Heartland

Mary Anne Hobbs talks to Stuart Braithwaite of the band about their career to date, with contributions from Gruff Rhys, Clint Mansell and journalist Jane Graham.

They move through his early influences and how the success of fellow Scottish bands such as Jesus And Mary Chain and Primal Scream really helped give them confidence. They discuss how the band create their music and why there are very few vocals. Mary Anne asks about John Peel who was a key player in their early career, they discuss just how important sessions and records of the week use to be before moving into talking about their more recent soundtrack work. Live performance is at the heart of what the band do, and they discuss why this is so important.

As part of the 6 Music Festival in Glasgow, Stuart Braithwaite of local heroes Mogwai picks from the BBC's archive of live concert and sessions.

As part of the 6 Music Festival in Glasgow, Stuart Braithwaite of local heroes Mogwai picks his favourites moments from the BBC's concert and session recordings of his own band.