Later... with Jools Holland

Olly Alexander, Griff, Nitin Sawhney & Ayanna Witter-Johnson (57x6)

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Jools chats to singer and actor Olly Alexander, best known as frontman of chart-topping band Years & Years and most recently as the star of hit drama It's a Sin. Olly chooses and discusses his favourite performances from the Later archive and treats us to an impromptu performance of a favourite song of his with Jools at the piano. Making her British TV debut on the show at the tender age of 20 is British rising star Griff, who made this year's BBC Sound Of shortlist and has the stamp of approval from her hero Taylor Swift under her belt. Griff will perform her latest Radio 1 playlisted dark pop anthem Black Hole. Jools also invites composer and musical polymath Nitin Sawhney and the multi-talented cellist and singer Ayanna Witter-Johnson to his studio to perform a beautiful duet called Movement II from Nitin's recently released album Immigrants. Meanwhile, two artists make their debut on the show. First up is Enny, a rapper and singer from Thamesmead in south east London. After releasing her first music just under a year ago, she immediately caught the attention of Jorja Smith, who made Enny the first signing to her label FAMM. Fast-forward to the end of the 2020 and Peng Black Girls, Enny's celebration of Black British women, catapulted her into the critics' ones to watch lists. Second up is Leeds-London collective Nubiyan Twist with a unique performance of their latest single If I Know, featuring Ghanaian multi-instrumentalist and singer K.O.G and recorded at the home of the now-iconic east London jazz night Church of Sound. The track comes from the band's recently released third album Freedom Fables, a record that pays homage to traditional jazz and Afrobeat whilst embracing genres from hip-hop to garage, dub and everything in between.