Let It Roll

Nate WIlcox

  • 45 minutes 48 seconds
    The Carter Family popularized the Child Ballads and Burl Ives built a new tradition

    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.

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    27 January 2025, 6:00 pm
  • 55 minutes 15 seconds
    The President's Daughter Recorded A Child Ballad

    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 Francis James Child himself and how the whole ballad collecting thing went big time, with the trend impacting the recording career of Woodrow Wilson's first lady, one of America's first female astronomers and many more.

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    13 January 2025, 6:00 pm
  • 54 minutes 20 seconds
    Sir Walter Scott, Pepys, and Charles Dickens: The Literary Roots of The Ballad Tradition

    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 very oldest examples of The Child Ballads, with lyrical themes dating back to the ancient Egyptians and Greeks, as well as the contributions of major literary figures like Sir Walter Scott and Charles Dickens.

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    30 December 2024, 6:00 pm
  • 45 minutes 51 seconds
    Let It Folk: The Ancient Repertoire the Genre Built On

    Hosts Nate Wilcox and Dave Thompson kick off a 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.

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    16 December 2024, 6:00 pm
  • 45 minutes 33 seconds
    Brian Jones' Bitter End

    Host Nate Wilcox returns with the fifth of five parts of a solo review of Nick Broomfield's documentary "The Stones and Brian Jones."

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    2 December 2024, 6:00 pm
  • 45 minutes 20 seconds
    The Cops Killed Brian Jones, Not Mick & Keith

    Host Nate Wilcox returns with the fourth of five parts of a solo review of Nick Broomfield's documentary "The Stones and Brian Jones."

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    18 November 2024, 6:00 pm
  • 46 minutes 34 seconds
    Brian Jones and Anita Pallenberg dazzled the pop world in 1966

    Host Nate Wilcox returns with the third of five parts of a solo review of Nick Broomfield's documentary "The Stones and Brian Jones."

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    4 November 2024, 6:00 pm
  • 50 minutes 38 seconds
    Brian Jones had no songwriting partner in The Rolling Stones

    Nate with the second of four parts of a solo review of Nick Broomfield's documentary "The Stones and Brian Jones."

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    21 October 2024, 5:05 pm
  • 47 minutes 27 seconds
    New Brian Jones documentary reveals some truths, obscures others Part 1

    Nate with the first of three parts of a solo review of Nick Broomfield's documentary "The Stones and Brian Jones."

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    7 October 2024, 5:00 pm
  • 52 minutes 15 seconds
    Brian Jones was Anita Pallenberg's entre into the Rolling Stones orbit

    Nate returns with a solo review of Catching Fire, a documentary biography of Rolling Stones muse Anita Pallenberg.


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    23 September 2024, 5:00 pm
  • 46 minutes 23 seconds
    We're Back: Bill Wyman was The Quiet Rolling Stone

    Nate returns with a solo review of The Quiet One, a documentary biography of Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman.


    CHECK OUT THE LET IT ROLL WEB SITE -- 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!


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    9 September 2024, 5:00 pm
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