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
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Technoroll 11: Larry Levan Kept the Dance Music...
42 min
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Technoroll 10: Afrika Bambaataa Distils Electro...
40 min
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Technoroll 9: Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, & A...
43 min
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Technoroll 8: Before Hip-Hop Disco DJ's Like Gr...
40 min
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Technoroll 7: Hi-NRG Kept the Dance Going In th...
38 min
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Technoroll 5: Disco Begins In New York
37 min
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Technoroll 6: Disco Blows Up in the Late 70's
38 min
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Led Zeppelin flew their folk flag high
37 min
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Technoroll 4: Jamaica's Sound System Culture Bi...
Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. Today Nate and Ryan take a look at Jamaica’s unique sound system scene which spurred the creation of ska, reggae and dub and directly influenced the creation of hip-hop. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts.
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Fairport Convention and Pentangle led the UK fo...
52 min
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Recast Technoroll 3: UK DJ Culture Develops Wit...
31 min
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Paul Simon dived into the UK folk scene at a ke...
44 min
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Recast Technoroll 2: The First DJs On the Radio...
Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. In this episode, Nate and Ryan go way way back to the beginnings of the 20th Century and discuss the very first radio DJs -- including Sybil True the first female radio DJ who started in 1913 -- and the first club DJs including the now-infamous Jimmy Savile. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts.
37 min
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Brian Jones' Bitter End
The end of our series on Brian Jones and The Rolling Stones
40 min
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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
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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
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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