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Let It Roll EXTRAWhat Have We Learned From Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll Part 2?This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comToday special guest scholar and musician Yuri Campbell returns to review the key lessons we learned from Nate’s discussions with Ed Ward about his book “The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 2: 1964-1977 The Beatles, The Stones and the Rise of Classic Rock” and the Let It Roll series covering it. We talk about Ward's cultural scholarship and what lessons…
2026-01-0946 min
Let It Roll EXTRAWhat Have We Learned From Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll?This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate Wilcox and guest Yuri Campbell look back on Ed Ward's book "History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963 " and the Let It Roll series covering it. We talk about Ward's cultural scholarship and what lessons we can learn from his method of studying music history.
2026-01-0746 min
Let It Roll EXTRAThe Pre-Punk Seventies: Ed Ward's History Of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comEd Ward and Nate Wilcox conclude their discussion of Ed's book "The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 2: 1964–1977: The Beatles, the Stones, and the Rise of Classic Rock" with a look at the bloating of the music biz in the early 70s and the feeling that everyone was waiting on something to happen, Bob Dylan vs David Geffen, the New York Dolls at the Me…
2026-01-0539 min
Let It Roll EXTRAHard Rock Vs. Soft Rock, AM Vs. FM: Ed Ward's History Of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comEd Ward and Nate Wilcox continue their discussion of Ed's book "The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 2: 1964–1977: The Beatles, the Stones, and the Rise of Classic Rock" with a look at the splits between AM and FM, hard rock and soft rock and John, Paul, George and Ringo.
2026-01-0244 min
Let It Roll EXTRAThe Birth Of Reggae & The Funk Revolution: Ed Ward's History Of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comEd Ward and Nate Wilcox continue their discussion of Ed's book "The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 2: 1964–1977: The Beatles, the Stones, and the Rise of Classic Rock" with a look at the origins of reggae in Jamaica and a survey of the funk scene as it stood when James Brown was king and Sly Stone was emerging as his biggest rival.
2025-12-3138 min
Let It Roll EXTRAThe Invention of 'The Sixties': Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comEd Ward and Nate Wilcox continue their discussion of Ed's book "The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 2: 1964–1977: The Beatles, the Stones, and the Rise of Classic Rock" with a look at 1969, Woodstock, and the invention of “the sixties.”
2025-12-2932 min
Let It Roll EXTRA1968 Rock, Riot, Revolution: Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comEd Ward and Nate Wilcox continue their discussion of Ed's book "The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 2: 1964–1977: The Beatles, the Stones, and the Rise of Classic Rock" with a look at 1968: the year of riots and revolution, the year of newcomers like Led Zeppelin and Sly & the Family Stone and The Band who led a musical counter-revolution.
2025-12-2640 min
Let It Roll EXTRAOtis Redding Meets The Love Crowd: Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comEd Ward and Nate Wilcox continue their discussion of Ed's book "The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 2: 1964–1977: The Beatles, the Stones, and the Rise of Classic Rock" with a look at 1967, the year of Monterey Pop, when the Beatles lost Brian Epstein and gained the Maharishi, Brian Wilson blew it and Otis Redding died.
2025-12-2457 min
Let It Roll EXTRABob Dylan Rocks Folk: Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comEd Ward and Nate Wilcox continue their discussion of Ed's book "The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 2: 1964–1977: The Beatles, the Stones, and the Rise of Classic Rock" with a look at rock & roll's second miracle year when America responded to the Beatles by blending folk and blues with rock & roll. They discuss how Michael Bloomfield electrified Bob D…
2025-12-2243 min
Let It Roll EXTRAThe Beatles Invade And The Rolling Stones Follow: Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comEd Ward and Nate Wilcox kick off their discussion of Ed's book "The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 2: 1964–1977: The Beatles, the Stones, and the Rise of Classic Rock" with a look at The Beatles' conquest of America, the other British bands that followed in their wake and the American response headed up by Motown and James Brown.
