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Andrew Marston focuses on record stores

Unsigned, undiscovered and under-the-radar music from Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

• Discover how the resurgence in vinyl is keeping one of our high streets alive.

• While we investigate why the same hasn't been the case for HMV.

• We’re with the musicians at Worcester's first-ever Polish Festival.

• Luke Swatman talks about his time on the Voice ahead of appearing at the Malvern Three Counties Showground.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Artist Of The Week

    • Under A Banner

      City Alone

  • Northern Fir

    River

  • Robinson-Stone

    Ö÷²¥´óÐã

  • Joe Mitchell

    Fingers Crossed

  • Interviewed

    • Poppy WS

      Bella

  • The Haunted Souls

    Kool Beans

  • Jason Mark Yates

    Nothin' Else

  • Roving Crows

    Journeyman's Blues

  • The Three Disagrees

    Pale Riders On A Better Wind

  • Mae Bradbury

    Breathe

  • Supported by Ö÷²¥´óÐã 6 Music

    • Slippery Slope

      Broyges Tantz

  • Tina V

    Paradise

  • Mumbo-Jumbo

    Bald Spot

  • Alex Valentine

    Mountain Roads

    • Struck Dumb.
  • Brickshed Music

    Turn

  • Robinson

    Wherever You Are

    • Palawan.
  • The Grimaldi Band

    Further

  • Appearing at the Three Counties Showground

    • Luke Swatman

      O Mistress Mine

HMV to close in Worcester

Worcester is to lose its branch of HMV, just months after the chain announced it wasn't on the list of stores earmarked for closure.
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The brand has been bought by a Canadian firm, Sunrise Records, which brought 100 stores out of administration, securing around 1,500 jobs - but signs have been placed in the windows of the Worcester branch announcing that it'll be closing.
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Ö÷²¥´óÐã Hereford and Worcester has been told it'll shut its doors at some point next month.

The resurgence of vinyl

Vinyl is making a big comeback with 4.2 million albums sold last year and one place making the most of the surge is Mr Tee's Rockstop in Kidderminster.
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The shop has been selling records since the 1970s but sadly owner Francis 'Terry' Thomas lost his battle with cancer two years ago.
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Since then, his colleague - also called Terry - has been renovating the shop in his memory.

Polish Heritage Day

It was a day full of live entertainment, street food and opportunities to promote the culture, history and military connections as Worcester's first-ever Polish Heritage Day took place on Saturday.
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This year marks the 250th anniversary of the formal establishment of Polish–British diplomatic relations and the centenary of the regaining of Polish independence.
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Organisers even brought a Spitfire into Cathedral Square for the day, to champion the contribution of Polish pilots during World War II.
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And there was a decent amount of live music, as we reflect in this episode.

The RHS Malvern Spring Festival

It's the final day of the event, today, with a hundred thousand people descending on the Three Counties Showground.
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Monty Don, Joe Swift and Blue Peter's Skinny Jean Gardener Lee Connelly, along with a host of other gardening experts - including our very own Reg Moule - have been there answering your green-fingered questions.
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They were joined by experts from the world of cookery, with Raymond Blanc, John Torode and many more.
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Ö÷²¥´óÐã Hereford & Worcester has been there, bringing various musicians to perform among the plants!
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Tonight, we hear from Kidderminster singer/songwriter Ellisha Green and Worcester's 'pubarotti' Luke Swatman.

Features

Ö÷²¥´óÐã Music Introducing at the Hay Festival

At Ö÷²¥´óÐã Music Introducing in Hereford & Worcester, we support the very best new music from across the region.
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Since 2005 we’ve broadcast more than a thousand sessions, helping to showcase some of our area’s most talented musicians.
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We’ve handpicked some of our favourite acts to join us on stage at Hay.
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These artists didn’t even know they were being considered – 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 Ö÷²¥´óÐã Hereford & Worcester on Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 6pm.
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Broadcast

  • Sun 12 May 2019 18:00

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