Let It Roll

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"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.

Episode Date
Farewell episode
Jan 29, 2024
Nine Inch Nails channeled the nightmare into music
Jan 25, 2024
Mamas and the Papa John Phillips' old evil spirit
Jan 22, 2024
Gram Parsons lived a nightmare on purpose
Jan 18, 2024
Nirvana's biographer looks back at Kurt Cobain and his band after 30 years
Jan 15, 2024
Rock 'n' Roll's first and worst nightmare
Jan 11, 2024
Brian Jones came to a bad end after the Rolling Stones fired him
Jan 08, 2024
Hardcore punk was a nightmare for 80s corporate America
Jan 04, 2024
The awful enigma of Brian Jones and the Rolling Stones
Jan 01, 2024
Jim Morrison lived out the rock 'n' roll nightmare with The Doors
Dec 22, 2023
Why was Brian Jones so wrong for the Rolling Stones?
Dec 18, 2023
Little Willie John's dreams turned to nightmares
Dec 14, 2023
Mick Jagger on Brian Jones and forming the Rolling Stones
Dec 11, 2023
The Grateful Dead were the pied pipers of psychedelics
Dec 07, 2023
In the end the Rolling Stones chewed up and spat out Andrew Loog Oldham
Dec 04, 2023
Grandmaster Flash brought turntablism to Hip-Hop
Nov 30, 2023
Andrew Loog Oldham broke The Rolling Stones in the USA
Nov 27, 2023
Phil Spector's rise and fall was a rock 'n' roll nightmare
Nov 20, 2023
Andrew Loog Oldham made The Rolling Stones the band Britain loved to hate
Nov 16, 2023
Why Altamont went so wrong for the Rolling Stones and everyone else
Nov 13, 2023
Marianne Faithfull got too close to the fire with the Rolling Stones
Nov 09, 2023
The Rolling Stones' journey to Altamont
Nov 06, 2023
Marianne Faithfull abandoned her pop career to be Mick Jagger's muse
Nov 02, 2023
Brian Jones got everything he asked for when he formed the Rolling Stones
Oct 30, 2023
Living with the Rolling Stones in 1963
Oct 26, 2023
Jerry Lee Lewis bounced back at the Star Club
Oct 23, 2023
Vernon Dalhart: The forgotten first superstar of country music
Oct 19, 2023
Let Motown Roll 9: Rick James was the last great Motown star
Oct 16, 2023
Genre, instruments, the meta-history of 20th century music: Reader's Mailbag
Oct 12, 2023
Let Motown Roll 8: Smokey Robinson fulfilled Berry Gordy's vision
Oct 09, 2023
The 90s Austin underground scene that produced Spoon, The Cherubs and many more
Oct 05, 2023
Let Motown Roll 7: The epic tragedy of Marvin Gaye
Oct 02, 2023
Eugene S. Robinson's journey from disco and no wave to hardcore and finally post-hardcore
Sep 28, 2023
Let Motown Roll 6: Holland Dozier Holland perfected the Motown approach
Sep 25, 2023
Lou Reed's Transformer came out in a big way
Sep 21, 2023
Let Motown Roll 5: The Funk Brothers rocked in the shadows of Motown
Sep 18, 2023
Seance Roll 3: Questioning Ed Ward's History of Rock N Roll
Sep 14, 2023
Let Motown Roll 4: The women of Motown
Sep 11, 2023
Seance Roll 2: The agony of mid-20th century classical music
Sep 07, 2023
Let Motown Roll 3: The man who sold Motown's records
Sep 04, 2023
Seance Roll 1: The Beatles messed with listeners' heads and ultimately paid the price
Aug 31, 2023
Let Motown Roll 2: Berry Gordy's mastery at Motown
Aug 28, 2023
The Butthole Surfers, Big Boys, Dicks and Scratch Acid led Texas' crazed punk scene
Aug 24, 2023
Let Motown Roll 1: Florence Ballard formed the Supremes and paid the ultimate price
Aug 21, 2023
The KLF triggered the cosmic when they burned £1 million pounds
Aug 17, 2023
The Neville Brothers took New Orleans R&B to a whole new audience
Aug 14, 2023
Peter Asher scored in the British Invasion and ruled in the Singer-Songwriter Era
Aug 10, 2023
Latin Roll 3: The most popular American musician of the 19th century connected Cuba and New Orleans
Aug 07, 2023
Beethoven freed music from the tyranny of patronage
Aug 03, 2023
Latin Roll 2: Clave and the contradance in the colonial Caribbean
Jul 31, 2023
Mambo hit New York hard in the 1930s, 40s and 50s
Jul 27, 2023