2025-12-1936 min
Let It Roll EXTRABob Wills & Western Swing: Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comEd Ward and host Nate Wilcox fill in a gap in our discussion of his epic History of Rock & Roll Part 1, 1920-1963, with a look at Bob Wills and Western Swing. We pick up the history of country music where we left off after the Carter Family & Jimmie Rodgers episode and carry on to the 1930s emergence of a distinctive genre in Texas: Western Swing and …
2025-12-1733 min
Let It Roll EXTRARhythm & Blues from Bessie Smith to Louis Jordan: Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comEd Ward and host Nate Wilcox fill in a gap in our discussion of his epic History of Rock & Roll Part 1, 1920-1963 with a look at how African-American pop music transformed itself thru the swing era, the rise & fall of the blues queens, the thin line between jazz and blues, the first guitar heroes and the greatest American musical superstar you’ve prob…
2025-12-1539 min
Let It Roll EXTRAJimmie Rodgers & The Carter Family: Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comEd Ward and host Nate Wilcox fill in a gap in our discussion of his epic History of Rock & Roll Part 1, 1920-1963 by discussing the foundation of commercial country music and its first superstars, Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family.
2025-12-1235 min
Let It Roll EXTRARock Pre-History the 1920s & 30s: Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comThis episode is a prequel to last season that covers the period from 1920 to 1945. It’s a fun one as Ed Ward and Nate Wilcox talk rock and roll’s prehistory in the era of Victrolas, live radio, and swing bands. We talk about the first hit blues record, the first superstars of country music, and much more.
2025-12-1042 min
Let It Roll EXTRA1963 The British Invasion is Coming!: Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate Wilcox and Ed Ward conclude their discussion of Ed’s ”History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963 “ with part two of 1963.We’ll hear about about the Lebanese Restaurant that birthed surf music and saved Fender guitars, how Murray Wilson’s failed musical career laid the groundwork for his sons’ amazing success, how Columbia buried Bob Dylan’…
2025-12-0840 min
Let It Roll EXTRA1963 Brill Building pop is perfected: Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s ”History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963 “ with the first of two shows discussing 1963. This week we’ll be talking about how Berry Gordy perfected his Motown assembly line, Phil Spector and the wrecking crew, Roy Orbison’s operatic dramas, Patsy Cline’s final year, and how James Brown f…
2025-12-0529 min
Let It Roll EXTRA1961-1962 The Quiet Years: Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s ”History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963 “ with a look at 1961 and 1962, years that are often written off as “the dark ages” of the first rock and roll era. As Ed Ward points out, “any time you’re a teenager is the best time for rock and roll!”
2025-12-0350 min
Let It Roll EXTRA1960 The Fire of Rebellion Has Been Snuffed: Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s ”History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963 “ with a look at 1960, a year when the American corporate brass thought they had tamed the rock and roll rebels of the 1950s.
2025-12-0156 min
Let It Roll EXTRA1959 Death and Soul: Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s ”History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963 “ with a look at 1959, a year that started with tragedy for rock n’ roll and went on to see the first flowerings of soul music and the Brill Building pop that would dominate the early 60s.It was also the year that the music business figured out how t…
2025-12-0154 min
Let It Roll EXTRA1958 The Year the Music Didn't Quite Die: Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s ”History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963 “ with a look at 1958, the backlash year. This was the year that Elvis got drafted and Jerry Lee Lewis ruined his career with a bigamous marriage to his 13-year-old cousin.It was also the year that the music business figured out how to package pretty…
2025-11-2647 min
Let It Roll EXTRA1957 The Miracle Year of Rock & Roll: Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s ”History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963 “ with a look at what Ed calls the “Miracle Year” of rock and roll. The year when Elvis, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, and others were at the peak of their powers and dominated the charts.
2025-11-241h 02
Let It Roll EXTRA1956 Rock & Roll in Full Flower: Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s ”History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963 “ with a look at rock and roll in 1956, focusing on the rocky yet productive relationships between African-American recording artists and the Jewish entrepreneurs who brought their work to market. We discuss the relationship between James Brown and Syd N…
2025-11-2127 min
Let It Roll EXTRA1955 Rock and Roll is Born....Maybe: Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963 with a look at 1955 and 1956. These are the years when the “American Prometheus” brought forth Elvis Presley, when Chuck Berry culturally appropriated Western Swing for his first hit and Hollywood shocked the masses with the first rock and roll movies. As al…
2025-11-1943 min
Let It Roll EXTRA1953-1954 Rock, Meet Roll: Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963 with a look at the period when Rock and Roll really got started.We’ll hear about the woman who discovered Elvis Presley, a pair of Jewish music fans who become legit R&B legends, how a Turkish record mogul wrote Ray Charles’ first hit, when country music disco…
2025-11-1742 min
Let It Roll EXTRAThe Early 1950s & Good Rockin Tonight: Ed Ward's History of Rock & RollThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate Wilcox and Ed Ward continue their discussion of Ed’s History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963 with a look at the legendary song “Good Rockin’ Tonight” and the two simultaneous hit versions that came out in 1949 plus the early work of Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Ruth Brown, and the late, great Johnny Ace.
