35 Best California Music Podcasts

1. California Love

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California Love is a blend of memoir, pop culture analysis and oral history. The newest season, K-pop Dreaming, is about the rise and history of K-pop in the United States, as told from the point-of-view of the Korean diaspora in Los Angeles. Host Vivian Yoon takes listeners on a journey from K-pop's origins in Korean trot music and American presence in post-war South Korea to the 1992 LA Uprising and the booming global popularity of K-pop in the present day, all juxtaposed against Yoon's own coming-of-age as a second generation immigrant in Los Angeles, struggling to fit in and come to te..MORE Host Vivian Yoon
Producer/Network LAist Studios
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Facebook 23Twitter 362Instagram 84.6K Avg Length 41 min Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. Deeper Roots Radio Podcast

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A walk through the last century of America's roots music, the podcasts for Deeper Roots come to you from productions at two Northern California community radio stations.
Host Dave Stroud
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 303Twitter 36 Avg Length 119 min Get Email Contact

3. Mixing Music | Music Production, Audio Engineering, & Music Business

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Mixing Music is a podcast hosted by mix engineer, Dee Kei (@DeeKeiMixes) and Lu Moreno (@MidSideSound). A show about mixing techniques, audio production, mindsets, business advice, and all things Dee Kei has learned and will continue to learn through his music career.Unfortunately, we are no longer offering free mix feedback via email. If you would like for us to give us feedback on your music, please apply at mixingmusicpodcast.comThe Mixing Music Podcast is sponsored by Filepass.com, Lauten Audio, and Antares.DOWNLOAD FREE STUFF HERE: https://links.deekeimixes...MORE Hosts Dee Kei, Lu Moreno, James Parrish
Producer/Network @DeeKeiMixes
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Apple Rating 4.9/5 Avg Length 65 min Get Email Contact

4. The Dean Von Music Podcast

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Listen to the untold story of Rock Musician Dean Von who in over 40 years has never told the real story of what went on behind the scenes while playing nightclubs and hanging out with his famous rock and roll buddies. This podcast series gets 'up close and personal' with these untold stories of when Rock Band Poison opened up for Danger in Azusa, California back when nobody even knew who Poison was, listen to the advice that Dean gave to Bret Michaels that night back stage to help Bret lead the band to success in LA, also listen to the story about High School Friend, Tom Bass (AKA) Tommy Lee -MORE Host Dean Von
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5. Luminary Sounds

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Luminary Sounds is a Syndicate Radio Broadcast dedicated to highlighting emerging music artists. Based in Southern California, Luminary Sounds transitioned from podcast to radio. The cutting edge show blends independent artists with established artists, thus giving Independents a chance to be discovered.MORE Host Missy
Producer/Network Luminary Sounds
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 253Twitter 30Instagram 2.6K Avg Length 90 min Get Email Contact

6. Rapidly Rotating Records

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Glenn Robison's weekly, hour-long radio program of 'toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s' broadcast Sunday evenings at 6 on KISL 88.7 FM, Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California.MORE Producer/Network Glenn Robison
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Apple Rating 4.9/5 Avg Length 60 min Get Email Contact

7. My Rock Moment

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Was it being front row at a Bowie concert as a kid? Was it meeting Van Halen at a record store album signing? Or was it the first time that your band got to play The Whisky A Go Go? My Rock Moment celebrates rock music from the 60s, 70s and 80s with interviews from those that lived it and keep the music alive today! Host Amanda Morck is a native Angeleno, long-time resident of Sunset Strip, and an adjunct instructor of California rock history. She interviews Rock Hall of Fame musicians, producers, rock journalists, photographers, DJs, managers, authors and award winning DirectorsMORE Host Amanda Morck
Producer/Network Amanda Morck
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8. Stereo Embers: The Podcast