Latin Roll 1: The musics of Europe and Africa collided in Cuba
Jul 24, 2023
Chick Webb's Big Beat Style of Swing Led Directly to Rock 'n' Roll
Jul 20, 2023
80s Roll 20: Queen, Bowie & Jagger and other highs and lows of Live Aid
Jul 17, 2023
Beginning the Jazz Age: Vaudeville, Minstrelsy, Spirituals and Louis Armstrong's Signifying on the Old Songs
Jul 13, 2023
80's Roll 19: Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones led "We Are The World"
Jul 10, 2023
Black Sabbath invented heavy metal with Ozzy Osbourne and perfected it with Ronnie James Dio
Jul 06, 2023
80s Roll 18: British stars came together wrap up a huge 1984 with "Do They Know It's Christmas"
Jul 03, 2023
Hipgnosis designed iconic album covers for Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and many more
Jun 29, 2023
80's Roll 17: Classic Rockers Like Don Henley, Foreigner and Steve Perry Had a Big 1984 Too
Jun 26, 2023
David Bowie 75 years after his birth
Jun 22, 2023
80s Roll 16: Bruce Springsteen broke all the way through with Born in the USA
Jun 19, 2023
The Complicated Legacy of Chuck Berry, the Inventor of Rock 'n' Roll
Jun 15, 2023
80s Roll 15: Tina Turner, ZZ Top, Cyndi Lauper & Madonna at the First Ever MTV Awards
Jun 12, 2023
The Beatles vs James Bond: Two Very Different Visions of Britain
Jun 08, 2023
80s Roll 14: The Olympics, Lionel Richie, Etta James, Marvin Gaye and R&B Radio
Jun 05, 2023
Living Colour led the early 90's alt metal charge
Jun 01, 2023
80s Roll 13: Madonna comes out of the NYC club scene, 1st House records come out of Chicago, Hi-NRG is go, Electro becomes Freestyle
May 29, 2023
3 Kings of Emo Rap: Juice WRLD flew high and fell fast
May 25, 2023
80's Roll 12: R.E.M., Black Flag, Husker Du, the Minutemen and the Meat Puppets charted an alternative course
May 22, 2023
3 Kings of Emo Rap: Lil Peep Couldn't Protect Himself
May 18, 2023
80's Roll 11: Prince's Purple Reign
May 15, 2023
3 Kings of Emo Rap: XXXTentacion Sowed the Wind and Reaped the Whirlwind
May 11, 2023
80s Roll 10: The Jackson's Victory Tour was anything but
May 08, 2023
Holy Roll 6: Mahalia Jackson and the Black Gospel Field
May 04, 2023
80s Roll 9: Run-DMC revolutionized hip-hop in the year of "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo"
May 01, 2023
HolyRoll 5: Mahalia Jackson, Queen of Gospel and Mainstream American Star
Apr 27, 2023
80s Roll 8: Willie Nelson ruled the country music roost but George Strait and the Judds were coming up fast
Apr 24, 2023
3 Kings of American Pop: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley
Apr 20, 2023
80s Roll 7: Bob Marley's Legend album was the biggest reissue of 1984
Apr 17, 2023
3 Kings of American Pop: The Making of Elvis Presley
Apr 13, 2023
80s Roll 6: Talking Heads' Movie Stop Making Sense Topped the Field of Rock n Roll Movies in 1984
Apr 10, 2023
3 Kings of American Pop: Frank Sinatra, the Chicago Outfit and the President of the USA
Apr 06, 2023
80s Roll 5: Michael Jackson, Annie Lennox, Boy George and Cyndi Lauper at the Grammy Awards
Apr 03, 2023
3 Kings of American Pop: Frank Sinatra Made the Bobby Soxers Swoon and Made the GI's Boiling Mad
Mar 30, 2023
80s Roll 4: Van Halen, Def Leppard & Motley Crue Led the Heavy Metal Charge
Mar 27, 2023
3 Kings of American Pop: Bing Crosby's Incredible Influence Over America In the 1940s
Mar 23, 2023
80s Roll 3: Culture Club, The Eurythmics, The Human League, Duran Duran and The Police Led the 2nd British Invasion
Mar 20, 2023
3 Kings of American Pop: The Young Bing Crosby Reinvented Singing for the Microphone Age
Mar 16, 2023
80s Roll 2: How the Late 70s Disco Implosion and Early 80's Stagnation of AOR Radio Made 1984 Possible
Mar 13, 2023
The Great Brill Building Songwriting Teams: Lieber & Stoller, Goffin & King, Pomus & Shuman, Bacharach & David, Sedaka & Greenfield, Mann & Weill and Barry & Greenwich
Mar 09, 2023
80s Roll 1: How Great a Year Was 1984 for Pop Music?
