Let It Roll

"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.

Music History
Music Commentary
Music Interviews
1
Bob Dylan Made the US Folk Boom and Then Bust
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
40 min
2
Technoroll 1 Recast: The History of DJ-Based Mu...
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. In this episode, Nate, Ryan and Steph discuss their personal history with dance music and the introductory chapter of "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life", the connection it makes between DJs and shamans, DJs and conductors and DJs and musicians.Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts.
42 min
3
Joan Baez, Judy Collins, and Tom Rush led the p...
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
43 min
4
Alan Lomax, Pete Seeger, Josh White & Jean Ritc...
An interview with author Dave Thompson about An Evolving Tradition: The Child Ballads in Modern Folk and Rock Music
38 min
5
The Carter Family popularized the Child Ballads...
An interview with author Dave Thompson about An Evolving Tradition: The Child Ballads in Modern Folk and Rock Music
40 min
6
The President's Daughter Recorded A Child Ballad
An interview with author Dave Thompson about An Evolving Tradition: The Child Ballads in Modern Folk and Rock Music
50 min
7
Sir Walter Scott, Pepys, and Charles Dickens: T...
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
49 min
8
Let It Folk: The Ancient Repertoire the Genre B...
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
41 min
9
Brian Jones' Bitter End
The end of our series on Brian Jones and The Rolling Stones
40 min
10
The Cops Killed Brian Jones, Not Mick & Keith
The fourth part of Nate's discussion of Nick Broomfield's film "The Stones and Brian Jones"
40 min
11
Brian Jones and Anita Pallenberg dazzled the po...
The third part of Nate's discussion of Nick Broomfield's film "The Stones and Brian Jones"
41 min
12
Brian Jones had no songwriting partner in The R...
The second part of Nate's discussion of Nick Broomfield's film "The Stones and Brian Jones"
45 min
13
New Brian Jones documentary reveals some truths...
A discussion of Nick Broomfield's film "The Stones and Brian Jones"
42 min
14
Brian Jones was Anita Pallenberg's entre into t...
A discussion of the Catching Fire documentary
47 min
15
We're Back: Bill Wyman was The Quiet Rolling Stone
A discussion of The Quiet One documentary
41 min
16
Farewell episode
This is it
47 min
17
Nine Inch Nails channeled the nightmare into music
An interview with Adam Steiner author of "Into The Never: Nine Inch Nails And The Creation Of The Downward Spiral"
59 min
18
Mamas and the Papa John Phillips' old evil spirit
A discussion of John Phillips' autobiography "Papa John"
46 min
19
Gram Parsons lived a nightmare on purpose
An interview with David N Meyer author of "Twenty Thousand Roads: The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music"
60 min
20
Nirvana's biographer looks back at Kurt Cobain ...
An interview with Michael Azerrad discussing the new expanded edition of his classic Nirvana biography "The Amplified Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana"
66 min
21
Rock 'n' Roll's first and worst nightmare
A discussion with Ed Ward about rock 'n' roll in 1959
79 min
22
Brian Jones came to a bad end after the Rolling...
The final installment of our Brian Jones & the Rollling Stones series
64 min
23
Hardcore punk was a nightmare for 80s corporate...
An interview with Steven Blush author of "American Hardcore"
69 min
24
The awful enigma of Brian Jones and the Rolling...
A discussion of the rise and fall of Brian Jones
49 min
25
Jim Morrison lived out the rock 'n' roll nightm...
A discussion of "No One Here Gets Out Alive" by Jerry Hopkins and Danny Sugerman
62 min