Top Music History Podcasts in United States

The latest Apple Podcasts Music History chart for United States, refreshed throughout the day. Last checked November 6, 2026.

1

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

Andrew Hickey

2

HardLore

Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest

3

Dolly Parton's America

WNYC Studios & OSM Audio

4

No Dogs in Space

The Last Podcast Network

5

Know Your Gear Podcast

Phillip Mcknight

6

GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST

Grateful Dead

7

2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke

Nevermind Media

8

Ongoing History of New Music

Curiouscast

9

Shawn Stockman's On That Note

Shawn Stockman

10

Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles

Gamut Podcast Network

11

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Composers Datebook

American Public Media

13

The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons

The Fretboard Journal

14

Something About the Beatles

Evergreen Podcasts

15

Monday Music Club with Will Anderson

Vox Media Podcast Network

16

The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers

Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers

17

Album | آلبوم

Bardia Barj

18

Rock N Roll Story Guys

Gamut Podcast Network

19

Stuck in the '80s Podcast

Steve Spears

20

One On One: The Official Tom Petty Podcast

Cup & Nuzzle

21

Who Cares About the Rock Hall?

Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard

22

Keeping The Rave Alive!

Kutski

23

TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast

Justin Gausman

24

Booked On Rock with Eric Senich

Eric Senich

25

Gimme Some Truth

Obadiah Jones

26

Greatest Pop Stars

Billboard

27

History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff

Pantheon Media

28

Political Beats

National Review

29

Harold's Old Time Radio No. 1

Harolds Old Time Radio

30

Tone-Talk.com

Tone-Talk

31

Classics For Kids

Naomi Lewin

32

Growin' Up Rock

Rock Star Copy LLC

33

Xevi Had a Problem

Xevi

34

Drum History

Bart Vanderzee

35

Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York

Futuro Media

36

Embrace Everything - The World of Gustav Mahler

Aaron Cohen

37

Lost Notes: Groupies

KCRW

38

Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight

Buzz Knight Media Productions

39

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داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo

داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور

41

Inside the Milky Way - A Look at Early Alternative Music

ITMW Music

42

In The Roud - A Folk Song Podcast

Matt Quinn

43

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

Nils Zehnpfennig / Ian Priston / Phil Salathé / Kyle V

44

Freedom Needs a Soundtrack

Rangzen Productions

45

Guess the Year

Cortland Rose Studio

46

The Mighty VH Podcast

Tommy London & Tor

47

Rock & Metal Combat Podcast

Ian Wadley & Ralph Viera

48

The Hardest Podcast to Podcast

Ryan Schaap

49

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

DDDC

50

Let It Roll

Pantheon Media

51

Buskin with The Beatles

Buskin with The Beatles

52

Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture

Love is the Message podcast

53

Decomposed with Jade Simmons

American Public Media

54

Tape Spaghetti

Blake Wyland & Scott Marquart

55

Under the Scales

Osiris Media

56

Inak Ahang | اینک آهنگ

خانه موزه بتهوون

57

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

mjfangirl

58

Drummer Seeks Musicians: The Making of U2

The Irish Times

59

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

Summer Mix Ibiza

60

Grateful Dead Sleep Stories

GD Sleep Strories

61

The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll

The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll

62

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

Dave Sloan and Holly Cantos - 80s Music Podcast

63

Holdin’ Court Podcast

REVOLT

64

Theoretikally R & B

Theoretikally R&B

65

Tinsel Tunes - The Christmas Music Podcast

Tinsel Tunes

66

Rock's Backpages

Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike

67

When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles

Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell

68

Jersey Made

Buzz Knight | Music History Podcast Host

69

Classical For Everyone

Peter Cudlipp

70

Big Band Bash

Frank Miller

71

The Rock N’ Roll True Stories podcast

rocknrolltruestories

72

Accelerated Culture

acceleratedculture

73

Bluegrass BKLYN

Mike Willner

74

Ugly Things

Ugly Things Magazine

75

EarWax

EarWax Team

76

Pantheon - Podcasts for Music Lovers

Pantheon Media

77

Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order

Joy Division / New Order

78

Ranking The Beatles

Jonathan and Julia Pretus

79

Cassette Culture

Cassette Culture & DIY Music

80

BT RADIO : MIXES & MORE

Big Tigger

81

The Fully Vented Podcast

Fully Vented Media LLC

82

THEMIXLAB

DJ Fresh Vince

83

Digging Deep with Robert Plant

Robert Plant

84

I'd Buy That For A Dollar

idbuythat

85

For the Record: The 70s

Amy Lively

86

Chris's Billboard Top 3000 Countdown Podcast

Christopher Williams

87

That One Lyric

Ted Canova

88

No Nazi's Friend

No Nazi's Friend

89

Eras

BBC Radio 2

90

PHILM The Podcast

PHILM

91

Stairway to Eleven

Stairway to Eleven

92

Takin’ A Walk Nashville

Buzz Knight Media Productions

93

DJ Just Dizle Mixcast

DJ Just Dizle

94

Buy That Guitar Podcast

Vintage Guitar magazine

95

Dig Me Out: 70s & 80s Metal

Beyond the hits—exploring the albums, bands, and moments that shaped the heavy 70s & 80s metal

