#8: TikTok and Pop Music | Musical NFTs | Grammys Recap
A solid set of podcasts to understand the state of the music industry in 2021:
🎧 Sound & Vision looks at how musicians are using NFTs to fund and distribute their art.
🎧 Popcast weighs in on TikTok’s savage influence on pop music.
🎧 The Indicator from Planet Money looks at the problem of unpaid streaming royalties — $424 million worth.
🎧 Thrilling Tales of Modern Capitalism wonders if Tower Records can be brought back to life in the streaming era.
Elsewhere…
🎧 Start here for a deep dive on the Grammys: Switched on Pop, Song vs. Song, The Ringer Music Show, and Popcast.
🎧 Bruce and Barack are back at Renegades: Born in the USA, with a chat about growing up broke and happy.
🎧 Nora Princiotti and Nathan Hubbard have reached “Speak Now” and “Red” in their Ringer Dish series Every Single Album: Taylor Swift.
🎧 Rolling Stone Music Now interviews the authors of a new oral history of hair metal.
🎧 The Next Track covers iconic album covers.
🎧 Name 3 Songs defends the most criticized women in pop music.
🎧 Nothing is Real recalls The Beatles’ appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show.
🎧 Ghost Notes asks: Do albums still have a place in a world of playlists and auto-generated mixes?
New Podcast
In the Assurance Podcast, Juba talks to “women DJs across the Global South, reflecting on their personal journeys, their music scenes and how their social contexts impact their careers and lives.”
Song Deep Dives and Lists
“Addiction” by Kanye West Watching the Throne
“Angel Eyes” by Frank Sinatra Duet
“Birth in Reverse” by St. Vincent 50 Years of Music w/50 Year Old White Guys
“Don’t Worry Baby” by The Beach Boys A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
“He Ran to the Train” by Bobby McFerrin Duet
“How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore” by Prince Duet
“Impressions” by John Coltrane Duet
“Man! I Feel Like a Woman” by Shania Twain 60 Songs That Explain the ‘90s
“Quartz” by TV on the Radio 50 Years of Music w/50 Year Old White Guys
“September Fields” by Frazey Ford 50 Years of Music w/50 Year Old White Guys
“Son of a Son of a Sailor” by Jimmy Buffett Podcasting in Paradise
“Space Oddity” by David Bowie The Volume Knob
“Stinkfist” by Tool 60 Songs That Explain the ‘90s
“The Middle” by Jimmy Eat World Chris DeMakes a Podcast
Album Analysis and Dissections
“A Day at the Races” by Queen The Queen Podcast
“Deja Vu” by Crosby, Stills & Nash DISCovery with Eric Senich
“Doolittle” by The Pixies The RESELECT podcast
“It Must Be Magic” by Teena Marie Heat Rocks
“Jesus Freak” by DC Talk Why I Hate This Album
“John Lee Hooker - The Ultimate Collection: 1948-1990” The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers
“Junta” by Phish Under the Scales
Overlooked Power Pop Songs Discord and Rhyme
A look at tracks 10-17 of “Yellow Pills: Prefill” disc 2.
Rawhide’s Clint Eastwood Sings Cowboy Favorites Bizarre Albums
“Tapestry” by Carole King Sound Opinions
“Wildflowers” by Tom Petty You, Me and An Album
Artist Retrospectives and Deep Dives
David Bowie Off the Record
Britney Spears Eat, Pray, Britney, Tig and Cheryl: True Story
Buddy Holly Songs of Note, Death of a Rock Star
Kook Keith Bandsplain
Pearl Jam Your Favorite Band Sucks
Spoon Political Beats
The New York Dolls Disgraceland
Interviews and Guest Appearances
Devon Allman The Show on the Road
Jon Batiste The Zane Lowe Interview Series
Beck OTHERtone
Duane Betts The Show on the Road
Jello Biafra Turned Out a Punk
Phoebe Bridgers Second Life
BTS Zach Sang: Just the Interviews
Clive Davis Literally! With Rob Lowe
Duke Deuce Hip Hop Raised Me
En Vogue Toure Show
Kirk Franklin The Artist and The Athlete
Robert Glasper The Hang with Gregory Porter
Grey And the Writer Is…
Warren Haynes The Bob Lefsetz Podcast
Ben Howard Kyle Meredith With…
Japanese Breakfast 10 Songs That Made Me
Jewel Harmonics with Beth Behrs
Valerie June Broken Record
Daniel Lanois World Cafe Words and Music
Lil Huddy Rock This with Allison Hagendorf
Blake Mills Eric Krasno Plus One
James Mtume Questlove Supreme
Brad Paisley Your Fave’s Faves, SmartLess
Pino Palladino Eric Krasno Plus One
Todd Rundgren Live from Nerdville, The Rhino Podcast
Satsang Walking the Floor
Silk Sonic Zach Sang: Just the Interviews
Sydney Sprague Object of Sound
Carmen Staaf Strong Songs
Matt Sweeney Late Era
Serj Tankian WTF with Marc Maron
Zayn Zach Sang: Just the Interviews
Musicals
“O Brother, Where Are Thou?” MusicalSplaining
Crystal Corner Off Book: The Improvised Musical