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Why Is Taylor Swift So Polarizing Now? A ‘Showgirl’ Roundtable + Listener Mailbag!

Our team of Swift experts debate her blockbuster new album and take questions about its themes and controversies. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-a ... Show More

1h 31m

Oct 4

Breaking Down Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’

For a rapid-response episode, Jon and Joe journey track-by-track through the pop star’s new album, assessing the highs, lows and hot gossip. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https:/ ... Show More

1h 3m

Oct 1

Hayley Williams Interview! On the State of Paramore, Going Solo & Touring With Taylor Swift

The Paramore frontwoman goes deep on how the drama and evolution of her beloved, long-running band — now independent after two decades on a major label — has shaped her third solo release, “Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party,” and what might come next. Subscribe today at nytimes.c ... Show More

1h 29m

Jul 2021

Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen & More Veteran Acts Who Could Score 2022 Grammy Nods

On the latest episode of the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, we discuss some veteran acts -- artists who have been releasing music since at least the 1980s -- who could be eligible for Grammy nominations at the next awards show. Also on the show, we discuss Normani's "Wild Side," fea ... Show More

26m 17s

Dec 2022

Patti Smith Pt I

Carolina and Marcus return to begin a brand new series, this time focusing on the early years of one of the single most influential singer, songwriter, poet, & artist's of the 20th century - Patti Smith, who's combination of rock and poetry lead to her becoming a pivotal componen ... Show More

1h 39m

Dec 2023

Music trends that took us by surprise in 2023

It's been an eventful year for music; we saw the rise of Mexican Regional music on the charts, the emergence of AI artists, and the dominance of country music to boot. Host Brittany Luse chats with Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding, co-hosts of the podcast Switched on Pop, to break ... Show More

29m 10s

Oct 2022

Roger Daltrey + Yungblud: Rolling Stone's Musicians on Musicians – Special Series

What happens when we take the writer away and ask two British rock stars, from two different generations, to interview each other? In today's episode of Rolling Stone's Musicians on Musicians – also running as a special series on the Rolling Stone Music Now feed – Roger Daltrey a ... Show More

29m 30s

Apr 2021

The Post-Punk Explosion Part 6: Ska

Every once in a while, music enters a state of flux where the direction of everything is, shall we say, undefined…we see and hear change but we’re not quite sure what it all means just yet…something is coming—but what?... All bets are off, the rulebook has been declared invalid, ... Show More

36m 14s

Apr 2022

The New Alternative

Last month, Nirvana entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time in nearly two decades — only their fifth time in history — thanks to a comic-book movie. The band’s 1991 track “Something in the Way” was heavily featured in The Batman, whose director, Matt Reeves, said N ... Show More

31m 18s

May 2022

FOCUS - Talking Heads : l'un des groupes les plus créatifs de son époque

Dans ce focus, Eric Jean-Jean vous emmène dans le New York des années 70 avec les Talking Heads. Des musiciens avangardistes et innovateurs qui vont profondément marquer leur période...

12m 26s

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