Mar 06, 2023
Surf Rock, Motown, Girl Groups and a Second Wave of Doo-Wop Were on the Rock 'n' Roll Vanguard in JFK's America
Mar 02, 2023
Alice Cooper Combined Proto-Punk and Vaudeville to Shock the World
Feb 27, 2023
The Holy Trinity of Texas Gospel and a Devilish Businessman
Feb 23, 2023
Steppenwolf's John Kay Came to Hard Rock from the Toronto Folk Scene
Feb 20, 2023
Sun Records Presided Over the Dawn of Rockabilly With Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis
Feb 16, 2023
Bettye LaVette Took Her Time to Get to the Top
Feb 13, 2023
John Lennon's Political Activism Got Him Targeted By the U.S. Government
Feb 09, 2023
Melvins and TAD Were at the Forefront of Seattle's Grunge Wave When It Was Still An Indy Phenomenon
Feb 06, 2023
Thrash Metal Rose and Fell, Led by Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth
Feb 02, 2023
The Peppermint Lounge Took the Twist to the Top
Jan 30, 2023
Doc Pomus Wrote Classic Songs for Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, The Drifters, Dion & the Belmonts and Many More
Jan 26, 2023
David Crosby, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman on Founding the Byrds
Jan 23, 2023
Buffalo Springfield Couldn't Contain Neil Young, Steve Stills and Richie Furay
Jan 19, 2023
Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and Creating The California Myth
Jan 16, 2023
Jamaican Ska Evolved Directly From American R&B
Jan 12, 2023
Duran Duran Mastered MTV and Ruled In the 80s
Jan 09, 2023
Trap Music Took Atlanta's Rap Scene Global but Never Escaped Reality
Jan 05, 2023
Pop Had An Entirely Different Meaning Before 1955
Jan 02, 2023
Rick James Took 15 Years to Become an Overnight Success
Dec 29, 2022
Michael Jackson, Madonna and Prince Topped a Banner Year for Pop in 1984
Dec 26, 2022
Genres: Pop vs Rock vs R&B vs Hip-Hop vs Dance vs Country vs Punk
Dec 22, 2022
Paul Simon's Brill Building Years Laid the Ground for Folk-Rock Success
Dec 19, 2022
George Michael's Brilliant 80's Run Ended With His 90's Rebellion Against His Record Label
Dec 15, 2022
Gene Clark's Songwriting Lifted the Byrds
Dec 12, 2022
Eddie Floyd Epitomized the Stax Records Approach to Soul
Dec 08, 2022
The History of American Pop Music Writing Tells a Story
Dec 05, 2022
The Record Exec Who Signed Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper and Ruled the 1980's
Dec 01, 2022
Vybz Kartel's Career Arc Landed Jamaica's Most Important 21st Century Musician in Prison
Nov 28, 2022
The Velvet Underground Brought the Avant-Garde to Rock and Presaged Punk
Nov 24, 2022
DJ Screw Slowed Hip-Hop Down and Built a Home Grown Empire in Houston
Nov 21, 2022
Swing King Chick Webb Brought Ella Fitzgerald to the World
Nov 17, 2022
The Band That Broke Czechoslovakian Communism: Plastic People of the Universe
Nov 14, 2022
Arthur Lee and Love Ruled LA's Sunset Strip Between The Byrds and The Doors
Nov 10, 2022
American Music Developed in the 19th Century NYC Underworld
Nov 07, 2022
BB King's Beginnings in Memphis & the Mississippi Delta
Nov 03, 2022
My Old Kentucky Home's Century of Myth
Oct 31, 2022
Atlantic Records' Jerry Wexler Produced Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and More
Oct 27, 2022
The Evolution of American Ska: The Untouchables, Fishbone & The Toasters Led the Way
Oct 24, 2022
Metal Evolution Led to Extremes: Grindcore, Death & Black Metal
Oct 20, 2022
J Dilla Transformed Time for Q-Tip, the Pharcyde, D'Angelo, Erykah Badu & Common
Oct 17, 2022
Progressive Metal from Rush & Dream Theater to Tool & Meshuggah
Oct 13, 2022
New Orleans Music from Fats Domino thru the Meters to No Limit and Cash Money
Oct 10, 2022
Power Metal from the Scorpions and Yngwie Malmsteen to DragonForce and Nightwish
Oct 06, 2022
The Outlaw Country of Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings was the Second Wave of Progressive Country to Come out of Austin
Oct 03, 2022
Shock Rock From Screamin' Jay Hawkins to Alice Cooper to Marilyn Manson
Sep 29, 2022
The Wu Tang Clan's Brilliant Business Plan Was Great While It Lasted
Sep 26, 2022
Korn and Limp Bizkit Led the Nu Metal Charge, Linkin Park Followed Up
Sep 22, 2022
Record Men From Thomas Edison to John Hammond & Chris Blackwell
Sep 19, 2022
Grunge Bands Like Nirvana and Pearl Jam Kicked Glam Off MTV
Sep 15, 2022
The Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead and the Hell's Angels All Faced a Reckoning At Altamont
Sep 12, 2022
TechnoRoll 3.20: Interview with Michaelangelo Matos
Sep 08, 2022
415 Records Brought California Punk & New Wave to the American Market
