Let It Roll EXTRA

By Nate Wilcox

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Nate Wilcox's "Let it Roll" is a podcast about the history of popular music from the 19th Century to the 21st.

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Devil at the Confluence: The Pre-War Blues of St. Louis: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 4.9
Oct 26, 2026
Chick Webb's Big Beat Style of Swing Led Directly to Rock 'n' Roll: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 4.8
Oct 23, 2026
Swing King Chick Webb Brought Ella Fitzgerald to the World: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 4.7
Oct 21, 2026
Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Big Joe Turner: How Kansas City Vice Birthed Kansas City Jazz: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 4.6
Oct 19, 2026
Alan Lomax, Pete Seeger, Josh White & Jean Ritchie and the first Folk Revival: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 4.5
Oct 16, 2026
Rhythm & Blues from Bessie Smith to Louis Jordan: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 4.4
Oct 14, 2026
The Songs Jazz is Built On: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 4.3
Oct 12, 2026
Record Men From Thomas Edison to John Hammond & Chris Blackwell: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 4.2
Oct 09, 2026
Bing Crosby's Swing Brought Him Superstardom: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 4.1
Oct 07, 2026
The Pop Jazz Age From the ODJB to Bing Crosby: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 3.12
Oct 05, 2026
Thomas A. Dorsey Went From 'It's Tight Like That' to 'Precious Lord': Let It Roll From the Beginning... 3.11
Oct 02, 2026
Ralph Peer Brought Blues, Jazz, Country, and Latin Music to Record: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 3.10
Sep 30, 2026
The Beginnings of Country Music According to Ken Burns: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 3.9
Sep 28, 2026
Ed Ward on The Bristol Explosion: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 3.8
Sep 25, 2026
The Carter Family popularized the Child Ballads and Burl Ives built a new tradition: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 3.7
Sep 23, 2026
Paul Whiteman Was the King of Jazz in 1925, to Music Critics: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 3.6
Sep 21, 2026
Vernon Dalhart: The forgotten first superstar of country music: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 3.5
Sep 18, 2026
Ed Ward on Rock Pre-History the 1920s & 30s: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 3.4
Sep 16, 2026
The Holy Trinity of Texas Gospel and a Devilish Businessman: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 3.3
Sep 14, 2026
The Grateful Dead were the pied pipers of psychedelics
Sep 11, 2026
Seance Roll 2: The agony of mid-20th century classical music
Sep 11, 2026
House of the Rising Sun Before Bob Dylan And After The Animals: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 3.2
Sep 11, 2026
The Velvet Underground Brought the Avant-Garde to Rock and Presaged Punk
Sep 10, 2026
The Band That Broke Czechoslovakian Communism: Plastic People of the Universe
Sep 10, 2026
Yoko Ono Brought Classical and Avant-Garde Techniques to Rock
Sep 10, 2026
From Louis Armstrong to the White Stripes, 'St James Infirmary' Connects Folk Traditions to Jazz and Rock: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 3.1
Sep 09, 2026
Pop Had An Entirely Different Meaning Before 1955: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 2.12
Sep 07, 2026
Hardcore Punk Ignored Corporate America
Sep 07, 2026
The Weavers: Folk Music vs the Blacklist
Sep 07, 2026
The Kinks' Class-Consciousness Made Them Wary of the Promises of Swinging London
Sep 07, 2026
Irving Berlin Defined American Music: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 2.11
Sep 04, 2026
Pioneering Gospel Composers: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 2.10
Sep 02, 2026
Ted Gioia on The Birth of Jazz in New Orleans: Let It Roll From the Beginning...2.9
Aug 31, 2026
The First Recording Stars: Enrico Caruso, Bert Williams and Al Jolson: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 2.8
Aug 28, 2026
Dolly Parton Had A Vision Of Superstardom Beyond Nashville: Interview with Alanna Nash, Let It Roll Season 9, Episode 9
Aug 26, 2026
Edison's Phonograph vs. the Gramophone: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 2.7
Aug 26, 2026
Beginning the Jazz Age: Vaudeville, WC Handy's Blues and Louis Armstrong's Signifying: Let It Roll From the Beginning...2.6
Aug 24, 2026
The Vaudeville Roots of Country Music: Let It Roll From the Beginning...2.5
Aug 21, 2026
Jubilee Singers and Barbershop Quartets Continued the Evolution of African-American Music: Let It Roll From the Beginning...2.4
Aug 19, 2026
How 19th Century American Music Got Hot: Let It Roll From the Beginning...2.3
Aug 17, 2026
American Music Developed in the 19th Century NYC Underworld: Let It Roll From the Beginning...2.2
Aug 14, 2026
My Old Kentucky Home's Century of Myth: Let It Roll From the Beginning...Season 2.1
Aug 12, 2026
