Music podcasts for your summer road trips: ‘Cocaine & Rhinestones,’ ‘Questlove Supreme,’ and more Dan DeLuca, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Streaming services put all the world’s music at your fingertips, but serious fans crave more than that.
They need artist interviews, granular looks back at classics, and grand narratives laced with surprise. Great music podcasts cover all those bases.
Road trip season is podcast season, and the music podcasts we’re recommending here offer satisfying aural companionship, taking varied approaches to storytelling and spanning multiple genres.
All these podcasts are easily searchable and widely available, unless otherwise noted.
Cocaine & Rhinestones. The greatness of this country music podcast from Tyler Mahan Coe, now in the middle of its second season, can be measured by its introductions and digressions. The opening episode takes its time getting around to George Jones, the hero of the season, starting with a fascin
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Summer is on the horizon, and there s no better companion for a trip to the beach or a lazy day off than a good book. To get you ready for the (hopefully) relaxed months ahead, we re sharing our recommendations for books to add to your reading pile. Whether you’re a fan of true crime, sci-fi, comic books, or non-fiction, we ve got a book for you.
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Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World s Largest Owl // Jonathan C. Slaght; $18
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Take a break from the summer heat and transport your mind to Russia’s Far East, where the endangered Blakiston’s fish owl hides within the snowy forests. You don’t need to be a birder to enjoy this book: Jonathan C. Slaght’s account of his research on these elusive animals is a captivating introduction to not only the owls, but also to the people who call this fascinating region of the world home.
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NEW YORK, May 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Leading premium podcast studio, Cadence13, an Audacy company, today announced that it has partnered with #1
New York Times bestselling author, activist, and thought leader Glennon Doyle for
We Can Do Hard Things,
a weekly podcast on which she will share stories of her life and explore topics including love, relationships, parenting, mental health, recovery and more.
Cadence13 Partners with Globally Renowned Thought Leader, Bestselling Author, and Activist Glennon Doyle for We Can Do Hard Things Podcast
Hailed as the patron saint of female empowerment by
People magazine, Doyle has amassed a fervent following with a series of transformative books the #1
Recently, the internet was briefly reminded of the story of a bear that found a 75 pound bag of 95 percent pure cocaine, ate a bunch of that cocaine, and died. That happened in 1985, but it became news in 2021 because Elizabeth Banks is reportedly going to make a film about the whole ordeal. On one level, this was just another blip in an age where every single day feels like an entire new verse to Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire.” But Cocaine Bear also felt like the latest example of what seems like a new cultural obsession with yayo.
Rostam
The artist-songwriter-producer reveals why he had to finish working with Clairo and Haim before he could finish his own anticipated second solo album.
Growing up, Rostam Batmanglij recalls printing out interviews with producers he looked up to. “I always knew this was what I wanted to do,” he says, adding he got his first multi-track recorder at 14. By his mid-20s, he scored his first No. 1 album as both an artist and producer with Vampire Weekend’s
Contra.
Now, at 37, Rostam’s career as a band member, solo artist and songwriter-producer is flourishing. He’s worked with artists ranging from Frank Ocean to Charli XCX to Wet, and says to this day he’s never had a song placed with an artist without direct collaboration. “I like to work in such a way that creates a bond with the artists,” he says. “I’m picky about who I work with, and really feel like when we re making an album it s a high artistic statement. It s about the collaboration serving that