This episode discusses the UK folk scene from the peak of skiffle and Lonnie Donegan through the network of UK folk clubs who featured an open mic format that produced many of the leading talents of the coming UK folk-rock movement. We also discuss Paul Simon's sojourn to the UK during a career lull for Simon & Garfunkel and how he scored the biggest Ch…
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Paul Simon dived into the UK folk scene at a key time
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Paul Simon dived into the UK folk scene at a key time
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
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Nate Wilcox's "Let it Roll" is a podcast about the history of popular music from the 19th Century to the 21st.
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