Chris eases the 6 Music faithful into their day with the best new and classic tunes from the likes of Bjork, The Beatles and Gruff Rhys. Show more

Andrew Collins sits in for Shaun Keaveny and Rich from Ash toasts his hometown of Killyleagh in County Down, plus Goldie Lookin Chain bring news of their new Christmas album. Show more

Huey Morgan sits in for Lauren Laverne and traces the lines between music old and new in Dinosaur To Jnr, plus Workers' Playtime offers up MPFrees and Headphone Moments.

Nemone is joined by gypsy-punks Gogol Bordello. Show more

Steve's joined by his New Favourite Band - lo-fi girl group Frankie Rose and The Outs. Show more

Marc has a live session revisit from The Sparrow And The Workshop. Show more

Gideon has tracks from Ry Cooder recorded in concert and a 1967 session from Jim Hendrix, plus Everything But The Girl in session for John Peel from 1985. Show more

From 27 September 2008, it's the winner of the Credit Crunch Song Wars. Show more

Chris Hawkins plays the best new alternative tunes, sessions, and indie classics.

Villagers present tracks from their Mercury-nominated album Becoming A Jackal. Conor O'Brien played most of the instruments on the album himself, as well as creating the artwork. Show more

Featuring Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds recorded in Reading in 1998, plus Peel session tracks from The Fugees Tranzlator Crew from 1994 and Magnapop from 1993. Show more