Let It Roll
555 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 88 ratings"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.
Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
TechnoRoll 3.16: Mashups & Electroclash at the Turn of the Millennium
August 11, 2022 12:00 - 1 hourA continuing discussion of Michaelangelo Matos’ book “The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America.” Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness discuss Matos' treatment of electroclash, mashups and the impact of 9/11 on the electronic dance music scene in America. Buy the book and support the podcast. Download this episode. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebo...
What Have We Learned? The Birth & Death of the Cool
August 08, 2022 12:00 - 1 hourA discussion of Ted Gioia's book "The Birth (and Death) of the Cool." Hosts Nate Wilcox and Yuri Campbell revisit our previous discussion with Ted Gioia and the basic premises of his work. Buy the book and support the podcast. Download this episode. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
TechnoRoll 3.15: The DEA Cracks Down on Disco Donnie and the NOLA Rave Scene
August 04, 2022 12:00 - 1 hourA discussion of Michaelangelo Matos' "The Underground is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America." Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness discuss Disco Donnie, the DEA and the rave bust that brought the first era of rave to and end. Buy the book and support the podcast. Download this episode. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pan...
Bad Brains' HR Created a New Template for Hard Rock Then Tore It All Down
August 01, 2022 12:00 - 1 hourAn interview with Howie Abrams co-author of "Finding Joseph I: An Oral History of H.R. from Bad Brains." Host Nate Wilcox asks Howie about the accomplishments that made HR and his band legendary and the decisions that kept them out of the American music mainstream. Buy the book and support the podcast. Download this episode. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is...
TechnoRoll 3.14 Carl Craig Brought the Detroit Electronic Music Festival Roaring into Life
July 28, 2022 12:00 - 1 hourA discussion of Michaelangelo Matos' "The Underground is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America." Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness discuss talk about the 2000 Detroit Electronic Music Festival which finally brought the Techno pioneers a measure of popular acclaim in their home city. Buy the book and support the podcast. Download this episode. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Fol...
Yoko Ono Brought Classical and Avant-Garde Techniques to Rock
July 25, 2022 12:00 - 1 hourAn interview with Madeline Bocaro, author of "In Your Mind - The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono." Host Nate Wilcox discusses Yoko Ono's unique approach to music, her collaboration with John Lennon, her training in both Western and Japanese classical musics, her experience with the Western musical avant-garde and how she translated that background into a rock context. HARD COVER BOOKS signed by the author are available. Buy the book and support the podcast. Download this episode. Have a quest...
TechnoRoll 3.13: Moby and Fatboy Slim Rocked Woodstock '99
July 21, 2022 12:00 - 1 hourA discussion of Michaelangelo Matos' "The Underground is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America." Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness discuss 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 late 1990's bro culture. Buy the book and support the podcast. Download this episode. Have a question or a suggestion for ...
Smokey Robinson Was Berry Gordy's Right-Hand Man at Motown
July 18, 2022 12:00 - 1 hourA discussion of Smokey Robinson's autobiography "Smokey: Inside My Life" co-written with David Ritz. Hosts Nate Wilcox and Brooks Long discuss the life story of Motown's top singer-songwriter-producer. Buy the book and support the podcast. Download this episode. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad...
TechnoRoll 3.12: Underworld and Chemical Brothers Headlined Organic '96
July 14, 2022 12:00 - 1 hourA discussion of Michaelangelo Matos' "The Underground is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America." Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness talk about the continuing efforts of the American music business to promote the genre they now called "electronica" via live events and CD releases. Buy the book and support the podcast. Download this episode. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow ...
Ralph Peer Brought Blues, Jazz, Country, and Latin Music to Record
July 11, 2022 12:00 - 1 hourAn interview with Barry Mazor author of "Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music." Host Nate Wilcox asks Barry about the amazing career of Ralph Peer and his role in popularizing Louis Armstrong, Jimmie Rodgers, the Carter Family and many more. Buy the book and support the show. Download this episode. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be p...