Sep 05, 2022
TechnoRoll 3.19: Daft Punk Sweeps the Grammys as EDM Joins the Mainstream
Sep 01, 2022
HolyRoll 4: Thomas A. Dorsey Went From 'It's Tight Like That' to 'Precious Lord'
Aug 29, 2022
TechnoRoll 3.18: Electric Daisy Carnival's Move From LA to Las Vegas Legitimzed EDM for the US Music Biz
Aug 25, 2022
HolyRoll 3: Charles Tindley & Lucie Campbell Pioneered Gospel Composition
Aug 22, 2022
TechnoRoll 3.17: Daft Punk Break Thru at Coachella 2006
Aug 18, 2022
Sly Stone Embodied the Optimism of Woodstock Nation Until He Didn't
Aug 15, 2022
TechnoRoll 3.16: Mashups & Electroclash at the Turn of the Millennium
Aug 11, 2022
What Have We Learned? The Birth & Death of the Cool
Aug 08, 2022
TechnoRoll 3.15: The DEA Cracks Down on Disco Donnie and the NOLA Rave Scene
Aug 04, 2022
Bad Brains' HR Created a New Template for Hard Rock Then Tore It All Down
Aug 01, 2022
TechnoRoll 3.14 Carl Craig Brought the Detroit Electronic Music Festival Roaring into Life
Jul 28, 2022
Yoko Ono Brought Classical and Avant-Garde Techniques to Rock
Jul 25, 2022
TechnoRoll 3.13: Moby and Fatboy Slim Rocked Woodstock '99
Jul 21, 2022
Smokey Robinson Was Berry Gordy's Right-Hand Man at Motown
Jul 18, 2022
TechnoRoll 3.12: Underworld and Chemical Brothers Headlined Organic '96
Jul 14, 2022
Ralph Peer Brought Blues, Jazz, Country, and Latin Music to Record
Jul 11, 2022
TechnoRoll 3.11: Daft Punk Make Their US Debut at Even Furthur in Wisconsin
Jul 07, 2022
Danger Mouse's Gray Album United Jay-Z and The Beatles and Brought Down the Wrath of the Industry
Jul 04, 2022
TechnoRoll 3.10: Richie Hawtin's Rise and Fall as a US Rave Promoter
Jun 30, 2022
John Entwistle's Bass Anchored The Who and His Rockstar Lifestyle Dragged Him Down
Jun 27, 2022
TechnoRoll 3.9: Moby, The Prodigy, Aphex Twin, Orbital and Cybersonik Led Big Tours of the US in 1993
Jun 23, 2022
Protobilly: The Vaudeville Roots of Country Music
Jun 20, 2022
TechnoRoll 3.8: Rave Crested and Crashed In Southern California in the Early 90s
Jun 16, 2022
Future, Young Thug, Migos and Vybz Kartel Have Used Autotune to Create a Vibrant Vocal Psychedelia
Jun 13, 2022
TechnoRoll 3.7: Rave Rose and Fell on the East Coast in 1992
Jun 09, 2022
From Jimi Hendrix to R.E.M., Warner Brothers Records Provided Artists a Rock Era Oasis
Jun 06, 2022
TechnoRoll 3.6: Tribal House Emerged on the Circuit in the 1990s and Went to the Top of the Pop Charts
Jun 02, 2022
The Secrets Behind Elvis Presley's Relationship with Col. Tom Parker
May 30, 2022
TechnoRoll 3.5: The 2nd Wave of Detroit Techno Soundtracked Midwest Raves in the Early 90s
May 26, 2022
HolyRoll 2: Jubilee Singers and Barbershop Quartets Continued the Evolution of African-American Music
May 23, 2022
TechnoRoll 3.4: Rave and Early Internet Culture Rose Together in the Bay Area in the Early 90s
May 19, 2022
HolyRoll 1: In America African Culture Survived as The Spiritual
May 16, 2022
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
From Louis Armstrong to the White Stripes, 'St James Infirmary' Connects Folk Traditions to Jazz and Rock
May 09, 2022
TechnoRoll 3.2: Detroit Techno or, George Clinton and Kraftwerk Stuck in an Elevator With a Sequencer
May 05, 2022
Cream Combined Heavy Blues Rock With Jazz Improv and Psychedelic Pop
May 02, 2022
TechnoRoll 3.1: Chicago House Kicks Off a New Era in Dance Music
Apr 28, 2022
Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder Invented Electronic Dance Music With "I Feel Love"
Apr 25, 2022
Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth Brought Thrash to a Global Audience
Apr 21, 2022
Guns N’ Roses Reigned Over the Late 80's and Fell Hard in the 1990s
Apr 18, 2022
Van Halen and MTV Spawned the LA Glam Metal Scene that Produced Motley Crue, Poison and Guns N Roses
Apr 14, 2022
Why Does Some Old Music Still Sound Contemporary and Some Sounds Very Dated?
Apr 11, 2022
Iron Maiden and Def Leppard Emerge from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal
Apr 07, 2022
Milton Brown Mentored Bob Wills and Invented Western Swing
Apr 04, 2022
Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple Were the Big Three of British Heavy Music
Mar 31, 2022
Etta James' Was a First Wave Rock N Roller and Later Led Chess Records' Soul Music Charge
Mar 28, 2022
Blue Cheer, Steppenwolf, the Stooges and MC5 Invent American Hard Rock
Mar 24, 2022
Rod McKuen's Songs Sold Millions of Records but Triggered a Critical Backlash
Mar 21, 2022
Heavy Metal Emerged When Blues Rockers Added Elements of Classical Music and Opera
Mar 17, 2022
