Far From the Tree
The apple doesn’t fall far... Far From the Tree climbs from the roots of the classics to the contemporaries. Circle through time like the rings of a tree, tracing the impact different influences photosynthesize into. Stay grounded, branch out, and listen to the sap of songs certain to start your morning right.
# of Episodes
61532
Host
mia
First Aired
March 29th, 2005
Last Episode
April 24th, 2026
Previous broadcasts
S01EP10
Reverend Baron, Jockstrap, Enon, Flock of Dimes, and more.
Acutely Alternative
Dora Jar, and more.
WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/24/26, 4:02 AM
Blonde Redhead, Smog, Mazzy Star, bar italia, and more.
WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/24/26, 3:03 AM
John Fahey, Bob Dylan, Aphex Twin, Unwound, and more.
alternative realities
Sonic Youth, Built To Spill, Bryan Ferry, Yusef Lateef, and more.
Laughs and Loops
Jane Remover, 2hollis, MF Doom, The Gap Band, and more.
Laughs and Loops
slayr, and more.
Did you hear about Pluto?
Boards of Canada, Gloria Gaynor, Etta James, Charles Bradley, and more.
PET ROCK
The Cure, The Replacements, Nirvana, Radiohead, and more.
Sip o Sunshine
Atlas Sound, John Holt, Khalil Harrison, Outkast, and more.
tapedeck
Sparklehorse, Belle & Sebastian, Ida, Frank & Tony, and more.
E.T.'s Golden Record
The Frowning Clouds, Slowdive, Acetone, Prefab Sprout, and more.
Taxi to Pluto
Blonde Redhead, Racing Mount Pleasant, Ida, PJ Harvey, and more.
Doble Vida
Julee Cruise, Black Country, New Road, Animal Collective, Galaxie 500, and more.
WRBB Sports
Sunny Day Real Estate, Jackson C. Frank, Tom Waits, The Sugarcubes, and more.
Farewell Transmission
Burrrn, The Blue Nile, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, Working for a Nuclear Free City, and more.
Grit & Grooves
Black Sabbath, Yngwie Malmsteen, Zakk Sabbath, Jaco Pastorius, and more.
Grit & Grooves
Slash, and more.
cornerstone
Ichiko Aoba, Acetone, Fleetwood Mac, Double Virgo, and more.
PLAYBACK
Dear Nora, The Slaps, The Band Ice Cream, Harry Styles, and more.
PLAYBACK
Alice In Chains, and more.
4x10
last episode of the season :(
Death Club
Difference Engine, Bob Dylan, The Radio Dept., Silver Jews, and more.
All Dogs go to Heaven
Squarepusher, This Heat, Bowery Electric, American Football, and more.
Just Playing 7.12.
Wolf Alice, Fontaines D.C., David Bowie, Pale Saints, and more.
Hush Hour
Aventura, Shallowater, LTJ Bukem, Built To Spill, and more.
Sunny Side Up Next
Fred Hersch Trio, Lord Huron, Grizzly Bear, The Head And The Heart, and more.
Regions of Rhythym
Tom Waits, Tortoise, David Thomas Broughton, Prefab Sprout, and more.
epi 11
Mogwai, Air, America, Jode, and more.
WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/23/26, 4:03 AM
Angels Of Light, Portishead, Nothing, John Coltrane Quartet, and more.
WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/23/26, 3:04 AM
Mineral, Women, Dear Nora, Daniel Avery, and more.
karakoram
LTJ Bukem, Destroyer, Wes Montgomery, Tindersticks, and more.
Real Emo Consists Of...
Pot Valiant, PJ Harvey, Bright Eyes & Neva Dinova, Slowdive, and more.
thats hectic
Sunny Day Real Estate, Wire, Shame, Silver Jews, and more.
girl, whatever
Gwen Stefani, Cocteau Twins, Mariah Carey, Fergie, and more.
Get Me Out Of Here: Time to Get Crankier
Giles Corey, Stefan Buchberger, Burial, Aphex Twin, and more.
Two-Steppe
Duster, Lil Ugly Mane, Peter Cat Recording Co., The Sugarcubes, and more.
NU EQ
Faye Webster, Drugdealer, Buck Meek, Cusp, and more.
WRBB Sports
Difference Engine, ACEtone, Built To Spill, Dutch Interior, and more.
How's the London Fog?
New Order, Title Fight, Love Spirals Downwards, Bill Evans Trio, and more.
Desert Trip
Air, Massive Attack, Nina Simone, Galaxie 500, and more.
The Twilight Zone
Joy Division, Racing Mount Pleasant, The Microphones, Naoki Zushi, and more.
Self Care
The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up, Slint, Miles Davis, Starflyer 59, and more.
flipside
Mogwai, Double Virgo, Red House Painters, Duster, and more.
metaMorphosis
Nothing, Björk, Cocteau Twins, Linda Perhacs, and more.
Welcome To The Forum
The Strokes, Little Axe, Band of Horses, Jon Pardi, and more.
The Detox
Dove Ellis, Japanese Breakfast, Tabano Hollow, The Beatles, and more.
Graduation
Listen in for a collection of lackadaisical anthems and the songs of a post-grad summer!
Sugar Pill
Four Tet, David Thomas Broughton, Double Virgo, Boards of Canada, and more.
Golden Zest
Fred Hersch Trio, Ochre, Starflyer 59, Songs: Ohia, and more.
Monkey See, Monkey DJ
New Order, Suicide, Bob Dylan, bar italia, and more.
4/22 sub episode
Dutch Interior, strongboi, Flora Hibberd, Jackie West, and more.
String Theory
Last Show
String Theory
This Heat, Four Tet, Slowdive, Horse Jumper of Love, and more.
Wildcard
Bob Dylan, Codeine, The Hollies, Alex G, and more.
Branded
Tortoise, Radiohead, Massive Attack, Tacoma Radar, and more.
the generational gap
Bill Evans Trio, The Red Thread, Cap'n Jazz, The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up, and more.
The Great Sundae Waltz
Beach House, MF DOOM, Radiohead, Kanye West, and more.
Liked Songs
Purple Mountains, Bill Evans Trio, Floating Points, Tindersticks, and more.
The Heartline Highway
Cocteau Twins, emilio2004, Songs: Ohia, Shame, and more.
The South Got Something to Say
Portishead, Silver Jews, BAKGROUND, Aventura, and more.
Whatz Up Boston
DNA, The Strokes, Rocketship, Big Ace The King, and more.
where everything was beautiful
Lorde, Radiohead, Augustana, C418, and more.
Bugging Out
bar italia, Nick Drake, King Krule, Jackson C. Frank, and more.
mixed goods
Air, Modest Mouse, Bowery Electric, Purple Mountains, and more.
WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/21/26, 5:03 PM
Langhorne Slim, Simon & Garfunkel, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Liam Harris, and more.
The Educational Freedom Radio Show
Nina Simone, Fleetwood Mac, Neil Young, Radiohead, and more.
An Hour with your Smartest and Funniest Friend
Fairuz, Mitski, Jessie Murph, and more.
The Post Office
The Internet, Jamiroquai, Fleetwood Mac, Lustt, and more.
WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/21/26, 2:02 PM
Ida, Sonic Youth, Stina Nordenstam, and more.
Earth worm radio
LTJ Bukem, Helvetia, Origin Unknown, Ed's Redeeming Qualities, and more.