Roots Music Podcasts

Hosts/nerds Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton are your friendly music buddies with the week's best new music discoveries, including conversations with emerging artists, icons and more. Hear songs that can completely change your day, with humor, heart and (sometimes) a whole lot of noise. Directions for use: Morning commute, the gym, or alone time. (If rash persists, discontinue use.)

Ongoing History of New Music looks at things from the alt-rock universe to hip hop, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. It is Canada’s most well known music documentary hosted by the legendary Alan Cross. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

Reggae and its roots: Ska, Rock Steady, Dub, Dance Hall and more.

Join jazz aficionado Don Shor as he explores the diverse and fascinating world of jazz. Jazz After Dark spans the gamut, from roots in boogie woogie, blues, and ragtime, through traditional and straight ahead jazz, soul jazz, bossa nova, and more.

The global Latinx community is evolving and growing fast. Alt.Latino is here to celebrate it and all of its nuances through music. Each episode, NPR Music's Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre sit down with a different living legend or rising star to discuss Latinx culture, heritage, and the shared borders of our experiences. Let the chisme begin!

Afropop Worldwide is an internationally syndicated weekly radio series, online guide to African and world music, and an international music archive, that has introduced American listeners to the music cultures of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean since 1988. Our radio program is hosted by Georges Collinet from Cameroon, the radio series is distributed by Public Radio International to 110 stations in the U.S., via XM satellite radio, in Africa via and Europe via Radio Multikulti.

Highlighting American Folk music and it's new permutations.

Americana, roots, country, folk and acoustic music. Latest releases. Featured artists. Also new and classic tracks.

A history of folk, roots, and americana music--one record at a time. Written, produced, & hosted by Matt Watroba.

One of the few shows in Colorado focused on the music of Africa.

A walk through the last century of America's roots music, the podcasts for Deeper Roots come to you from productions at two Northern California community radio stations: www.kowsfm.fm, www.krjf.org and www.kwtf.net.

Everywhere around us are echoes of the past. Those echoes define the boundaries of states and countries, how we pray and how we fight. They determine what money we spend and how we earn it at work, what language we speak and how we raise our children. From Wondery, host Patrick Wyman, PhD (“Fall Of Rome”) helps us understand our world and how it got to be the way it is. New episodes come out Thursdays for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. Listen ad-free on Wondery+ or ...

Roots and Revival Reggae

Detroit based podcast where we discuss the culture from our perspective. Follow us on all platforms! #unculturedroots

CBeebies Radio takes you to a world of sound and music, where you can share imaginative adventures and listen to stories with your favourite CBeebies friends and characters.

The Sounds in My Head is a biweekly music show featuring songs and bands you might have missed. Hosted by Daniel since 2004. Musically The Sounds in My Head attempts to be fairly eclectic, but probably tends to lean towards "indie pop" music. Also, I try to squeeze in as much left-wing propaganda as possible between tracks.

A great place to discover and relive vintage and modern rockabilly, blues, surf, roots, r&b, oldies, etc. Hear favorites and obscure tracks as well as exclusive interviews

A positive radio show that blends high energy, an organic feel and soulful reasoning.

Mountain Stage Podcast

The Tone Deaf Podcast with McG, Root, & Sloppy Bob! A podcast that blends music and comedy, discussing the latest in music and pop culture.

Folk, roots, acoustic and pop music

The show about traditional music, and the bigger stories behind it. Host Shannon Heaton talks to musicians, dancers, and scholars about where Irish music has been, where it's going, and what it means to so many people around the globe. Whether you already play fiddle or know dance steps, or you don't know anything about traditional music, the emphasis of this show is creativity, community, and heritage.

Supporter of grass roots music and beyond.

Enlightening discussion about the Music of The Beatles by three long-time Beatles collectors and historians.

The Freight Train Boogie podcasts are all about Americana and roots music. Most shows feature new songs from great independent artists. All of the songs featured on the show were written and published by the artists and they have given us permission to use their tunes on these podcasts. Enjoy!