Nicky Hopkins' Piano Graced Classic Rock by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks and many more
Mar 14, 2022
TechnoRoll 2.24: Simon Reynolds On Rave Music, Dance Culture and the Hardcore to Jungle to Drum & Bass to Dubstep to EDM Continuum
Mar 10, 2022
The A Team Created The Nashville Sound Behind Stars Like George Jones, Patsy Cline, Roy Orbison and Bob Dylan
Mar 07, 2022
TechnoRoll 2.23: Skrillex Leads EDM's Take Over of the USA
Mar 03, 2022
The Dixie Cups Were the Girl Group That Brought New Orleans R&B to the Brill Building
Feb 28, 2022
TechnoRoll 2.22: First Wave Dubstep, Grime and Breakcore Dominate a Downbeat Half Decade
Feb 24, 2022
The Cultural Blend That Made New Orleans Music Unique
Feb 21, 2022
The Let It Roll Mission Statement - The Insanely Ambitious Music History Podcast
Feb 21, 2022
TechnoRoll 2.21: Electroclash Was the 'It' Sound from Brooklyn to Berlin at the Turn of the Millennium
Feb 17, 2022
Chula Fronteras Documented Tejano Legends Like Lydia Mendoza, Narciso Martínez and Flaco Jiménez
Feb 14, 2022
TechnoRoll 2.20 Speed Garage and 2Step Evolved Out of the UK Garage Scene
Feb 10, 2022
Grunge Bands Like Nirvana Drew All Eyes to the Seattle Music Scene
Feb 07, 2022
TechnoRoll 2.19 Paul Van Dyk, DJ Tiesto, & Ferry Corsten Take Trance to the Top as the PsyTrance Underground Goes Global
Feb 03, 2022
The Time Nirvana Opened For Sonic Youth and Made a Movie About It
Jan 31, 2022
TechnoRoll 2.18: Leftfield, Moby, Green Velvet and Underworld Pushed the Boundaries of House in the 1990s
Jan 27, 2022
The Sex Pistols Launched Punk Rock in London & Triggered a Huge Backlash
Jan 24, 2022
TechnoRoll 2.17: The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers and Fatboy Slim Brought Big Beat to Massive International Success
Jan 20, 2022
The New York Dolls' Punky Glam Was Too Much, Too Soon
Jan 17, 2022
TechnoRoll 2.16: DJ Spooky, Atari Teenage Riot, Mouse on Mars and Drill & Bass Producers Got Arty Post-Rave
Jan 13, 2022
ZZ Top Took Marshall Amps and Remade Boogie-Blues as Heavy Rock
Jan 10, 2022
TechnoRoll 2.15: Drum & Bass Fought to Differientiate Itself from Ragga Jungle & Techstep
Jan 06, 2022
The MC5's Combination of Hard Rock and Radical Politics Was Too Volatile to Last
Jan 03, 2022
TechnoRoll 2.14: Tricky, Portishead and Massive Attack Took Trip-Hop Straight Out of Bristol
Dec 30, 2021
Leon Russell Spotlighted in Les Blank's "A Poem Is A Naked Person"
Dec 27, 2021
TechnoRoll 2.13: American Rave Stayed Underground In the 90s
Dec 23, 2021
Aerosmith, KISS, Cheap Trick & Starz Carved Out a Space for Weird Rock in the 1970s
Dec 20, 2021
TechnoRoll 2.12: Dutch Dance Gets Intense With Gabba and Happy Hardcore Shelters Some of the Rave Spirit in the UK
Dec 16, 2021
How Jazz and Rock and Roll Came to Be Seen As Completely Separate Genres
Dec 13, 2021
TechnoRoll 2.11: Jungle Brought Hip-Hop & Reggae Elements Back Into UK's Rave Scene
Dec 09, 2021
Rock's Back Pages Makes Historic Rock Writing Available
Dec 08, 2021
The Kinks' Class-Consciousness Made Them Wary of the Promises of Swinging London
Dec 06, 2021
TechnoRoll 2.10: UK Pirate Radio Brought the Underground to the Airwaves
Dec 02, 2021
Black Flag Pioneered Hardcore Punk
Nov 29, 2021
TechnoRoll 2.9: Underground Resistance, Carl Craig & Richie Hawtin Led Detroit's Second Wave of Techno
Nov 25, 2021
The Birth of Jazz in New Orleans: Buddy Bolden & Jellyroll Morton and Others Combined Brass Bands with Ragtime and Blues
Nov 22, 2021
TechnoRoll 2.8: Goldie's Rufige Cru, Doc Scott and DJ Hype Led Breakbeat Hardcore's Turn to Darkcore
Nov 18, 2021
Bert Berns' Songs Were Immortalized by The Beatles, The Isley Brothers, Janis Joplin, Van Morrison and More
Nov 15, 2021
TechnoRoll 2.7: Aphex Twin, The Orb, The Black Dog and Sven Vath Create Intelligent Techno, Ambient and Trance
Nov 11, 2021
Aretha Franklin Brought Gospel Fervor to the Top of the Charts
Nov 08, 2021
TechnoRoll 2.6: Spiral Tribe Went Big at Castlemorton and Triggered a Backlash
Nov 04, 2021
Frank Sinatra Ruled Post-War America, Until He Didn't
Nov 01, 2021
TechnoRoll 2.5: Rave Goes Hardcore in Europe and the UK
Oct 28, 2021
Music as a Magical, Subversive Power: What Have We Learned
Oct 25, 2021
TechnoRoll 2.4: The Stone Roses & Happy Mondays Led a Madchester Scene That Tried to Absorb Rave Into Rock
Oct 21, 2021
The Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, Phil Spector, Nancy Sinatra and Kim Fowley exploded out of early 60's Hollywood
Oct 18, 2021
TechnoRoll 2.3: DJs Paul Oakenfold, Nicky Holloway and Danny Rampling Break Acid House Big in the UK
