HeyJaredLet It Roll Podcast
"Let it Roll" is a podcast hosted by Nate Wilcox 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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- Sep 28, 2026
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Countryroll 1: The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers & the Beginnings of Country Music According to Ken Burns (opens the original)
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Hosts Nate Wilcox and James Porter kick off their discussion of Ken Burns' "Country Music" documentary series with a look at episode one, “The Rub.” They talk about the musical sources of country music, Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family. There’s also a little meta discussion about the series and their thoughts on Ken Burns. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes o
Ed Ward on The Bristol Explosion: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 3.8 (opens the original)
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Host Nate Wilcox is joined by Ed Ward, his original co-host and the author of “The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 1: 1920-1963,” for a conversation first recorded in 2018 and returning now as part of Let It Roll From the Beginning..., in which the whole Let It Roll archive is being re-cast in chronological order by topic. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this
The Carter Family popularized the Child Ballads and Burl Ives built a new tradition (opens the original)
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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 first popular American revival of the Child Ballads by artist like The Carter Family and jazz singer Maxine Sullivan. We also cover the beginnings of the popular folk revival by artists like John Jacob Niles and Burl Ives. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE-- T
The Avant-Garde influence on 60s Rock: Zappa, the Velvets, Yoko Ono, Phil Lesh of the Dead (opens the original)
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Paul Whiteman Was the King of Jazz in 1925, to Music Critics: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 3.6 (opens the original)
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In this episode, host Nate Wilcox welcomes Elijah Wald to discuss his controversial but informative book "How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'N' Roll" which actually has a lot more to say about Paul Whiteman and why white America considered him the King of Jazz in the 1920s. This episode originally dropped in 2018. GO TO THE LET IT ROLL SUBSTACK TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE -- The final 15 minutes of this episode ar
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