Series 64 Episodes
1. Episode 1
Jools welcomes to the show Manchester band Elbow, returning with their tenth album Audio Vertigo; Bristol's Idles, who perform a couple of tracks from their album Tangk; American country star Lainey Wilson with her single Country's Cool Again; Bafta winner Samantha Morton, who has teamed up with producer Richard Russell on their project Sam Morton, with a track from their forthcoming album Daffodils & Dirt; and 25-year-old singer-songwriter Myles Smith, who makes his television debut ahead of the release of his debut EP, You Promised a Lifetime.
2. Episode 2
Jools welcomes to the show the legendary Paul Weller, who performs a couple of songs from his 17th solo album, 66; South Shields’s Nadine Shah, who performs a couple of tracks from her fifth album Filthy Underneath; tour de force duo Bob Vylan, who perform the track Hunger Games, taken from their third album Humble as the Sun; folk artist Katherine Priddy, who performs a song from her second album The Pendulum Swing; and south London singer Rachel Chinouriri, who performs her track Never Need Me from her debut album What a Devastating Turn of Events.
3. Episode 3
Jools welcomes to the show The Black Keys, who perform a couple of tracks from their 12th album, Ohio Players, including On the Game, which features a guest appearance from their co-writer Noel Gallagher. Also featuring is Bristol’s Beth Gibbons, who has just released her solo debut album, Lives Outgrown; east London’s Ghetts with a couple of songs from his fourth album, On Purpose, With Purpose, including the track Double Standards, featuring south London’s Sampha; Shaznay Lewis with a track from her second solo album, Pages; and New York-born, south India-raised LA artist Ganavya, who performs the track forgive me my from her third album, like the sky I’ve been too quiet.
4. Episode 4
Jools welcomes to the show Leeds band Yard Act, who perform a couple of tracks from their second album, Where’s My Utopia?; legend of British music Gabrielle with her song Miss You from her album A Place in Your Heart; New Zealand multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and producer Jordan Rakei with two songs from his fifth album, The Loop; Adrianne Lenker, best known as the frontwoman of the band Big Thief, who performs the emotional song Sadness as a Gift; west London visual artist and musician Lava La Rue, who performs their single Push N Shuv, taken from their debut album Starface; and south London band Fat Dog, who perform All The Same, taken from their debut album WOOF.
5. Episode 5
Jools welcomes to the show Sheffield's Richard Hawley with a couple of tracks from his album In This City They Call You Love; Californian pop star Remi Wolf, who performs her single Cinderella from her album Big Ideas; Nia Archives from Yorkshire, performing two tracks from her Top 20 album Silence Is Loud; south Indiana singer-songwriter Stephen Wilson Jr, making his debut with his song Year to Be Young 1994 from his debut album søn of dad; and Somaliland's Sahra Halgan, who performs Sharaf from her third album Hiddo Dhawr. Also, Jools chats to music producer, academic and founding member of Steel Pulse Mykaell Riley about a new exhibition at the British Library celebrating 500 years of black British music entitled Beyond the Bassline.
6. Episode 6
With Dublin band Fontaines D.C., singer Lucy Rose, Nigerian star Tems, American blues and country singer Charley Crockett and singer Paris Paloma. And Jools chats to legendary Scottish singer Lulu.