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Bob celebrates 20 years of the show

Bob celebrates two decades of hosting country music on Radio 2, with a look back to 1999 and a look forward to 2020!

Twenty years ago Bob Harris started to present the Country Show on Radio 2, and tonight it's time to celebrate!

Since 1999 Bob - awarded the OBE for services to music broadcasting in 2011 - has introduced UK radio listeners to literally thousands of country artists, and cemented his position as one of the world's leading country music presenters with multiple awards from the likes of the Country Music Association, the British Country Music Association, the Americana Association and the International Folk Music Association.

Artists who received their UK first plays on Bob's show include Kacey Musgraves, Florida Georgia Line, Chris Stapleton, Brad Paisley and Keith Urban, and he has been a career-long supporter of the likes of Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle and Taylor Swift.

Additionally the programme has been a pioneer in promoting UK country music, boosting the likes of The Shires, Ward Thomas and Catherine McGrath and providing a valuable outlet for live music with hundreds of sessions broadcast and - since 2013 - the primary outlet on Radio 2 for the Country 2 Country festival, the biggest country music event in Europe.

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Thu 11 Apr 2019 21:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Steve Earle

    Guitar Town

  • Tim McGraw

    Nashville Without You

    • Two Lanes Of Freedom.
    • Big Machine.
    • 1.

  • Sara Evans & Vince Gill

    No Place That Far

    • No Place That Far.
    • RCA.
    • 3.

  • Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch

    I'll Fly Away

    • O Brother, Where Art Thou?.
    • Mercury.
    • 9.

  • Nickel Creek

    When You Come Back Down

    • (CD Single).
    • Sugar Hill Records.

  • Eric Church

    Springsteen

    • Chief.
    • Wrasse Records.
    • 1.

  • The Civil Wars

    20 Years

    • Barton Hollow.
    • Sensibility.
    • 1.

  • The Shires

    Tonight

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.

  • Kacey Musgraves

    Love Is A Wild Thing

    • Golden Hour.
    • MCA Nashville.
    • 6.

  • Gretchen Peters, Mary Gauthier, Rosanne Cash & Thea Gilmore

    Love Is The Sweetest Amnesty

    • Artists Copy.
    • 001.

  • Little Big Town

    The Daughters

    • Nightfall.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • The Cadillac Three

    Crackin' Cold Ones With The Boys (Whispering Mix)

    • Pre-release Exclusive.
    • Big Machine.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Thu 11 Apr 2019 21:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2