The BEST episodes of Later... with Jools Holland season 46

#1 - George Clinton, Mumford & Sons, Mirel Wagner, Obaro Ejimiwe, Cheikh Lô

Season 46 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/24/2015

#2 - Florence and the Machine, the Charlatans, James Taylor, Mini Mansions, Andreya Triana

Season 46 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/1/2015

#3 - FFS, Alabama Shakes, The Lone Bellow, Tobias Jesso Jr., The Unthanks, Shaun Escoffery

Season 46 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/5/2015

Joining Jools are FFS, a collaboration between Scots art-poppers Franz Ferdinand and legendary Los Angeles new-wave duo Sparks, who first talked about joining forces around the time of Franz's debut in 2004 - but it's taken until now for them to record an album together. Returning to the show following their 2012 debut are US band Alabama Shakes, who have just released their second and well-received album Sound & Color, which sees them take more of deep-soul route, channelling the likes of Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye. Southern-born, Brooklyn-based indie-country trio the Lone Bellow will be in the studio to perform a couple of tracks from their second album Then Came The Morning. Canadian singer-songwriter Tobias Jesso Jr will be making his UK TV debut on this week's show, with tunes from his acclaimed debut album Goon, which sees him tapping into the songwriting lineage of Harry Nilsson and Randy Newman. Northumberland chamber folk group The Unthanks perform tracks from Mount the Air, their first studio album in four years. Completing the line-up is English soul and R&B singer Shaun Escoffery, making his Later debut with tracks from In the Red Room.

#4 - Blur, Laura Marling, the Vaccines, Natalie Prass, Marc Almond

Season 46 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/17/2015

#5 - Paul Weller, Joshua Tillman, Lianne La Havas, Curtis Harding, The Hot Sardines

Season 46 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/15/2015

Extended edition of Tuesday's programme, featuring performances by artists including UK legend Paul Weller, who's about to release his twelfth solo album, Saturn's Pattern. Maryland's Joshua Tillman, better known as Father John Misty, makes his UK debut on the show with tracks from his acclaimed I Love You Honeybear album. East London-based Lianne La Havas will be spotlighting tracks from her second album, Blood, while Atlanta's Curtis Harding, the son of a gospel singer, showcases tracks from his debut album, Soul Power. Plus, New York-based outfit The Hot Sardines offer up a slice of their jazz-infused gypsy swing and Northern Ireland singer-songwriter SOAK shares her debut single from upcoming album Before We Forgot How To Dream.

#6 - Rudimental, Simply Red, Joan Armatrading, Ezra Furman

Season 46 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/22/2015

Joining Jools on the show are south London's bass merchants Rudimental, who return to the studio to perform tracks from their upcoming second album, the follow-up to their best-selling Mercury- and Brit-nominated debut, Home. Celebrating their 30th anniversary, Simply Red play a couple of tunes from their first new album in eight years, Big Love, plus one of their classics and from north London comes rapper and grime artist Skepta with his breakout tune Shutdown. Currently on what is billed as her last tour of the UK, legendary singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading is also in the room with a song or two from her catalogue. From Fort Worth, Texas, comes Leon Bridges, who is steeped in the look of the 1950s drive-in with a voice in the style of Sam Cooke and performs a couple of tracks from his upcoming Coming Home LP. Also in the studio, from Illinois, is Ezra Furman, who recently signed to London's Bella Union label. He has been described as a 'ball of energy, bouncing around genre borders with glee', and with his group performs a couple of numbers in the style of 'the rebellion of 90s indie rock, a string of sunshine-y 80s pop, and the snarl of 70s punk'.

#7 - Muse, Melody Gardot, Sleater-Kinney, Peggy Seeger, Seasick Steve, ALA.NI

Season 46 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/29/2015

Extended edition of Tuesday's live show, featuring Muse, who play tracks from their seventh studio album Drones, jazz singer Melody Gardot and Washington group Sleater-Kinney, who released their first album in almost a decade earlier this year, No Cities to Love. Peggy Seeger makes an appearance, continuing to help the British folk revival with a track from her recent album Everything Changes, and providing his slice of original blues boogie is American singer-songwriter Seasick Steve, performing tracks from his album Sonic Soul surfer. Making her debut on the show is London based dreamy balladeer ALA.NI, who is putting a contemporary touch on a 1940s-50s sound. Plus, acclaimed producer Giorgio Moroder, the man behind Donna Summer classic I Feel Love and Phil Oakey's Electric Dreams, will also be dropping into the studio. Last in the series.