Let It Roll EXTRA

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “ Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey ” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on the emergence of DJs as recording artists in their own right, people like The KLF.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on the many new genres that emerged from Great Britain in the wake of the Acid House revolution: hardcore, jungl...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Today hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on Ibiza and the unique Balearic sub-genre it spawned as well as Belgian new beat and other Euro dance tre...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Today hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “ Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey ” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on Ibiza and the unique Balearic sub-genre it spawned as well as Belgian new beat and other Euro dance t...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “ Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey ” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on the birth of trance music and the cross-pollination between Berlin and Goa, India that made it happen.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “ ⁠Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey⁠ ” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on the Belleville Three (Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson), the "Belleville Fourth" Eddie Fowlkes,...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “ Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey ” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy and the birth of House Music in Chicago (and don't forget the Hotmix 5).

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on Larry Levan, his club the Paradise Garage and the post-disco genre named for it.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Nate and Ryan are joined by hip-hop ringer Steve Juon continue their discussion of “ Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey ” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on hip hop’s transition to records with the Sugarhill Gang, Afrika Bambaataa’s epic “Planet...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Nate and Ryan get back to their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This week’s episode focuses on the birth of hip-hop in the Bronx and the Holy Trinity: DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Today Nate and Ryan pause their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton to welcome a special guest, hip hop writer Steve Juon. Together, they take a look at the documentary “Founding Fathers of Hip Hop” which fills in some important...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “ Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey ” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton with a look at how Hi-NRG, the sound that emerged in the post-disco backlash club scenes of London, San Francisco and New York, spawned the...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton with a look at the high water mark of disco -- Studio 54, Saturday Night Fever, the Bee Gees and the backlash.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness continue their discussion of “⁠Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey⁠” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. Today's topic is the early days of disco in New York when an innovative wave of DJs like David Mancuso and Francis Grasso created a dancer’s uto...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com In this episode, Dave and Nate discuss UK folk-rock’s commercial peaks. We further our discussion of Steeleye Span, their alliance with stalwarts of the 60’s folk scene like Martin Carthy and Bert Lloyd, and commercial success. We also discuss Led Zeppelin’s “Gallows Pole” and the supposed backlash from dis...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Today Nate & Ryan takes a look at Jamaica’s unique sound system scene which spurred the creation of ska, reggae and dub and directly influenced the creation of hip-hop.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com This episode covers the emergence of UK folk-rock out of the hippie, psychedelic ballroom scene in the late 1960s. Dave and Nate discuss the formation of Pentangle a sort of super group comprised of Jacqui McShee (vocals); John Renbourn (vocals and guitar); Bert Jansch (vocals and guitar); Danny Thompson (d...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com In this episode, Nate and Ryan discuss the uniquely British dance culture called Northern Soul where the kids of the British rust belt just wouldn't let go of their favorite up-tempo 60s soul and kept the style alive into the 1980s. Buy the book and support the show.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com This episode discusses the UK folk scene from the peak of skiffle and Lonnie Donegan through the network of UK folk clubs who featured an open mic format that produced many of the leading talents of the coming UK folk-rock movement. We also discuss Paul Simon's sojourn to the UK during a career lull for Sim...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Today hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness are joined by producer Stephie Haynes to introduce the series and our main source book “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. In this episode, Nate, Ryan and Steph discuss their personal history with da...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com This episode discusses the peak of the Folk Boom in the US with the rise of Albert Grossman’s acts Peter, Paul, & Mary and Ian & Sylvia, Judy Collins' continued success and the rise of Grossman’s ultimate star, Bob Dylan. We cover Dylan's use of Child Ballads as source material and his ultimate abandonment...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Hosts Nate Wilcox and Ryan Harkness are joined by producer Stephie Haynes to introduce the series and our main source book “ Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History of the Disc Jockey ” by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. This is the first of three series of dance music history that Ryan Harkness and...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Hosts Nate Wilcox and Dave Thompson continue their mini-series discussing Dave's book An Evolving Tradition: The Child Ballads in Modern Folk and Rock Music . (Note ordering the book using that link will help support the show via Amazon’s affiliate program). This episode discusses the Child Ballads about Ro...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com Hosts Nate Wilcox and Dave Thompson continue their mini-series discussing Dave's book An Evolving Tradition: The Child Ballads in Modern Folk and Rock Music -- buy the book to support the show. This episode covers the collision of the Child Ballads with the leaders of the first American popular Folk Revival...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit letitrollpodcast.substack.com This episode covers the emergence of the commercial recording industry into the story of the Child Ballads with producers like Ralph Peer, performers like The Carter Family, and “songweriters” like A.P. Carter all transforming the ballads for a new popular audience. Dave Thompson and Nate Wilcox also discus...