Good show but a little pretentious in it's music choices
I enjoy this show. The New York Times has some great writers and that comes through in this show. What I do not care for is their predictability. The show is about some pretentious world music release which is seldom popular in country of origin but popular in the west, romantic singer songwriters and nearly every commercial release gets a mention. I contrast this show with Sound Opinions of Chicago Public Radio and marvel at how they have the balance just right. I discover artists and at the same time have an excellent mix of genres to listen to. I wish the music popcast would take a risk and stop being so coventional and predictable.
Agnostic Monk via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 08/08/09
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Here’s the thing- when Popcast has a good episode, it’s fantastic. The bad news is good episodes are fairly infrequent. My main critique is directed at how indulgent the show is. It revolves around the interests of Mr Caramanica- which is fair since it’s his show, but it’s led to me turning off...Read full review »
SingItBack via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 01/13/18
Well considered and conveyed reviews of current music and pop-music events. Sampled music and access to pre-released music and pop artists that you'd expect from "established" media, as compared to an "upstart" podcast (and good for upstarts, they got other things going for them). Plus, at least...Read full review »
Matt Clare via · 09/08/15
One of my all time favourite podcasts. Good topics, great questions, good conversations.
sarahwinona via Apple Podcasts · Norway · 11/01/17
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