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The most popular American musician of the 19th century connected Cuba and New Orleans: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 1.11
2026-08-07 | 36 mins.We're relaunching Let It Roll by reposting every episode in chronological order by subject matter. In this episode, host Nate Wilcox welcomes back Ned Sublette to continue the discussion about his book "Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo."
Ned and Nate discuss Louis Moreau Gottschalk, the most popular and important 19th Century American composer who connected New Orleans to Havana.
This episode originally dropped in 2023.
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2026-08-05 | 41 mins.We're relaunching Let It Roll by reposting every episode in chronological order by subject matter. In this episode, host Nate Wilcox welcomes back Dave Thompson to continue discussing Dave's book An Evolving Tradition: The Child Ballads in Modern Folk and Rock Music.
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.
This episode originally dropped in 2024.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBeethoven freed music from the tyranny of patronage: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 1.9
2026-08-03 | 38 mins.We're relaunching Let It Roll by reposting every episode in chronological order by subject matter. In this episode, host Nate Wilcox welcomes Norman Lebrecht author of "Why Beethoven: A Phenomenon in One Hundred Pieces." Nate asks Norman about Beethoven's innovative business practices, his conflicts with royalty, his opposition to the sexual mores of imperial Vienna and more. This episode originally aired in 2022.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesIn America African Culture Survived as The Spiritual: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 8
2026-07-31 | 46 mins.We're relaunching Let It Roll by reposting every episode in chronological order by subject matter. In this episode hosts Nate Wilcox and Garrett Cash dive into the roots of African-American spirituals and Gospel's deep roots in African musical practice.
Based on Robert Darden's "People Get Ready!: A New History of Black Gospel Music."
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This episode originally aired in 2022.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesThe Subversive Side of Classical Music: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 7
2026-07-29 | 46 mins.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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