Andrew Marston with coverage of the Upton Folk Festival
Unsigned, undiscovered and under-the-radar music from Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
鈥� Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Upton Folk Festival.
鈥� Wet Wet Wet are on - talking about touring with Redditch singer Lucy May Walker.
鈥� How a row over visas led to the opening night of the HellensMusic Festival, near Ledbury, being cancelled.
鈥� Part two of first-ever live gig from Stourport bus driver - and now King of Soul - Ethon Fyffe.
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Oysterband
All That Way For This
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Jules Rendell
Let Go
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Lexie
Feet On The Ground
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Tazmin Barnes
Breathe
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Jack Goodall
Halloween Moon
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Loula
Memory
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In session
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Ethon Fyffe
Only One Man (Live from the Railway, Redditch)
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Ethon Fyffe
Couldn't Have It All (Live from the Railway, Redditch)
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Ben Crosland
First Rain Of Summer
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The Fireside Family
Come To Me
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Appearing at the Big Feastival
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Saint Alto
Tell Me Something
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Lucy May Walker
Without Him (Live)
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Marie-Claire Bereen & Her Husbands
Happy Song
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Chloe Fergson
Touch
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In the Gig Guide
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Lucy Shaw
Fall In Love With The World
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Clive John
Lucky One (God Help Me)
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Cydonia Collective
Canopy
3 - 6 May: Upton Folk Festival
Upton Folk Festival takes over Upton-On-Severn, bringing its usual range of great performers with the folk genre.
This year is the festival鈥檚 30th birthday and they promise a specially extended festival to celebrate.
Expect sessions in many of the pubs across the town and a general feel good weekend to kick off the festival season.
Supporting Wet Wet Wet
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We had her in session, in Leominster, back in 2015. She then appeared on 主播大秀 Midlands Today in Birmingham. University then took Lucy to Cumbria before heading听to London where she followed her heart and established herself as a regular on the busking scene.
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During one of her gigs, at a railway station, Jeremy Vine discovered Lucy and invited her to appear on 主播大秀 Radio 2.
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Lucy is now heading across the country supporting Wet Wet Wet on their latest tour and has secured a spot at this summer's Big Feastival, after we put her forward through 主播大秀 Music Introducing.
主播大秀 Music Introducing in Redditch
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Every month, we rock up to one of our leading local venues at towns and cities across the region to reflect what's hot on the local scene.
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In session
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He's into pop, RnB and hip hop and recently started writing soft rock tracks.
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He plays the guitar and piano but is an amazing singer.
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Influenced by artists such as Stevie Wonder, Prince and Craig David - this was Ethon's FIRST-EVER gig!
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"An amazing soulful sound. A definite star of the future." - Andrew Marston
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HellensMusic nr Ledbury
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Hani Mojtahedy was due to perform at the Hellens Music Festival, in Much Marcle on Friday, but a mix up meant that she'd applied for a tourist visa instead of an artists' visa.
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The Kurdish singer-songwriter is known across the world for her work championing women's rights.
Features
- In the gig guide: The lineup for the Upton Folk Festival and St Richard's Canal Festival in Droitwich.
- In the news: A Redditch DJ's new club night created especially for those with learning difficulties.
主播大秀 Music Introducing at the Hay Festival
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Since 2005 we鈥檝e broadcast more than a thousand sessions, helping to showcase some of our area鈥檚 most talented musicians.
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We鈥檝e handpicked some of our favourite acts to join us on stage at Hay.
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These artists didn鈥檛 even know they were being considered 鈥� and we hope this inspires people to keep sending in their music, because we really do listen to everything.
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These sessions will be broadcast throughout June on 主播大秀 Hereford & Worcester on Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 6pm.
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Broadcast
- Sun 5 May 2019 18:00主播大秀 Hereford & Worcester
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