Let It Roll - All Episodes

All of the Let It Roll episodes in one place, sorted newest to oldest by series.

Let It Roll Originals

Season 20

• Genre, instruments, the meta-history of 20th-century music: Readers’ Mailbag

• The 90s Austin underground scene that produced Spoon, The Cherubs and many more

Season 19

• Eugene S. Robinson's journey from disco and no wave to hardcore and finally post-hardcore

• Lou Reed's Transformer came out in a big way

• The Butthole Surfers, Big Boys, Dicks and Scratch Acid led Texas' crazed punk scene

• The KLF triggered the cosmic when they burned £1 million pounds

• The Neville Brothers took New Orleans R&B to a whole new audience

• Peter Asher scored in the British Invasion and ruled in the Singer-Songwriter era

• Beethoven freed music from the tyranny of patronage

• Mambo hit New York hard in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s

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

• Beginning the Jazz Age: Vaudeville, Minstrelsy, Spirituals and Louis Armstrong’s Signifying on the Old Songs

• Black Sabbath invented heavy metal with Ozzy Osbourne and perfected it with Ronnie James Dio

• Hipgnosis designed iconic album covers for Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and many more

Season 18

• David Bowie 75 years after his birth

• The Complicated Legacy of Chuck Berry, the Inventor of Rock

• The Beatles vs. James Bond: Two Very Different Versions of Britain

• Living Colour Led the Early ‘90s Alt Metal Charge

• The Great Brill Building Songwriting Teams: Lieber & Stoller, Goffin & King, Pomus & Shuman, Bacharach & David, Sedaka & Greenfield, Mann & Weill and Barry & Greenwich

• Surf Rock, Motown, Girl Groups and a Second Wave of Doo-Wop Were on the Rock and Roll Vanguard in JFK’s America

• Alice Cooper Combined Proto-Punk and Vaudeville to Shock the World

• The Holy Trinity of Texas Gospel and a Devilish Businessman

• Steppenwolf's John Kay Came to Hard Rock from the Toronto Folk Scene

• Sun Records Presided Over the Dawn of Rockabilly With Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis

• Bettye LaVette Took Her Time to Get to the Top

• John Lennon's Political Activism Got Him Targeted By the U.S Government

Season 17

• The Peppermint Lounge Took the Twist to the Top

• Doc Pomus Wrote Classic Songs for Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, The Drifters, Dion & the Belmonts and Many More

• David Crosby, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman on Founding the Byrds

• Buffalo Springfield Couldn't Contain Neil Young, Steve Stills and Richie Furay

• Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and Creating The California Myth

• Jamaican Ska Evolved Directly From American R&B

• Duran Duran Mastered MTV and Ruled In the 80s

• Trap Music Took Atlanta's Rap Scene Global but Never Escaped Reality

• Pop Had An Entirely Different Meaning Before 1955

• Rick James Took 15 Years to Become an Overnight Success

• Michael Jackson, Madonna and Prince Topped a Banner Year for Pop in 1984

• Genres: Pop vs Rock vs R&B vs Hip-Hop vs Dance vs Country vs Punk

Season 16

• Paul Simon's Brill Building Years Laid the Ground for Folk-Rock Success

• George Michael's Brilliant 80's Run Ended With His 90's Rebellion Against His Record Label

• Gene Clark's Songwriting Lifted the Byrds

• Eddie Floyd Epitomized the Stax Records Approach to Soul

• The History of American Pop Music Writing Tells a Story

• The Record Exec Who Signed Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper and Ruled the 1980s

• Vybz Kartel's Career Arc Landed Jamaica's Most Important 21st Century Musician in Prison

• The Velvet Underground Brought the Avant-Garde to Rock and Presaged Punk

• DJ Screw Slowed Hip-Hop Down and Built a Home Grown Empire in Houston

• Swing King Chick Webb Brought Ella Fitzgerald to the World

• The Band That Broke Czechoslovakian Communism: Plastic People of the Universe

• Arthur Lee and Love Ruled LA's Sunset Strip Between The Byrds and The Doors

Season 15

• American Music Developed in the 19th Century NYC Underworld

• BB King's Beginnings in Memphis & the Mississippi Delta

• My Old Kentucky Home's Century of Myth

• Atlantic Records' Jerry Wexler Produced Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and More

