The Sound Of...
6 Music looks back over four decades of music.
The Sound Of... - 2010 with Chris Hawkins
Chris Hawkins brings the 6 Music listeners the cream of the year's tunes in the Sound of 2010, offering up more songs from 6 Music's Top 100 tracks of the year.
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The Sound Of... - 2011 with Lauren Laverne
Lauren Laverne focuses on the artists nominated for the Sound of 2011 with tracks from all 15 on the long list and interviews with Anna Calvi, Esben and The Witch, and James Blake.
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The Sound Of... - The 00s with Marc Riley
Marc plays his favourite tunes from 2000 along with some special John Peel programmes, plus Rob Hughes will be here with a music magazine from the 2000s in his Parallel Universe.
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The Sound Of... - The 70s with Marc Riley
Marc plays his favourite tunes from 1970 along with some special 70s John Peel programmes, plus Rob Hughes will be here with a music magazine from the 70s in his Parallel Universe.
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The Sound Of... - The 80s with Marc Riley
Marc plays his favourite tunes from 1980 along with some special 80s John Peel programmes, plus Rob Hughes will be here with a music magazine from the 80s in his Parallel Universe.
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The Sound Of... - The 90s with Marc Riley
Marc plays his favourite tunes from 1990 along with some special 90s John Peel programmes, plus he plays session tracks from bands from that era he's had on his show.
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The Sound Of... - The Real 1970s with Bob Harris
Bob Harris charts how the music of the 1970s evolved from pyschedelic hippies to post-punks, via glam, disco and punk.
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The Sound Of... - The Real 1980s with Stuart Maconie
Stuart Maconie charts the evolution of music in the 1980s from new wave to Madchester via new romantics, stadium rock, Live Aid and the explosion of the synthesiser.
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The Sound Of... - The Real 1990s with Shaun Keaveny
In 1990 it was all baggy - by 1999 it was all dance. Shaun Keaveny looks at the musical evolution of the 90s, charting how music went from the Stones Roses to the Chemical Brothers.
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The Sound Of... - The Real Noughties with Lauren Laverne
...Laverne. Lauren looks at how music developed in the first decade of this century, featuring tracks from Gorillaz, Lily Allen and Vampire Weekend.
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