2025-11-1444 min
Let It Roll EXTRAEd Ward's History of Rock & Roll: 1945-1950 The Post-War YearsThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate Wilcox and Ed Ward kick off their discussion of Ed’s History of Rock & Roll 1920-1963 with a look at some of the factors that made the first five years after World War II so critical to the evolution of Rock and Roll.
2025-11-1242 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.20: How Dance Music Conquered America With Michaelangelo MatosThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comAn interview with Michaelangelo Matos author of “The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America.” Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness ask Michaelangelo Matos the questions raised over the course of TechnoRoll series 3
2025-11-1038 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.19: Daft Punk Sweeps the Grammys as EDM Joins the MainstreamThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at EDM’s Animal Farm moment when the genre and its practitioners were finally accepted by the American music industry.
2025-11-0739 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.18: Electric Daisy Carnival's Move From LA to Las Vegas Legitimzed EDM for the US Music BizThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at EDMs commercial triumphs in the early 2010s, epitomized by Electric Daisy Carnival’s move from LA to Las Vegas, the rise of Skrillex and brostep, and the cross-over success of David Guetta and others.
2025-11-0541 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.17: Daft Punk Break Through at Coachella 2006This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at the book’s treatment of EDM’s breakthrough moment when Daft Punk played Coachella 2006 and blew away Madonna and Kanye West.
2025-11-0338 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.16: Mashups & Electroclash at the Turn of the MillenniumThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at Matos’ treatment of electroclash, mashups and the impact of 9/11 on the electronic dance music scene in America.
2025-10-3140 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.15: The DEA Cracks Down on Disco Donnie and the NOLA Rave SceneThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at Disco Donnie, the DEA and the rave bust that brought the first era of rave to an end.
2025-10-2940 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.14 Carl Craig Brought the Detroit Electronic Music Festival Roaring into LifeThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at the 2000 Detroit Electronic Music Festival which finally brought the Techno pioneers a measure of popular acclaim in their home city.
2025-10-2739 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.13: Moby and Fatboy Slim Rocked Woodstock '99This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at the US music industry’s continuing efforts to make “electronica” the next big thing, culminating in Moby and Fatboy Slim’s appearances at the rave tent of Woodstock ‘99, an infamous debacle that epitomized the worst of lat…
2025-10-2441 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.12: Underworld and Chemical Brothers Headlined Organic '96This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at the continuing efforts of the American music business to promote the genre they now called “electronica” via live events and CD releases.
2025-10-2241 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.11: Daft Punk Make Their US Debut at Even Furthur in WisconsinThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at the Even Further event and Daft Punk’s American debut.
2025-10-2042 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.10: Richie Hawtin's Rise and Fall as a US Rave PromoterThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at Richie Hawtin’s transition to minimal techno and his boom and bust as a US rave promoter. Other Detroit area producer/DJs like Carl Craig and Robert Hood are discussed as is the relationship between Berlin and Detroit.
2025-10-1739 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.9: Moby, The Prodigy, Aphex Twin, Orbital and Cybersonik Led Big Tours of the US in 1993This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at The Rave New World and See the Light Tours of 1993.
2025-10-1535 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.8: Rave Crested and Crashed In Southern California in the Early 90sThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at Rave America and the rise and fall of indie rave in Los Angeles in 1991 and 1992.
2025-10-1340 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.7: Rave Rose & Fell on the East Coast in 1992This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “The Underground is Massive“ with a look at Storm Raves and their various downtown rivals, club kids and others involved in the first wave of rave on the US East coast.