• The Evolution of American Ska: The Untouchables, Fishbone & The Toasters Led the Way

• J Dilla Transformed Time for Q-Tip, the Pharcyde, D'Angelo, Erykah Badu & Common

• New Orleans Music from Fats Domino thru the Meters to No Limit and Cash Money

• The Outlaw Country of Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings was the Second Wave of Progressive Country to Come out of Austin

• The Wu Tang Clan's Brilliant Business Plan Was Great While It Lasted

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

• The Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead and the Hell's Angels All Faced a Reckoning at Altamont

• 415 Records Brought California Punk & New Wave to the American Market

Season 14

• Sly Stone Embodied the Optimism of Woodstock Nation Until He Didn’t

• What Have We Learned? The Birth & Death of the Cool

• Bad Brains' HR Created a New Template for Hard Rock Then Tore It All Down

• Yoko Ono Brought Classical and Avant-Garde Techniques to Rock

• Smokey Robinson Was Berry Gordy's Right-Hand Man at Motown

• Ralph Peer Brought Blues, Jazz, Country, and Latin Music to Record

• Danger Mouse's Gray Album United Jay-Z and The Beatles and Brought Down the Wrath of the Industry

• John Entwistle's Bass Anchored The Who and His Rockstar Life Dragged Him Down

• Protobilly: The Vaudeville Roots of Country Music

• Future, Young Thug, Migos and Vybz Kartel Have Used Autotune to Create a Vibrant Vocal Psychedelia

• From Jimi Hendrix to R.E.M., Warner Brothers Records Provided Artists a Rock Era Oasis

• The Secrets Behind Elvis Presley's Relationship with Col. Tom Parker

Season 13

• From Louis Armstrong to the White Stripes, 'St James Infirmary’ Connects Folk Traditions to Jazz and Rock

• Cream Combined Heavy Blues Rock With Jazz Improv and Psychedelic Pop

• Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder Invented Electronic Dance Music With “I Feel Love”

• Guns N’ Roses Reigned Over the Late 80's and Fell Hard in the 1990s

• Why Does Some Old Music Still Sound Contemporary and Some Sounds Very Dated?

• Milton Brown Mentored Bob Wills and Invented Western Swing

• Etta James Was a First Wave Rock N Roller and Later Led Chess Records’ Soul Music Charge

• Rod McKuen's Songs Sold Millions of Records but Triggered a Critical Backlash

• Nicky Hopkins' Piano Graced Classic Rock by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, and Many More

• The A Team Created The Nashville Sound Behind Stars Like George Jones, Patsy Cline, Roy Orbison and Bob Dylan

• The Dixie Cups Were the Girl Group That Brought New Orleans R&B to the Brill Building

• The Cultural Blend That Made New Orleans Music Unique

Season 12

• Aerosmith, KISS, Cheap Trick & Starz Carved Out a Space for Weird Rock in the 1970s

• How Jazz and Rock and Roll Came to Be Seen As Completely Separate Genres

• Rock's Back Pages Makes Historic Rock Writing Available

• The Kinks' Class-Consciousness Made Them Wary of the Promises of Swinging London

• Black Flag Pioneered Hardcore Punk

• The Birth of Jazz in New Orleans: Buddy Bolden & Jellyroll Morton and Others Combined Brass Bands with Ragtime and Blues

• Bert Berns' Songs Were Immortalized by The Beatles, The Isley Brothers, Janis Joplin, Van Morrison and More

• Aretha Franklin Brought Gospel Fervor to the Top of the Charts

• Frank Sinatra Ruled Post-War America, Until He Didn't

• Music as a Magical, Subversive Power: What Have We Learned

• The Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, Phil Spector, Nancy Sinatra and Kim Fowley Exploded out of Early ‘60s Hollywood

• Joan Jett's Years With the Runaways Laid the Groundwork for Solo Stardom

• Solving the Mysteries Behind Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel”

Season 11

• The Kingsmen's 'Louie Louie' and The Rolling Stones' 'Satisfaction’ were built on Cuban Mambo & Cha-cha-cha

• The Triumphs & Tragedy of Marvin Gaye, Motown's Greatest Male Solo Singer and First Album Artist

• Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart & Ron Wood Nearly Perfected Hard Rock Before Led Zeppelin Even Formed

• From The Supremes to The Four Tops, Holland-Dozier-Holland Made Motown’s Biggest Hits

• Easy Listening Absorbed Psychedelia in the Late 1960's

• The Lost Art of Elevator Music From Mantovani & Jackie Gleason to Brian Eno’s Ambient Music

• Introducing David Bowie to Stardust, Choosing Between Hendrix and The Who

• Ray Charles Combined R&B with Gospel to Invent Soul Music

• Rhythm and Blues Exploded Out of 1940s Los Angeles Led by Nat “King” Cole & Big Jay McNeely

• Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor Took Trangression to a Mass Audience

• From Surf Rock to Folk Rock to Freak Out, the Studio Scene in 1960s Los Angeles Captured the Moment

• Why Discuss Music History? What's the Point of Let It Roll?

Season 10

• How The Memphis That Spawned Elvis & Stax Also Birthed The Box Tops & Big Star

• How Jerry Lee Lewis, Howlin' Wolf, & Col. Tom Parker Helped Peter Guralnick Get Lost

• Young Frank Sinatra Polarized Wartime America

• Megaforce Records Brought Metallica, Anthrax, Manowar to the Masses

• Motown's Power Came From the Funk Brothers

• The Bee Gees Rose, Fell, Rose Again, Fell Again Then Helped Invent Modern Pop

• Freddie Mercury and Queen Earned Rock Immortality

• New Edition & New Kids On The Block Perfected It, *NSYNC & Backstreet Boys Capitalized On It: The Boy Band Formula

• Jimmy Page Before Led Zeppelin: Session Man & Yardbird

• How Willie Nelson, Doug Sahm, Stevie Ray Vaughan, SXSW and ACL Fest Turned Austin into the ATX

• Chess Records Brought Chicago Blues, Rock & Roll and Soul to

• Gram Parsons' Disastrous Career Made Him a Legend

Season 9

• Yo La Tengo Surfed The Indie Rock Wave

• Bing Crosby Ruled The 1940s

• The Beatles' Story Changes With The Teller

• Dolly Parton Had A Vision Of Superstardom Beyond Nashville

• Marley Marl, Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie & The Juice Crew Perfected Hip-Hop In The 1980s

• Elvis Presley: Decline And Fall

• Soundgarden Was The Alpha And Omega Of Grunge

• Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb And The Greatness Of Wichita Lineman

• London Nurtured Classic Rock, Prog Rock, Blues Rock And Folk

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

• Lieber & Stoller Wrote Songs, Produced Records And Helped Create Rock & Roll

• AC/DC Perfected Hard Rock While Flirting With Punk

from Season 8

• The Beatles As The End Of Rock & Roll: What Have We Learned From Elijah Wald’s “Alternative History of American Popular Music?”

• Robert Johnson Revised: What Have We Learned From Elijah Wald’s “Escaping the Delta?”

Season 7

• How The Beatles Got Signed

• The Subversive Side of Classical Music

• The Women Who Built Berry Gordy's Motown Empire

• Hardcore Punk Ignored Corporate America

• How Elvis Presley Rose To The Top

• The Jim Morrison Biography That Kicked Off The Doors Revival

• Irving Berlin Defined American Music

• Politics Boxed Merle Haggard Out Of Crossover Superstardom

• Bing Crosby's Swing Brought Him Superstardom

• The Devil, Daniel Johnston and Documentary Film

• Buck Owens Conquered the Country Music Business

• Pop Music's Past Is Crowding Out Its Present

Season 6

• The History of Music is Subversive, Not Respectable

• Grunge Exploded Out of Seattle and Fell Back to Earth

• Emperor Moguls of Rap: Dr Dre, Diddy and Jay-Z

• America Awaited the Beatles

• Electronic Music From the Avant Garde to Top of the Pops

• The Tragic Legend of Little Willie John

• The Rise & Fall of Phil Spector

• Rod Stewart & the Faces: A Complicated Alliance

• The Songs Jazz is Built On

• The Rolling Stones Road to Altamont

• The Indie Underground of the 80's from Black Flag to Beat Happening

• The Cool: A 20th Century Phenomenon

Season 5

• Robert Christgau on the Role of the Rock Critic

• Screamin’ Jay Hawkins Put a Spell On the Music Biz

• House of the Rising Sun Before Bob Dylan And After The Animals

• Writing the Life Stories of Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye and Aretha Franklin

• Barney Ales Helped Berry Gordy Build the Motown Empire

• Which One's Pink (Floyd)?