Francis Child Collected Ballads and Kicked Off a Craze: Let It Roll From the Beginning 1.12
Aug 10, 2026
The most popular American Musician of the 1800s Connected Cuba & New Orleans: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 1.11
Aug 07, 2026
Scott, Pepys, Dickens - The Literary Roots of The Ballads: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 1.10
Aug 05, 2026
Beethoven Freed Music From the Tyranny of Patronage: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 1.9
Aug 03, 2026
In America African Culture Survived as The Spiritual: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 1.8
Jul 31, 2026
The Subversive Side of Classical Music: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 1.7
Jul 29, 2026
Clave and the Contradance in the Colonial Caribbean: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 1.6
Jul 27, 2026
The Musics of Europe and Africa Collided in Cuba: From the Beginning….to the End 1.5
Jul 24, 2026
The Ancient Repertoire the Folk Genre Built On: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 1.4
Jul 22, 2026
The Cultural Blend That Made New Orleans Music Unique: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 1.3
Jul 20, 2026
Music as a Magical, Subversive Power: What Have We Learned: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 1.2
Jul 18, 2026
Music as a Magical, Subversive Force: Let It Roll From the Beginning 1.1
Jul 15, 2026
Chula Fronteras Documented Tejano Legends Like Lydia Mendoza, Narciso Martínez and Flaco Jiménez
Jul 13, 2026
Grunge Bands Like Nirvana Drew All Eyes to the Seattle Music Scene
Jul 10, 2026
The Time Nirvana Opened For Sonic Youth and Made a Movie About It
Jul 10, 2026
The Sex Pistols Launched Punk Rock in London & Triggered a Huge Backlash
Jul 07, 2026
The New York Dolls' Punky Glam Was Too Much, Too Soon
Jul 04, 2026
The MC5's Combination of Hard Rock and Radical Politics Was Too Volatile to Last
Jun 29, 2026
Leon Russell Spotlighted in Les Blank's 'A Poem Is A Naked Person'
Jun 26, 2026
We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus: RJ Smith Interview
Jun 24, 2026
Betty Davis: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Jun 22, 2026
Morris Day: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Jun 19, 2026
James Brown: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Jun 17, 2026
Bootsy Collins: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Jun 15, 2026
Rick James: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Jun 12, 2026
George Clinton: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Jun 10, 2026
We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus: Interview With Producer Jeff Feuerzeig
Jun 08, 2026
Blaze Foley: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Jun 05, 2026
Waylon Jennings: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Jun 03, 2026
Billy Joe Shaver: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Jun 01, 2026
George Jones & Tammy Wynette: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
May 29, 2026
Jerry Lee Lewis: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
May 27, 2026
Johnny Paycheck: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
May 25, 2026
80s Roll 20: Queen, Bowie & Jagger and other highs and lows of Live Aid
May 22, 2026
80's Roll 19: Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones led "We Are The World"
May 20, 2026
80s Roll 18: British stars came together to wrap up a huge 1984 with “Do They Know It’s Christmas”
May 18, 2026
80s Roll 17: Classic Rockers Like Don Henley, Foreigner and Steve Perry Had a Big 1984 Too
May 15, 2026
80s Roll 16: Bruce Springsteen broke all the way through with Born in the USA
May 13, 2026
80s Roll 15: Tina Turner, ZZ Top, Cyndi Lauper & Madonna at the First Ever MTV Awards
May 11, 2026
80s Roll 14: The Olympics, Lionel Richie, Etta James, Marvin Gaye and R&B Radio
May 08, 2026
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 06, 2026
80's Roll 12: R.E.M., Black Flag, Husker Du, the Minutemen and the Meat Puppets charted an alternative course
May 04, 2026
80's Roll 11: Prince's Purple Reign
May 01, 2026
80s Roll 10: The Jackson's Victory Tour was anything but
Apr 29, 2026
80s Roll 9: Run-DMC revolutionized hip-hop in the year of "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo"
Apr 27, 2026
80s Roll 8: Willie Nelson ruled the country music roost but George Strait and the Judds were coming up fast
Apr 24, 2026
80s Roll 7: Bob Marley's Legend album was the biggest reissue of 1984
Apr 22, 2026
80s Roll 6: Talking Heads' Movie Stop Making Sense Topped the Field of Rock n Roll Movies in 1984
Apr 20, 2026
80s Roll 5: Michael Jackson, Annie Lennox, Boy George and Cyndi Lauper at the Grammy Awards
Apr 17, 2026
80s Roll 4: Van Halen, Def Leppard & Motley Crue Led the Heavy Metal Charge
Apr 15, 2026
80s Roll 3: Culture Club, The Eurythmics, The Human League, Duran Duran and The Police Led the 2nd British Invasion
Apr 13, 2026
80s Roll 2: How the Late 70s Disco Implosion and Early 80's Stagnation of AOR Radio Made 1984 Possible
Apr 10, 2026
80s Roll 1: How Great a Year Was 1984 for Pop Music?