TechnoRoll 3.11: Daft Punk Make Their US Debut at Even Furthur in Wisconsin
July 07, 2022 17:00 - 1 hourHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness discuss the Even Further event and Daft Punk's American debut. Buy the book and support the podcast. Download this episode. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Danger Mouse's Gray Album United Jay-Z and The Beatles and Brought Down the Wrath of the Industry
July 04, 2022 12:00 - 1 hourHost Nate Wilcox asks Charles about the creative, legal and cultural issues raised by Danger Mouse's mash-up of Jay-Z's Black Album and The Beatles aka the White Album. Buy the book & support the show. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TechnoRoll 3.10: Richie Hawtin's Rise and Fall as a US Rave Promoter
June 30, 2022 12:00 - 1 hourHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness discuss Matos' narrative of 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. Buy the book and support the show Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be...
John Entwistle's Bass Anchored The Who and His Rockstar Lifestyle Dragged Him Down
June 27, 2022 12:00 - 1 hourHost Nate Wilcox asks Paul about the life and times of the man many believe to be the greatest bassist of the British Rock era. Download this episode. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TechnoRoll 3.9: Moby, The Prodigy, Aphex Twin, Orbital and Cybersonik Led Big Tours of the US in 1993
June 23, 2022 17:00 - 1 hourHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness discuss Matos' treatment of The Rave New World and See the Light Tours of 1993.Download this episode. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Protobilly: The Vaudeville Roots of Country Music
June 20, 2022 17:00 - 1 hourHost Nate Wilcox asks Henry about the genesis of the CD compilation and the roots of country music in 19th century American music.Download this episode. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TechnoRoll 3.8: Rave Crested and Crashed In Southern California in the Early 90s
June 16, 2022 12:00 - 1 hourA discussion of Michaelangelo Matos' "The Underground is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America" chapter 7, Rave America. Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness discuss Matos' coverage of Rave America and the rise and fall of indie rave in Los Angeles in 1991 and 1992. Buy the book and support the podcast. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to ...
Future, Young Thug, Migos and Vybz Kartel Have Used Autotune to Create a Vibrant Vocal Psychedelia
June 13, 2022 12:00 - 59 minutesAn interview with Kit Mackintosh author of "Neon Screams: How Drill, Trap and Bashment Made Music New Again." Host Nate Wilcox asks Kit to catch him up on some of the most innovative new styles of the 21st century. Buy the book and support the podcast. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. V...
TechnoRoll 3.7: Rave Rose and Fell on the East Coast in 1992
June 09, 2022 12:39 - 1 hourA discussion of Michaelangelo Matos' "The Underground is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America" Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness talk about Storm Raves and their various downtown rivals, club kids and others involved in the first wave of rave on the US East coast. Buy the book and support the podcast. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud t...
From Jimi Hendrix to R.E.M., Warner Brothers Records Provided Artists a Rock Era Oasis
June 06, 2022 17:00 - 1 hourAn interview with Peter Ames Carlin author of "Sonic Boom: The Impossible Rise of Warner Bros. Records, from Hendrix to Fleetwood Mac to Madonna to Prince." Host Nate Wilcox discusses the ethos and accomplishments of Warner Brothers Records under the legendary Mo Ostin. Buy the book and support the podcast. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part o...
TechnoRoll 3.6: Tribal House Emerged on the Circuit in the 1990s and Went to the Top of the Pop Charts
June 02, 2022 12:00 - 59 minutesA continuing discussion of "The Underground Is Massive" by Michaelangelo Matos Hosts 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. Buy the book & support the show. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be p...
The Secrets Behind Elvis Presley's Relationship with Col. Tom Parker
May 30, 2022 12:00 - 1 hourAn interview with Alanna Nash author of "The Colonel: The Extraordinary Story of Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley" Host Nate Wilcox asks Alanna to share the fruits of her research into the surprising mysteries of the man born Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk and known to the world as Colonel Tom Parker. Buy the book and support the show. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let ...