• Time Warner Can't Handle The Ice-T Cop Killer Backlash

• James Brown Hits The One

• John, Paul, George & Ringo Couldn't Escape The Beatles

• The Grateful Dead Builds Psychedelic America

• Dewey Phillips, Elvis Presley, Otis Redding and Memphis music

• CSNY Tried to Have It All

Season 4

• Berry Gordy and the Making of Motown

• Managing Led Zeppelin, the Biggest Band on Earth

• Frank Sinatra, Mitch Miller and the Great American Song

• The Weavers: Folk Music vs the Black List

• Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra and the Swing Era

• Bing Crosby and the Age of the Crooner

• The Entrepreneurs of Early Hip-Hop: Sugar Hill & Def Jam

• Otis Redding: Supernova

• The Rise of Otis Redding

• Stax Records Blows Up in the 1970s

• Stax Records and the Soul Explosion

• Jerry Lee Lewis Starts His Come Back at the Star Club

Season 3

• Muddy Waters: The Life and Times

• How 19th Century American Music Got Hot

• The First Recording Stars: Enrico Caruso, Al Jolson and Bert Williams

• Edison's Phonograph vs. the Gramophone

• The Death of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain Changed The Music Biz

• How the Beatles Destroyed Rock and Roll

• Robert Johnson: Escaping the Delta

• Legends Of Memphis Music From Charlie Feathers To Jeff Buckley

• Willie Nelson Superstar

• Willie Nelson: Nashville's Not Enough

• Willie Nelson's Honky Tonk Wilderness Years

• Chasing the Blues Legends John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, & Hubert Sumlin

from Season 2

• The Moby Grape Story Part 2

• The Butthole Surfers & the 80's Underground

• The Moby Grape Story Part 1

• The Fall of Michael Bloomfield

• The Rise of Michael Bloomfield

• David Bowie: Starman

• Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed

• Brian Jones The Making of the Rolling Stones

Let It Roll Telepathy

• Andrew Loog Oldham made The Rolling Stones the band Britain loved to hate

• Marianne Faithfull got too close to the fire with the Rolling Stones

• Marianne Faithfull abandoned her pop career to be Mick Jagger’s muse

• Living with the Rolling Stones in 1963

Let It Roll Nightmares

• Phil Spector's rise and fall was a rock 'n' roll nightmare

• Why Altamont went so wrong for the Rolling Stones and everyone else

• The Rolling Stones’ journey to Altamont

• Brian Jones got everything he asked for when he formed the Rolling Stones

• Jerry Lee Lewis bounced back at the Star Club

Seance Roll

• Vernon Dalhart: The forgotten first superstar of country music

• Seance Roll 3: Questioning Ed Ward's History of Rock N Roll

• Seance Roll 2: The agony of mid-20th century classical music

• Seance Roll 1: The Beatles messed with listeners' heads and ultimately paid the price

Let Motown Roll

• Let Motown Roll 9: Rick James was the last great Motown star

• Let Motown Roll 8: Smokey Robinson fulfilled Berry Gordy’s vision

• Let Motown Roll 7: The epic tragedy of Marvin Gaye

• Let Motown Roll 6: Holland-Dozier-Holland perfected the Motown approach

• Let Motown Roll 5: The Funk Brothers rocked in the shadows of Motown

• Let Motown Roll 4: The women of Motown

• Let Motown Roll 3: The man who sold Motown's records

• Let Motown Roll 2: Berry Gordy's mastery at Motown

• Let Motown Roll 1: Florence Ballard formed the Supremes and paid the ultimate price

Latin Roll

• Latin Roll 1: The musics of Europe and Africa collided in Cuba

• Latin Roll 2: Clave and the contradance in the colonial Caribbean

• Latin Roll 3: The most popular American musician of the 19th century connected Cuba and New Orleans

‘80s Roll

• 80s Roll 20: Queen, Bowie & Jagger and other highs and lows of Live Aid

• 80s Roll 19: Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones led “We Are The World”

