In this intensely divided moment, one of the few things everyone still seems to agree on is Dolly Parton—but why? That simple question leads to a deeply personal, historical, and musical rethinking of one of America’s great icons. Join us for a 9-episode journey into the Dollyverse. Hosted by Jad Abumrad. Produced and reported by Shima Oliaee. Dolly Parton’s America is a production from OSM Audio and WNYC Studios.

Hosted by Flea, founding member and bassist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, This Little Light is a podcast about falling in love with music. Flea interviews musical guests from all genres to discuss the teachers who guided them, the influences that inspired them, and how the lessons they learned as young musicians have shaped their creativity, resilience, and careers. Guests range from legends to rising stars, and include Rick Rubin, Patti Smith, Thundercat Margo Price, and Cynthia Erivo. The podcast is produced by Cadence13 and Parallel, with proceeds benefiting the Silverlake Conservatory of Music, a Los Angeles-based non-profit that Flea co-founded in 2001.

A podcast about the most fascinating time in classical music history: right now. Relevant Tones features interviews with and music by some of the most creative figures in contemporary classical music, themed shows exploring new trends in classical music and frequent live streamed shows featuring conversations and music performances. Hosted and produced by Seth Boustead, Austin Williams, Stephen Anthony Rawson and Matt Dotson.

عراقي عربي صوت جميل

In this podcast we are talking about conspiracy theories revolving around Juice WRLD and what everyone has been talking about his death

وتر برنامج فريد يعمق الموسيقى العربية بالتركيز على الفنانين وراء الأغاني. كل حلقة، نستضيف فنانين عرب ليخبرونا عن رحلتهم في عالم الموسيقى. يقوم الفنانين بأداء أغنيتين من أغانيهم على مسرحنا عبر عدة أساليب مثل الهيب هوب، الجاز، والبوب. On Watr we dive deep into music but deeper into its creator, on every episode we will have a guest that will tell us about their journey in the music world in the Arab World. Artists also perform two songs live for us from Jazz, Hip Hop, Acoustic and Pop.

A podcast detailing the life and times of the world's most famous reptile: Taylor Swift. Hosted by two longtime fans unafraid to critique, Evolution of a Snake takes an analytical lens to the twists and turns of the most eventful pop legacy in recent memory. Diving into the minutiae of each era, the podcast unveils and pays homage to the evolution of a musically proficient cobra. Weekly bonus episodes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/swiftologist For advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com    We want to make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4   Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy%20Policy   

يتناول هذا البودكاست في كل حلقة نوع من الأنماط الموسيقية حيث نتحدث عن تاريخ تأسيسها ونشأتها وتطورها مع الزمن ومن هم أبرز الرواد الذين قدموا أعمالهم فيها

Soundboard features conversations on artistry and craftsmanship between Ben Finane, Director of Content at Steinway & Sons, and distinguished pianists, musicians, artists, and creatives. Soundboard seeks out inspiration, hones in on the creative process, parses influences, and attempts to diagnose artistic greatness.

Talking about me and sad music

A podcast all about the making and meaning of popular music. Musicologist Nate Sloan & songwriter Charlie Harding pull back the curtain on how pop hits work magic on our ears & our culture. From Vulture and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

