BBC Later... Live with Jools Holland #2

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Joining Jools for the sixth show of this series are Arctic Monkeys, who made their TV debut on the show back in 2005. The band make a welcome return to the show to perform tracks from their upcoming fourth album Suck It And See.

The legendary singer, songwriter and film composer Randy Newman is also in the studio with a number or two from his new album The Randy Newman Songbook Vol.2.

Leader, arranger and chief songwriter of The Beach Boys Brian Wilson finally makes his Later debut performing a couple of tracks with his current band from his extraordinary catalogue of songs.

Also in the studio, Alison Krauss & Union Station are performing songs from their new Paper Airplane collection.

From LA, female four-piece Warpaint are making their Later debut with tracks from 2010s acclaimed The Fool, and from London, hotly tipped reggae act Gappy Ranks is also performing.

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Joining Jools for the seventh show of this series are New Yorkers The Strokes, who make a long-awaited return to the show to play tracks from their latest album Angles.

Also in the studio are Staff Benda Bilili, based around a core of disabled musicians who used to rehearse in a zoo, and who have recently been the subject of a film - Benda Bilili! - which appeared at Cannes to critical acclaim.
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There's music from The Burns Unit, an eight-piece Scottish-Canadian collective whose sound has been described as 'indie pop meets carnival rock', and whose members include award-winning folk singer Karine Polwart, alt-folk royalty King Creosote and indie queen Emma Pollock.

Seasick Steve performs songs from his latest album You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks, and forms a hobo power trio alongside drummer Dan Magnusson and bassist John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin and Them Crooked Vultures fame.

Plus Charlie Haden Quartet West, in which the legendary double bassist, veteran collaborator with Ornette Coleman, Pat Metheny and many more, teams up with wife Ruth Cameron to perform music from his Sophisticated Ladies album, which explores the Great American Songbook.

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Mr Holland returns with the latest series of the BBC2 flagship music show with a typically broad mix of quality artists including Snow Patrol, Emeli Sande, The Duke Spirit, Trombone Shorty, Roy Harper and Little Dragon.

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Joining Jools in the studio this week are Leicester's stadium rockers Kasabian with tracks from their fourth album Velociraptor!, and North London's rapper and former Grime MC, and now star of the charts Wretch 32, with songs from his debut album Black and White, including recent No 1 single Don't Go.

Also Crowded House's Neil Finn returns to the show with his 'supergroup' Pajama Club, which features his wife Sharon on bass along with Sean Donnolly and Alana Skyring completing the line-up, the songs on their self-titled debut album coming after late-night jamming sessions between Neil and Sharon.

The show also features young Mali singer Fatoumata Diawara and Warwickshire's own bestselling and award-winning pop-soul singer/songwriter James Morrison.

Canvey Island's guitarist and songwriter Wilko Johnson, particularly associated with the UK rhythm and blues outfit Dr Feelgood, performs classic tracks from their catalogue, joined by the likes of Norma Watt-Roy of the Blockheads and drummer Dylan Howe before they go out on a UK tour.