Mark Blankenship and Sarah D. Bunting are journalists, friends, and music fans who love talking about pop music of all stripes.

Music lovers from 89.3 The Current comb through mountains of music to choose the best new, independent, and unreleased songs to share with you each weekday.

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A free weekday download of standout songs, including advance releases, exclusive live tracks recorded at KCRW, remixes, and an introduction to new artists on our radar.

SongWriter turns stories into songs, ft. Questlove, Joyce Carol Oates, David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), George Saunders, Steve Earle, Susan Orlean & Neil Gaiman

This is a podcast about Stephen Sondheim's entire body of work show by show and song by song. Each week Kyle Marshall invites an expert to discuss a Sondheim song in-depth. Together they discover the humour, ho...

Comedians Tyler Snodgrass and Danny Maupin are building the ultimate country music playlist one song a time. Each week the hosts research and discuss a different boot-stompin' country banger that they believe i...

We are the world’s leading hammered highbrows of Beatles broadcasting. In other words, we have a few drinks, we hit record, and we review and rank one Beatles song per episode. 

Every week I choose a song from the 50s through the 80s and dive into its history, the story behind the song and other items of interest. Find more stuff at www.howgooditis.com

Celebrating the greatest songs in modern music history and the creators behind them.

Charli is joined by popstar Caroline Polachek to chat best songs ever. The pair discuss songwriting, nonsense lyrics and spill the tea on secretly living together in LA.

It's the America's Damp 40 season finale! Dave Mason, Silver, Leo Sayer, Barbra Streisand, and Chicago file onto the big stage, and Shaddo and Peej discuss moist chord structures, running over cassettes in Grim...

Aaron and Brent look at music from an Iceland band started by a group of childhood friends and a collection of musicians considered one of the 70s' first supergroups. With a name that means "the voice" in Hawai...

This week Danny and Tyler are joined by Ashley Ray (@theashleyray, TV I Say with Ashley Ray podcast, HBO, Adult Swim) to discuss Beyoncé's venture into country music with "Daddy Lessons" from her groundbreaking...

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit This show includes the following songs: Tania Joy - I Can Do That For You  Emery Adeline - Magnetic  Randie O'Neil - Full Moon Rising  Ju...

Portland songwriter Laura Veirs’ new single “Winter Windows” forecasts a new album this summer, “Found Light,” due oout July 8. It’s a cathartic experience that embraces her process for shedding skin, stretchin...

Today's Song of the Day is "Magenta Mountain" from King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s album, Omnium Gatherum, out now.King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard will be performing at Palace Theatre on Friday, October...

Karl Goldmark - Rustic Wedding Symphony: Dance Robert Schumann Philharmonie Frank Beerman, conductor More info about today's track: CPO 777484-2 Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe t...

An hour of top tunes from Yard Act, Willow Kayne, Youth Sector, Piri & Tommy, Priya Ragu, Dark Tropics, Honeyglaze, Leo Lore, DEADLETTER, Jelani Blackman, Kynsy, Porij, Tamzene, Nixer, Aby Coulibaly and Sinead ...

We're taking a break from toasting our lobes around the fire this week, but fear not! Here's another show we think you'll love - Death of a Rock Star. It's all about the lives and deaths of the world's most fam...