Apr 08, 2026
Metal Evolution Led to Extremes: Grindcore, Death & Black Metal
Apr 06, 2026
Progressive Metal from Rush & Dream Theater to Tool & Meshuggah
Apr 03, 2026
Power Metal from the Scorpions and Yngwie Malmsteen to DragonForce and Nightwish
Apr 01, 2026
Shock Rock From Screamin' Jay Hawkins to Alice Cooper to Marilyn Manson
Mar 30, 2026
Korn and Limp Bizkit Led the Nu Metal Charge, Linkin Park Followed Up
Mar 27, 2026
Grunge Bands Like Nirvana and Pearl Jam Kicked Glam Off MTV
Mar 25, 2026
Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth Brought Thrash to a Global Audience
Mar 23, 2026
Van Halen and MTV Spawned the LA Glam Metal Scene that Produced Motley Crue, Poison and Guns N Roses
Mar 20, 2026
Iron Maiden and Def Leppard Emerge from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal
Mar 18, 2026
Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple Were the Big Three of British Heavy Music
Mar 16, 2026
Blue Cheer, Steppenwolf, the Stooges and MC5 Invent American Hard Rock
Mar 13, 2026
Heavy Metal Emerged When Blues Rockers Added Elements of Classical Music and Opera
Mar 11, 2026
Lil Wayne, T.I. and 50 Cent Triumph in the Mix Tape Era: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
Mar 09, 2026
How The Neptunes, Timbaland & Missy Elliott, J Dilla and Kanye West Became Hip-Hop's Super-Producers
Mar 04, 2026
Houston's DJ Screw, Memphis' Three 6 Mafia and Atlanta's Lil Jon Innovated New Directions in Hip-Hop
Mar 02, 2026
Bounce, Master P & No Limit and Cash Money's Mannie Fresh & Juvenile Brought New Orleans Hip-Hop to the Fore
Feb 27, 2026
Outkast & Goodie Mob Took the Dirty South National After TLC and Kriss Kross Laid the Foundation in Atlanta
Feb 25, 2026
Eminem, Mos Def & Black Star Emerge from Hip-Hop's Cypher & Battle Rap Cultures
Feb 23, 2026
After The Notorious B.I.G.'s Reign, Puff Daddy, Lil' Kim and Jay-Z Step Up In The 'Jiggy Era'
Feb 20, 2026
2Pac & Suge Knight Ignite the West Coast-East Coast Feud Against B.I.G and Puff Daddy: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
Feb 18, 2026
Wu-Tang Clan, Nas and Notorious B.I.G. Brought NYC Back
Feb 16, 2026
Tribe Called Quest & De La Soul Led the Native Tongues: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
Feb 13, 2026
Too $hort, MC Hammer, E-40, Digital Underground & 2Pac Brought the Bay: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
Feb 11, 2026
The 2 Live Crew, Geto Boys and UGK Come Out of the South: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
Feb 09, 2026
Ice-T, Eazy-E And N.W.A. Bring Gangsta Rap To The Masses: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
Feb 06, 2026
Run-DMC, Def Jam and Public Enemy Herald The Golden Age
Feb 04, 2026
The Sugarhill Gang & Afrika Bambaataa Put Rap On Wax: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
Feb 02, 2026
Hip-Hop Is Born In The Bronx: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
Jan 30, 2026
CountryRoll 8: George Strait, Reba McEntire, & Dwight Yoakam Re-Center Country in the 80s, Garth Brooks Blows the Doors off in the 90s
Jan 28, 2026
CountryRoll 7: Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings Outlaw Country and Dolly Parton's Pop-Crossover
Jan 26, 2026
CountryRoll 6: George Jones & Tammy Wynette Were Mr & Mrs Country Music
Jan 23, 2026
CountryRoll 5: Charley Pride Integrates Nashville, Buck Owens & Merle Haggard Bring the Bakersfield Sound
Jan 21, 2026
Countryroll 4: Johnny Cash and the Rockabilly Revolution Were Answered by Patsy Cline and the Nashville Sound
Jan 19, 2026
Countryroll 3: Hank Williams, Eddy Arnold, Lefty Frizzell and Kitty Wells Lead a Post-War Country Music Boom
Jan 16, 2026
Countryroll 2: Roy Acuff, Bob Wills, Gene Autry and Woody Guthrie Lead Country Music Through Hard Times
