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Andrew Marston introduces The Fidgets (Bromsgrove)

Unsigned, undiscovered and under-the-radar music, as recorded at the Worcester Music Festival. Andrew meets the Redditch rapper who's really changing the town's music scene.

2 hours

Music Played

  • 主播大秀 Introducing Track of the Week

    • The Stiff Joints

      Mona Lisa

  • Simon Vincent

    Sky Tonite

  • Interviewed

    • Fights and Fires

      Take A Swing At The World

  • Will Champ

    Greaze

  • Bo Walton

    I Quit Quittin' (When You Quit Lovin' Me)

    • Jump Jack.
  • Jakebob

    One More Time

  • In session at the Worcester Music Festival

    • The Fidgets

      Everywhere I Go

    • The Fidgets

      Somehow

  • Synthetic Epiphany

    Assist

  • Imaner

    Fairytales

  • Ellisha Green

    Denial

  • Nature Of Wires

    We Kill All

  • In session for 主播大秀 Introducing

    • Luke Truth

      Do My Thing

    • Luke Truth

      Wavelength

  • In session at 主播大秀 Maida Vale

    • Pretenders

      Down The Wrong Way

      • BMG.
    • Pretenders

      Let's Get Lost

      • SIRE.
  • In session at the Worcester Music Festival

    • The Fidgets

      Strangest Feeling

    • The Fidgets

      Hey!

In session

In session

The Fidgets began performing in March 2013 in and around their hometown of Bromsgrove but quickly landed gigs in Worcester and Birmingham.

In the last couple of years they've perfected their live skills through many hours of busking and performing, playing their 500th gig.

They have been songwriting since they formed, developing their own style from the influences in the covers that they play.

"A rock solid performance from a bunch of intelligent songwriters with catchy riffs and killer choruses." - Andrew Marston

On tour

On tour

A Worcester band, that's played across Europe more than 30 times since forming in 2008, are to tour Germany and Belgium next week to support their new release.

Fights & Fires will officially launch 'Take A Swing At The World' on Friday and will be playing eight days in a row across the continent.

Vocalist, Philip Cox, trained to be a professional wrestler, before falling victim to the tour bug.

Guitarist Ryan Price is an unreserved roller coaster fanatic, having watched every single roller coaster video on YouTube.

Drummer Lee Jackson is a hedgehog owning, lower league football lunatic, following his team all over the UK.

Bassist Philip Cook has built himself an impressive CV, taking lower league teams to European glory...on football manager, year after year.

With a love for Star Wars, professional wrestling and super heroes, Fights & Fires, offstage, look more at home in your local comic book store, than at a punk rock show, but, come stage time, it all changes.

Composing music

Composing music

Tonight, we conclude our听series with one of the most successful and prolific songwriters we have in our area.

Paul Farrer might not be a name you're familiar with, but you'll certainly be familiar with his work - having composed the music to The Weakest Link, Dancing On Ice and The Chase.

More recently he's been downsizing his West Malvern studio, enabling him to work from anywhere - a move that has also helped him replace synthesisers for real instruments; he's recently started conducting large orchestras!

So, just how do you find song-writing inspiration when your job depends on it - and how do you go about recording those instruments to showcase to the world?

Mick Ralphs

Mick Ralphs

One of the founding members of the Herefordshire band Mott the Hoople, Mick Ralphs, is recovering in hospital after a stroke.

The 72-year-old played on some of the band's biggest hits including All the Young Dudes, which was written by David Bowie.

He left the group and went on to form Bad Company with Paul Rodgers of Free.

主播大秀 Introducing at the Worcester Music Festival

主播大秀 Introducing at the Worcester Music Festival

This month's sessions were recorded at the Worcester Arts Workshop, as part of this year's Worcester Music Festival.

The free event, which saw more than 200 performances across 30 venues in the city, raised 拢4,139 for Acorns Children's Hospice.

The idea of bringing as many venues together, to host live music, began nine years ago in the hope of making the city known for more than just sauce.

Since then, they've gone on to raise thousands of pounds for local charities and 主播大秀 Hereford & Worcester has been involved in the event since day one.

Features

  • 听One of The Ramones is in our area.
  • 听S Club 7 to switch on Hereford's Christmas Lights.

Live: The Pretenders

Live: The Pretenders
Catch highlights from The Pretenders,听.

With a career spanning over 30 years, Chrissie Hynde and her band return with a new album Alone, the first in eight years, with Dan Auerbach from The Black Keys on producing duties.听

This show is part of the 6 Music Live series that has been coming to Maida Vale since 2012, with the likes of Primal Scream, Underworld, De La Soul and Paul McCartney.

Live: Luke Truth

Live: Luke Truth

Tonight, we've got an extra bit of live music for you from the Redditch rapper Luke Truth.

Influenced by acts as diverse as Luther Vandross, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, The Streets, Wiley, Dizzie Rascal, Nas, Tupac and Biggie, Luke's looking to bring something fresh to the table with the addition of live vocals and beatboxing.

He came in and did an exclusive session for 主播大秀 Introducing.

主播大秀 Introducing at the Malvern Christmas Lights

主播大秀 Introducing at the Malvern Christmas Lights
Our next recording session takes place on Saturday 26 November and we officially switch on Malvern's Christmas Lights!

We'll be featuring several acts who we've been playing on 主播大秀 Hereford & Worcester recently.

None of these artists knew they were being considered for a live session - they were chosen based on the tracks they uploaded to us at听.

Broadcast

  • Sat 5 Nov 2016 20:00

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