We're relaunching Let It Roll by reposting every episode in chronological order by subject matter. In this episode, host Nate Wilcox welcomes back Ted Gioia to continue their discussion of his book “Music: A Subversive History.”
Nate and Ted talk about the less than perfect realities of the lives of the great composers. From the murderous makers of madrigals to the sometimes sordid antics of J.S. Bach to the very problematic Richard Wagner, Ted brings a very different perspective to the men we see as paragons of the establishment.
This episode originally aired in 2020.
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Jul 29
46 min
We're relaunching Let It Roll by reposting every episode in chronological order by subject matter. In this episode, Nate Wilcox and author Ned Sublette have the second of several conversations about Ned's book "Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo."
This episode looks at the musical developments in the colonial Caribbean as the Spanish, French and English found their cultures influenced by the African diaspora.
This show originally dropped in 2023.
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Jul 27
39 min
We're relaunching Let It Roll by reposting every episode in chronological order by subject matter. In this episode, Nate Wilcox and author Ned Sublette have the first of several conversations about Ned's book "Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo."
This episode focuses on the cultural collisions and cross-pollination triggered when Europeans enslaved Africans and dragged them, and their music, across the Atlantic.
This episode originally dropped in 2023.
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Jul 24
43 min
We're relaunching Let It Roll by reposting every episode in chronological order by subject matter. In this episode,Nate Wilcox and author Dave Thompson discuss the first chapter of Dave's book An Evolving Tradition: The Child Ballads in Modern Folk and Rock Music.
This episode originally dropped in 2024.
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Jul 22
44 min
The Cultural Blend That Made New Orleans Music Unique: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 3
We're relaunching Let It Roll by reposting every episode in chronological order by subject matter. In this episode, host Nate Wilcox welcomes Ned Sublette, author of "The Cultural Blend That Made New Orleans Music Unique: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 3."
Sublette's book is "a tale of imperial war, religious conflict, the search for treasure, the spread of slavery, the Cuban connection, the cruel aristocracy of sugar, and the very different revolutions that created the United States and Haiti" culminating in the magical drum music of Congo Square, sounds that echo on today via Jazz, Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll, Funk and Hip-Hop.
This episode originally dropped in 2022.
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Jul 20
44 min
We're relaunching Let It Roll by reposting every episode in chronological order by subject matter. Hosts Nate Wilcox and Yuri Campbell look back at Nate's discussion with Ted Gioia about his book "Music: A Subversive History" and what we learned about the uncontrollable, dangerous power of music, music as magic, and how authorities always try to tame musical revolutions and never quite succeed.
This episode originally dropped in 2022.
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Jul 18
47 min
We're relaunching Let It Roll by reposting every episode in chronological order by subject matter. This episode goes back to the beginnings of human culture and features Ted Gioia discussing his book ”Music: A Subversive History.” Ted and Nate discuss the tension between the social outsiders who’ve always been the source of musical innovation and the mainstream academicians who borrow their ideas.
This episode originally dropped in 2019.
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Jul 15
42 min
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Justin Bankston take it back to Tejas for the final installment of the first series of "We Dig Rock Docs" with a discussion of Les Blanks' classic 1976 film Chula Fronteras.
This episode originally dropped in 2022.
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Jul 13
43 min
Hosts Nate Wilcox and Justin Bankston discuss "Hype!" the masterful telling of what happened when Seattle's happy little underground scene became an international pop culture sensation, attracting thousands of wannabes and hundreds of reporters to the city.
This episode originally dropped in 2022.
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Jul 10
47 min
Just before the release of Nevermind and "Smells Like Teen Spirit", Nirvana toured Europe opening up for mentors Sonic Youth. Hosts Nate Wilcox and Justin Bankston look back on this iconic moment from their youth in their discussion of the documentary "1991 - The Year Punk Broke."
This episode originally dropped in 2022.
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Jul 8
41 min
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