One-hour weekly variety show featuring the best in Ukrainian cultural content presented in English - recipes, book reviews, current affairs, historical trivia, proverbs, interviews and plenty of great Ukrainian music! Support the show on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rooted Groovez is a house music podcast with occasional special guests. Past guests have included Terrence Parker, Whodat, Marcellus Pittman, Raybone, Dwayne Jensen, Adam Francesconi, and E Smuve.

Salty Dog Blues N Roots is a two hour podcast / radio broadcast featuring the best Australian and world blues, roots and alt-country - since April 2005. Produced by Salty Dog in Melbourne, Australia.

25 years on air for this reggae show from Italy (in italian language): Pier Tosi at the controls!!!!

A Roots/Rock/Soul Music Podcast

The Roots, Rednecks, and Radicals podcast features in depth interviews with musicians, giving insight into their creative process. Guests include: Amanda Shires, Todd Snider, Charley Crocket, Frank Turner, and Dave Alvin.

A weekly exploration of the past, present and future of the Latino musical universe

The monthly podcast from the world of folk, roots and unpop. http://www.podwireless.com http://www.ianaanderson.com

Keep on rollin', baby. It's a monthly podcast where Bryan Quinby and John Cullen dissect a classic nu-metal album and wonder why they just can't give up thinking nu metal is good. Probably because it really, really is.

Conversations and musical interludes with artists, industry professionals and supporters of the Americana/Global Roots Music scene. This podcast is curated by Diana Linn, Member of Folk Alliance International and the Americana Music Association and Host of the Tasty Brew Music Radio show on 90.1 FM KKFI, Kansas City's Community Radio Station.

Like A Version is a segment on Australian radio station triple j. Every Friday morning a musician or band comes into the studio to play one of their own songs and a cover of a song they love..

Each week filmmaker Jeremy Dylan chats with a musician/songwriter about their favorite album of all time - the songs, the history and how it has influenced their own music.

Dubhead has hosted The Rhythm Selection since it first launched on 95bFM in 1990. The content is best described as "Ghetto Music", encompassing vintage ska, rocksteady, roots reggae, dub, dancehall, funk, and hip-hop, as well as showcasing contemporary music from New Zealand and abroad. Interviews with visiting reggae artists are sometimes featured and Dubhead is often joined in the studio by notable international and local guest selectors. The Rhythm Selection airs Monday 9-11pm, and repeat ...

Two podcasts each month featuring recent album releases. BLUES TIME presents its discerning play-list of rich acoustic and electric blues. ROOTS RENDEZVOUS brings you a selection from the genres of roots, alt. country, folk, Americana and indie rock. Produced by David Stoeckel. Podcasting roots and blues music since 2005. Recorded in the Bowen Studio located in beautiful suburban Adelaide, South Australia.

We're a weekly radio show based in Owen Sound, Ontario and presented by the Georgian Bay Folk Society. Hosts, Jon, Kailey, Kelly, and Tom share the music that's made in and played in Grey and Bruce counties with folk and roots music from across Canada and around the world thrown into the mix.

Knotted Roots: a show dedicated to playing music from the essence of its prime. Mixing the roots of soul, reggae, to the incorporation of hip hop from the past and present. Sponsored by Workshop Studios

Host Paul Trenwith is a founder member of the Hamilton County Bluegrass Band, playing banjo and occasionally singing harmony parts. From the mid-70's to the mid-90's, Paul and his fiddle-playing wife Colleen played as mostly gospel music, bluegrass-style, with a group of friends, and often featuring songs that Paul had written. He has become something of a musical 'jack-of-all-trades', playing banjo, dobro, pedal steel and rhythm guitar. He also plays double bass in the Hamilton-based Irish ...

Classic reggae show with everything from Ska, Rocksteady, Trojan, Roots Rockers, Lovers, Dancehall and anything in between, plus a bit of chat and requests. UKRR contactable on twitter, facebook and ukreggaerevival@outlook.com

The RESOUNDworship Songwriting Podcast is designed to equip, train and inspire grass-roots worship songwriters in local churches. Joel Payne and Sam Hargreaves discuss songwriting technique, analyse classic worship songs, interview established writers and present a featured song. All to help you become a better worship songwriter! Also available on iTunes and via the usual podcast apps - search for "The Resound Worship Songwriting Podcast".