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Far From the Tree

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.