at 4PM!