10 Podcasts like NPR's Mountain Stage

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  • 1. Tiny Desk Concerts - Audio

    Tiny Desk Concerts from NPR Music feature your favorite musicians performing at All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen's desk in the NPR office. Hear Wilco, Adele, Passion Pit, Tinariwen, Miguel, The xx and many more. This is the audio version of the p...Show More

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    Lizzo

    17:08 | Jul 29th, 2019

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    Backed by a band assembled just for this occasion, the breakthrough pop icon performs three joyfully showy songs from Cuz I Love You.

  • 2. Strong Songs

    Music: it's good. On each episode of Strong Songs, host Kirk Hamilton takes listeners inside a piece of music, breaking it down and figuring out what makes it work.

    Kirk Hamilton

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    "Satisfied" from Hamilton (Updated!)

    49:36 | Jul 1st, 2020

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    A toast to the groom! To the bride! To knowing you'll always regret the sacrifice you made for your sister! In this updated 2019 episode, Kirk takes a dive into Lin-Manuel Miranda's epic Broadway musi...Show More

  • 3. Irish & Celtic Music Podcast

    If you love Celtic music, then welcome to Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. Each week, you'll receive an hour-long award-winning Celtic radio show featuring some of the best independent Irish & Celtic music, and all 100% FREE! It is one of the top music ...Show More

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    New Irish Folk Fire #746

    1:07:30 | Feb 12th

    Hear tradition in motion. From soaring instrumental sets to modern folk songs with bite, this episode blends deep roots with forward momentum. Celtic music that knows where it came from—and where it's...Show More

  • 4. All Songs Considered

    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 (...Show More

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    What Makes A Great Album Last?

    38:37 | Nov 14th, 2017

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    The season of list-making, specifically (for us) lists about the year's best music, is rapidly descending. But before the craziness begins over who had the best album or song in 2017, we thought we'd ...Show More

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  • 5. Live In Concert from NPR's All Songs Considered

    Hear live shows from Spiritualized, Andrew Bird, Wilco, Bon Iver, Alabama Shakes, Beirut and many more. Recorded by NPR Music at venues and festivals across the country.

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    Bermuda Triangle, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2018

    46:12 | Aug 22nd, 2018

    It's not often you find a band with three lead singers who each sound as impressive on their own as they do together.

  • 6. 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 features an artist discussing a song of theirs, breaking down the sounds and ideas that went into the writing an...Show More

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    The Roots - It Ain't Fair (feat. Bilal)

    23:42 | Jan 3rd, 2018

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    Drummer Ahmir Thompson, also known as Questlove, and rapper Tariq Trotter, aka Black Thought, started The Roots when they were in high school in Philadelphia in 1987. Over the last thirty years, the b...Show More

  • 7. Emil Amos' Drifter's Sympathy

    Emil Amos charts the birth and development of the classic archetype 'The Outsider', telling disturbing and often humiliating stories about growing up in a small town in the 90’s. Every other episode digs into the archaeology of lesser-known music to ...Show More

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    LONER LEGENDS IV

    1:06:23 | Mar 12th, 2025

    LONER LEGENDS IV brings us to the end of SEASON SIX with a new installment of the central music pillar of the cast.⛲️ I'd been saving covering one of the greatest songwriters of all time for a few y...Show More

  • 8. Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About the Beatles

    Friends from the Los Angeles comedy scene discuss the Beatles, an album at a time. We have no reason to, nor any special qualifications. We just want to because we're obsessed with the band, like any rational human. TOPICS INCLUDE: Reasons we love th...Show More

    Will Hines

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    Anthology Episode Nine

    1:14:42 | Feb 23rd

    The panel goes over the newest episode of the Beatles Anthology - Episode 9! Released last November (2025), this episode shows interviews of Paul George and Ringo at the time they were filming the Ant...Show More

  • 9. DISGRACELAND

    Disgraceland is the award winning music podcast hosted by Jake Brennan that explores the alleged true crime antics and criminal connections of musicians we love like Jerry Lee Lewis, the Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift, David Bowie, Cardi B, the Gratefu...Show More

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    Spade Cooley: Jealousy, Torture, Murder

    29:05 | Oct 30th, 2018

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    Spade Cooley was one of the Postwar America’s biggest celebrities and most talented musicians. He was also a violent, drunk and homicidal psychopath who had no heart. Mean, jealous, abusive and almost...Show More

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  • 10. Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

    From Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam, and Justin Richmond. The musicians you love talk about their life, inspiration, and craft. Then play. iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.

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    Rick Rubin

    46:23 | Nov 13th, 2018

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    Our introductory episode is a conversation between Rick Rubin and Malcolm Gladwell, covering everything from Rick’s role in the very beginning of hip-hop to his role in introducing Johnny Cash to a ne...Show More

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