Jan 14, 2026
Countryroll 1: The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers and the Beginnings of Country Music According to Ken Burns
Jan 12, 2026
What Have We Learned From Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll Part 2?
Jan 09, 2026
What Have We Learned From Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll?
Jan 07, 2026
The Pre-Punk Seventies: Ed Ward's History Of Rock & Roll
Jan 05, 2026
Hard Rock Vs. Soft Rock, AM Vs. FM: Ed Ward's History Of Rock & Roll
Jan 02, 2026
The Birth Of Reggae & The Funk Revolution: Ed Ward's History Of Rock & Roll
Dec 31, 2025
The Invention of 'The Sixties': Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Dec 29, 2025
1968 Rock, Riot, Revolution: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Dec 26, 2025
Otis Redding Meets The Love Crowd: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Dec 24, 2025
Bob Dylan Rocks Folk: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Dec 22, 2025
The Beatles Invade And The Rolling Stones Follow: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Dec 19, 2025
Bob Wills & Western Swing: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Dec 17, 2025
Rhythm & Blues from Bessie Smith to Louis Jordan: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Dec 15, 2025
Jimmie Rodgers & The Carter Family: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Dec 12, 2025
Rock Pre-History the 1920s & 30s: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Dec 10, 2025
1963 The British Invasion is Coming!: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Dec 08, 2025
1963 Brill Building pop is perfected: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Dec 05, 2025
1961-1962 The Quiet Years: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Dec 03, 2025
1960 The Fire of Rebellion Has Been Snuffed: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Dec 01, 2025
1959 Death and Soul: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Dec 01, 2025
1958 The Year the Music Didn't Quite Die: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Nov 26, 2025
1957 The Miracle Year of Rock & Roll: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Nov 24, 2025
1956 Rock & Roll in Full Flower: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Nov 21, 2025
1955 Rock and Roll is Born....Maybe: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Nov 19, 2025
1953-1954 Rock, Meet Roll: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Nov 17, 2025
The Early 1950s & Good Rockin Tonight: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll
Nov 14, 2025
Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll: 1945-1950 The Post-War Years
Nov 12, 2025
TechnoRoll 3.20: How Dance Music Conquered America With Michaelangelo Matos
Nov 10, 2025
TechnoRoll 3.19: Daft Punk Sweeps the Grammys as EDM Joins the Mainstream
Nov 07, 2025
TechnoRoll 3.18: Electric Daisy Carnival's Move From LA to Las Vegas Legitimzed EDM for the US Music Biz
Nov 05, 2025
TechnoRoll 3.17: Daft Punk Break Through at Coachella 2006
Nov 03, 2025
TechnoRoll 3.16: Mashups & Electroclash at the Turn of the Millennium
Oct 31, 2025
TechnoRoll 3.15: The DEA Cracks Down on Disco Donnie and the NOLA Rave Scene
Oct 29, 2025
TechnoRoll 3.14 Carl Craig Brought the Detroit Electronic Music Festival Roaring into Life
Oct 27, 2025
TechnoRoll 3.13: Moby and Fatboy Slim Rocked Woodstock '99
Oct 24, 2025
TechnoRoll 3.12: Underworld and Chemical Brothers Headlined Organic '96
Oct 22, 2025
TechnoRoll 3.11: Daft Punk Make Their US Debut at Even Furthur in Wisconsin
Oct 20, 2025
TechnoRoll 3.10: Richie Hawtin's Rise and Fall as a US Rave Promoter
Oct 17, 2025
