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So You Think You Don't Like Country Music?

Live from Glasgow, Deacon Blue's lead singer traces the roots, influences and origins of today's music and song-writing.

Live from Glasgow, Deacon Blue’s lead singer Ricky Ross explores the origins of today's music. Discover some of the brilliant records he's found on his song-writing and performance travels, and see the common themes which have influenced songs and music making over the last 100 years.

Country music is the raw, human stories of ordinary people. It's the high lonesome sound of rural folk who've carried their own strains from different parts of the world and, at its best, it can make you laugh and carry you through the darkest of times. It's too varied to be easily dismissed and without it there would be none of the great songs or artists we consider to be part of the canon of popular music today.

57 minutes

Last on

Wed 12 Sep 2018 21:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Dan Auerbach

    Shine On Me

    • Waiting On A Song.
    • Easy Eye Sound.

  • Wanda Jackson

    Hard Headed Woman

    • There's a Party Goin' On.
    • Gladys Music.

  • Miranda Lambert

    Vice

    • The Weight of These Wings.
    • Vanner Records.
    • 008.

  • The Everly Brothers

    Bye Bye Love

  • Clare Bowen

    All The Beds I've Made

    • Clare Bowen.
    • BMG.
    • 5.

  • Eddi Reader & The Patron Saints Of Imperfection

    My Old Friend The Blues

    • Mirmama.
    • Compass Records.
    • 011.

  • Justin Timberlake

    Say Something (feat. Chris Stapleton)

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Ray Charles

    Oh, Lonesome Me

    • Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volumes 1 & 2.
    • Concord Records.
    • 018.

  • Kacey Musgraves

    Slow Burn

    • Slow Burn.
    • MCA Nashville.
    • 1.

  • The White Stripes

    We're Going to Be Friends

    • White Blood Cells.
    • XL.
    • 9.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Dead Flowers

    • Virgin.

  • Brandy Clark

    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔcoming Queen

    • Big Day In A Small Town.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 003.

  • Willie Nelson

    The Scientist

    • Heroes.
    • Sony BMG.
    • 14.

Broadcast

  • Wed 12 Sep 2018 21:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2