2025-10-1038 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.6: Tribal House Emerged on the Circuit in the 1990s and Went to the Top of the Pop ChartsThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness take a break from “The Underground is Massive“ to discuss the emergence of Tribal House on the international gay party circuit and its rise to the top of the charts.
2025-10-0835 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.5: The Second Wave of Detroit Techno Soundtracked Midwest Raves in the Early 90sThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their conversations about Michaelangelo Matos’ “The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America“ with a look at Matos’ treatment of Rave’s expansion into the upper midwest from its initial bases in Chicago and Detroit.
2025-10-0639 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.4: Rave and Early Internet Culture Rose Together in the Bay Area in the Early 90sThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their conversations about Michaelangelo Matos’ “The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America“ with a look at the early days of Rave culture in Northern California in the early 1990s.
2025-10-0339 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.3: Madchester and Hip-House Don't Quite Make It In the States, But Rave Took Root in Southern CaliforniaThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their conversations about Michaelangelo Matos’ “The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America.” This episode focuses on the domestic failure of Madchester and HipHouse and the slow build of rave culture in the USA in the 1990s.
2025-10-0138 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.2: Detroit Techno or, George Clinton, & Kraftwerk Stuck in an Elevator With a SequencerThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness mull the second chapter of “The Underground Is Massive“ by Michaelangelo Matos which tells of the emergence of the first wave of Detroit Techno, led by the Belleville Three: Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson.As May said, “The music is just like Detroit, a complete mistake. It’s like George Clinton and Kr…
2025-09-2940 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 3.1: Chicago House Kicks Off a New Era in Dance MusicThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness kick off their discussion of Michaelangelo Matos’ “The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America“ with a look at the role of radio, dance clubs, DJs like Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy and the Hot Mix 5 in the first outbreak of modern electronic dance music in the USA.
2025-09-2644 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.24: Simon Reynolds On Rave Music, Dance Culture and the Hardcore to Jungle to Drum & Bass to Dubstep to EDM ContinuumThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness wrap up their discussion of “Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture“ with an interview of the author, Simon Reynolds.
2025-09-2435 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.23: Skrillex Leads EDM's Take Over of AmericaThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness discuss the final chapter of the last edition of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash" which covers the back-from-the-dead bigger-than-ever re-emergence of EDM in North America in the 2010. We talk dubstep, brostep, ghettotech, and a little bit of Daft Punk.
2025-09-2240 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.22: First Wave Dubstep, Grime and Breakcore Dominate a Downbeat Half DecadeThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a look at the developments in dance music in the first decade of the 21st century including the beginnings of dubstep, grime, and breakcore.
2025-09-1939 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.21: Electroclash Was the 'It' Sound from Brooklyn to Berlin at the Turn of the MillenniumThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a look at the electro revival that began in the early 90s, got a lot of attention as electroclash when it moved to Brooklyn around the turn of the millennium and has had a surprising amount of influence…
2025-09-1737 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.20 Speed Garage and 2Step Evolved Out of the UK Garage SceneThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Ryan Harkness and Nate Wilcox continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a look at Speed Garage and 2Step, the sounds that pushed jungle aside and briefly ruled the English charts, airwaves and dance floors at the turn of the millennium.
2025-09-1542 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.19 Paul Van Dyk, DJ Tiesto, & Ferry Corsten Take Trance to the Top as the PsyTrance Underground Goes GlobalThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comOn this episode, hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness discuss the evolution of trance in the second half of the 1990s: psy-trance, progressive trance, and Euro or uplifting trance.
2025-09-1242 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.18: Leftfield, Moby, Green Velvet and Underworld Pushed the Boundaries of House in the 1990sThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of dance music in the 1990s with a look at how House evolved down multiple paths in the 1990s as producers and DJs from Chicago to New York to London gave it their own personal twist.
2025-09-1041 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.17: The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers & Fatboy Slim Brought Big Beat to Massive International SuccessThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of UK dance music in the 1990s with a look at Big Beat. For many Americans Big Beat was the first style of electronic dance music that they saw in concert, purchased on CD or heard in TV ads and movie soundtracks. We discuss this briefly popular genre, how it evolved alongside other genres of E…
2025-09-0840 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.16: DJ Spooky, Atari Teenage Riot, Mouse on Mars and Drill & Bass Producers Got Arty Post-RaveThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a look at the avant-garde of late 90's post-rave, post-rap, post-rock artists who abandoned the dance floors and strived to advance the boundaries of the form.
