"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.
TechnoRoll 2.6: Spiral Tribe Went Big at Castle...
This week, Nate and Ryan talk about The Spiral Tribe, the 1992 Castlemorton Common Festival and the crusty-raver alliance that saw the last gasp of mass illegal raves in Britain.
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Frank Sinatra Ruled Post-War America, Until He ...
Frank Sinatra biographer James Kaplan returns, to discuss “The Chairman” which covers the peak years of Sinatra’s career, his incredible run of albums for Capital Records, the Rat Pack, and how he was the connection between a President and the mob.
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TechnoRoll 2.5: Rave Goes Hardcore in Europe an...
This week our series turns to Reynolds' chapter "'Ardkore, You Know the Score: The Second Wave of Rave 1990-92." Nate and Ryan talk about the Northern bleep and bass sound of Warp and Unique 3, the hip-house and ragga sound of Shut Up and Dance, the anthemic pop of N-Joi and Belgian & German brutalist tekno.
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Music as a Magical, Subversive Power: What Have...
Nate and Yuri look back at Nate's discussion with Ted Gioia and what we learned about the uncontrollable, dangerous power of music, music as magic and how authorities always try to tame musical revolutions and never quite succeed.
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TechnoRoll 2.4: The Stone Roses & Happy Mondays...
The second summer of love hit particularly hard in Manchester and the North of England where bands like the Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, the Shamen and Primal Scream attempted to fuse rave and rock.
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The Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, Phil Spector, Nancy...
Nate and Joel discuss the tightly interconnected LA pop scene of the early and mid-60s, an era when R&B was superseded by surf music and then folk rock.
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TechnoRoll 2.3: DJs Paul Oakenfold, Nicky Hollo...
This week Nate and Ryan discuss Reynolds' chapter "Living A Dream: Acid House and UK Rave 1988-1989."
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58 min
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Joan Jett's Years With the Runaways Laid the Gr...
Host Nate Wilcox asks Joan Jett's biographer about Kim Fowley, the rise and fall of the Runaways, the metal vs punk split that divided the band, her alliance with bubblegum creator Kenny Laguna and how she rode that partnership to fame and fortune.
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TechnoRoll 2.2: Modern EDM is Born with Detroit...
Today Nate and Ryan take a look at the Techno scene in Detroit, the House scene in Chicago and the garage scene in New York and New Jersey and how African-Americans in those three cities invented and perfected EDM as we know it today.
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Solving the Mysteries Behind Elvis Presley's "H...
Nate and Tony talk Col. Tom Parker, Hank Snow, the songwriting team behind Elvis’ first #1 and the murder mystery behind the song.
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TechnoRoll 2.1: A Journey Through Rave Music & ...
In this episode we introduce the new series, discuss author Simon Reynolds' background and perspective and why this is a definitive take on the UK dance scene of the 1990s.
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Lil Wayne, T.I. and 50 Cent Triumph in the Mix ...
This episode covers the mix tape phenomenon and artists like 50 Cent, TI and Lil Wayne who thrived in the medium.
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CountyRoll 8: George Strait, Reba McEntire, & D...
This episode covers the emergence of country music's neo-traditionalists like Randy Travis and Ricky Skaggs and the brief golden period they kicked off before the economics of superstars changed the game.
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How The Neptunes, Timbaland & Missy Elliott, J ...
In this episode, Nate, Eugene & Alexei look at a new generation of producers who emerged in the late 1990s and early 2000s: Virginia's The Neptunes and Timbaland & Missy Elliott, Chicago's Kanye West and Detroit's J Dilla.
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CountryRoll 7: Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings ...
In this episode Nate & James talk about the triumph of Outlaw Country practitioners Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings outside the Nashville system, the massive crossover success of Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris’ knack for bringing traditional country to the top of the charts from Los Angeles and more.
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Houston's DJ Screw, Memphis' Three 6 Mafia and ...
This week we look at the innovations of Houston’s DJ Screw, the Three 6 Mafia from Memphis and Atlanta’s Lil Jon.
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CountryRoll 6: George Jones & Tammy Wynette Wer...
Nate and James discuss episode episode six “Will The Circle Be Unbroken” which covers the rise of Kris Kristofferson and a new generation of Nashville songwriters, Mr & Mrs Country music George Jones & Tammy Wynette, Johnny Cash’s emergence as a superstar and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s successful attempt at rapprochement between musical generations.
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Bounce, Master P & No Limit and Cash Money's Ma...
This week we discuss New Orleans hip-hop from bounce to No Limit & Cash Money Records.
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CountryRoll 5: Charley Pride Integrates Nashvil...
Host Nate & James covers Charley Pride’s efforts to integrate country music, the rise of Roger Miller, Buck Owens & Merle Haggard’s Bakersfield Sound, Loretta Lynn and the new wave of female singers she led.
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Outkast & Goodie Mob Took the Dirty South Natio...
This week hosts Nate Wilcox, Eugene S. Robinson and Alexei Auld look at the birth of the Atlanta hip-hop scene from the early commercial breakthroughs of Jermaine Dupri with Kriss Kross and LaFace Records with TLC to the emergence of Outkast and Goodie Mob.
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Countryroll 4: Johnny Cash and the Rockabilly R...
Nate and James talk about the sudden emergence of rockabilly from Memphis, the new generation of stars like Johnny Cash and the Nashville Sound that producers Chet Atkins and Owen Bradley came up for artists like Jim Reeves and Patsy Cline in response.
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Eminem, Mos Def & Black Star Emerge from Hip-Ho...
Host Nate Wilcox returns with cohorts Eugene S. Robinson, lead singer of the art-punk band Oxbow and veteran entertainment attorney Alexei Auld to continue their discussion of Netflix’ Hip Hop Evolution. This week they look at “Pass the Mic” which features Mos Def & Black Star, Eminem and an in-depth look at cyphers and open mics and their role in 90’s undergroun hip-hop.
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Host Nate Wilcox and music writer James Porter talk Hank Williams, the living avatar of honky tonk, his closest rival Lefty Frizzell as well as Eddy Arnold, who offered a pop-country alternative, and Kitty Wells whose answer song prefigured feminist country music.
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After The Notorious B.I.G.'s Reign, Puff Daddy,...
Host Nate Wilcox returns with his cohorts Eugene S. Robinson, lead singer of the art-punk band Oxbow, and veteran entertainment attorney Alexei Auld, to continue their discussion of Netflix’ Hip Hop Evolution. This week they look at Notorious B.I.G’s “Life After Death” and his mentoring of Lil' Kim, how Puff Daddy dealt with the loss of his friend and the still-controversial “jiggy era of Hip-Hop" that even briefly ensnared Jay-Z.
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Countryroll 2: Roy Acuff, Bob Wills, Gene Autry...
Nate and James discuss Country Music during the Depression and World War 2 and the artists, like Roy Acuff and Bob Wills, and the Maddox Brothers and Rose who dominated the era.
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