TechnoRoll 3.5: The 2nd Wave of Detroit Techno Soundtracked Midwest Raves in the Early 90s
May 26, 2022 17:41 - 57 minutesHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness discuss Matos' treatment of Rave's expansion into the upper midwest from its initial bases in Chicago and Detroit. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Holy Roll 2: Jubilee Singers and Barbershop Quartets Continued the Evolution of African-American Music
May 23, 2022 17:00 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MBHosts Nate Wilcox & Garrett Cash continue their discussion of the evolution of American Gospel music with a look at the evolution of Afro-American music in the late 19th Century. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts.
HolyRoll 2: Jubilee Singers and Barbershop Quartets Continued the Evolution of African-American Music
May 23, 2022 12:00 - 1 hourHosts Nate Wilcox & Garrett Cash continue their discussion of the evolution of American Gospel music with a look at the evolution of Afro-American music in the late 19th Century. Source materials include Robert Darden's "People Get Ready!: A New History of Black Gospel Music" and "Tell Them We Are Singing for Jesus: The Original Fisk Jubilee Singers and Christian Reconstruction, 1871-1878" by Toni P Anderson. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email l...
TechnoRoll 3.4: Rave and Early Internet Culture Rose Together in the Bay Area in the Early 90s
May 19, 2022 12:00 - 58 minutesHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness talk about Matos' interpretation of the early days of Rave culture in Northern California in the early 1990s. Buy the book and support the show. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
HolyRoll 1: In America African Culture Survived as The Spiritual
May 16, 2022 12:00 - 1 hourHosts Nate Wilcox and Garrett Cash kick off a new mini-series with some talk about spirituals and Gospel's roots in African music. Based on Robert Darden's "People Get Ready!: A New History of Black Gospel Music." Buy the book and support the show. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
TechnoRoll 3.3: Madchester and Hip-House Don't Quite Make It In the States, But Rave Took Root in Southern California
May 12, 2022 12:00 - 57 minutesHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness continue their conversations about the slow build of rave culture in the USA in the 1990s. Buy the book and support the show. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
From Louis Armstrong to the White Stripes, 'St James Infirmary' Connects Folk Traditions to Jazz and Rock
May 09, 2022 12:00 - 1 hourHost Nate Wilcox asks Robert Harwood about the origins of "St James Infimary" and how he determined that prior histories of the song that linked it to the old British ballad "The Unfortunate Rake" were completely wrong. Buy the book and support the show. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices....
TechnoRoll 3.2: Detroit Techno or, George Clinton and Krafwerk Stuck in an Elevator With a Sequencer
May 05, 2022 17:00 - 57 minutesHosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness mull Matos' telling 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 Kraftwerk are stuck in an elevator with only a sequencer to keep them company." Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow...
TechnoRoll 3.2: Detroit Techno or, George Clinton and Kraftwerk Stuck in an Elevator With a Sequencer
May 05, 2022 12:00 - 57 minutesA continuing discussion of "The Underground Is Massive" by Michaelangelo Matos Hosts Nate Wilcox & Ryan Harkness mull Matos' telling 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 Kraftwerk are stuck in an elevator with only a sequencer to keep them company." Buy the book and support the show. Have a question or a su...
Cream Combined Heavy Blues Rock With Jazz Improv and Psychedelic Pop
May 02, 2022 17:00 - 1 hourHost Nate Wilcox asks Dave to delve into the story of Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker and the out of control super group they formed in 1966 and its less than 2 year life span. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
TechnoRoll 3.1: Chicago House Kicks Off a New Era in Dance Music
April 28, 2022 12:00 - 1 hourHosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness discuss 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. Buy the book and support the show. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...
Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder Invented Electronic Dance Music With "I Feel Love"
April 25, 2022 17:00 - 1 hourHost Nate Wilcox asks Dave to discuss the origins of "I Feel Love", the careers of Summer and Moroder before and after the song, and some of the other songs and artists whose work anticipated electronic dance music. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Metal Evolution 6: Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth Brought Thrash to a Global Audience
April 21, 2022 17:00 - 1 hourNate debates the virtues of thrash with Eugene and Alexei who have some strong opinions about the virtues of the various thrash bands of the 1980s. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth Brought Thrash to a Global Audience
April 21, 2022 17:00 - 1 hourNate debates the virtues of thrash with Eugene and Alexei who have some strong opinions about the virtues of the various thrash bands of the 1980s. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder Invented Electronic Dance Music With "I Feel Love"
April 18, 2022 17:00 - 1 hourHost Nate Wilcox asks Dave about the making of one of the most influential records of the late 20th Century. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Guns N’ Roses Reigned Over the Late 80's and Fell Hard in the 1990s
April 18, 2022 17:00 - 1 hourHost Nate Wilcox asks Art about the band that seemed like America's Rolling Stones for a few years in the late 1980s but slid into bloat and hubris in the 1990s. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Van Halen and MTV Spawned the LA Glam Metal Scene that Produced Motley Crue, Poison and Guns N Roses
April 14, 2022 17:00 - 1 hourNate, Eugene and Alexei ponder the meaning of hair metal and how it produced its own nemesis in Guns N Roses. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why Does Some Old Music Still Sound Contemporary and Some Sounds Very Dated?
April 11, 2022 17:00 - 1 hourHost Nate Wilcox asks writer J.D. Considine to elaborate on his thesis about the enduring popularity of some older music. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Iron Maiden and Def Leppard Emerge from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal
April 07, 2022 17:39 - 56 minutesAfter punk rock took over Britain in the late 1970s, a new wave of heavy metal bands emerged in response. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Milton Brown Mentored Bob Wills and Invented Western Swing
April 04, 2022 17:00 - 58 minutesHost Nate Wilcox gets Cary Ginnell to tell the tale of Milton Brown, founder of the Light Crust Doughboys and father of Western Swing. They discuss Brown's pioneering combination of traditional country string band with the new jazz sounds of the era. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...
In His Short Life, Milton Brown Mentored Bob Wills and Invented Western Swing
April 04, 2022 17:00 - 58 minutesHost Nate Wilcox gets Cary Ginnell to tell the tale of Milton Brown, founder of the Light Crust Doughboys and father of Western Swing. They discuss Brown's pioneering combination of traditional country string band with the new jazz sounds of the era. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...
Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple Were the Big Three of British Heavy Music
March 31, 2022 17:00 - 1 hourThree legendary bands ruled the hard rock roost in Britain in early 70s but none of them really accepted the terrm "heavy metal." That changed when Judas Priest emerged later in the decade. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Metal Evolution 3: Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple Were the Big Three of British Heavy Music
March 31, 2022 17:00 - 1 hourThree legendary bands ruled the hard rock roost in Britain in early 70s but none of them really accepted the terrm "heavy metal." That changed when Judas Priest emerged later in the decade. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Etta James' Was a First Wave Rock N Roller and Later Led Chess Records' Soul Music Charge
March 28, 2022 17:00 - 1 hourHosts Nate Wilcox and Brooks Long discuss Etta James storied career and stormy personal life in this discussion of "Rage to Survive" the autobiography she wrote with David Ritz. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Metal Evolution 2: Blue Cheer, Steppenwolf, the Stooges and MC5 Invent American Hard Rock
March 24, 2022 17:00 - 1 hourThe gang chews through the implications of Sam Dunn's second episode of "Metal Evolution" which focuses on the rise of American hard rock in the late 60s and early 70s. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Blue Cheer, Steppenwolf, the Stooges and MC5 Invent American Hard Rock
March 24, 2022 17:00 - 1 hourThe gang chews through the implications of Sam Dunn's second episode of "Metal Evolution" which focuses on the rise of American hard rock in the late 60s and early 70s. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rod McKuen's Songs Sold Millions of Records but Triggered a Critical Backlash
March 21, 2022 17:00 - 57 minutesHost Nate Wilcox discusses Rod McKuen with his biographer Barry Alfonso. Topics include the pop-folk origins of the wildly popular poet-songwriter, his pioneering self-promotion and direct sales techniques, and the critical backlash he endured. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...
Heavy Metal Emerged When Blues Rockers Added Elements of Classical Music and Opera
March 17, 2022 17:00 - 1 hourNate, Eugene & Alexei discuss Sam Dunn's take on the origins of heavy metal music in the blending of rock n roll, blues, jazz, classical and opera. Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email [email protected] Follow us on Twitter. Follow us on Facebook. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices