Son Volt is an American rock band formed in 1994 by Jay Farrar after the breakup of Uncle Tupelo.

[2] The group formed after the alternative country rock act Uncle Tupelo broke up due to tensions between Farrar and bandmate Jeff Tweedy.

1998's Wide Swing Tremolo featured a heavier rock sound and received mostly positive reviews from music outlets.

Farrar reformed with the original members of Son Volt to record a song for a tribute album for Alejandro Escovedo.

In 2007, the band returned to an alternative rock and alt-country sound and released a studio album called The Search.

Their next project was a Bakersfield Sound-influenced album aptly named Honky Tonk, which was released March 5, 2013, also by Rounder Records.

The band's ninth studio album, Union, was released on March 28, 2019 on Farrar's Transmit Sound label and distributed by Thirty Tigers Records.

Son Volt's music ranges from quiet folk ballads reminiscent of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, to heartland rock in the spirit of Neil Young with Crazy Horse.