Music Podcasts - Artists Not Showing Up On Ipod

So my old beater ipod finally disappeared and I got a 80g ipod classic, and there appears to be an "improvement" that eliminates my ability to integrate my music podcasts. On my older ipod if I got, for example, a podcast from KCRW of a song by M. Ward, I could change the artist on itunes in the info section to "M. Ward" and it would then show up on my ipod under "M. Ward." On my new ipod, the only way I can find that podcast (which is just a song) is by searching for M. Ward - not very convenient. Seems kind of like itunes and the ipod are becoming like MS word, over engineered and unhelpfully paternalistic. Anyone have ideas for a work around? cheers, stu

It could be that you have inadvertently imported these CDs into iTunes as part of a compilation. If so, the artists won't show in the artists menu on the iPod.
To check, highlight the tracks on one of the offending artists CDs in iTunes, right click and select "get info". This brings up a multiple song info window, and from there you can check if you have 'yes' in the box marked "part of a compilation".
If you have, select 'no' instead and click 'ok'. Do this with any CD that has this issue. This will alter the info in iTunes, and you should then connect your iPod and synchronize the changes.
The problem arises because the information contained on the Gracenote CD Data Base (where iTunes gets all it's album/artist/track info from), is sometimes incorrect. It can show CDs as compilations when in fact they are not.
You should also check that the songs have album name info in their ID tags.
See: Some songs don't show under artist on my iPod.
Once you add a second album name for that artist even for a single song, ALL the rest of the songs should now show up under that artist, even those without album names.
Providing the spelling for the artists is exactly the same of course.

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