{"id":99,"date":"2007-12-18T10:20:19","date_gmt":"2007-12-18T16:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/locl\/2007\/12\/18\/our-4-favorite-podcasts-for-music-lovers\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:38:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:38:19","slug":"our-4-favorite-podcasts-for-music-lovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/2007\/12\/18\/our-4-favorite-podcasts-for-music-lovers\/","title":{"rendered":"Our 4 Favorite Podcasts (for Music Lovers)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anywhere you travel in Chicago (even if you’re only traveling to the stacks of the Loyola Libraries), you’re going to see a glut of MP3 players. But what are people plugging into? A recent inquiry at the library produced a number of surprising results for high-quality podcasts across a variety of interests: politics, television, music, and some content that seems downright uncategorizable.<\/p>\n

Over the next few weeks, we’ll drop in lists of the Podcasts that rose to the top of people’s interests. Our first list is for music lovers.<\/p>\n

Read on for our picks in podcasts to keep you jazzed up (or downtempo) for the holidays…<\/p>\n

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  1. Music that Matters<\/strong><\/a>. KEXP<\/strong> is an independent radio station in Seattle with a wide array of available podcasts. A favorite is “Music That Matters<\/a>,” a bi-weekly podcast where one of the many DJs selects 14 or so songs from different indie artists. The station also offers a song-a-day option<\/a>, among others; all the possible podcasts can be seen at http:\/\/kexp.org\/podcasting\/podcasting.asp<\/a>.
    \nGet through     \"iTunes\"<\/a> or \"Zune\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Sound Opinions<\/a><\/strong>. Led by two of the country’s most recognized music critics, and broadcast via Chicago Public Radio<\/a>, Sound Opinions<\/a> is a weekly podcast of new music, album reviews, and in-studio performances from musicians like Spoon<\/em>, Neko Case, and Booker T. Jones. Greg Kot<\/strong>, one of the hosts of Sound Opinions, wrote Wilco: Learning To Die<\/em><\/strong>, a title available at Cudahy library (call number: ML421 .W52 K68 2004<\/em>).
    \nGet through     \"iTunes\"<\/a> or \"Zune\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Live in Concert from All Songs Considered<\/a><\/strong>. A sub-series of the popular NPR<\/strong> program<\/a>, Live in Concert<\/em> features full-length concerts in an intimate setting, including audience interaction and rare covers. Recent performers include Iron & Wine<\/em>, Stars<\/em>, Josh Ritter, and Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie<\/em>.
    \nGet through     \"iTunes\"<\/a> or \"Zune\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Morning Becomes Eclectic<\/strong><\/a>. Morning Becomes Eclectic is a nationally-renowned radio program that showcases artist interviews and live in-studio performances, with emphasis on emerging artists. DJ Nic Harcourt plays some of the newest talent in both indie and mainstream music, and so the podcast is a great place to find an introduction to music you’re not likely to hear elsewhere.
    \nGet through     \"iTunes\"<\/a> or \"Zune\"<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Anywhere you travel in Chicago (even if you’re only traveling to the stacks of the Loyola Libraries), you’re going to see a glut of MP3 players. But what are people plugging into? A recent inquiry at the library produced a number of surprising results for high-quality podcasts across a variety of interests: politics, television, music, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2041,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions\/2041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}