Folk artists Kris Drever, John McCusker and Roddy Woomble perform their single Into the Blue, from album Before the Ruin, live at the 2009 Celtic Connections festival.

We join the group in their rehearsal room in Glasgow for acoustic performances from their album Tonight and go backstage as they play some of the new material live at a gig in Manchester.

The acclaimed DJ, producer and movie soundtrack maestro talks about life in Belfast, his career to date and the influences which have shaped his first solo album in eight years, The Holy Pictures.

Another World is a track from the Antony and the Johnsons album, The Crying Light. Here, Antony Hegarty and three of the Johnsons perform the number for the Culture Show studio audience.

Bringing their unique sound to the Culture Show studio, Antony Hegarty and three of the Johnsons perform Epilepsy Is Dancing from their album, The Crying Light.

Our first programme of 2009 is a special presented by Martin Freeman, in which he celebrates 50 years of Motown. In this clip he visits People's Records in Detroit as well as Baker's Keyboard Lounge.

Tom Jones undertook the Busking Challenge and wowed the crowds on London's South Bank with his impromptu gig, raising some money for charity in the process.

The Pictish Trail, King Creosote and James Yorkston from the Fence Collective join Lauren in the studio for a quick chat and James Yorkston performs his track Tortoise Regrets Hare.

The Pictish Trail, aka Johnny Lynch from The Fence Collective, performs his track Words Fail Me Now.

In a television exclusive, larger-than-life producer and artist Kanye West talks to DJ Nihal about the introspective album 808s and Heartbreak, and its departure from Hip Hop.