Fighting off stiff competition from the likes of Anna Calvi and James Blake, Russell "Rustie" Whyte walked away with the Guardian first album award this week for his album Glass Swords. We hear from the man himself, plus judges Nicky Wire from the Manic Street Preachers and last year's winner Gold Panda.
We also talk to Speech Debelle, whose debut album won the Mercury music prize in 2009, then promptly fell out with her record label and disappeared. Her second album Freedom of Speech is out this week.
Also this week, host Alexis Petridis is joined by Kieran Yates and Charlotte Richardson Andrews to review Forget by Lianne Le Havas, Hold On by Alabama Shakes and Friend Crush by Friends.