Oct 14, 2021
Joan Jett's Years With the Runaways Laid the Groundwork for Solo Stardom
Oct 11, 2021
TechnoRoll 2.2: Modern EDM is Born with Detroit Techno, Chicago House, and New York Garage
Oct 07, 2021
Solving the Mysteries Behind Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel"
Oct 04, 2021
TechnoRoll 2.1: A Journey Through Rave Music & Dance Culture
Sep 30, 2021
Lil Wayne, T.I. and 50 Cent Triumph in the Mix Tape Era: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
Sep 27, 2021
CountyRoll 8: George Strait, Reba McEntire, & Dwight Yoakum Re-Center Country in the 80s, Garth Brooks Blows the Doors off in the 90s
Sep 23, 2021
How The Neptunes, Timbaland & Missy Elliott, J Dilla and Kanye West Became Hip-Hop's Super-Producers
Sep 20, 2021
CountryRoll 7: Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings Outlaw Country and Dolly Parton's Pop-Crossover
Sep 16, 2021
Houston's DJ Screw, Memphis' Three 6 Mafia and Atlanta's Lil Jon Innovated New Directions in Hip-Hop
Sep 13, 2021
CountryRoll 6: George Jones & Tammy Wynette Were Mr & Mrs Country Music
Sep 09, 2021
Bounce, Master P & No Limit and Cash Money's Mannie Fresh & Juvenile Brought New Orleans Hip-Hop to the Fore
Sep 06, 2021
CountryRoll 5: Charley Pride Integrates Nashville, Buck Owens & Merle Haggard Bring the Bakersfield Sound
Sep 02, 2021
Outkast & Goodie Mob Took the Dirty South National After TLC and Kriss Kross Laid the Foundation in Atlanta
Aug 30, 2021
Countryroll 4: Johnny Cash and the Rockabilly Revolution Were Answered by Patsy Cline and the Nashville Sound
Aug 26, 2021
Eminem, Mos Def & Black Star Emerge from Hip-Hop's Cypher & Battle Rap Cultures
Aug 23, 2021
Countryroll 3: Hank Williams, Eddy Arnold, Lefty Frizzell and Kitty Wells Lead a Post-War Country Music Boom
Aug 19, 2021
After The Notorious B.I.G.'s Reign, Puff Daddy, Lil' Kim and Jay-Z Step Up In The 'Jiggy Era'
Aug 16, 2021
Countryroll 2: Roy Acuff, Bob Wills, Gene Autry & Woody Guthrie Lead Country Music Through Hard Times According to Ken Burns
Aug 12, 2021
2Pac & Suge Knight Ignite the West Coast-East Coast Feud Against B.I.G and Puff Daddy: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
Aug 09, 2021
Countryroll 1: The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers & the Beginnings of Country Music According to Ken Burns
Aug 05, 2021
The Kingsmen's 'Louie Louie' and The Rolling Stones' 'Satisfaction' were built on Cuban Mambo & Cha-cha-chá
Aug 02, 2021
Technoroll 22: Interview with Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton, Historians of the DJ
Jul 29, 2021
The Triumphs & Tragedy of Marvin Gaye, Motown's Greatest Male Solo Singer and First Album Artist
Jul 26, 2021
Technoroll 21: Did EDM Sell Out the Values that Made Disco Great?
Jul 22, 2021
Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart & Ron Wood Nearly Perfected Hard Rock Before Led Zeppelin Even Formed
Jul 19, 2021
Technoroll 20: Superstars Like DJ Tiesto and Fatboy Slim Change the Game
Jul 15, 2021
From The Supremes to The Four Tops, Holland-Dozier-Holland Made Motown's Biggest Hits
Jul 12, 2021
Technoroll 19: UK and US Authorities Crack Down on Raves in the 1990s
Jul 08, 2021
Easy Listening Absorbed Psychedelia in the Late 1960's
Jul 05, 2021
Technoroll 18: The KLF Trolled the Pop World and Brought Ambient to a Mass Audience
Jul 01, 2021
The Lost Art of Elevator Music From Mantovani & Jackie Gleason to Brian Eno's Ambient Music
Jun 28, 2021
Technoroll 17: After Acid House Came Hardcore, Jungle, Drum & Bass, and UK Garage
Jun 24, 2021
Introducing David Bowie to Stardust, Choosing Between Hendrix and The Who
Jun 21, 2021
Technoroll 16: The Acid House Revolution Shakes the UK to its Foundations
Jun 17, 2021
Ray Charles Combined R&B with Gospel to Invent Soul Music
Jun 14, 2021
Technoroll 15: Ibiza's Balearic Beat Modeled Modern Dance Music in the 1980s
Jun 10, 2021
Rhythm and Blues Exploded Out of 1940s Los Angeles Led by Nat "King" Cole & Big Jay McNeely
Jun 07, 2021
Technoroll 14: Trance Connected Berlin with Goa, India
Jun 03, 2021
Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor Took Trangression to a Mass Audience
May 31, 2021
Technoroll 13: The Belleville Three Create Techno in Detroit
May 27, 2021
From Surf Rock to Folk Rock to Freak Out, the Studio Scene in 1960s Los Angeles Captured the Moment
May 24, 2021
Technoroll 12: Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy and the Birth of House Music in Chicago
May 20, 2021
Why Discuss Music History? What's the Point of Let It Roll?
