Including at 6.15 Pause for Thought with Maureen Kendler.

Including at 9.15 Pause for Thought with Faris Badawi.

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With New Country, includingtop tunes and news from Nashville.

A special edition of the folk and roots show to mark the rise in popularity of dance bands and ceilidhs (Celtic for party, usually with dance). Featuring
Ian Anderson and saxophonist
Jo Freya , with English dance music from Old Swan Band, Eliza
Carthy Band and Whapweasel.

3/6. Soul/funk guru DJ Norman Jay presents a personalised selection of classic, forgotten, modern and underground funk recordings from the 50s onwards. Each week Norman is joined by the Fatback Band's Bill Curtis -with dance tips - and sideman Fred Wesley.

2/4. Mark Lamarr profiles Jamaican-born Lee "Scratch" Perry, the flamboyantly unconventional reggae and dub maverick whose works as a mixologist, songwriter and producer of such acts as Bob Marley and the Wailers and the Congos have established him as one of reggae's key figures.
The story hits the early 70s, when Perry's reputation reached its peak on the strength of rock-steady productions like Return of Django and Clint Eastwood. And Perry talks about his working relationship with Bob Marley, with whom he fell out. Plus input from Niney, Max Romeo. Mikey Zappow, Leroy Sibbles and Boris Gardiner.

At 1.30am Pause for Thought with DrGareth Higgins in Northern Ireland.

3.30 as 1.30