XXXTentacion, whose real name was Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy, was born on January 23, 1998, in Plantation, Florida, and was tragically murdered on June 18, 2018, in Deerfield Beach, Florida, at the age of 20​1​​2​. His career began to take off on the platform SoundCloud around 2013, where he was known for his raw and daring style of music, which often challenged the conventional styles and techniques of the time​3​​2​. Influenced by artists like Tupac Shakur and bands like Papa Roach from an early age, XXXTentacion's music explored a range of genres including emo, trap, trap metal, nu metal, indie rock, lo-fi, hip hop, R&B, and punk rock. He was a leading figure in the establishment of the emo rap and SoundCloud rap genres, which gained mainstream attention during the mid-to-late 2010s​3​​2​.His career milestones include the release of his debut album "17" in 2017, which was certified triple-platinum in the US and peaked at number two on the Billboard 200. His second album "?" debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in 2018, with its lead single "Sad!" posthumously reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The song "Sad!" amassed over 1.3 billion views on YouTube and 1.7 billion streams on Spotify by November 2021, also being certified Diamond by the RIAA in August 2021​2​. XXXTentacion's music often touched on themes of depression and alienation, which resonated with a young fanbase, earning him a cult following despite a short-lived career marred by legal controversies.Legal troubles were a constant in XXXTentacion's life, with the most notable being battery charges levied against him in 2016. The media and public opinion were divided on his legacy, with some seeing him as a troubled individual while others believed he was on a path of redemption before his life was cut short​2​. His murder in 2018 was a high-profile case; four men were arrested and charged with first-degree murder among other charges. The trial for his murder began on February 7, 2023, and concluded with all three defendants being found guilty on all counts on March 20, 2023. They were sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on April 6, 2023​2​.Additionally, XXXTentacion's acting credits include roles in "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" (2018), "Exit" (2019), and "We Are Who We Are" (2020)​4​. His music and acting careers, alongside his controversial personal life, continue to contribute to his complex legacy.

How Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” Ushered Female Pop Into the Future
Among Taylor Swift’s indelible catalog of zeitgeist-capturing smash singles, none represents a more decisive pivot into ambitious pop dominance than her chart-shattering 2014 single “Shake It Off”. Musically a defiant upbeat departure from the melodramatic country-pop that launched her career, lyrically “Shake It Off” marked Swift’s watershed declaration of emancipation from public criticism through kinetic self-acceptance. Both composition and mantra-ready chorus resonated explosively, propelling Swift to ascend as the voice of her generation on the strength of outside-the-box artistic liberation.
By 2014, Swift had already amassed critical accolades and multiplatinum sales over four albums spanning nearly a decade in the spotlight since age 16. But rather than capitalize on established success formulas, Swift took startling risks with “Shake It Off”, reinventing her musical persona without warning. Trading vulnerable breakup balladry for swaggering horns, marching drums and shamelessly dorky verses about bad dancing, Swift made an ecstatic bid for fearless artistic ownership. Her playfulness felt iconoclastic in a pop realm then still unaccustomed to transparency from female stars beyond tabloid drama exploitation.
Yet beneath that cheerful rhythmic bounce, “Shake It Off” reveals deeper personal epiphanies reclaiming Swift’s joy after years of weathering emotionally taxing criticism in an unforgiving public eye. Her lyrics confront tormentors head-on while dismissing the damage bluntly through the repetition of the titular hook. She urges tuning out disparagement through self-celebration. Rather than censoring raw reactions to pain though, Swift leans into unease sassily, exposing societal gendered double standards. Cathartically she chooses to laugh at misplaced judgments on her worth or talent.
With “Shake It Off”, Swift ultimately redefined commercial pop boundaries through lyrics marrying the struggle to triumph over the commonplace burden of other’s projections. The track established her poignant yet galvanizing brand of musical inspiration rooted in resilience. Both sonically upbeat and thematically awakening, “Shake It Off” signaled Swift’s flowering into the chief emotional translator of millennial female experiences.
From those very first confrontational lyrics, “Shake It Off” announces itself as Swift’s line in the sand defending creative liberty by rebutting criticism directly. She calls out perpetual judgments from “the liars and dirty, dirty cheats of the world” for thinking they can still “take her down”. Then with newfound maturity, she exposes harsh scrutiny as more toxic to targets than sources, determining she can simply tune out unproductive detractors without engaging.
Swift doubles down on owed autonomy in the second pre-chorus singling out “the fakers” who leverage malicious gossip and salacious headlines purely for entertainment. Having endured years as media rags’ favorite clickbait controversy magnet for daring to be a young woman navigating romance openly, she again opts out of reaction cycles that only benefit those stirring turmoil.
So when Swift unveils her signature rallying cry to simply “Shake it off, shake it off”, she provides permission for weary listeners to disempower bullies by forfeiting their harmful judgments any lingering currency or accuracy. She coaches fans to allow fleeting public embarrassments to roll off our backs smoothly by leaning into passionate personal purpose instead, our self-belief armor against detractors.
Throughout, Swift models radical acceptance of all self-perceived flaws from awkward dance skills to fashion faux pas. Playfully she flips every shortcoming named on its head until radiating self-love powerful enough to turn mockery into celebration. With winking genius, she guts criticism’s sting by embracing supposed missteps first.
Swift later elaborated on the cathartic creative process in the studio where this musical pivot felt fully liberating. She called the horn-laced production “a sonic bath” soothing the accumulated sting inflicted by years steeped in self-doubt from external voices. Swift attested to escaping that echo chamber of shielding perceived weaknesses to be judged made loudly proclaiming unconditional self-acceptance through lyrics that deeply healing. She recognized fans craved that modeling of courage too.
Accordingly “Shake It Off” resonated explosively upon release in summer 2014, majorly redefining Swift's artistic trajectory going forward. The track blasted airplay records and became her first bonafide global smash crossover, outselling every 2014 single besides megahit “Happy”. Swift attributed its meteoric success to how “Shake It Off” arrived as an emotional lifeline for young women feeling similarly discouraged into self-consciousness.
With that cultural antennae attuned, Swift soon marshalled pop dominance on her own terms, becoming synonymous with daring vulnerability, and political activism alongside number-one hits. “Shake It Off” stood as a watershed mark of her assuming creative reigns. Where country radio once bounded her inventiveness, Swift now freely hybridized musical styles to match raw lyricism.
When embarking on global stadium tours too, Swift transmuted “Shake It Off” into her emboldening encore anthem, catapulting from trap doors in sequined leotards to sizzle energy to a fever pitch. Like a choreographed metaphor, Swift dramatically shed past constraints before tens of thousands echoing the chorus with tearful elation. Together artists and audiences wordlessly sealed a covenant pursuing self-love and purpose above outside voices.
In 2023, nearly a decade since its release, “Shake It Off’s” legacy as Swift’s career-rocketing fight song endures stronger than ever with new generations discovering its empowerment. TikTok dollies regularly revive the track as euphoric shorthand for overcoming all manners of adversity or injustice through solidarity. Swift even partnered with Spotify to release uplifting “Shake It Off” remixes naming societal biases still requiring shaking off - from anti-LGBTQ legislation to climate change denial.
Clearly Swift struck generation-defining magic with “Shake It Off” that fateful summer precisely by boldly marrying musical innovation to psychological healing insight well ahead of pop peers. Where female icons before relied on image spectacle or vocal acrobatics alone, Swift invited mass intimacy through compassionate accountability instead. And a decade later, pop remains filled with disciples she’s paved space for from Selena Gomez to Olivia Rodrigo actively erasing stigmas around women’s mental health issues through smash hits.
But most resonantly, Swift sustains that solidarity with fans growing up alongside her by upholding “Shake It Off” as a guiding light whenever adversity strikes. Each show’s climactic mirrorball explosion into its jubilant chorus becomes a ritual rebirth summoning strength together. The song remains both balm when coping privately and amplifying battle cry declaring collective triumph.
Indeed nearly 10 albums later, Swift endures as critic-proof pop's most ingenious visionary precisely by inspiring human connections around struggles no external success could shield her from either. The resonance is evident in every voice raised to cheer “Shake It Off’s” audacious chorus in unison makes clear Swift’s genius was ensuring nobody needs weather objectification or self-doubt alone in the dark anymore. Not when there exists an ever-brightening beacon guiding whole generations toward confidence’s dawn. Thanks for Listening to Quiet Please. Remember to like and share wherever you get your podcasts.

بودكاست مزيكا في اتنين مهتم بتحليل الأغاني من جميع الجوانب سواء الجانب اللحني و التوزيع الموسيقي و التنفيذ الموسيقي و الكلمات و يهدف إلى إيصال الثقافة الموسيقية للمتلقي سواء كان دارساً للموسيقى أو مستمع مهتم بالموسيقى، و يقدمه مفتاح و سيكا اللذان يعرضان وجهة نظرهما في العمل الموسيقي و قد يتفقا معاً أو تتعارض أحياناً وجهة نظرهما للعمل الموسيقي المعروض

Voice with Julia is all about demystifying conversations around vocal technique with interviews from some of the great singers of today, tutorials, and discussions. For all things vocal technique, this is your channel.

It's a song

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.