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Well it's been an eventful week but tonight sees the Radio Scotland Remixed series come to an end. For the final show in the series, Vic Galloway takes over the driving seat from Ricky Ross's usual Friday night Another Country with Ricky Ross slot.

The show's music policy covers the best in Americana and alternative country and Vic will be bringing a rock 'n' roll edge to the playlist.

We spoke to Vic to find out more and you can listen live tonight from 8PM.

What can listeners expect from tonight's show?

A more rock'n'roll take on alt-country, I'd say. The boundaries of what people assume to be 'country music' may be pushed a little, taking in gospel, blues, rockabilly, indie, punk and singer-songwriters across different generations.

I won't be concentrating hugely on modern artists, as I do on my weekly Radio Scotland show, but more on heritage artists that I hope fit the bill. It will certainly be a show with a difference and hopefully a lot of fun!

Who would be your ideal guest artist/band and why?

This is an almost impossible question to answer for a someone like myself. I love music across all genres and styles, and so many millions of different artists. To choose one... ouch! OK then, it may sound a little obvious here, but I'm going to go for The Beatles... sorry.

I love their output so much and it's hard to top them. They wrote the rulebook on how to pen pop songs, starting with punchy 2 minute rock'n'roll numbers to bombastic, orchestrated concept pieces and everything in between.

Every part of every song on every album is catchy and has a specific point - there's no fat or excess. They had incredible ideas and their set of albums still stands head and shoulders above anyone else to this day. Quite some feat in over 50 years of rock'n'roll! However, it would be somewhat of a coup to have them as guests on a show in 2011.

In the style of Desert Island Discs, imagine you're stuck on a desert island and have a radio, but it can only tune into one show...what show would you listen to and why?

Simple... The John Peel Show! From any era that he was broadcasting, but possibly particularly the late 70's and early 80's when he was totally in a field of his own when it came to championing new, challenging and outlandish, modern music across every genre known to man.

If I were stuck on a desert island, I would never be bored by the Peel show, as I would never know what to expect next. He was the greatest music-radio broadcaster of all time. A true selector!

For a taster of Vic's usual playlist, here's a clip from The Phantom Band's recent session: