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Gus Harrower, Liv Dawn, Mike McKenzie and Scott Wallace have reached the final of Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio Scotland’s Singer Songwriter of the Year Award 2019. Grant Stott introduces listeners to all four finalists, you’ll find out a little more about them, and all four of them will perform their chosen entries live from Studio One in Glasgow.

Manda Scott was announced as the McIlvanney prize winner, but she immediately insisted on sharing the win with her fellow nominees, Christopher Brookmyre and his wife Dr Marisa Haetzman who write under the name Ambrose Parry, Doug Johnstone and Denise Mina. She tells Grant about this generous gesture and about her experience at the Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival this weekend.

Welsh singer songwriter (and wife of Harry Shearer) Judith Owen performs live music from her new album of cover versions on our Steinway in Studio One ahead of her upcoming gig at Glasgow’s CCA venue. She gives Ed Sheeran depth he never knew he had apparently.

Edinburgh’s Isobel Paxton has been nominated for the Ö÷²¥´óÐã Young Writer’s Award 2019 – she tells Grant all about her story.

Paul English speaks to Tom Chaplin and Jesse Quin of Keane about their new album Cause and Effect, the addiction and personal problems which kept the band apart for so long, and what it took to bring them all back together ahead of their gig at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall.

Daniel Meade is Single of the Week with his new song These Things Happen. He chats to Grant about his upcoming album Rust.