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The Handsome Family

The Handsome Family is a group from the US, active since 1993.

Group US since 1993 americana alt-country southern gothic
TOTAL PLAYS
147
SONGS PLAYED
57
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2008-09-25 06:11 · 6 Music — "Your Great Journey"
LAST PLAYED
5 months ago · 6 Music — "The Blizzard"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2008 — 2025
20 15 10 5 0
'08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 136 93%
Radio 2 10 7%
Radio 1 1 1%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 21:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Far From Any Road 22 2023-10-29
2 Weightless Again 13 2025-06-01
3 When That Helicopter Comes 10 2024-04-28
4 The Blizzard 7 2025-12-15
5 Joseph 6 2025-01-01
6 So Much Wine 6 2024-12-19
7 Back In My Day 6 2016-11-13
8 Gold 6 2016-08-31
9 Skunks 3 2024-03-19
10 The Woman Downstairs 3 2021-01-02
11 The Forgotten Lake 3 2020-07-19
12 Far From Any Road (6Music Session, 12 Mar 2015) 3 2020-01-16
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-12-15 01:56 The Blizzard 6 Music
2025-12-14 14:57 The Blizzard 6 Music
2025-06-01 11:01 Weightless Again 6 Music
2025-01-20 01:24 The Blizzard 6 Music
2025-01-19 14:26 The Blizzard 6 Music
2025-01-01 21:04 Joseph 6 Music
2024-12-19 22:12 So Much Wine 6 Music
2024-10-03 12:18 Weightless Again 6 Music
2024-05-14 21:38 Good Night (6 Music Session, TBC 2024) 6 Music
2024-05-14 21:19 Shady Lake (6 Music Session, TBC 2024) 6 Music
2024-05-14 20:51 Two Black Shoes (6 Music Session, TBC 2024) 6 Music
2024-05-14 20:24 Joseph (6 Music Session, TBC 2024) 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

57 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
After We Shot The Grizzly — 1 ▶
Arlene — 2 ▶
Back In My Day — 6 ▶
Back in My Day (6 Music session for Marc Riley 220217) — 2 ▶
Come Outside And See — 1 ▶
Down In The Ground — 2 ▶
Eleanor Rigby — 1 ▶
Fallen Peaches — 2 ▶
Far From Any Road — 22 ▶
Far From Any Road (6Music Session, 12 Mar 2015) — 1 ▶
Far From Any Road (6Music Session, 12 Mar 2015) — 3 ▶
Far From Any Road (Marc Riley session 120315) — 1 ▶
Frogs (6 Music Session, 50 May 2013) — 1 ▶
Glow Worm (6 Music Session, 50 May 2013) — 1 ▶
Gold — 6 ▶
Gold (Marc Riley session 120315) — 1 ▶
Good Night (6 Music Session, TBC 2024) — 1 ▶
Gulls — 3 ▶
If the World Should End in Ice — 1 ▶
Joseph — 6 ▶
Joseph (6 Music Session, TBC 2024) — 1 ▶
June Bugs — 2 ▶
June Bugs (Alternate Mix) — 1 ▶
June Bugs - 6Music Session 25/09/2009 — 2 ▶
King of Dust (6 Music session for Marc Riley 220217) — 1 ▶
King of Dust Riley Session 220217 For Gideon — 1 ▶
Lake Geneva — 1 ▶
My Sister's Tiny Hands — 1 ▶
My Sister's Tiny Hands (6 Music Session, 14th May 2014) — 2 ▶
My Sister's Tiny Hands (Manchester Session Version) — 1 ▶
Octopus (6 Music Session, 50 May 2013) — 1 ▶
Shady Lake (6 Music Session, TBC 2024) — 1 ▶
Skunks — 3 ▶
So Much Wine — 6 ▶
Tesla's Hotel Room — 1 ▶
The Blizzard — 7 ▶
The Forgotten Lake — 3 ▶
The Petrified Forest — 1 ▶
The Sea Rose — 1 ▶
The Silver Light — 1 ▶
The Silver Light (6 Music session for Marc Riley 220217) — 1 ▶
The Song of a Hundred Toads — 1 ▶
The Winding Corn Maze — 2 ▶
The Woman Downstairs — 3 ▶
Tiny Tina (6Music Session, 12 Mar 2015) — 2 ▶
Two Black Shoes (6 Music Session, TBC 2024) — 1 ▶
Weightless Again — 13 ▶
Weightless Again (6 Music Marc Riley Session, 14 May 2014) — 1 ▶
Weightless Again (6 Music Session, 14th May 2014) — 1 ▶
Weightless Again - 6Music Session 25/09/2009 — 1 ▶
When That Helicopter — 1 ▶
When That Helicopter Comes — 10 ▶
When You Whispered — 1 ▶
Whitehaven (6Music Session, 12 Mar 2015) — 2 ▶
Woodpecker — 2 ▶
Woodpecker (6 Music Session, 50 May 2013) — 2 ▶
Your Great Journey — 1 ▶