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A veritable feast of music and fun with Sam Riley

Sam Riley, actor and star of the hit BBC drama series 'Mint', stops by to chat to Craig about his career, portraying Ian Curtis, and his old band 10,000 Things.

Sam Riley, actor and star of the hit BBC drama series 'Mint', stops by to chat to Craig about his career, portraying Ian Curtis, and his old band 10,000 Things.

Plus, we take a moment to chill out in the Zen Den, we step into the Shoes of Blues, and it's down to YOU to pick our Closing Credit.

Want in? Email craig@bbc.co.uk

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Music Played

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    Date With the Night

    • Polydor.

  • Mike D

    Switch Up

    • Capitol Records.

  • Future Islands

    Seasons (Waiting On You)

    • 4AD.

  • Kelis

    Rumble

    • Food.
    • Ninja Tune.

  • Caribou

    Can't Do Without You

    • City Slang.

  • Alabama Shakes

    American Dream

    • Island.

  • Beach House

    Norway

    • CD SINGLE.
    • BELLA UNION.
    • 1.

  • Ten City

    That's The Way Love Is

    • Foundations.
    • Atlantic Records.

  • Avalon Emerson & the Charm

    Happy Birthday

    • Dead Oceans.

  • Antony Szmierek

    Chalk

    • Decoding Birdsong.
    • Mushroom Music.

  • 187 Lockdown

    Gunman

    • MOBO 1998 Music Of Black Origin CD2.
    • EastWest Dance.
    • 4.

  • Jeshi

    at the wheel

    • Select Discs.

  • Pollyfromthedirt

    Darlos Cowboys (6 Music Session, 28 April 2026)

  • St. Vincent

    New York

    • Loma Vista/Caroline International.

  • Fugazi

    Waiting Room

    • Dischord.

  • Bloc Party

    Coming On Strong

    • cOnTAGIOUS LTD.

  • Joy Division

    Digital

    • Centredate.

  • Tricky

    Out Of Place (feat. Marta)

    • False Idols.

  • The Concretes

    You Can't Hurry Love

    • Licking Fingers.

  • Roxanne Shanté

    Have A Nice Day

    • Cold Chillin' Records.

  • Vashti Bunyan

    Diamond Day

    • Just Another Diamond Day.
    • Spinney Records.
    • 1.

  • Beck

    Ride Lonesome

    • Island/EMI.

  • The Chemical Brothers

    Asleep From Day

    • Surrender.
    • Virgin Records.
    • 7.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Albatross

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 004.

  • Deftones

    Infinite Source

    • Reprise Records.

  • Show Me the Body

    Dance In The USA

    • Loma Vista.

  • Melanie Baker

    Real Life

    • Tambourhinoceros.

  • Beth Orton

    Concrete Sky

    • Heavenly.

  • Aldous Harding

    Venus in the Zinnia (feat. H. Hawkline)

    • 4AD.

  • Charlie Chimi

    Ven Pa'cá

    • Disco Chimi.
    • Club Coco.

  • Muddy Waters

    The Blues Had A Baby And They Named It Rock And Roll

    • Hard Again.
    • Epic/Legacy.
    • 6.

  • B.B. King

    Blues Man

    • Blues On The Bayou.
    • Geffen*.
    • 5.

  • Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan

    Pride And Joy

    • In Session (Remaster w/ eBooklet).
    • Stax.
    • 3.

  • Lip Critic

    Talon

    • Partisan.

  • Public Image Ltd

    (This Is Not A) Love Song

    • EMI.

  • Yard Act

    Redeemer

    • Island.

  • Fatoumata Diawara

    Sigui

    • Massa.
    • No Format.

  • Unknown Mortal Orchestra

    Swim and Sleep (Like A Shark)

    • JAGJAGUWAR.

  • Man/Woman/Chainsaw

    Nosedive

    • Fiction Records.

  • The Who

    Baba O'Riley

    • Polydor.

Broadcast

  • Tue 19 May 2026 13:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music