• 80s Roll 18: British stars came together wrap up a huge 1984 with “Do They Know It’s Christmas”

• 80s Roll 17: Classic Rockers Like Don Henley, Foreigner and Steve Perry Had a Big 1984 Too

• 80s Roll 16: Bruce Springsteen broke all the way through with Born in the USA

• 80s Roll 15: Tina Turner, ZZ Top, Cyndi Lauper & Madonna at the First Ever MTV Awards

• 80s Roll 14: The Olympics, Lionel Richie, Etta James, Marvin Gaye and R&B Radio

• 80s Roll 13: Madonna comes out of the NYC club scene, 1st House records come out of Chicago, Hi-NRG is go, Electro becomes Freestyle

• 80s Roll 12: R.E.M., Black Flag, Husker Du, the Minutemen and the Meat Puppets charted an alternative course

• 80s Roll 11: Prince's Purple Reign

• 80s Roll 10: The Jackson's Victory Tour was anything but

• 80s Roll 9: Run-DMC revolutionized hip-hop in the year of "Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo”

• 80s Roll 8: Willie Nelson ruled the country music roost but George Strait and the Judds were coming up fast

• 80s Roll 7: Bob Marley's Legend album was the biggest reissue of 1984

• 80s Roll 6: Talking Heads' Movie Stop Making Sense Topped the Field of Rock n Roll Movies in 1984

• 80s Roll 5: Michael Jackson, Annie Lennox, Boy George and Cyndi Lauper at the Grammy Awards

• 80s Roll 4: Van Halen, Def Leppard & Motley Crue Led the Heavy Metal Charge

• 80s Roll 3: Culture Club, The Eurythmics, The Human League, Duran Duran and The Police Led the 2nd British Invasion

• 80s Roll 2: How the Late 70s Disco Implosion and Early 80's Stagnation of AOR Radio Made 1984 Possible

• 80s Roll 1: How Great a Year Was 1984 for Pop Music?

3 Kings of Emo Rap

• Juice WRLD Flew High and Fell Fast

• Lil Peep Couldn't Protect Himself

• XXXTentacion Sowed the Wind and Reaped the Whirlwind

3 Kings of American Pop

• The Unmaking of Elvis Presley

• The Making of Elvis Presley

• Frank Sinatra, the Chicago Outfit and the President of the USA

• Frank Sinatra Made the Bobby Soxers Swoon and Made the GI’s Boiling Mad

• Bing Crosby's Incredible Influence

• The Young Bing Crosby Reinvented Singing for the Microphone Age

Let Metal Roll

• Melvins and TAD Were at the Forefront of Seattle's Grunge Wave When It Was Still An Indy Phenomenon

• Thrash Metal Rose and Fell, Led by Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth

We Dig VH1’s Metal Evolution

Season 2

• Metal Evolution Led to Extremes: Grindcore, Death & Black Metal

• Progressive Metal from Rush & Dream Theater to Tool & Meshuggah

• Power Metal from the Scorpions and Yngwie Malmsteen to DragonForce and Nightwish

• Shock Rock From Screamin' Jay Hawkins to Alice Cooper to Marilyn Manson

• Korn and Limp Bizkit Led the Nu Metal Charge, Linkin Park Followed Up

• Grunge Bands Like Nirvana and Pearl Jam Kicked Glam Off MTV

Season 1

• Heavy Metal Emerged When Blues Rockers Added Elements of Classical Music and Opera

• Blue Cheer, Steppenwolf, the Stooges and MC5 Invent American Hard Rock

• Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple Were the Big Three of British Heavy Music

• Iron Maiden and Def Leppard Emerge from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal

• Van Halen and MTV Spawned the LA Glam Metal Scene that Produced Motley Crue, Poison and Guns N Roses

• Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth Brought Thrash to a Global Audience

HolyRoll

• Holy Roll 6: Mahalia Jackson and the Black Gospel Field

• HolyRoll 5: Mahalia Jackson, Queen of Gospel and Mainstream American Star

• HolyRoll 4: Thomas A. Dorsey Went From 'It's Tight Like That’ to ‘Precious Lord’

