For generations of music lovers, the liner notes on albums were a central part of the way music was heard. You bought an album and it came with an accompanying narrative: a digression, an aside, a backstory—maybe even an invented history. We intuitively understood that great music required not just listening but the conversation between the artist and the audience and the audience and the rest of the world. Gray Spark Audio Academy Suggests 4 Music Related Podcasts you should Listen to Right Now.
- Broken Record
Broken Record is a podcast that restarts those conversations—in a world without liner notes—for a new audience of music lovers.
Broken Record is hosted by Justin Richmond with interviews by the producer Rick Rubin, the writer Malcolm Gladwell, and the former New York Times editor Bruce Headlam.
- Disgraceland
Disgraceland is a new true-crime podcast about musicians getting away with murder and behaving very badly.
Jerry Lee Lewis’ 5th wife? Dead. Sam Cooke 3 AM in a seedy motel? Dead. Sid and Nancy? Dead. Why? Because musicians are crazy. Because insane things happen to them. Because we love them. And because we let them get away with it.
Murder! Suicide! Religious Cults! Tupac! The Stones sleeping with the first lady — wait… what?
If you love true crime and you love music get ready to love Disgraceland
- Song Exploder
Song Exploder is a podcast where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made. Each episode is produced and edited by host and creator Hrishikesh Hirway in Los Angeles. Using the isolated, individual tracks from a recording, Hrishikesh asks artists to delve into the specific decisions that went into creating their work. Hrishikesh edits the interviews, removing his side of the conversation and condensing the story to be tightly focused on how the artists brought their songs to life. Guests include Fleetwood Mac, Billie Eilish, U2, Metallica, Solange, Lorde, Yo-Yo Ma, The Roots, Bon Iver, and more. Here’s the full list of episodes.
4. Popcast
The Times’s pop music team on music news, new songs and albums, and artists of note.
- Your Favourite Band Sucks
Every band is overrated. You know it’s true. And, if you don’t, then Your Favorite Band Sucks is the only music podcast you need in your life.