96

The Nightingale of Iran

Danielle Dardashti, Galeet Dardashti

97

Rock N Roll Story Guys

Gamut Podcast Network

98

Mogul

Gimlet

99

Rock and Roll Heaven

LD, TJ2 and Will The Thrill

100

The Story Behind The Song

Consequence Podcast Network

101

豐音樂 Feng Yin Yue－華語流行音樂青春小傳

熊儒賢、陳永龍

102

Rock N Roll Archaeology

Pantheon Media

103

שיחות על מוזיקה ומדע | תל אביב 360

Tel Aviv University

104

The Blues Legacy: Foundations of Modern Music

Earth Prime Productions LLC

105

Juke In The Back

Matt The Cat

106

The Album Anniversary Podcast!

Caleb The Spy

107

Folk Files

Olivia Harding

108

Off The Record: David Bowie

iHeartPodcasts

109

Totally 80s

Totally 80s

110

Death of a Rock Star

Crowd Network

111

Rapidly Rotating Records

Glenn Robison

112

Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast

Pod Only Knows: A Beach Boys Podcast

113

Digital Dave Presents

DJ Digital Dave

114

2Legs: A Paul McCartney Podcast

Andy Nicholes & Tom Hunyady

115

Best Rapper In L.A.

Murs

116

Hearing The Pulitzers

hearingthepulitzers

117

A Heart for the Charts

Joel Whitburn Record Research

118

Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music

Andrew Gill and Leah Payne

119

After Midnight: Phish's Big Cypress Festival

Osiris Media

120

Made In California: A Beach Boys Podcast

LBB Productions

121

All You Need Is Pod

1289 Productions

122

One Sweet Dream: A Beatles Podcast

Diana Erickson

123

Discography

Marc With a C

124

The Rise and Fall of ...

BBC Radio 6 Music

125

Modern Classical Music Podcast

Tandy Venice

126

Mojack Stacks!

You Don't Know Mojack

127

Jack Norton's Old-Time Radio Show: The Best 78 RPM Records From the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s!

Jack Norton

128

Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll: The Story of Rock

Christopher Moore and M-Squared Productions

129

The Alphabetical Fugazi

Ian James Wright

130

Stories in the Room: Michael Jackson's Thriller Album

Anthony Marinelli and Steven Ray

131

DJ M'Zo

DJ M'ZO

132

Hardcore Will Never Die

Dj EZC

133

The Brian Turner Show

Brian Turner

134

Into The Heart of U2 Podcast

Into The Heart of U2 Podcast

135

The Gone Sounds of Jazz with Sid Gribetz

gribetzsid

136

Heavy Metal 101

Eric Schwartz

137

ROCK AND/OR ROLL

Rock and/or Roll

138

Mind relaxing music for stress relief in hindi, Shree krishna mashup song lofi, Bhajan songs krishna

Anil kumar

139

Meet Me in the City

Dan, Will, and Shawn

140

Muses

Muses

141

WAN DEEP SESSION

QUANTOM | Techno Collective Records Ltd.

142

The Band: A History

The Band: A History

143

Drum History

Bart Vanderzee

144

UNZIP

Суспільне мовлення

145

Composers Datebook

American Public Media

146

American Songcatcher

Nicholas Edward Williams

147

The DIIV Podcast

DIIV

148

Straight From The Hat With Ben Vaughn

Straight From The Hat

149

Music History Monday

Robert Greenberg

150

LEGENDS OF SPORTS & MUSIC

Rob

151

Ghost Notes

12tone & Polyphonic

152

Fixing A Hole - The Beatles podcast you didn't know you needed

Paul Humbley & Mark Wakely

153

Vintage Country Radio

The Gathering Nerds studios

154

Muses

Muses

155

Oh! Brother

Paul and Steve Hanley

156

The Chronicles of The King Podcast

Megan and Tessa

157

Destroy! The Influence of Punk.

Richard Smith, BRB Studios, Inc.

158

نواگرد - Navagard

yottanami

159

My Year With Dolly

Bramble Jam Podcast Network

160

Electric Friends: A Gary Numan Podcast

Tom Eames

161

Lyrics Of Their Life - The Music Biography Podcast

Adam Hampton

162

Clásica FM

Clásica FM - Música Clásica

163

The J. S. Bach Files Podcast

Terence J. O'Grady

164

Jazz Focus

jazzbnd

165

Classic Rock Album Olympics

Evergreen Podcasts

166

Music History Today Network

Music History Today Podcast Network

167

Theme Time Radio Hour with your host Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

168

The Vault: Classic Music Reviews Podcast

IV Creative

169

The Original Doll with James Rodriguez: Britney Spears and more

James Rodriguez

170

The Violin Chronicles Podcast

Linda Lespets

171

Giganten von gestern

Jonas Löffler & Stefan Meixner

172

Compleatly Beatles

Ian Boothby and David Dedrick

173

FatBeats: Behind The Counter

FatBeats

174

Best Yacht Rock Mixes Ever!

