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On our last show before the Glastonbury weekend we showcased some of our favourite acts who'll be appearing on the Ö÷²¥´óÐã Introducing Stage this coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We opened with a stonker, too - Cornwall songwriter with his piano-driven Iggy-inspired power trio on their song American Lover. For the full list of Introducing artists who are appearing there together with stage times, see the main Introducing website.

Our session and interview guests were Sheffield’s . Low by name perhaps but focussed, upbeat and positive in person. The Greenwood brothers were a delight to meet and produced a haunting performance featuring just their trademark lone guitar and single voice plus a good helping of atmospheric reverb.

World Music influences could be heard in the Tasmanian trio and London's splendid who'll be playing Glasto - not on the Introducing stage - but down in Shangri-La at on the Friday night. And if you're going to be at the festival yourself, don't miss last week's guests , who will be gracing the Introducing stage at 1.30pm on Saturday afternoon.

And producer Jax Coombes returned from holiday this week, having caught up with Austria's t at last weekend in Barcelona. To hear them chatting made those of us who'd stayed home in the grey and rainy UK deeply jealous at having missed this eventful and sun-soaked festival.

We have no shows next weekend during 6 Music's special live-from-Glstonbury schedule, but we'll be back in the small hours of Sunday July 3rd with a Glsto Special of our own featuring live tracks and interviews from the Ö÷²¥´óÐã Introducing Stage. If you happen to be going to the festival yourself, you can follow me on Twitter for up to date news from the Introducing stage - and by all means drop by and say hello if you want to.

Tom Robinson and Chris Chadwick

GLASTO 2011 ARTIST
THE PATRICK JAMES PEARSON BAND - American Lover


GLASTO 2011 ARTIST
VINYL JACKET - Koala


ALANA STEWART - The Boy Next Door


THE WINTER TRADITION - Only A Matter Of...


MIMIKA MAK MURTIC ENSEMBLE - Balkan Festive Minor


GLASTO 2011 ARTIST
FUTURE HISTORY (feat. SWIFT-LEE and BLUZEY) - Money Cash Now


FRANCIS NEVE - I Won't Make You Better


INTERVIEW & SESSION TRACK
LOW DUO – No Happier


GLASTO 2011 ARTIST
RUBY & THE VINES - Red Storm


FLIGHT BRIGADE - A Girl Who Loves Her Smoke and Wine


HUW STEPHENS TIP
GRUFF & KOKEN - Smile


CHINSTRAP - I Won't Be


GLASTO 2011 ARTIST
ED SHEERAN - Lately



THE CHEAT - Weird MD


GLASTO 2011 ARTIST
SHARKS TOOK THE REST - Restaurant


TIGER CHOIR - Dancer


BOBBY FRICTION TIP
ANUJ RASTOGI - Code Blue


BLASTRONAUT - A Welcome Disturbance


GLASTO 2011 ARTIST
SPOTLIGHT KID - Haunting


GLASTO 2011 ARTIST
SPARROW - Secret


INTERVIEW FROM BARCELONA
FRANCIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - Amnesiacs


AERIALS UP - Superglue


PENGILLY'S - Toby's Hill



SESSION TRACK
LOW DUO – 15 Years


SWITCH FUSION - Mercenary


GLASTO 2011 ARTIST
VESSELS - Meatman, Piano Tuner, Prostitute - 3:41