Let It Roll
Pantheon Media
"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.
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Nov 8, 2021 • 1h 5min
Aretha Franklin Brought Gospel Fervor to the Top of the Charts
Nate and Brooks talk about Ritz’ biography of Aretha Franklin: "Respect" and the autobiography he wrote with Aretha “From These Roots”.Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts.Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter.Follow us on Facebook.
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Nov 4, 2021 • 39min
TechnoRoll 2.6: Spiral Tribe Went Big at Castlemorton and Triggered a Backlash
Hosts 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.
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Nov 1, 2021 • 1h 1min
Frank Sinatra Ruled Post-War America, Until He Didn't
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.Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts.Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter.Follow us on Facebook.
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Oct 28, 2021 • 41min
TechnoRoll 2.5: Rave Goes Hardcore in Europe and the UK
Hosts 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 sound of Shut Up and Dance, the anthemic pop of N-Joi and Belgian & German brutalist tekno.
GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack.
Also subscribe to the LET IT ROLL EXTRA feed on Apple, Spotify or your preferred podcast service to access the full episodes via your preferred podcast outlet. We've got all 350+ episodes listed, organized by mini-series, genre, era, co-host, guest and more.
Please sign up for the email list on the site and get music essays from Nate as well as (eventually) transcriptions of every episode.
Also if you can afford it please consider becoming a paid subscriber to support the show. Thanks!
Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com
Follow us on Twitter.
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Oct 25, 2021 • 1h
Music as a Magical, Subversive Power: What Have We Learned
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.Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts.Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter.Follow us on Facebook.
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Oct 21, 2021 • 43min
TechnoRoll 2.4: The Stone Roses & Happy Mondays Led a Madchester Scene That Tried to Absorb Rave Into Rock
Hosts 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 rock.
GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this episode are exclusively for paying subscribers to the Let It Roll Substack.
Also subscribe to the LET IT ROLL EXTRA feed on Apple, Spotify or your preferred podcast service to access the full episodes via your preferred podcast outlet. We've got all 350+ episodes listed, organized by mini-series, genre, era, co-host, guest and more.
Please sign up for the email list on the site and get music essays from Nate as well as (eventually) transcriptions of every episode.
Also if you can afford it please consider becoming a paid subscriber to support the show. Thanks!
Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.com
Follow us on Twitter.
Follow us on Facebook.
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Oct 18, 2021 • 57min
The Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, Phil Spector, Nancy Sinatra and Kim Fowley exploded out of early 60's Hollywood
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.Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts.Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter.Follow us on Facebook.
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Oct 14, 2021 • 40min
TechnoRoll 2.3: DJs Paul Oakenfold, Nicky Holloway and Danny Rampling Break Acid House Big in the UK
This week Nate and Ryan discuss Reynolds' chapter "Living A Dream: Acid House and UK Rave 1988-1989."Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts.Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter.Follow us on Facebook.
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Oct 11, 2021 • 1h 5min
Joan Jett's Years With the Runaways Laid the Groundwork for Solo Stardom
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.Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts.Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter.Follow us on Facebook.
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Oct 7, 2021 • 56min
TechnoRoll 2.2: Modern EDM is Born with Detroit Techno, Chicago House, and New York Garage
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. Let It Roll is proud to be part of Pantheon Podcasts.Have a question or a suggestion for a topic or person for Nate to interview? Email letitrollpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter.Follow us on Facebook.
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