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Hosted by Alex Green, Stereo Embers: The Podcast is a weekly podcast airing exclusively on Bombshell Radio that features interviews with musicians, authors, artists and actors talking about the current creative moment in their lives. A professor at St. Mary's College of California, Alex is the Editor-In-Chief of Stereo Embers Magazine, the author of five books and has served as a Speaker/Moderator for LitQuake, Yahoo!, The Bay Area Book Festival, A Great Good Place For Books, Green Apple Books, and The St. Mary's College Of California MFA Reading Series.MORE Host Alex Green
Producer/Network Alex Green Online
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9. LV2MKRT

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Scott Worthington and Christopher Burns love to make art and share it with you. A weekly(ish) podcast of improvised music for double bass and electronics. Bootlegs of duos performed between Pennsylvania and California using quacktrip.MORE Host Scott Worthington
Producer/Network Christopher Burns & Scott Worthington
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10. Outside Music Inside the Golden State

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Interviews with creators of experimental, contemporary classical, noise, freely improvised, or otherwise outsider music in California. A podcast by Eliot Burk. Artwork by Z.A. Stenger.
Host Eliot Burk
Producer/Network Eliot Burk
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Apple Rating 3/5 Avg Length 65 min Get Email Contact

11. The Metallica Report

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This weekly report from Metallica's Northern California headquarters, hosted by Steffan Chirazi and Renée Richardson, provides exclusive news and updates from the band's headquarters. Steffan, a rock scribe and editor of the band's online magazine, So What!, has covered Metallica since the 1980s. Renée, the Director of Philanthropy for the band's foundation, All Within My Hands, is also a Bay Area radio personality. The report features mini-features and exclusive interviews with members.MORE Hosts Renee Richardson, Steffan Chirazi
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12. Tales from the Green Room

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Welcome to Tales from the Green Room - Backstage conversations from popular music venues around the country curated by Mount Tam Media.Host Dennis Strazulo and Mount Tam Media founder, Tami Larson.The roster of artists that have crowded onto the club's little stages, first at the original Sweetwater location two blocks away, and now at the new location which opened in 2013, reads like a Who's Who of roots & rock music. Mount Tam Media has been granted special access to Sweetwater's green room during the venue's 50th anniversary year to interview musicians, photographers, managers.MORE Host Danica Remy
Producer/Network Mount Tam Media
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 257Instagram 1.3K Avg Length 58 min Get Email Contact

13. Music Makers San Diego

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'Music Makers San Diego' is an interview & performance podcast hosted by long-time radio personality, Gary Lee. It shines the light on San Diego-area songwriters & their music with a new guest each week. Each guest also gets to perform three of their original songs during the conversation. 'Music Makers San Diego' is recorded at Amplified Studios in Carlsbad.MORE Producer/Network Amplified Studios, Gary Lee, Gabe Dagrezio, Marc Polit
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14. The SoCal Sound Podcasts

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The SoCal Sound is all about music discovery. We are dedicated to curating a blend of established, emerging, and diverse artists, including music that is new, deep, local. As a public, member-supported audio service with broadcast and digital distribution, we embrace the independence our non-profit status affords us by super-serving Southern California with listeners worldwide. We put our community of constituents and supporters first, including listeners, members, artists, sponsors, students, and the universities we serve.MORE Producer/Network The SoCal Sound
Email ****@885fm.org
Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 87.5KTwitter 8.4KInstagram 17.5K Avg Length 30 min Get Email Contact

15. ShoreCuts Podcast

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With keen musician sensibilities, California DJ Sandy Shore has been spinning music on radio for more than four decades on popular stations in Monterey, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. With a passion for jazz and technology she founded the Internet's first jazz radio station, SmoothJazz.com Global Radio in 2000. SHORE CUTS is the music innovator's first Podcast, providing a unique opportunity for enthusiasts to hear intimate details about the creative process involved in their favorite recording artist's latest releases, as Shore gets inside the heads and studios of world-class musicians.MORE Producer/Network ShoreCuts
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 92.1KTwitter 13.1KInstagram 8.7K Avg Length 34 min Get Email Contact

16. #FollowTheMusica

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Daniel (DJ LF) aka The 'Latin Flavor' was born in Palm Springs, California and raised with'n the Coachella Valley, home of the famed 'Coachella Festival'.DJ LF is known as one of the most revered and influential DJ'S in the Palm Springs / Coachella DJ / Nightclub scene.There he grew up with a major interest and passion for music, and his drive to be an outstanding mixer, his creative music production outlook, and his passion for an eclectic style in turn, has landed him nominations by various Coachella Valley Based Magazines.MORE Host Daniel DJ LF
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17. Agile Vocalist

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Agile Vocalist is a podcast and blog about sound and the performing arts with a California connection. Its episodes explore artist careers in sound as well as music history, inspiration, performance, and ways of thinking differently about the role of sound in our lives. Agile Vocalist is for the curious, the creative, and for anyone willing to explore the connection between sound and our shared humanity.MORE Host Rachel Medanic
Producer/Network Rachel Medanic
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18. DRUM AND BASS

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Computers LIVE is a Drum and Bass Podcast made with Native Instruments Reaktor, Ableton Live and midi controllers. The show is streamed online and new shows are posted monthly. Themes are modified and reworked until a futuristic bass experience emerges. Drum and Bass unlike anything you've ever heard. Computers LIVE features exclusive releases of Neurofunk, Breakcore, Vaporwave, Lo Fi. Liquid, Dubstep, Hip Hop, IDM, EDM, DNB, Trap, Trance, Techno Hardcore Electronic Music.MORE Producer/Network Computers LIVE
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19. Other Minds Podcast

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The Other Minds Podcast features interviews with some of today's leading composers and performers of new and experimental music. The podcast is produced by Other Minds in San Francisco, which hosts concerts, a record label, a weekly radio program, an archive, and a yearly festival of contemporary music. Season 2 of the podcast features interviews hosted by Joseph Bohigian with the composers featured on our 27th Festival, which will be held on November 14-19, 2023 at the Taube Atrium Theater and Gray Area in San Francisco, California.MORE Producer/Network Other Minds
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 2.8KTwitter 1.7KInstagram 2.1K Avg Length 35 min Get Email Contact

20. Bands of Bakersfield

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Featuring interviews and original music, Bands of Bakersfield Podcast looks to showcase the talented bands and musicians that Bakersfield and the Kern County, California area has to offer. Listen, watch and be entertained with great music and the stories behind the songs. Still existing with its modern day variety of music genres, the 'Bakersfield Sound' is alive and well with the Bands of Bakersfield!MORE Producer/Network Bands of Bakersfield
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21. theSoCal Live Music Review

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A podcast bringing you tips for a more enjoyable live music experience, and reviews from concerts and experiences all over Southern California
Host Johnny
Producer/Network Johnny SoCal
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22. Critical Mixes

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Critical value (Justin B) is a curator of fine melodic progressive house and trance tunes. Originally from Southern California, he got his start DJing in the Los Angeles music scene in 2001. Growing up in a Lebanese-American family, music was always an integral part of his life. His first gigs were in dimly lit chill-out spaces of the back rooms of clubs. He later co-produced a 'UK-style' queer weekly at a nightclub in L.A. Today, Critical Value wants to take you on a sonic journey through the deeper and darker parts of progressive house and progressive trance tunes.MORE Producer/Network Critical Value
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23. West Coast Fog

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A weekly audio tour of the forgotten West, visiting obscure moments in musical and cultural history along the way. Host Erik Bluhm was the editor of Great God Pan magazine ('the Champion of Californiana') through the '90s and West Coast Fog may be seen as an aural extension of that venture.MORE Producer/Network West Coast Fog radio
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24. B.P.M. Session Podcast

