Episodes

Dec 26, 2025

2 hr 24 min

This episode was written somewhere between cobblestone streets and quiet realizations.Between missed turns, long walks, train windows, and moments where time slowed down just enough to let the truth catch up.
Italy didn’t ask me to change.It asked me to pay attention.
Episode 100 lives in that awareness.
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This is Episode 100.No flex. No fireworks.Just heart, breath, and truth.
This one isn’t about talking over tracks.It’s about letting the music carry the weight—like a soul finally exhaling.
This episode is a love letter.To myself.To you.To anyone learning how to stay standing when life tries to fold them.
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Music Artists  & Tracks Featured in Episode 100  (Alphabetical Order): 
14KT – The Power of SameAlfa Mist – Run OutsAman-D & Lost Desert – Open FormAxel Boman – HelloChristian Rich – Real Love (feat. Angela McCluskey)Cornelius – If You’re HereDomenico Modugno – Nel Blu Dipinto Di BluDouble Touch & Reigan – Greatest Day (Lost Desert Remix)Floating Points – LesAlpxGlue70 & KinKai – All I Can SendIchiko Aoba – Asleep Among EndivesIIya Gerus – Illusory WorldsKhruangbin – Texas SunLeon Bridges – RiverLeo Brunbaum – Bloom (feat. Aerial East)Lifafa – JaagoMali – Walk AwayMaysa – Right Here Right NowNu Genea – Marechià (feat. Celia Kameni)Nujabes – FeatherOdyssee & Saib – MontmartreOrnella Vanoni – L’appuntamentoOtis McDonald – One for DillaSecret Rendezvous – Feels So Good (Don’t It)Steve Arrington – Keep DreamingTerita – In My Head (feat. Cold Callers)Tom Misch – Follow (feat. Laura Misch)Ultra Naté – TwistedWanderson XVR – NowWeir – innerbloom (feat. Tanner Fruit & Cassie)
 
PLEASE NOTE: The Overlooked Tracks Podcast — Use & Intent Statement
Each episode of the Overlooked Tracks Podcast is created to promote independent and established music artists and to introduce listeners to sounds they may have overlooked.
This podcast is noncommercial in nature.  No episodes are produced for profit or monetary gain.
The music featured is used with the intention of:Supporting and amplifying music artistsEncouraging listeners to explore, follow, and purchase music directly from the artistsCelebrating global music culture and creativity
Listeners are strongly encouraged to:Visit the artists’ official pagesPurchase music through platforms such as Bandcamp and artist websitesSupport artists through live shows, merch, and direct engagement
The Overlooked Tracks Podcast exists to give music room to breathe—not to exploit it.If you are a rights holder and have questions or concerns, please reach out and we will respond promptly and respectfully.  Thanks for listening and supporting music!!
 

Dec 26, 2025

2 hr 24 min

Oct 1, 2025

43 min

🎶 Episode 97: “Fusion at the Edge: Turkey’s Sonic Mosaic”Where continents hum, and music is the bridge.
🌀 Ride the Bosphorus with us.
I’m Kenny Chiba — your cosmic bus driver and sonic guide — and in this episode we plunge deep into Turkey’s soundscape. Here, East and West don’t just touch — they collide, converse, shake hands, and remix. The Bosphorus isn’t just geography — it’s pulse, it’s groove, it’s the tubular vein where melodies flow between worlds.On this journey, tradition coexists with jazz fusion, rock chops echo in ancient alleys, and rap/hip-hop voices carry modern rebellion on old winds.
✨ In Episode 97 of the Overlooked Tracks PodcastWe let Anatolian psych, jazz fusion, and boundary-breaking hybrids rise — from Anatolian soil, through crowded bazaars, out into the cinematic sky.
🎤 Featured Artists & Their Online Footprints
Kapiko — Website: https://www.kapikoband.com/ KAPIKO • Instagram: @kapikoband Instagram • SoundCloud: kapiko SoundCloud
Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek — Artist Page Info / Profile: https://www.europavox.com/bands/derya-yildirim-grup-simsek/ Europavox or https://deryayildirimgrupsimsek.com/ 
Gaye Su Akyol — https://www.gayesuakyol.com/ 
Lalalar — https://lalalar.net/ 
Hey! Douglas — https://heydouglas.bandcamp.com/ 
Baba Zula — https://www.babazula.com/ 
Congulus — https://www.congulus.com/ 
Hiçamahiç — https://hicamahic.bandcamp.com/ 
Fuzziliers — https://www.slavalobanov.com/fuzziliers 
Altın Gün — https://altingunband.com/ 
DJ Psychiatre — https://djpsychiatre.bandcamp.com/ , https://oathcreations.bandcamp.com/track/moving-into-jazz or https://www.oathcreations.com/ 
Brother Ali — https://brotherali-mmg.bandcamp.com/track/cast-aside
Disclaimer: This episode is shared solely for the purpose of promoting the featured music artists. We do not profit from this publication in any way.
If you believe in discovering and supporting independent music, follow us for more sounds the algorithm forgot. Thank you for listening. 🙏🏽🎧
For our Japanese listeners:免責事項:このエピソードは、紹介している音楽アーティストを応援するためにシェアしています。私たちはこの投稿から利益を得ていません。
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Oct 1, 2025

