#10: Lil Nas X | The Real Book | Muzak | Ben Folds
Welcome to Podland, Ben Folds. The musician’s new podcast Lightning Bugs: Conversations with Ben Folds will celebrate and commiserate “with some of the world's foremost creatives about their endlessly various artistic processes.”
Elsewhere…
🎧 Lil Nas X dances with the devil and the pods are on it, including Pop Chat, Beach Too Sandy; Water Too Wet, and The Ringer Music Show.
🎧 99% Invisible goes deep on the Real Book, the world’s most popular collection of Jazz music. It’s “a totally unlicensed publication. It was a self-published book created without permission from music publishers or songwriters.”
🎧 Stuff You Should Know says “Muzak got a bad reputation as bland garbage music.” Not true, they argue.
🎧 Listen to what 1934 sounded like on Centuries of Sound.
🎧 Indiecast investigates the state of music festivals.
🎧 The jockeying for Song of Summer has begun at Pop Shop Podcast.
🎧 Bruce and Barack are back at Renegades: Born in the USA, talking about their hope for American renewal.
🎧 Nora Princiotti and Nathan Hubbard have reached the “Evermore” and mailbag stage of their Ringer Dish series Every Single Album: Taylor Swift, while Today, Explained breaks down why Swift is re-recording her first six albums.
🎧 Swift approves of Crime Junkie’s April Fools investigation of the disappearance of Esther Hollis, aka Este, the subject of her collab with HAIM, “no body, no crime.”
Song Deep Dives and Lists
“Can’t Fight” Lianne La Havas Song Exploder
Covers by and of Al Green Coverville
“Gone” Kanye West Watching the Throne
“Good Vibrations” Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch Why I Hate This Album
“I Got 5 on It” Luniz 60 Songs That Explain the ‘90s
“Me and Magdalena” The Monkees 50 Years of Music w/50 Year Old White Guys
“Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters” Elton John The Volume Knob
“Mutiny!” Set Your Goals Reminiscent
“Stolen Moments” Oliver Nelson Strong Songs
“Ultraviolet Beam” Kanye West 50 Years of Music w/50 Year Old White Guys
WandaVision theme songs Mostly Superheroes - The Music Show
“You Really Got Me” The Kinks A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
Album Analysis and Dissections
“Blonde” Frank Ocean You, Me and An Album
“Bricks Are Heavy” L7 The Album Club
“Hotter Than July” Stevie Wonder Heat Rocks
“Hulk Rules” Hulk Hogan and the Wrestling Boot Band Bizarre Albums
“Human Touch” and “Lucky Town” Bruce Springsteen Late Era
“Late Registration” Kanye West Watching the Throne
“Siren” Roxy Music The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers
“Yeezus” Kanye West Dissect
Interviews and Guest Appearances
Laurie Anderson The Adam Buxton Podcast
Beastie Boys No Dogs in Space
David Bowie Off the Record
Brandi Carlile Sound & Vision
Insane Clown Posse Bandsplain
Silk Sonic Switched on Pop
Angus Young DISCovery with Eric Senich
Interviews and Guest Appearances
Paul Barrere The Tapes Archive
Phoebe Bridgers Kesha and the Creepies
Brandi Carlile Fresh Air, Queery
Wayne Coyne Under the Radar
Ward Davis Walking the Floor
Fefe Dobson Black Girl Songbook
Jessica Dobson World Cafe Words and Music
Melanie Fiona Black Girl Songbook
Fousheé Hip Hop Raised Me
Peter Frampton Moods & Modes
Barry Gibb Broken Record
Bruce Hornsby And the Writer Is…
Vijay Iyer Object of Sound
Killer Mike Bullseye
Jim Lindberg Chris DeMakes a Podcast
Demi Lovato The Zane Lowe Interview Series
Loretta Lynn Biscuits & Jam
Dennis McNally Comes a Time
Parker Milsap Wheels Off
Pharoahe Monch People’s Party with Talib Kweli
Dan Penn The Bob Lefsetz Podcast, Sodajerker on Songwriting
Corinne Bailey Rae Black Girl Songbook
Claudette Robinson Rock Solid
Joe Robinson No Guitar Is Safe
Caroline Spence The Show on the Road with Z. Lupetin
Rick Steves World Cafe Words and Music
Live Music
The Hold Steady World Cafe Words and Music
M. Ward Tiny Desk (Home) Concert