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Start your weekend the right way with fantastic tunes for your mid-morning

Lauren brings a great selection of tunes to kick-start your weekend.

Lauren brings a great selection of tunes to kick-start your weekend. We also take a moment to reflect something beautiful happening with our 6 Music listeners in the Beauty Spot, and look forward to the day ahead in A View From The Afternoon.

Plus, Lauren takes you on a trip to the Desert Island Disco - your opportunity to get the nation moving on a Friday morning, with dance-floor fillers of any genre.

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Fri 2 Oct 202610:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • The Meters

    Handclapping Song

    • Josie Records.

  • Ezra Collective

    Jubilee Feeling

    • Partisan.

  • Methyl Ethel

    Ubu

    • 4AD.

  • Sharp Pins

    How Can I Explain What She Does To Me?

    • How Can I Explain What She Does To Me?.
    • perennial.
    • 1.

  • The Rolling Stones

    She's A Rainbow

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.

  • Dawn Richard

    Bubblegum

    • Merge Records.

  • Kareen Lomax

    OFFLINE

    • music is fun.

  • Goldie

    Jungle Daze (feat. Natalie Williams)

    • London Records.

  • Beck

    Run Away

    • Capitol.

  • Alabama Shakes

    Sound & Color

    • Rough Trade Records.

  • Alabama Shakes

    I Feel Hope Coming

    • Island.

  • Brittany Howard

    Stay High (Childish Gambino Version)

    • Jaime Reimagined.
    • ATO Records.

  • Alabama Shakes

    Hold On

    • CD SINGLE.
    • ROUGH TRADE.
    • 1.

  • Alabama Shakes

    Another Life

    • Island.

  • Stereolab

    Miss Modular

    • Duophonic.

  • Yard Act

    You're Gonna Need A Little Music

    • Island.

  • Julia Jacklin

    The Hardest Thing

    • 4AD.

  • Way Dynamic

    I Was the Dancer (6 Music Session, 30 Sep 2026)

  • anaiis

    Sunshine

    • 5db records.

  • Fela Kuti & Nigeria 70

    Witchcraft

    • '69 Los Angeles Sessions.
    • Sterns Africa.

  • Dexter Story

    Mama (feat. Sudan Archives & Kamasi Washington)

    • T'som.
    • Soundway.

  • The Smiths

    The Headmaster Ritual

    • The Sound Of The Smiths.
    • Rhino.
    • 12.

  • Talking Heads

    (Nothing But) Flowers

    • EMI.

  • Phoenix

    Too Young

    • SOURCE.

  • Adult DVD

    Rolling Face

    • Fat Possum.

  • Björk

    Big Time Sensuality

    • One Little Indian Record.

  • Roberta Flack

    Uh-Uh OOh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes) [Steve Hurley's House Mix]

    • Softly With These Songs.
    • Atlantic.
    • 17.

  • Technotronic

    Pump Up The Jam

    • Pump Up The Jam.
    • Universal Music S.A..
    • 1.

  • Soul II Soul

    Keep on Movin' (feat. Caron Wheeler)

    • 10 Records.

  • KH

    Only Human

    • Ministry Of Sound.

  • Sofia Kourtesis & Daphni

    Unidos

    • Ninja Tune.

  • Overmono

    After The Rain

    • XL.

  • Working Men’s Club

    Devout

    • Domino.

  • SILVERWINGKILLER

    WORLDSTAR

    • 1000% TRIAD FUNDED.

  • untitled (halo)

    aimee lou wood freestyle

    • Dirty Hit.

  • Joe Jackson

    It's Different For Girls

    • A&M.

  • Jackson Sisters

    I Believe In Miracles

    • 100% Pure Groove (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

Broadcast

  • Fri 2 Oct 202610:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music