• HolyRoll 3: Charles Tindley & Lucie Campbell Pioneered Gospel Composition

• HolyRoll 2: Jubilee Singers and Barbershop Quartets Continued the Evolution of African-American Music

• HolyRoll 1: In America African Culture Survived as The Spiritual

TechnoRoll

Volume 3

• TechnoRoll 3.20: Interview with Michaelangelo Matos

• TechnoRoll 3.19: Daft Punk Sweeps the Grammys as EDM Joins the Mainstream

• TechnoRoll 3.18: Electric Daisy Carnival's Move From LA to Las Vegas Legitimized EDM for the US Music Biz

• TechnoRoll 3.17: Daft Punk Break Thru at Coachella 2006

• TechnoRoll 3.16: Mashups & Electroclash at the Turn of the Millennium

• TechnoRoll 3.15: The DEA Cracks Down on Disco Donnie and the NOLA Rave Scene

• TechnoRoll 3.14: Carl Craig Brought the Detroit Electronic Music Festival Roaring into Life

• TechnoRoll 3.13: Moby and Fatboy Slim Rocked Woodstock '99

• TechnoRoll 3.12: Underworld and Chemical Brothers Headlined Organic ‘96

• TechnoRoll 3.11: Daft Punk Make Their US Debut at Even Furthur in Wisconsin

• TechnoRoll 3.10: Richie Hawtin's Rise and Fall as a US Rave Promoter

• TechnoRoll 3.9: Moby, The Prodigy, Aphex Twin, Orbital and Cybersonik Led Big Tours of the US in 1993

• TechnoRoll 3.8: Rave Crested and Crashed In Southern California in the Early ‘90s

• TechnoRoll 3.7: Rave Rose and Fell on the East Coast in 1992

• TechnoRoll 3.6: Tribal House Emerged on the Circuit in the 1990s and Went to the Top of the Pop Charts

• TechnoRoll 3.5: The 2nd Wave of Detroit Techno Soundtracked Midwest Raves in the Early ‘90s

• TechnoRoll 3.4: Rave and Early Internet Culture Rose Together in the Bay Area in the Early ‘90s

• TechnoRoll 3.3: Madchester and Hip-House Don't Quite Make It In the States, But Rave Took Root in Southern California

• TechnoRoll 3.2: Detroit Techno or, George Clinton and Kraftwerk Stuck in an Elevator With a Sequencer

• TechnoRoll 3.1: Chicago House Kicks Off a New Era in Dance Music

Volume 2

• TechnoRoll 2.24: Simon Reynolds On Rave Music, Dance Culture and the Hardcore to Jungle to Drum & Bass to Dubstep to EDM Continuum

• TechnoRoll 2.23: Skrillex Leads EDM's Take Over of the USA

• TechnoRoll 2.22: First Wave Dubstep, Grime and Breakcore Dominate a Downbeat Half Decade

• TechnoRoll 2.21: Electroclash Was the 'It' Sound from Brooklyn to Berlin at the Turn of the Millenium

• TechnoRoll 2.20 Speed Garage and 2Step Evolved Out of the UK Garage Scene

• TechnoRoll 2.19 Paul Van Dyk, DJ Tiesto, & Ferry Corsten Take Trance to the Top as the PsyTrance Underground Goes Global

• TechnoRoll 2.18: Leftfield, Moby, Green Velvet and Underworld Pushed the Boundaries of House in the 1990s

• TechnoRoll 2.17: The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers and Fatboy Slim Brought Big Beat to Massive International Success

• TechnoRoll 2.16: DJ Spooky, Atari Teenage Riot, Mouse on Mars and Drill & Bass Producers Got Arty Post-Rave

• TechnoRoll 2.15: Drum & Bass Fought to Differentiate Itself

• TechnoRoll 2.14: Tricky, Portishead and Massive Attack Took Trip-Hop Straight Out of Bristol

• TechnoRoll 2.13: American Rave Stayed Underground In the 90s

• TechnoRoll 2.12: Dutch Dance Gets Intense With Gabba and Happy Hardcore Shelters Some of the Rave Spirit in the UK

• TechnoRoll 2.11: Jungle Brought Hip-Hop & Reggae Elements Back Into UK’s Rave Scene