TechnoRoll 3.9: Moby, The Prodigy, Aphex Twin, Orbital and Cybersonik Led Big Tours of the US in 1993
Oct 15, 2025
TechnoRoll 3.8: Rave Crested and Crashed In Southern California in the Early 90s
Oct 13, 2025
TechnoRoll 3.7: Rave Rose & Fell on the East Coast in 1992
Oct 10, 2025
TechnoRoll 3.6: Tribal House Emerged on the Circuit in the 1990s and Went to the Top of the Pop Charts
Oct 08, 2025
TechnoRoll 3.5: The Second Wave of Detroit Techno Soundtracked Midwest Raves in the Early 90s
Oct 06, 2025
TechnoRoll 3.4: Rave and Early Internet Culture Rose Together in the Bay Area in the Early 90s
Oct 03, 2025
TechnoRoll 3.3: Madchester and Hip-House Don't Quite Make It In the States, But Rave Took Root in Southern California
Oct 01, 2025
TechnoRoll 3.2: Detroit Techno or, George Clinton, & Kraftwerk Stuck in an Elevator With a Sequencer
Sep 29, 2025
TechnoRoll 3.1: Chicago House Kicks Off a New Era in Dance Music
Sep 26, 2025
TechnoRoll 2.24: Simon Reynolds On Rave Music, Dance Culture and the Hardcore to Jungle to Drum & Bass to Dubstep to EDM Continuum
Sep 24, 2025
TechnoRoll 2.23: Skrillex Leads EDM's Take Over of America
Sep 22, 2025
TechnoRoll 2.22: First Wave Dubstep, Grime and Breakcore Dominate a Downbeat Half Decade
Sep 19, 2025
TechnoRoll 2.21: Electroclash Was the 'It' Sound from Brooklyn to Berlin at the Turn of the Millennium
Sep 17, 2025
TechnoRoll 2.20 Speed Garage and 2Step Evolved Out of the UK Garage Scene
Sep 15, 2025
TechnoRoll 2.19 Paul Van Dyk, DJ Tiesto, & Ferry Corsten Take Trance to the Top as the PsyTrance Underground Goes Global
Sep 12, 2025
TechnoRoll 2.18: Leftfield, Moby, Green Velvet and Underworld Pushed the Boundaries of House in the 1990s
Sep 10, 2025
TechnoRoll 2.17: The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers & Fatboy Slim Brought Big Beat to Massive International Success
Sep 08, 2025
TechnoRoll 2.16: DJ Spooky, Atari Teenage Riot, Mouse on Mars and Drill & Bass Producers Got Arty Post-Rave
Sep 05, 2025
TechnoRoll 2.15: Drum & Bass Fought to Differentiate Itself from Ragga Jungle & Techstep
Sep 03, 2025
TechnoRoll 2.14: Tricky, Portishead, & Massive Attack Took Trip-Hop Straight Out of Bristol
Sep 01, 2025
TechnoRoll 2.13: American Rave Stayed Underground In the 1990s
Aug 29, 2025
TechnoRoll 2.12: Dutch Dance Gets Intense With Gabba & Happy Hardcore Shelters Some of the Rave Spirit in the UK
Aug 27, 2025
TechnoRoll 2.11: Jungle Brought Hip-Hop and Reggae Elements Back Into UK's Rave Scene
Aug 25, 2025
TechnoRoll 2.10: UK Pirate Radio Brought the Underground to the Airwaves
Aug 22, 2025
TechnoRoll 2.9: Underground Resistance, Carl Craig & Richie Hawtin Led Detroit's Second Wave of Techno
Aug 20, 2025
TechnoRoll 2.8: Goldie's Rufige Cru, Doc Scott and DJ Hype Led Breakbeat Hardcore's Turn to Darkcore
Aug 18, 2025
TechnoRoll 2.7: Aphex Twin, The Orb, The Black Dog & Sven Vath Create Intelligent Techno, Ambient and Trance
Aug 15, 2025
TechnoRoll 2.6: Spiral Tribe Went Big at Castlemorton & Triggered a Backlash
Aug 13, 2025
TechnoRoll 2.5: Rave Goes Hardcore in Europe & the UK
Aug 11, 2025
TechnoRoll 2.4: The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays Led a Madchester Scene That Tried to Absorb Rave Into Rock
Aug 08, 2025
TechnoRoll 2.3: DJs Paul Oakenfold, Nicky Holloway and Danny Rampling Break Acid House Big in the UK
Aug 06, 2025
TechnoRoll 2.2: Modern EDM is Born with Detroit Techno, Chicago House, and New York Garage
Aug 04, 2025
TechnoRoll 2.1: A Journey Through Rave Music & Dance Culture
Jul 31, 2025
Technoroll 1.22: Interview with Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton, Historians of the DJ
Jul 28, 2025
Technoroll 1.21: Did EDM Sell Out the Values that Made Disco Great?
