LibGuides: APA: Music & Podcasts

How to Cite Music and Podcasts in APA

Music
Podcasts

References:

To cite a song, you will need the performer and the name of the song, capitalized sentence style.
Include the name of the album the song was released on, which is italicized and capitalized sentence style.
Include the name of the Music Label and the year the album was released.
- If there is more than one label, list them all, separated by a semicolon ;
You'll list the type of source in brackets, such as [Song] or [Album].
Note where periods and commas separate pieces of information.

Song:

Artist Name. (Year). Title of song [Song]. On Name of album. Name of Music Label.

Beyoncé. (2013). Pretty hurts [Song]. On Beyoncé. Parkwood; Columbia.

Album:

Artist. (Year). Album Name [Album]. Music Label.

Beatles. The Beatles [Album]. EMI Records, 1968.

In-Text Citation:

Use the name of the artist and the year.

(Beyoncé, 2013)

References:

You will need the title of the episode you are citing, capitalized sentence style.
Include the name of the Podcast, capitalized sentence style and italicized.
Include the source format in brackets, such as [Audio podcast] or [Audio podcast episode].
Include the name of the podcast host, followed by (Host).
For a single episode, use the date the podcast released, formatted year, full month name, day.
To reference the whole podcast series, use the years it aired.
The episode and season, if available.
Podcast production company.
If you listened from a website, you'll need the link.
Note where periods and commas separate pieces of information.

Podcast Series

Name of host. (Host). (Years aired). Title of podcast [Audio podcast]. Production Company. Link if available

Meraji, S. M., & Demby, G. (Hosts). (2016–present). Code switch [Audio podcast]. National Public Radio. https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch

Seales, A. (Host). (2018–present). Small doses with Amanda Seales [Audio podcast]. Starburns Audio.

Podcast Episode

Name of host (Host). (Date episode aired). Title of episode (episode number abbreviated as No.) [Audio podcast episode]. In Podcast name. Production company. Link to episode

Hannah-Jones, N. (Host). (2019, September 13). How the bad blood started (No. 4) [Audio podcast episode]. In 1619. The New York Times. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-4-how-the-bad-blood-started/id1476928106?i=1000449718223

Webster, M., & Abumrad, J. (Hosts). (2020, September 11). Bringing gamma back, again [Audio podcast episode]. In Radiolab. WNYC Studios. https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/bringing-gamma-back

In-Text Citation:

Use the name of the host and the year.

(Hannah-Jones, 2019)

(Webster & Abumrad, 2020)