Sits in for Sarah Kennedy all week. Including at 6.15 Pause for Thought with Michael Lawson.
And at 9.15 Pause for Thought with Father Brian D'Arcy.
Including Tracks of My Years, in which singer/songwriter Jackie DeShannon picks - two a day - her ten favourite discs. Plus a week-long spotlight on the new album by the Webb Sisters.
New releases, star interviews and the week's top 20 sellers.
With The Best of Jazz.
Rarities, archive recordings and the latest releases.
Clare Teal presents the first part of a concert featuring the BBC Big Band and the Danish Radio Big
Band with guest singer Kurt Elling , recorded at the Musikhuset in Aarhus, Denmark.
Radio 2's resident rock 'n' roll and reggae enthusiast Mark Lamarr returns with more obscure 1960s recordings that have alluded the general public, from rock, pop and psychedelia to folk, soul, R&B and garage.
Mark Lamarr's Alternative 60s 9.30pm R2
The last series in which Lamarr shared the fruits of his musical train-spotting habits resulted in emails from listeners thanking him for some obscure track that they hadn't heard for 40 years and requests for more of the same. So he has obliged. Rifling through his collection, he digs up such gems as an early Suzi Quatro track What a Way to Die, about death by drinking 50 types of beer. Expect surf, soul, ska and garage punk - not the Beatles. As for the theme tune, it's Hornet's Nest by Jimmy [sic] Hendrix in Curtis Knight's band. Recommended for readers of The Word and musical anoraks. (Frances Lass)
A hip playlist of rock and pop, with guest Mark Ellen.
Featuring a live session from indie pop trio the Young Knives.
Including at 1.30am Pause for Thought with Mike Ford.
3.30 as 1.30