Jul 24, 2025
Technoroll 1.20: Superstars Like DJ Tiesto and Fatboy Slim Changed the Game
Jul 21, 2025
Technoroll 1.19: UK and US Authorities Crack Down on Raves in the 1990s
Jul 17, 2025
Technoroll 1.18: The KLF Trolled the Pop World and Brought Ambient to a Mass Audience
Jul 14, 2025
Technoroll 1.17: After Acid House Came Hardcore, Jungle, Drum & Bass, and UK Garage
Jul 10, 2025
Technoroll 1.16: The Acid House Revolution Shakes the UK to its Foundations
Jul 07, 2025
Technoroll 15: Ibiza's Balearic Beat Modeled Modern Dance Music in the 1980s
Jul 03, 2025
Technoroll 14: Trance Connected Berlin with Goa, India
Jun 30, 2025
Technoroll 13: The Belleville Three Create Techno in Detroit
Jun 24, 2025
Technoroll 12: Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy and the Birth of House Music in Chicago
Jun 16, 2025
Technoroll 11: Larry Levan Kept the Dance Music Torch Burning at the Paradise Garage
Jun 09, 2025
Technoroll 10: Afrika Bambaataa Distils Electro and Hip-Hop Matures in the Recording Studio
Jun 02, 2025
Technoroll 9: Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, & Afrika Bambaataa Invent Hip-Hop
May 26, 2025
Technoroll 8: Before Hip-Hop Disco DJ's Like Grandmaster Flowers & DJ Hollywood Set the Stage
May 19, 2025
Technoroll 7: Hi-NRG Kept the Dance Going In the Early 80's
May 12, 2025
Technoroll 6: Disco Blows Up in the Late 70's
May 05, 2025
Technoroll 5: Disco Begins In New York
Apr 28, 2025
Led Zeppelin flew their folk flag high
Apr 21, 2025
Technoroll 4: Jamaica's Sound System Culture Birthed Ska, Reggae, Dub
Apr 14, 2025
Fairport Convention and Pentangle led the UK folk-rock movement
Apr 07, 2025
Technoroll 1.3: UK DJ Culture Develops With Northern Soul
Mar 31, 2025
Paul Simon dived into the UK folk scene at a key time
Mar 24, 2025
Technoroll 1.2: The First DJs On the Radio and In the Clubs
Mar 17, 2025
Bob Dylan Made the US Folk Boom and Then Bust
Mar 10, 2025
Technoroll 1: The History of DJ-Based Music - Reggae, Disco, Hip-Hop, House, Techno, EDM and Beyond
Mar 03, 2025
Joan Baez, Judy Collins, and Tom Rush led the pre-Dylan American Folk Boom
Feb 24, 2025
Alan Lomax, Pete Seeger, Josh White & Jean Ritchie and the first Folk Revival
Feb 10, 2025
The Carter Family popularized the Child Ballads and Burl Ives built a new tradition
Jan 27, 2025
Francis Child Collected Ballads and Kicked Off a Craze
Jan 13, 2025
Sir Walter Scott, Pepys, and Charles Dickens: The Literary Roots of The Ballad Tradition
Dec 30, 2024
Let It Folk: The Ancient Repertoire the Genre Built On
Dec 16, 2024
Brian Jones Reached A Bitter End
Dec 02, 2024