Let It Roll

Mar 03 2025 449 ep. 60 mins 487

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"Let it Roll" is a podcast about the history of popular music from the 19th Century to the 21st. Proud part of Pantheon - the podcast network for music lovers.

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Technoroll 1 Recast: The History of DJ-Based Music - Reggae, Disco, Hip-Hop, House, Techno, EDM and Beyond

Mar 03 2025 45 mins

Today hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness are joined by producer Stephie Haynes to introduce the series and our main source book “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE-- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It

Joan Baez, Judy Collins, and Tom Rush led the pre-Dylan American Folk Boom

Feb 24 2025 45 mins

Hosts Nate Wilcox and Dave Thompson continue their mini-series discussing Dave's book An Evolving Tradition: The Child Ballads in Modern Folk and Rock Music -- buy the book to support the show. This episode discusses the Child Ballads about Robin Hood and the folk revival's odd disinterest in them as well as the explosion of the American Folk Revival led by Joan Baez, Judy Collins,

Alan Lomax, Pete Seeger, Josh White & Jean Ritchie and the first Folk Revival

Feb 10 2025 43 mins

Hosts Nate Wilcox and Dave Thompson continue their mini-series discussing Dave's book An Evolving Tradition: The Child Ballads in Modern Folk and Rock Music -- buy the book to support the show. This episode covers the collision of the Child Ballads with the leaders of the first American popular Folk Revival featuring leaders of the movement like Alan Lomax, Pete Seeger, Josh White

The Carter Family popularized the Child Ballads and Burl Ives built a new tradition

Jan 27 2025 45 mins

Hosts Nate Wilcox and Dave Thompson continue their mini-series discussing Dave's book An Evolving Tradition: The Child Ballads in Modern Folk and Rock Music -- buy the book to support the show. This episode covers the first popular American revival of the Child Ballads by artist like The Carter Family and jazz singer Maxine Sullivan. We also cover the beginnings of the popular folk

The President's Daughter Recorded A Child Ballad

Jan 13 2025 55 mins

Hosts Nate Wilcox and Dave Thompson continue their mini-series discussing Dave's book An Evolving Tradition: The Child Ballads in Modern Folk and Rock Music -- buy the book to support the show. This episode covers Francis James Child himself and how the whole ballad collecting thing went big time, with the trend impacting the recording career of Woodrow Wilson's first lady, one of

Sir Walter Scott, Pepys, and Charles Dickens: The Literary Roots of The Ballad Tradition

Dec 30 2024 54 mins

Hosts Nate Wilcox and Dave Thompson continue their mini-series discussing Dave's book An Evolving Tradition: The Child Ballads in Modern Folk and Rock Music -- buy the book to support the show. This episode covers the very oldest examples of The Child Ballads, with lyrical themes dating back to the ancient Egyptians and Greeks, as well as the contributions of major literary figures

Let It Folk: The Ancient Repertoire the Genre Built On

Dec 16 2024 45 mins

Hosts Nate Wilcox and Dave Thompson kick off a mini-series discussing Dave's book An Evolving Tradition: The Child Ballads in Modern Folk and Rock Music -- buy the book to support the show. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE-- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack. We've got all 350+ episodes lis

Brian Jones' Bitter End

Dec 02 2024 45 mins

Host Nate Wilcox returns with the fifth of five parts of a solo review of Nick Broomfield's documentary "The Stones and Brian Jones." GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE-- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack. We've got all 350+ episodes listed, organized by mini-series, genre, era, co-host, gues

The Cops Killed Brian Jones, Not Mick & Keith

Nov 18 2024 45 mins

Host Nate Wilcox returns with the fourth of five parts of a solo review of Nick Broomfield's documentary "The Stones and Brian Jones." CHECK OUT THE LET IT ROLL WEB SITE -- We've got all 350+ episodes listed, organized by mini-series, genre, era, co-host, guest and more. Please sign up for the email list on the site and get music essays from Nate as well as (eventually) transcripti

Brian Jones and Anita Pallenberg dazzled the pop world in 1966

Nov 04 2024 46 mins

Host Nate Wilcox returns with the third of five parts of a solo review of Nick Broomfield's documentary "The Stones and Brian Jones." CHECK OUT THE LET IT ROLL WEB SITE -- We've got all 350+ episodes listed, organized by mini-series, genre, era, co-host, guest and more. Please sign up for the email list on the site and get music essays from Nate as well as (eventually) transcriptio