Including at 6.15 Pause for Thought with Gilly Pawson.

And at 9.15 Pause for Thought with Krishna Dharma.

With new country, including top tunes and news from Nashville.
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Specialist in the latest folk, roots and acoustic-based sounds. Plus a chat with American folk and Tex-Mex-flavoured troubadour and cultural observer Tom Russell ahead of his UK tour.
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5/6. Maverick soul/funk DJ
Norman Jay spins a selection of classic, forgotten and modern funk recordings from the 50s onwards, showcasing popular performers and underground acts.

2/4. Stuart Maconie continues a tribute to singer/songwriter Otis Redding, whose unpolished and achingly expressive vocals exemplify the kind of unaffected soul singing no longer heard in mainstream popular music.
Redding died in 1967, aged 26, leaving a distinctive repertoire that includes I've Been Loving You Too Long (to Stop Now), Respect, Try a Little Tenderness, Tramp (with Carla Thomas ) and the posthumous US number one hit (Sittin' on the) Dock of the Bay.
The series features interviews with guitarist Steve Cropper, trumpeter Wayne Jackson, songwriting partner and soul giant Jerry Butler, and trumpeter Ben Cauley, the sole survivor of the 1967 plane crash that took Redding's life.
This instalment looks at Redding's string of early-to-mid-60s hits that advanced the Memphis-based Stax/Volt sound.

With a live session from 6 Day Riot. Including at 1.30am Pause for Thought with Tony Burnham.

3.30 as 1.30