• TechnoRoll 2.10: UK Pirate Radio Brought the Underground to the Airwave

• TechnoRoll 2.9: Underground Resistance, Carl Craig & Richie Hawtin Led Detroit’s Second Wave of Techno

• TechnoRoll 2.8: Goldie's Rufige Cru, Doc Scott and DJ Hype Led Breakbeat Hardcore’s Turn to Darkcore

• TechnoRoll 2.7: Aphex Twin, The Orb, The Black Dog and Sven Vath Create Intelligent Techno, Ambient and Trance

• TechnoRoll 2.6: Spiral Tribe Went Big at Castlemorton and Triggered a Backlash

• TechnoRoll 2.5: Rave Goes Hardcore in Europe and the UK

• TechnoRoll 2.4: The Stone Roses & Happy Mondays Led a Madchester Scene That Tried to Absorb Rave Into Rock

• TechnoRoll 2.3: DJs Paul Oakenfold, Nicky Holloway and Danny Rampling Break Acid House Big in the UK

• TechnoRoll 2.2: Modern EDM is Born with Detroit Techno, Chicago House, and New York Garage

• TechnoRoll 2.1: A Journey Through Rave Music & Dance Culture

Volume 1

• Technoroll 22: Interview with Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton, Historians of the DJ

• Technoroll 21: Did EDM Sell Out the Values that Made Disco Great?

• Technoroll 20: Superstars Like DJ Tiesto and Fatboy Slim Change the Game

• Technoroll 19: UK and US Authorities Crack Down on Raves in the 1990s

• Technoroll 18: The KLF Trolled the Pop World and Brought Ambient to a Mass Audience

• Technoroll 17: After Acid House Came Hardcore, Jungle, Drum & Bass, and UK Garage

• Technoroll 16: The Acid House Revolution Shakes the UK to its Foundations

• Technoroll 15: Ibiza's Balearic Beat Modeled Modern Dance Music in the 1980s

• Technoroll 14: Trance Connected Berlin with Goa, India

• Technoroll 13: The Belleville Three Create Techno in Detroit

• Technoroll 12: Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy and the Birth of House Music in Chicago

• Technoroll 11: Larry Levan Kept the Dance Music Torch Burning at the Paradise Garage

• Technoroll 10: Afrika Bambaataa Distils Electro and Hip-Hop

• Technoroll 9: Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, & Afrika Bambaata Invent Hip-Hop

• Technoroll 8: Before Hip-Hop Disco DJ's Like Grandmaster Flowers & DJ Hollywood Set the Stage

• Technoroll 7: Hi-NRG Kept the Dance Going In the Early 80's

• Technoroll 6: Disco Blows Up in the Late 70's

• Technoroll 5: Disco Begins In New York

• Technoroll 4: Jamaica's Sound System Culture Birthed Ska, Reggae, Dub

• Technoroll 3: UK DJ Culture Develops With Northern Soul

• Technoroll 2: The First DJs On the Radio and In the Clubs

• Technoroll: The History of DJ-Based Music - Reggae, Disco, Hip-Hop, House, Techno, EDM and Beyond

We Dig Rock Docs

• Chula Fronteras Documented Tejano Legends Like Lydia Mendoza, Narciso Martinez and Flaco Jimenez

• Grunge Bands Like Nirvana Drew All Eyes to the Seattle Music Scene

• The Time Nirvana Opened For Sonic Youth and Made a Movie About It

• The Sex Pistols Launched Punk Rock in London & Triggered a Huge Backlash

• The New York Dolls' Punky Glam Was Too Much, Too Soon

• ZZ Top Took Marshall Amps and Remade Boogie-Blues as Heavy Rock

• The MC5's Combination of Hard Rock and Radical Politics Was Too Volatile to Last

• Leon Russell Spotlighted in Les Blank's "A Poem Is A Naked Person”

We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution: The Foundation

Season 2

• Lil Wayne, T.I. and 50 Cent Triumph in the Mix Tape Era

• How The Neptunes, Timbaland & Missy Elliott, J Dilla and Kanye West Became Hip-Hop’s Super-Producers

• Houston's DJ Screw, Memphis' Three 6 Mafia and Atlanta's Lil Jon Innovated New Directions in Hip-Hop