May 17, 2021
Technoroll 11: Larry Levan Kept the Dance Music Torch Burning at the Paradise Garage
May 13, 2021
Technoroll 10: Afrika Bambaataa Distils Electro and Hip-Hop Matures in the Recording Studio
May 06, 2021
Technoroll 9: Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, & Afrika Bambaataa Invent Hip-Hop
Apr 29, 2021
Technoroll 8: Before Hip-Hop Disco DJ's Like Grandmaster Flowers & DJ Hollywood Set the Stage
Apr 22, 2021
How The Memphis That Spawned Elvis & Stax Also Birthed The Box Tops & Big Star
Apr 19, 2021
Technoroll 7: Hi-NRG Kept the Dance Going In the Early 80's
Apr 15, 2021
How Jerry Lee Lewis, Howlin' Wolf, & Col. Tom Parker Helped Peter Guralnick Get Lost
Apr 12, 2021
Technoroll 6: Disco Blows Up in the Late 70's
Apr 08, 2021
Young Frank Sinatra Polarized Wartime America
Apr 05, 2021
Technoroll 5: Disco Begins In New York
Apr 01, 2021
Megaforce Records Brought Metallica, Anthrax, Manowar to the Masses
Mar 29, 2021
Technoroll 4: Jamaica's Sound System Culture Birthed Ska, Reggae, Dub
Mar 25, 2021
Motown's Power Came From the Funk Brothers
Mar 22, 2021
Technoroll 3: UK DJ Culture Develops With Northern Soul
Mar 18, 2021
The Bee Gees Rose, Fell, Rose Again, Fell Again Then Helped Invent Modern Pop
Mar 14, 2021
Technoroll 2: The First DJs On the Radio and In the Clubs
Mar 11, 2021
Freddie Mercury and Queen Earned Rock Immortality
Mar 08, 2021
Technoroll: The History of DJ-Based Music - Reggae, Disco, Hip-Hop, House, Techno, EDM and Beyond
Mar 04, 2021
New Edition & New Kids On The Block Perfected It, *NSYNC & Backstreet Boys Capitalized On It: The Boy Band Formula
Mar 01, 2021
Jimmy Page Before Led Zeppelin: Session Man & Yardbird
Feb 22, 2021
How Willie Nelson, Doug Sahm, Stevie Ray Vaughan, SXSW and ACL Fest Turned Austin into the ATX
Feb 15, 2021
Chess Records Brought Chicago Blues, Rock & Roll and Soul to the World
Feb 08, 2021
Gram Parsons' Disastrous Career Made Him a Legend
Feb 01, 2021
Wu-Tang Clan, Nas and Notorious B.I.G. Brought NYC Back: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
Jan 11, 2021
Tribe Called Quest & De La Soul Led the Native Tongues: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
Jan 04, 2021
Too $hort, MC Hammer, E-40, Digital Underground & 2Pac Brought the Bay: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
Dec 28, 2020
The 2 Live Crew, Geto Boys and UGK Come Out of the South: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
Dec 21, 2020
Ice-T, Eazy-E And N.W.A. Bring Gangsta Rap To The Masses: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
Dec 14, 2020
Run-DMC, Def Jam and Public Enemy Herald The Golden Age: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
Dec 07, 2020
The Sugarhill Gang & Afrika Bambaataa Put Rap On Wax: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
Nov 30, 2020
Hip-Hop Is Born In The Bronx: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
Nov 23, 2020
Yo La Tengo Surfed The Indie Rock Wave
Nov 02, 2020
Bing Crosby Ruled The 1940s
Oct 26, 2020
The Beatles' Story Changes With The Teller
Oct 19, 2020
Dolly Parton Had A Vision Of Superstardom Beyond Nashville
Oct 12, 2020
Marley Marl, Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie & The Juice Crew Perfected Hip-Hop In The 1980s
Oct 05, 2020
Elvis Presley: Decline And Fall
Sep 28, 2020
Soundgarden Was The Alpha And Omega Of Grunge
Sep 21, 2020
Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb And The Greatness Of Wichita Lineman
Sep 14, 2020
London Nurtured Classic Rock, Prog Rock, Blues Rock And Folk Rock
Sep 07, 2020
Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Big Joe Turner: How Kansas City Vice Birthed Kansas City Jazz
Aug 31, 2020
Lieber & Stoller Wrote Songs, Produced Records And Helped Create Rock & Roll
Aug 24, 2020
AC/DC Perfected Hard Rock While Flirting With Punk
Aug 17, 2020
What Have We Learned From Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll Part 2?
Jul 27, 2020
The Beatles As The End Of Rock & Roll: What Have We Learned From Elijah Wald's Alternative History Of American Popular Music
Jul 20, 2020
Robert Johnson Revised: What Have We Learned From Elijah Wald's Escaping The Delta?
Jul 13, 2020
The Pre-Punk Seventies: Ed Ward's History Of Rock & Roll
Jul 06, 2020
Hard Rock Vs. Soft Rock, AM Vs. FM: Ed Ward's History Of Rock & Roll
Jun 29, 2020
The Birth Of Reggae & The Funk Revolution: Ed Ward's History Of Rock & Roll
Jun 22, 2020
The Invention of 'The Sixties': Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Jun 15, 2020
1968 Rock, Riot, Revolution: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Jun 08, 2020
Otis Redding Meets The Love Crowd: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Jun 01, 2020
Bob Dylan Rocks Folk: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
May 25, 2020
The Beatles Invade And The Rolling Stones Follow: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
May 18, 2020
What Have We Learned From Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll?
May 11, 2020
How The Beatles Got Signed
Apr 27, 2020
The Subversive Side of Classical Music
Apr 20, 2020
The Women Who Built Berry Gordy's Motown Empire
Apr 13, 2020
Hardcore Punk Ignored Corporate America
Apr 06, 2020
How Elvis Presley Rose To The Top
Mar 30, 2020
The Jim Morrison Biography That Kicked Off The Doors Revival
Mar 23, 2020
Irving Berlin Defined American Music
Mar 16, 2020
Politics Boxed Merle Haggard Out Of Crossover Superstardom
Mar 09, 2020
Bing Crosby's Swing Brought Him Superstardom
Mar 02, 2020
The Devil, Daniel Johnston and Documentary Film
Feb 24, 2020
Buck Owens Conquered the Country Music Business
Feb 17, 2020
We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus: RJ Smith Interview
Feb 13, 2020
Pop Music's Past Is Crowding Out Its Present
Feb 10, 2020
Betty Davis: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Jan 30, 2020
Morris Day: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Jan 23, 2020
James Brown: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Jan 16, 2020
Bootsy Collins: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Jan 09, 2020
Rick James: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Jan 02, 2020
George Clinton: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Dec 26, 2019
The History of Music is Subversive, Not Respectable
Dec 09, 2019
Grunge Exploded Out of Seattle and Fell Back to Earth
Dec 02, 2019
Emperor Moguls of Rap: Dr Dre, Diddy and Jay-Z
Nov 25, 2019
America Awaited the Beatles
Nov 18, 2019
Electronic Music From the Avant Garde to Top of the Pops
Nov 11, 2019
The Tragic Legend of Little Willie John
Nov 04, 2019
The Rise & Fall of Phil Spector
Oct 28, 2019
Rod Stewart & the Faces: A Complicated Alliance
Oct 21, 2019
The Songs Jazz is Built On
Oct 14, 2019
The Rolling Stones Road to Altamont
Oct 07, 2019
The Indie Underground of the 80's from Black Flag to Beat Happening
Sep 30, 2019
The Cool: A 20th Century Phenomenon
Sep 23, 2019
Robert Christgau on the Role of the Rock Critic
Sep 02, 2019
Screamin Jay Hawkins Put a Spell On the Music Biz
Aug 26, 2019
House of the Rising Sun Before Bob Dylan And After The Animals
Aug 19, 2019
Writing the Life Stories of Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye and Aretha Franklin
Aug 12, 2019
Barney Ales Helped Berry Gordy Build the Motown Empire
Aug 05, 2019
We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus: Interview With Producer Jeff Feuerzeig
Aug 01, 2019
Which One's Pink (Floyd)?