Robert

175

Classic Country Corner

Eric the Driftless Cowboy

176

TnT's Hit Songs From Mars

Tom Thompson, Tyler Ralston

177

To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited

Paul McDermott

178

The Hip Hop Files

The Hip Hop Files

179

DC Rock History

dcrockpod

180

Make Believe Ballroom

Jeff Bressler

181

'93 - '94: A Music Podcast

Travis

182

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183

Play That Rock n‘ Roll

playthatpodcast

184

On Target

Marty Emanuel

185

Gaucho Amigos

baddantakes

186

Bandsplainer

Olivia Ladd / We Own This Town

187

Classical For Everyone

Peter Cudlipp

188

Fantastic Voyage: A David Bowie Podcast

Jesse and John

189

So Many Roads: A Grateful Dead Podcast

P.Bouley

190

AMERICAN GROOVES RADIO HOUR hosted by JOE LAURO

Joe Lauro

191

Dastan-e Mousighi | داستان موسیقی

Persian Media Production | رسانه پارسی

192

The Discographers

CLUB FAIL

193

Explore the Symphony

Canada's National Arts Centre

194

The Northern Soul Podcast

Colin Skehan

195

Can I Pod With Madness - Kerrang, Metal Hammer and Rock in the 80s

podwithmadness@gmail.com

196

#JCsMusicology

John Cameron

197

PinheadPod: Ramones podcast

PinheadPod

198

History of Jazz

Sami Çatak

199

The Clave Chronicles

Rebecca Bodenheimer

200

Rock and Roll Heaven

LD, TJ2 and Will The Thrill

201

The Organist Encores

Damon Cox

202

Iowa Basement Tapes

Kristian Day

203

Rock Talk with Dr. Cropper

Zach Cropper

204

Whatever, Nevermind: A Grunge Podcast

Cobras & Fire

205

The CoffeeHouse Classical

Rocky Mountain Student Media

206

The VINTAGE HOUSE Show Podcast On Air & On-Line | Business, Culture, History of House Music

Vintage House on WNUR

207

Ruta 89: Un viaje sonoro a los años 80 y 90

Latin Shot Radio

208

American Song

Joe Hines

209

Mr. Throwback Thursday

Mr. Throwback Thursday

210

Down Home Cajun Music

Jeremy

211

melanie martinez sped up

Kriii

212

I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Elton John Podcast

Neil Barrett

213

Canale Radio

Canale

214

Oh! Brother

Paul and Steve Hanley

215

Tracking Earth, Wind & Fire

Doc Brooks

216

365 days with mxmtoon

mxmtoon

217

Rock in Retrospect

Nick Bambach

218

The Beethoven Files Podcast

Terence J. O’Grady

219

Beatles City

Reach Podcasts

220

Only In The Green Room

Mount Tam Media

221

Adagio/رادیو آداژیو سفری به دنیای موسیقی با امیررضا بنکدار

amirezabonakdar

222

All Your Favorite Bands SUCK!

Podcast Playground

223

Back on the Chain

Fundamentals, Jason

224

Kennst du BTS? Eine Band aus Korea verändert die Welt

ARD Kultur

225

Handed Down

Jenny Shaw

226

Greatest Lists

Eric Vardeman and Jason Gross

227

Our Musical Heritage

Betsy Brumley

228

Audio Archive by Cue the Record

Cue the Record

229

Barry Eatons Showtime

Barry Eaton's Showtime

230

La Story Nostalgie

Nostalgie Belgique

231

Punkast

Punkast

232

Booty Bumps

iQoniK

233

Fuck you very, very much! Die größten Beefs im Musikbiz

ARD Kultur

234

Off The Record - On The Charts: A Podcast

Offtherecordonthecharts

235

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236

The Cobain 50

KEXP

237

TOKYO MUSIC INSTITUTE for classical music

ニッポン放送

238

Duran Duran Albums Podcast

Paul Cuddihy and Molly Williams

239

Global-Soul.com San Francisco Podcast

Bernie Brown

240

50 For 50 | Life, Music, & Friendship

Garrett Gonzales & Mike Joseph

241

Psychedelic Psoul

Jessie Delgado

242

Radio Rebel Gael

D.J. Rory Dubh

243

Say a Song.

RTÉ Radio 1

244

Reelin' In The Years (RITY)

Ryan Janson

245

I Completed 80s Music

The 80s Mixtaper

246

Paul Weller Fan Podcast

HenFred Studio

247

Die größten Hits und ihre Geschichte

SWR3, Matthias Kugler, Benedikt Wiehle

248

Metaleros Hablando de Pop

Metaleros

249

Allison Unchained

Allison Hagendorf

250

Spin It or Bin It

Spin It or Bin It

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