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…is, like Hillbilly and Americana, rapidly becoming my favourite type of Country. Thank goodness then for Mark Lamarr, who’s Radio 2 special series ‘Redneck Music’ is providing me with a phenomenal history of the genre, from the Carter Family to the yodeling hobos of the 1920s and 1930s.

You can have your Shania Twains. I’ll take Jimmy Rogers, Hank Williams and Dolly any day.

Every Saturday evening, 8-9pm. Yeehaw.