Jul 29, 2019
Blaze Foley: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Jul 26, 2019
Time Warner Can't Handle The Ice-T Cop Killer Backlash
Jul 22, 2019
Waylon Jennings: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Jul 18, 2019
James Brown Hits The One
Jul 15, 2019
Billy Joe Shaver: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Jul 11, 2019
John, Paul, George & Ringo Couldn't Escape The Beatles
Jul 08, 2019
George Jones & Tammy Wynette: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Jul 04, 2019
The Grateful Dead Builds Psychedelic America
Jul 01, 2019
Jerry Lee Lewis: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Jun 27, 2019
Dewey Phillips, Elvis Presley, Otis Redding and Memphis music
Jun 24, 2019
Johnny Paycheck: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Jun 20, 2019
CSNY Tried to Have It All
Jun 17, 2019
Berry Gordy and the Making of Motown
Jun 03, 2019
Managing Led Zeppelin, the Biggest Band on Earth
May 27, 2019
Frank Sinatra, Mitch Miller and the Great American Song
May 20, 2019
The Weavers: Folk Music vs the Black List
May 13, 2019
Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra and the Swing Era
May 06, 2019
Bing Crosby and the Age of the Crooner
Apr 29, 2019
The Entrepreneurs of Early Hip-Hop: Sugar Hill & Def Jam
Apr 22, 2019
Otis Redding: Supernova
Apr 15, 2019
The Rise of Otis Redding
Apr 08, 2019
Stax Records Blows Up in the 1970s
Apr 01, 2019
Stax Records and the Soul Explosion
Mar 25, 2019
Jerry Lee Lewis Starts His Come Back at the Star Club
Mar 18, 2019
Muddy Waters: The Life and Times
Jan 14, 2019
How 19th Century American Music Got Hot
Jan 07, 2019
The First Recording Stars: Enrico Caruso, Al Jolson and Bert Williams
Dec 31, 2018
Edison's Phonograph vs. the Gramophone
Dec 24, 2018
The Death of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain Changed The Music Biz
Dec 17, 2018
How the Beatles Destroyed Rock and Roll
Dec 10, 2018
Robert Johnson: Escaping the Delta
Dec 03, 2018
Legends Of Memphis Music From Charlie Feathers To Jeff Buckley
Nov 26, 2018
Willie Nelson Superstar
Nov 19, 2018
Willie Nelson: Nashville's Not Enough
Nov 12, 2018
Willie Nelson's Honky Tonk Wilderness Years
Nov 05, 2018
Chasing the Blues Legends John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, & Hubert Sumlin
Oct 29, 2018
The Moby Grape Story Part 2
Jul 30, 2018
The Butthole Surfers & the 80's Underground
Jul 23, 2018
Bob Wills & Western Swing: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Jul 16, 2018
The Moby Grape Story Part 1
Jul 09, 2018
Rhythm & Blues from Bessie Smith to Louis Jordan: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Jun 29, 2018
Jimmie Rodgers & The Carter Family: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Jun 22, 2018
The Fall of Michael Bloomfield
Jun 18, 2018
The Rise of Michael Bloomfield
Jun 11, 2018
David Bowie: Starman
Jun 04, 2018
Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed
May 29, 2018
Brian Jones The Making of the Rolling Stones
May 21, 2018
Rock Pre-History the 1920s & 30s: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
May 16, 2018
1963 The British Invasion is Coming!: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Dec 26, 2017
1963 Brill Building pop is perfected: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Dec 18, 2017
1961-1962 The Quiet Years: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Dec 09, 2017
1960 The Fire of Rebellion Has Been Snuffed: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Dec 02, 2017
1959 Death and Soul: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Nov 26, 2017
1958 The Year the Music Didn't Quite Die: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Nov 19, 2017
1957 The Miracle Year of Rock & Roll: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Nov 12, 2017
1956 Rock & Roll in Full Flower: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Nov 05, 2017
1955 Rock and Roll is Born....Maybe: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Oct 28, 2017
1953-1954 Rock, Meet Roll: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Oct 20, 2017
The Early 1950s and Good Rockin Tonight: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Oct 14, 2017
1945-1950 The Post-War Years Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Oct 03, 2017