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Let It Roll

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  • Devil at the Confluence: The Pre-War Blues of St. Louis

    October 26, 2026 · 51 min

    Host Nate Wilcox talks with Kevin Belford, artist, illustrator and author of “Devil at the Confluence: The Pre-War Blues Music of St. Louis, Missouri,” in a brand-new conversation recorded in October 2026. Belford makes the case for St…

  • Introducing Before The Moment with Nile Rodgers

    October 26, 2026 · 2 min

    Pantheon Media CEO Christian Swain invites you to check out the Before The Moment podcast. Legendary Producer Nile Rodgers sits down with artists to explore the decisions, setbacks, and unexpected encounters that came before the…

  • Chick Webb's Big Beat Style of Swing Led Directly to Rock 'n' Roll

    October 23, 2026 · 44 min

    Host Nate Wilcox talks with Stephanie Stein Crease, author of “Rhythm Man: Chick Webb and the Beat That Changed America,” in a conversation first released in 2023 and returning now as part of Let It Roll From the Beginning..., in which the…

  • Swing King Chick Webb Brought Ella Fitzgerald to the World

    October 21, 2026 · 52 min

    Host Nate Wilcox talks with Jeff Kaufman, director, writer and producer of the documentary film “The Savoy King: Chick Webb and the Music That Changed America,” in a conversation first released in 2022 and returning now as part of Let It…

  • Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Big Joe Turner: How Kansas City Vice Birthed Kansas City Jazz

    October 19, 2026 · 47 min

    Host Nate Wilcox talks with Chuck Haddix, co-author with Frank Driggs of “Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop - A History,” in a conversation first released in 2020 and returning now as part of Let It Roll From the Beginning..., in…

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  • Alan Lomax, Pete Seeger, Josh White & Jean Ritchie and the first Folk Revival

    October 16, 2026 · 51 min

    Host Nate Wilcox talks with Dave Thompson, author of “An Evolving Tradition: The Child Ballads in Modern Folk and Rock Music,” in a conversation first released in 2025 and returning now as part of Let It Roll From the Beginning..., in…

  • Rhythm & Blues from Bessie Smith to Louis Jordan

    October 14, 2026 · 56 min

    Host Nate Wilcox and the late Ed Ward, author of “The History of Rock & Roll, Volume One: 1920-1963,” close Season 3 of Let It Roll From the Beginning... with a conversation first recorded in 2018. This is the gap between the 1920s and the…

  • The Songs Jazz is Built On

    October 13, 2026 · 40 min

    Host Nate Wilcox is joined again by Ted Gioia, author of “The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire,” in a conversation first recorded in 2019 and returning now as part of Let It Roll From the Beginning..., in which the whole Let It…

  • Record Men From Thomas Edison to John Hammond & Chris Blackwell

    October 9, 2026 · 51 min

    Gareth Murphy set out to write an obituary for the record man. A French label boss had told him over lunch that the record producer was a dying breed, and in the 2010s, with the industry shrinking every year since 1999, it looked like he…

  • Bing Crosby's Swing Brought Him Superstardom

    October 7, 2026 · 45 min

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  • Bing Crosby and the Age of the Crooner

    October 5, 2026 · 39 min

    Host Nate Wilcox is joined again by Peter Doggett, author of “Electric Shock: From the Gramophone to the iPhone - 125 Years of Pop Music,” in a conversation first recorded in 2019 and returning now to conclude season 3 of Let It Roll From…

  • Thomas A. Dorsey Went From 'It's Tight Like That' to 'Precious Lord'

    October 2, 2026 · 47 min

    The same man wrote “It’s Tight Like That” and “Take My Hand, Precious Lord.” As Georgia Tom, Thomas A. Dorsey cut it with Tampa Red in 1928 - one of the dirtiest hits of the decade, and the record that set off the hokum craze. As Thomas A…

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"Let it Roll" is a podcast about the history of popular music from the 19th Century to the 21st. Proud part of Pantheon - the podcast network for music lovers.