• Bounce, Master P & No Limit and Cash Money's Mannie Fresh & Juvenile Brought New Orleans Hip-Hop to the Fore

• Outkast & Goodie Mob Took the Dirty South National After TLC and Kriss Kross Laid the Foundation in Atlanta

• Eminem, Mos Def & Black Star Emerge from Hip-Hop's Cypher & Battle Rap Cultures

• After The Notorious B.I.G.'s Reign, Puff Daddy, Lil' Kim and Jay-Z Step Up In The ‘Jiggy Era’

• 2Pac & Suge Knight Ignite the West Coast-East Coast Feud Again

Season 1

• Wu-Tang Clan, Nas and Notorious B.I.G. Brought NYC Back

• Tribe Called Quest & De La Soul Led the Native Tongues

• Too $hort, MC Hammer, E-40, Digital Underground & 2Pac Brought the Bay

• The 2 Live Crew, Geto Boys and UGK Come Out of the South

• Ice-T, Eazy-E And N.W.A. Bring Gangsta Rap To The Masses

• Run-DMC, Def Jam and Public Enemy Herald The Golden Age

• The Sugarhill Gang & Afrika Bambaataa Put Rap On Wax

• Hip-Hop Is Born In The Bronx

CountryRoll (Ken Burns’ Country Music)

• CountryRoll 8: George Strait, Reba McEntire, & Dwight Yoakum Re-Center Country in the ‘80s, Garth Brooks Blows the Doors Off in the ‘90s

• CountryRoll 7: Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings Outlaw Country and Dolly Parton’s Pop-Crossover

• CountryRoll 6: George Jones & Tammy Wynette Were Mr. & Mrs. Country Music

• CountryRoll 5: Charley Pride Integrates Nashville, Buck Owens and Merle Haggard Bring the Bakersfield Sound

• Countryroll 4: Johnny Cash and the Rockabilly Revolution Were Answered by Patsy Cline and the Nashville Sound

• Countryroll 3: Hank Williams, Eddy Arnold, Lefty Frizzell and Kitty Wells Lead a Post-War Country Music Boom

• Countryroll 2: Roy Acuff, Bob Wills, Gene Autry & Woody Guthrie Lead Country Music Through Hard Times According to Ken Burns

• Countryroll 1: The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers & the Beginnings of Country Music According to Ken Burns

We Dig Mike Judge’s Tales from the Tour Bus

Season 2

• RJ Smith Interview

• Betty Davis

• Morris Day

• James Brown

• Bootsy Collins

• Rick James

• George Clinton

Season 1

• Interview With Tales from the Tour Bus Producer Jeff Feuerzeig

• Blaze Foley

• Waylon Jennings

• Billy Joe Shaver

• George Jones & Tammy Wynette

• Jerry Lee Lewis

• Johnny Paycheck

Ed Ward’s “History of Rock and Roll”

Volume 2

from Let It Roll Season 8

• What Have We Learned From Ed Ward's History of Rock and Roll [Volume 2]?

• The Pre-Punk Seventies

• Hard Rock Vs. Soft Rock, AM Vs. FM

• The Birth Of Reggae & The Funk Revolution

• The Invention of 'The Sixties'

• 1968 Rock, Riot, Revolution

• Otis Redding Meets The Love Crowd

• Bob Dylan Rocks Folk

• The Beatles Invade And The Rolling Stones Follow

• What Have We Learned From Ed Ward's History of Rock and Roll [Volume 1]?

Volume 1

from Let It Roll Season 2

• Bob Wills & Western Swing

• Rhythm & Blues from Bessie Smith to Louis Jordan

• Jimmie Rodgers & The Carter Family

• Rock Pre-History The 1920s & 30s

from Let It Roll Season 1

• 1963 The British Invasion is Coming!

• 1963 Brill Building pop is perfected

• 1961-1962 The Quiet Years

• 1960 The Fire of Rebellion Has Been Snuffed

• 1959 Death and Soul

• 1958 The Year the Music Didn't Quite Die

• 1957 The Miracle Year of Rock & Roll

• 1956 Rock & Roll in Full Flower

• 1955 Rock and Roll is Born....Maybe

• 1953-1954 Rock, Meet Roll

• The Early 1950s and Good Rockin Tonight

• 1945-1950 The Post-War Years