2025-09-0539 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.15: Drum & Bass Fought to Differentiate Itself from Ragga Jungle & TechstepThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a look at what happened when Jungle rose to prominence and the scene fragmented into competing subgenres.
2025-09-0338 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.14: Tricky, Portishead, & Massive Attack Took Trip-Hop Straight Out of BristolThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of UK rave in the 1990s with a mental trip to Bristol and chat about how the 1990s Bristol sound emerged from a city not much known for innovative music until the 1980s. This episode draws heavily from Phil Johnson’s book “Straight Outa Bristol: Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky and The Roots …
2025-09-0137 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.13: American Rave Stayed Underground In the 1990sThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture " with a look at the chapter on "America The Rave: US Rave Culture 1990-1997" an era when rave became a significant underground youth music in the US but never reached the mainstream nor did American EDM make m…
2025-08-2940 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.12: Dutch Dance Gets Intense With Gabba & Happy Hardcore Shelters Some of the Rave Spirit in the UKThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a look at the chapter "Marching Into Madness: Gabba and Happy Hardcore." It was a time when the sounds in Holland and Scotland got more martial and extreme while a backlash against Jungle sent many …
2025-08-2737 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.11: Jungle Brought Hip-Hop and Reggae Elements Back Into UK's Rave SceneThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a look at how hardcore breakbeat evolved into Jungle in London in the early 1990s, changing the sound and bringing more Black dancers into the scene.
2025-08-2539 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.10: UK Pirate Radio Brought the Underground to the AirwavesThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness discuss Pirate Radio in the UK in the 1990s. The discussion is based on Simon Reynolds' chapter "This Sound Is For the Underground" from "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture."
2025-08-2240 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.9: Underground Resistance, Carl Craig & Richie Hawtin Led Detroit's Second Wave of TechnoThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness talk about the second wave of Detroit Techno -- artists like Underground Resistance, Richie Hawtin’s +8 label and Carl Craig. Based on Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture."
2025-08-2038 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.8: Goldie's Rufige Cru, Doc Scott and DJ Hype Led Breakbeat Hardcore's Turn to DarkcoreThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comAs Ecstasy lost its charm for many in the UK dance scene, some producers and DJs led an evolution that saw the music's themes get grimmer and the sounds get stranger. Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture.
2025-08-1838 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.7: Aphex Twin, The Orb, The Black Dog & Sven Vath Create Intelligent Techno, Ambient and TranceThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a focus on chapter called “Feed Your Head: Intelligent Techno, Ambient and Trance” and the attempt by some producers and DJs to push the music into a serious album-oriented music made for listening rather than dancing.
2025-08-1541 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.6: Spiral Tribe Went Big at Castlemorton & Triggered a BacklashThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with a 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.
2025-08-1336 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.5: Rave Goes Hardcore in Europe & the UKThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their conversation about Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture " with a look at the chapter titled "'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…
2025-08-1138 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.4: The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays Led a Madchester Scene That Tried to Absorb Rave Into RockThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture with a look at 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 ro…
2025-08-0840 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.3: DJs Paul Oakenfold, Nicky Holloway and Danny Rampling Break Acid House Big in the UKThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Culture" with a look at the chapter title "Living A Dream: Acid House and UK Rave 1988-1989."
2025-08-0637 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.2: Modern EDM is Born with Detroit Techno, Chicago House, and New York GarageThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of Simon Reynolds' "Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture" with 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 t…
2025-08-0438 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoRoll 2.1: A Journey Through Rave Music & Dance CultureThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comIn this episode hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness introduce the new series, discuss author Simon Reynolds' background and perspective and why his book “Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture“ is a definitive take on the UK dance scene of the 1990s.
2025-07-3138 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 1.22: Interview with Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton, Historians of the DJThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comAfter discussing “Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey” for 21 weeks, hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness get the opportunity to ask some questions of the authors. Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton describe their motivation for writing the book, how they worked together and how they decided what to include and what to leave out of t…
2025-07-2832 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 1.21: Did EDM Sell Out the Values that Made Disco Great?This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comIn this week’s episode hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness debate the questions raised in the final chapter of "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey" about the values of clubbing and whether or not the current mass success of superstar DJs represents a betrayal of those values.
