The music business moves quickly, with shifting streaming rules, new marketing strategies, rising touring costs, and a constant stream of AI startups. A wide range of podcasts helps artists and industry professionals stay informed. Here are ten actively publishing shows that cover practical career advice, industry analysis, and weekly news.
Your Morning Coffee
Hosted by Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart, Your Morning Coffee provides a weekly rundown of news and trends shaping the contemporary music business. The conversational format is designed for listeners who want to stay current without reading every press release, earnings report, and industry newsletter themselves.
The New Music Business with Ari Herstand
Musician and author Ari Herstand interviews artists, executives, managers, and marketers about how careers are being built today. Recent episodes have explored influencer marketing, modern A&R, direct-to-fan album campaigns, and professional songwriting, making it a practical resource for independent artists.
Trapital
Dan Runcie approaches music as a business strategist, examining how technology, culture, finance, and entertainment intersect. Trapital is especially strong when analyzing hip-hop’s biggest companies and personalities, catalog investment, streaming economics, AI, and the business decisions behind major artist campaigns.
The Price of Music
Produced by Music Ally and hosted by Stuart Dredge and Joe Sparrow, The Price of Music explains the money behind the week’s biggest industry developments. Streaming royalties, ticketing, publishing, artificial intelligence, and music legislation are translated into clear conversations that do not assume prior knowledge of the fine print.
Music Biz Weekly
Led by music marketer Michael Brandvold and artist manager Blasko, the long-running Music Biz Weekly turns current industry developments into practical conversations for working musicians. Recent episodes have covered online presence audits, AI-generated music, touring economics, email engagement, and the Live Nation antitrust case.
Music Tectonics
The Music Tectonics podcast focuses on the technologies changing how music is created, distributed, licensed, and monetized. Host Dmitri Vietze regularly speaks with startup founders, investors, and industry innovators, offering a view of what may be coming next and which new tools could matter.
The Future of What
Created by Music Business Association president Portia Sabin, The Future of What brings industry leaders together to discuss where the business is heading. Recent subjects include music legislation, independent labels, Latin music’s global growth, AI rights, and diversity across the music ecosystem.
MUBUTV Music Business Insider Podcast
Hosted by Ritch Esra and Eric Knight, the MUBUTV Music Business Insider Podcast features long-form conversations with professionals working across A&R, artist management, publicity, touring, publishing, and music supervision. Guests explain both what their jobs involve and how people can enter those corners of the industry.
The Bob Lefsetz Podcast
Bob Lefsetz conducts extended, direct interviews with artists, agents, promoters, executives, and other entertainment veterans. The episodes often preserve detailed institutional knowledge about how careers, companies, and entire sectors of the business were built.
The Business Side of Music
As its title suggests, The Business Side of Music focuses on the practical machinery supporting a sustainable career. Episodes cover rights ownership, distribution, visual content, artist development, and earning strategies through conversations with working musicians and experienced industry professionals.
No single podcast can explain every corner of the modern music economy. Together, however, these shows offer a mix of breaking news, practical education, emerging technology, and long-term industry perspective, often directly from the people doing the work.