43 min

Aug 1, 2025

24 min

There’s a sound rising from the foot of the Andes… not one sound, actually—but many.
In the shadows of Chile’s history, in the glow of its digital future, a vibrant chorus is coming alive. It doesn’t play by genre rules. It doesn’t chase algorithm gold. It breathes in protest, poetry, and passion. And for this episode, The Overlooked Tracks Podcast is tuning straight into it.
This is Episode 95, and we’re riding the magical music bus right into the heart of Chile—where independent artists are flipping tradition on its head and remixing cultural roots into something fierce, strange, and deeply human.
Each track on this episode is a postcard. Each lyric a landmark. Each beat a brushstroke of Chile’s ever-shifting, soul-filled soundscape.
Because music? It’s not just what we hear—it’s where we go.

Aug 1, 2025

24 min

Ladies First

Mar 13, 2025

Mar 13, 2025

58 min

From day one, this podcast has been about uncovering hidden gems, championing fresh sounds, and giving overlooked artists the spotlight they deserve. Now, stepping into our sixth season, the energy is bigger, the passion is deeper, and the music? Oh, it's about to be next level.
As your host, we're thrilled to kick things off with Episode 88, celebrating women music artists who are changing the game. These fearless creators are pushing boundaries, redefining genres, and making music that demands to be heard. It’s the perfect way to set the tone for a season full of bold themes, global sounds, and groundbreaking artistry.
We're beyond excited to keep digging, discovering, and delivering the best unheard music straight to your ears. Whether you’ve been rocking with Overlooked Tracks from the start or just tuning in, trust me—you won’t want to miss what’s coming next.

Mar 13, 2025

58 min

Mar 1, 2022

46 min

Folk Music, like passing family traditions from generation to generation is genuine, pure, brings tranquility to the heart and soul and brings meaning to the human spirit.  Songs being handed down among people of community to share and of course to enjoy.  The world seems as though it is in chaos, but all in all it is each and every one of us possesses the power to change ourselves in order to change the things around us.  

Mar 1, 2022

46 min

Nov 10, 2021

49 min

Welcome to Part 2 of the African Journey of the Overlooked Tracks Episode, in other words – Episode #26.  We have a hot set of tracks to display the finely tuned, uniquely made, smooth to the groove of the music artists from the continent of Africa.  This is an exciting time to give you boundless music you may have overlooked, and it’s time for you to recognize the greatness music can bring in your life, and I’m not talking cookie cutter music where it’s here today and gone tomorrow. I must tell you that it’s really worth your time to do some ear hustling and get very familiar on these tracks from these and other music artists on this podcast. 
My name is Kenny Chiba and this is the OVERLOOKED TRACKS PODCAST – Your guide to discover great music that is simply being overlooked. Your ears will not play tricks on you because your ears will thank you for listening to this podcast.  The past, present, and future music played on this podcast will stimulate the mind and soul and for you, the listener to belief there so much to realize in the music universe. 

Nov 10, 2021

49 min

Aug 15, 2021

1 hr 1 min

What’s up everyone and welcome to the Chill Laundry Lounge where you can wash your worries away and listen to some chill music and just simply lounge.  Decided to do the podcast in the neighborhood Laundry Mat and get some clothes washed and again to wash my worries away so I can chill, focus on my mental state or meet new people or old friends.  The Chill laundry Lounge can be a good place to listen to the machines wash clothes and in a way a form of meditation. This time, we invite you to listen to the sounds of you and me and we and us.  

Aug 15, 2021

1 hr 1 min

Jun 28, 2021

5 min

It is time to get back on the magical music and explores more jewels in music with part 2 of the Asian Excursion – also called Episode #21 of the Overlooked Tracks podcast.  My name is Kenny Chiba and I had to reorganize the arrangement of this podcast because to tell it truthfully, it was overwhelming to get all types of music from the Asian Continent between episodes 20 and 21.
I had to pump the brakes and come to realize that I will continue to do my best to provide you the very best at music that’s being overlooked, but I REALLY NEED YOUR HELP on finding musical gems, so go to www.overlookedtracks.com/contact to give feedback and suggestions on music, go to Twitter and looked “OVERLOOKEDTRAX” to Direct Message me and guide me to a direction where great music is being buried and needs to be dug up and give life to the rest of us.
Music is the source of expression, the source of both mental and physical power and most of all to sooth the soul of the beauty and the beast.  In other words, Music should be simply shared throughout our lives to live the best lives we can.

Jun 28, 2021

5 min