Music podcasts
Looking for music podcast recommendations, or other ways you find new music. I realized I was pretty out of touch with music so i subscribed to a few podcasts but I just realized they are all NPR podcasts and kind of same-y.
If they are genre-specific, any genre is ok. I like the most- Americana, folk, roots music, and edgier punkier rock, although not super heavy. I also love listening about hip hop and rap, Especially old school- to me that's another form of folk/roots music. (I Am Rapaport has a lot of good segments about old school hip hop)
The only music I don't love is kind of softer indie rock music (to make a very 90s reference, I was more into Son Volt than Wilco) soft jazz or super sweet/generic pop. But if it's a podcast that spotlights different artists and someone like that pops in sometimes, that's ok. Like I happily listened when Marc Maron interviewed Jeff Tweedy, for example.
If they are genre-specific, any genre is ok. I like the most- Americana, folk, roots music, and edgier punkier rock, although not super heavy. I also love listening about hip hop and rap, Especially old school- to me that's another form of folk/roots music. (I Am Rapaport has a lot of good segments about old school hip hop)
The only music I don't love is kind of softer indie rock music (to make a very 90s reference, I was more into Son Volt than Wilco) soft jazz or super sweet/generic pop. But if it's a podcast that spotlights different artists and someone like that pops in sometimes, that's ok. Like I happily listened when Marc Maron interviewed Jeff Tweedy, for example.
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I used to listen to All Songs Considered which I believe is NPR, so you may be onto that one. They were pretty good, but my podcast load got a little heavy and I dropped it.
Probably not what you're after, but if you're looking for more stuff that may be new to you to listen to, and it's not a requirement that it's specifically new to the world 3 Songs is a fun podcast. It's Bob Nostanovich from Pavement and this guy Mike Hogan and they more or less just shoot the shit about music and choose 3 songs each to highlight in each episode. They almost always pick things from different bands so you've got 6 artists per episode typically, and they both have appreciation for a range of sounds. They have a perspective that you can find, but the sounds have a decent range. They both have good taste and they a good amount of obscure stuff (not always, but there has been an awful lot of stuff I'd never heard of). Good stuff. Bob also tells a lot of interesting stories, as he's been around the block a time or two and met a lot of musicians.
Just recently - and this blew my mind - he interviewed Johnny Marr who is one of my all time favourite guitar players.
Edit: https://audioboom.com/channel/turned-out-a-punk
thanks guys, this is the kind of stuff I was looking for! I loved Pavement back in the day, by the way.
There is also this dude who has a podcast called Meeting Malkmus where he basically does ~15 minutes a week on an individual Pavement tune and is working his way through the catalog. I'm a few behind, but I love the idea and he's got a good perspective from which to do it.
Anyway, just skimming over the past few episodes I see performers like Brandi Carlisle, Over the Rhine and Joan Osbourne (who is really good live, go see her if you get a chance). Description from website: "Mountain Stage features performances from seasoned legends and emerging stars in genres ranging from folk, blues, and country; to indie rock, synth pop, world music, alternative, and beyond."