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Former Los Angeles California Radio Show turned Podcast. Our first shows posted here where originally broadcast Saturdays @ 12am A Dance mix designed to make you move! Dance, House, Electro and more! The latest shows are full length mix's! Hosted by DJ Strange Love Honerable mention to our Co-host/E.P. Rene Garzona. Make Your Own Moves! The BPM Station is here!!! Dance. Music. Streaming Radio from Los Angeles California. Listen now.MORE Producer/Network Raul DJ Strange Love Cortes
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 7.2K Avg Length 67 min Get Email Contact

25. DJSHO

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Dj Sho-T, born Vince Aguilar, grew up in Salinas California listening to a wide genre of music. Family played a huge role, in the music that Dj Sho-T grew up with. He listened to anything from traditional Mexican music, due to his parents and older relatives, to hard core Rap, through various younger relatives and friends. As a result of his musical up brining, at the age of 10, Dj Sho-T got his first set of turntables. He fell in love with the capability to manipulate the music he already loved, and turn it into his own.MORE Host Vince Aguilar
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 49 min Get Email Contact

26. Joseph Carroll Podcast

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Singer-Songwriter/Musician based in Los Angeles, CA. I bring in talented singers & musicians from all over southern California to talk about music.
Producer/Network Jc Honeyman
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27. BayArea Compass

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Official provider for anything and everything being released musically from the Bay Area, California Interested in submitting?
Producer/Network BayArea Compass
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28. Iniversal Sounds podcast

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Greetings & Welcome To Iniversal Sounds. I'm Dj Ras1Heart Throwing Down Some Of The Hottest Reggae, & Soul Mixes Here in Babylon. 45 Years Of Respect For The Drummer & The Dancer. Grew Up In A Family That Loved Music & Dance. I Can't Ever Remember A Time Without Music Being A Big Part Of My life. Grew Up By Green Bay Wisconsin & Just Across The Pond From Motown. Reggae On The River In Humboldt California Being The Most Popular Along With Sierra Nevada World Music Festival Started This Podcast 2005 To Promote Shows Which Now Are A Complete Audio & Visual Presentation Of Ras1Heart The Artist.MORE Host Bryan Matteson
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29. The Sesh With Dream

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A cool podcast to listen to when enjoying your recreational or medical smoke. Great Music You may have never heard and a unique perspective from a California Native. NOT A HIPSTER. SJ Baby.
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30. Wtf am I doing with my life? Podcast

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Hello everyone!my name is Tinokilledit, I am a Musician from Tracy, Ca. who moved down to Orange County in Southern California in pursuit of a full time career in music. i have been documenting this life endeavor since early 2020 and have pushed myself to remain as honest as can be and allow you guys to know my fears, regrets as well as successes. I am an imperfect person whose biggest desire is to keep growing and learning. Drake said it best, 'The Furthest Thing from Perfect like Everyone I Know'MORE Host Martino Tinokilledit Aldaco
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31. The Eye of Rah Show

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Known behind the turn tables as Empress RAH, this unique turntablist, is an Atlanta Based Open Format DJ. Born a first generation Jamaican-Guyanese American, this Oakland, California native brings a diverse, eclectic energy that will undoubtedly unite people from different backgrounds under one sound. Her love affair with music has allowed her to gain a platform to connect with people from all over the globe and develop a DJ style that has yet to be emulated.MORE Host Empress Rah
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32. ALL IS LOVE

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A series of ASMR spoken word pieces over lush AMBIENT music tracks. From Cincinnatus and musicians local to California.
Host Cincinnatus Hibbard
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33. The Dolci Show

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A short program of live music played by Dolci, the oboe-piano duo of Viva Knight and Ted Rust, from their home in Los Angeles, California.
Host Ted Rust
Producer/Network Ted Rust and Viva Knight
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34. Spotlight by Livermore Live Music

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Meet the people who help make the incredible live music scene in Livermore, California. Hosted by the creators of LivermoreLiveMusic, each episode's special guest will help us get to know one of Livermore's great bands, performers or venues.MORE Host Robert Allen
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