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Rob Hughes' Through the Pines - Uncle Tupelo's 20th Anniversary Special

Guy's away, so Rob Hughes presents his Uncle Tupelo 20th Anniversary Special, celebrating the release of Uncle Tupelo's debut album No Depression, named after the Carter Family song.

Guy's away so it's Rob Hughes' Through The Pines Uncle Tupelo's 20th Anniversary Special.

2010 is the 20th anniversary of the release of Uncle Tupelo's debut LP No Depression, named after the old Carter Family song. 1990 is often cited as Year Zero in alt. country. Raised on '80s hardcore punk as much as the classic sounds of The Carter Family and the Louvin Brothers, Uncle Tupelo redefined the parameters of country music. A 'No Depression' internet fanclub and chat group soon grew, followed by (in 1995) the launch of No Depression magazine, which became the leading voice of the Americana movement. As Whiskeytown were to sing: "So I started this damn country band / Because punk rock is too hard to sing."

This 2-hour show traces the roots of the music itself - back to Hank Williams, The Carter Family, the Louvin Brothers, the Stanley Brothers - as well as showcasing the bands who became the new flag bearers for the other side of Nashville: Uncle Tupelo, Whiskeytown/Ryan Adams, Son Volt, Wilco, Calexico, Willard Grant Conspiracy and more. It also takes us right up to today, with The Low Anthem, Neko Case, The Felice Brothers, The Duke & The King, Deer Tick, Richmond Fontaine and more.

2 hours

Last on

Sun 23 May 2010 22:00

Music Played

  • Crazy Horse

    Crow Jane Lady

  • The Sadies

    Idle Tomorrows

  • Gillian Welch

    Caleb Meyer

  • Uncle Tupelo

    Graveyard Shift

  • The Carter Family

    No Depression

  • Uncle Tupelo

    No Depression

  • Frank Fairfield

    The Dying Cowboy

  • Loretta Lynn

    You're Looking At Country

  • Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Free To Walk

  • Richmond Fontaine

    43

  • Neko Case

    Make Your Bed

  • Green on Red

    Sea Of Cortez

  • Townes Van Zandt

    Cocaine Blues

  • Mountain Man

    Animal

  • Clarence Ashley

    The Coo-Coo Bird

  • The Besnard Lakes

    Glass Printer

  • Lee Hazlewood

    Pray Them Bars Away

  • Neko Case

    Furnace Room Lullaby

  • Johnny Dowd

    No Woman's Flesh But Hers

  • Robin Pecknold

    Be Yourself

  • The Handsome Family

    House Carpenter

  • Hyde & Beast

    Muzzle of Bees

  • The Felice Brothers

    Penn Station

  • The Stanley Brothers

    The Wild Side of Life

  • Buffalo Springfield

    Blue Bird

  • John Prine & Iris DeMent - In Spite Of Ourselves

  • Lucas Renney

    Rising Soul

  • Son Volt

    Tear Stained Eye

  • Neko Case

    Bought and Sold

  • Bob Dylan

    All The Tired Horses

Broadcast

  • Sun 23 May 2010 22:00