Almost Famous
We've all heard David Bowie and the Smiths, but what about the people who didn't make it to the main stage? Tune in to Almost Famous to hear the songs you know and love and discover hidden gems from the underdogs of the music world.
# of Episodes
40
Host
Olivia May
First Aired
October 4th, 2024
Last Episode
December 11th, 2025
Previous broadcasts
December 11th, 2025
No Doubt, Simon & Garfunkel, The Waitresses, Vince Guaraldi, and more.
December 11th, 2025
Donny Hathaway, and more.
December 4th, 2025
Alice Coltrane, Gary Burton & Friends, Bill Evans Trio, Herbie Hancock, and more.
November 27th, 2025
Shirley Scott, Cortex, King Krule, Grover Washington, Jr., and more.
November 20th, 2025
Jim Croce, Tim Buckley, Carole King, Simon & Garfunkel, and more.
November 13th, 2025
Whatever, Dad, The Olivia Tremor Control, The Smiths, of Montreal, and more.
November 6th, 2025
Syd Matters, Adrianne Lenker, The Velvet Underground, The Pharcyde, and more.
October 30th, 2025
Massive Attack, Los Belkings, Parade Ground, Slint, and more.
October 23rd, 2025
J Dilla, Carissa's Wierd, Blur, Alice In Chains, and more.
October 16th, 2025
Twenty One Pilots, My Chemical Romance, El Bado, blink-182, and more.
October 9th, 2025
Graham Coxon, Geese, Joy Division, Mac DeMarco, and more.
October 2nd, 2025
Syd Matters, Masayoshi Takanaka, Talking Heads, Geese, and more.
September 25th, 2025
Throwing Muses, LCD Soundsystem, Jimmy Eat World, Vince Guaraldi Trio, and more.
April 27th, 2025
Buzzcocks, Alex Walton, Pinegrove, Magazine, and more.
April 20th, 2025
The Modern Lovers, Neo Boys, Sonic Youth, Lyn Collins, and more.
April 13th, 2025
The Velvet Underground, Jackson Marshall, TEXARKANA, Alannah Myles, and more.
April 6th, 2025
Frog, Pinegrove, Belle & Sebastian, Fievel Is Glauque, and more.
March 30th, 2025
Drugdealer, Kitty Craft, berlioz, Alice Phoebe Lou, and more.
March 23rd, 2025
Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, The Replacements, Love, and more.
March 16th, 2025
Alina Baraz, Joy Division, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, and more.
March 16th, 2025
The Velvet Underground, Devotchka, and more.
March 9th, 2025
Dry Cleaning, The Band, King Curtis, Guther, and more.
February 23rd, 2025
Mulatu Astatke, Joe Henderson, Emily Remler, Kelela, and more.
February 16th, 2025
Maggie Rogers, Honey Stretton, Edith Frost, Karen Dalton, and more.
February 9th, 2025
Sad Lovers & Giants, Dave Brubeck, Cat Power, Chris Isaak, and more.
February 2nd, 2025
Lots of Hands, Kelela, Madonna, The 5.6.7.8's, and more.
January 26th, 2025
David Bowie, This Mortal Coil, Duster, Cocteau Twins, and more.
December 13th, 2024
Born Ruffians, Aventura, The Waterboys, Indigo De Souza, and more.
December 6th, 2024
Pavement, The Doors, Blur, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and more.
November 29th, 2024
George McCrae, James Brown, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Dinah Washington, and more.
November 22nd, 2024
Jackson C. Frank, Ian & Sylvia, Tim Buckley, Sandy Denny, and more.
November 15th, 2024
DJ Shadow, Aim, Björk, Red Snapper feat. Beth Orton, and more.
November 8th, 2024
Blueboy, Eternal, Action Painting!, The Orchids, and more.
November 1st, 2024
The Charlatans, Inspiral Carpets, Teenage Fanclub, The Stone Roses, and more.
October 25th, 2024
Magazine, For Against, The Beatles, Little Nemo, and more.
October 25th, 2024
The Cleaners From Venus, and more.
October 18th, 2024
Thee Sinseers, Adriano Celentano, Little Beaver & the Rocketeers, The Chapells, and more.
October 11th, 2024
Eliza McLamb, Clairo, Gracie Abrams, beabadoobee, and more.
October 4th, 2024
Throwing Muses, and more.