2025-07-2442 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 1.20: Superstars Like DJ Tiesto and Fatboy Slim Changed the GameThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts 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. This week’s episode focuses on the wave of superstar DJs that emerged in the 21st Century like DJ Tiesto and Fatboy Slim.
2025-07-2140 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 1.19: UK and US Authorities Crack Down on Raves in the 1990sThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts 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. This week’s episode focuses on the attempts to criminalize rave culture in the UK and US.
2025-07-1739 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 1.18: The KLF Trolled the Pop World and Brought Ambient to a Mass AudienceThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts 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. This week’s episode focuses on the emergence of DJs as recording artists in their own right, people like The KLF.
2025-07-1439 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 1.17: After Acid House Came Hardcore, Jungle, Drum & Bass, and UK GarageThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts 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. This week’s episode focuses on the many new genres that emerged from Great Britain in the wake of the Acid House revolution: hardcore, jungle, drum and bass, and UK garage.
2025-07-1040 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 1.16: The Acid House Revolution Shakes the UK to its FoundationsThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comToday hosts 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. This week’s episode focuses on Ibiza and the unique Balearic sub-genre it spawned as well as Belgian new beat and other Euro dance trends of the late 80s.
2025-07-0740 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 15: Ibiza's Balearic Beat Modeled Modern Dance Music in the 1980sThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comToday hosts 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. This week’s episode focuses on Ibiza and the unique Balearic sub-genre it spawned as well as Belgian new beat and other Euro dance trends of the late 80s.
2025-07-0338 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 14: Trance Connected Berlin with Goa, IndiaThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts 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. This week’s episode focuses on the birth of trance music and the cross-pollination between Berlin and Goa, India that made it happen.
2025-06-3040 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 13: The Belleville Three Create Techno in DetroitThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts 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. This week’s episode focuses on the Belleville Three (Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson), the "Belleville Fourth" Eddie Fowlkes, the Electrofying Mojo and the birth of Techno in…
2025-06-2441 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 12: Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy and the Birth of House Music in ChicagoThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts 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. This week’s episode focuses on Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy and the birth of House Music in Chicago (and don't forget the Hotmix 5).
2025-06-1643 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 11: Larry Levan Kept the Dance Music Torch Burning at the Paradise GarageThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts 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. This week’s episode focuses on Larry Levan, his club the Paradise Garage and the post-disco genre named for it.
2025-06-0942 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 10: Afrika Bambaataa Distils Electro and Hip-Hop Matures in the Recording StudioThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate and Ryan are joined by hip-hop ringer Steve Juon continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on hip hop’s transition to records with the Sugarhill Gang, Afrika Bambaataa’s epic “Planet Rock” and how hip hop morphed from music for danc…
2025-06-0240 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 9: Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, & Afrika Bambaataa Invent Hip-HopThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate and Ryan get back to their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on the birth of hip-hop in the Bronx and the Holy Trinity: DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa.
2025-05-2643 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 8: Before Hip-Hop Disco DJ's Like Grandmaster Flowers & DJ Hollywood Set the StageThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comToday Nate and Ryan pause their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton to welcome a special guest, hip hop writer Steve Juon. Together, they take a look at the documentary “Founding Fathers of Hip Hop” which fills in some important gaps in the story -- namely what were straight…
2025-05-1940 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 7: Hi-NRG Kept the Dance Going In the Early 80'sThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts 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 with a look at how Hi-NRG, the sound that emerged in the post-disco backlash club scenes of London, San Francisco and New York, spawned the most successful production/songwriting team of a…
2025-05-1238 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 6: Disco Blows Up in the Late 70'sThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts 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 with a look at the high water mark of disco -- Studio 54, Saturday Night Fever, the Bee Gees and the backlash.
2025-05-0538 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 5: Disco Begins In New YorkThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comNate 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's topic is the early days of disco in New York when an innovative wave of DJs like David Mancuso and Francis Grasso created a dancer’s utopia in Manhattan.
2025-04-2837 min
Let It Roll EXTRALed Zeppelin flew their folk flag highThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comIn this episode, Dave and Nate discuss UK folk-rock’s commercial peaks. We further our discussion of Steeleye Span, their alliance with stalwarts of the 60’s folk scene like Martin Carthy and Bert Lloyd, and commercial success.We also discuss Led Zeppelin’s “Gallows Pole” and the supposed backlash from disappointed fans when they released Led Zeppelin I…
2025-04-2137 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 4: Jamaica's Sound System Culture Birthed Ska, Reggae, DubThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comToday Nate & Ryan takes 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.
2025-04-1437 min
Let It Roll EXTRAFairport Convention and Pentangle led the UK folk-rock movementThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comThis episode covers the emergence of UK folk-rock out of the hippie, psychedelic ballroom scene in the late 1960s.Dave and Nate discuss the formation of Pentangle a sort of super group comprised of Jacqui McShee (vocals); John Renbourn (vocals and guitar); Bert Jansch (vocals and guitar); Danny Thompson (double bass); and Terry Cox (drums).They also discuss the formation and evolution of Fairport Convention from a band modeled on the Jefferson Airplane to the greatest and...
2025-04-0752 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 1.3: UK DJ Culture Develops With Northern SoulThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comIn this episode, Nate and Ryan discuss the uniquely British dance culture called Northern Soul where the kids of the British rust belt just wouldn't let go of their favorite up-tempo 60s soul and kept the style alive into the 1980s.Buy the book and support the show.
2025-03-3131 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 1.2: The First DJs On the Radio and In the ClubsThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comToday 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 m...
2025-03-1737 min
Let It Roll EXTRATechnoroll 1: The History of DJ-Based Music - Reggae, Disco, Hip-Hop, House, Techno, EDM and BeyondThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts 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.This is the first of three series of dance music history that Ryan Harkness and I did together. We’ll be recasting them bi-weekly for the next 33 weeks.
2025-03-0342 min
Let It Roll EXTRAJoan Baez, Judy Collins, and Tom Rush led the pre-Dylan American Folk BoomThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts 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. (Note ordering the book using that link will help support the show via Amazon’s affiliate program).This episode discusses the Child Ballads about Robin Hood and the folk revival's odd disinterest i…
2025-02-2443 min
Let It Roll EXTRAAlan Lomax, Pete Seeger, Josh White & Jean Ritchie and the first Folk RevivalThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts 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 and Jean Ritchie.
2025-02-1038 min
Let It Roll EXTRAThe Carter Family popularized the Child Ballads and Burl Ives built a new traditionThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comThis episode covers the emergence of the commercial recording industry into the story of the Child Ballads with producers like Ralph Peer, performers like The Carter Family, and “songweriters” like A.P. Carter all transforming the ballads for a new popular audience. Dave Thompson and Nate Wilcox also discuss the emergence of the first “folk revivalists”…
2025-01-2740 min
Let It Roll EXTRASir Walter Scott, Pepys, and Charles Dickens: The Literary Roots of The Ballad TraditionThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHosts 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
2024-12-3049 min
Let It Roll EXTRALet It Folk: The Ancient Repertoire the Genre Built OnThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.comHost Nate Wilcox welcomes Dave Thopson to kick off a new mini-series on his book “An Evolving Tradition: The Child Ballads in Modern Folk and Rock Music.” The song lyrics collected by Francis J. Child in the 19th Century have contributed mightily to the repertoire of the people we often call “folk singers” from Pete Seeger to Ewan MacColl, from Leadbel…
2024-12-1641 min
Plutopia News NetworkNate Wilcox: RealpolitikNate Wilcox has many opinions and he is not afraid to use them all. Nate joins the Plutopia podcast this time as we discuss politics, politicians, and other dangerous predators.
Nate is a former political consultant turned MMA blogger (noting the similarity of politics to mixed martial arts). He’s publisher of “The MMA Draw Newsletter” and “Let It Roll” podcast (the latter is currently on hiatus). Nate joins the Plutopia podcast to discuss various political topics, highlighting how Trump’s unexpected rise to presidency was initially a strategy to gain leverage in reality TV negotiations. Wilcox provides an...
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