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Andrew Marston with coverage of El Dorado, Linton and Upton Jazz festivals

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

• We're sunning ourselves at Eastnor Castle Deer Park as El Dorado rolls into town with Kool & The Gang.

• Highlights from last weekend's Upton Jazz Festival.

• Looking at the incredible work done by the team of 50 volunteers at the Linton Festival, near Ross.

• Catching up with Droitwich country star Abby Inez, who returns from songwriting camp in LA and auditioning for Eurovision.

• An extra dose of live music from Hereford's Olly Alexander with Years & Years' set at Glastonbury.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Out this week

    • Jeremy Johnson

      Runaway Train

  • Hannah Clayton

    How You Make It

  • Joe Mitchell

    Give Me Soul

  • Northern Fir

    Dust Monsters

  • Badeye

    Do You Mean It?

  • Jamie Croft

    I Get My Spirit Off The Back Of Blues

  • Jason Mark Yates

    When The Time Is Right

  • The Indigo Kings

    Make Love To Me

  • Portia

    Pretty Head

  • Toby Charles

    She Moves

  • Gywn Ashton

    Take Yourself Away

  • Under A Banner

    Sunburst

  • Johnny Squid

    Victoriana

  • Artist of the Week

    • Abby Inez

      Bridges

  • Glastonbury highlights

    • Years & Years

      Meteorite (Live at Glastonbury 2019)

      • Polydor.
    • Years & Years

      Eyes Shut (Live at Glastonbury 2019)

      • Polydor.
  • Imaner

    Tough Girl

5 - 7 July: El Dorado @ Eastnor Castle nr Ledbury

Now in its forth year, the organisers have delved even deeper into the wonders of the lost kingdom to bring you more stages, more activities, more music, more food choices and more magic than ever before.Ìý
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This year sees another mammoth line up with headliners Kool And The Gang bringing the party as well as other big names including Andy C, Redlight, Purple Disco Machine, Shy FX and many more!

Highlights: Upton Jazz Festival

Tens of thousands of people were in Upton-upon-Severn, last weekend, as the annual jazz festival returned.
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50 concerts were played over the four day event, including under the bridge!
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Upton also hosts the annualÌýblues, ukuleleÌýand folk festivals, across the summer, as well as hosting big name acts at Sunshine and Mello.

Features

  • In the gig guide: El Dorado at Eastnor Castle, WooFest near Upton, the Ledbury Fringe, Bromsgrove Folk, Bretfest near Evesham and the Linton Festival are taking place.
  • In the news: A popular Redditch music store closes its doors for a second time.

Ö÷²¥´óÐã Music Introducing Artist of the Week

Abby Inez was introduced to Cara Beard by Ben of The Shires - who went on to form the group Darline, which signed to Warner Brothers.
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Together, not only did they support the likes of Dolly Parton and Katy Perry, but also featured as part of the Eurovision: You Decide show, a few years ago.
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She's now going solo, working with producers from LA on her latest work.

5 - 7 July: The Linton Festival nr Ross-on-Wye

This year, The Linton Festival celebrates its 19th year - championing the very best in live rock and blues since 2001.

The event began when some of the regulars of The Alma Inn realised it would be cheaper to get The Producers to come to Linton, rather than hire a mini bus and drive all the way to Poole in Dorset.

Then they decided rather than having one band - they'd have loads!
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Limehouse Lizzy, The Manfreds are some of the headliners for this year's event.

Glastonbury highlights: Years and Years

Performing on the Pyramid stage was Olly Alexander and his band Years and Years - who have previously topped the Ö÷²¥´óÐã Music Sound Of list.
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Olly studied at Hereford College Of Arts and became the band's lead singer after meeting at a house party and was overheard singing in the shower!

Ö÷²¥´óÐã Music Introducing in Malvern

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 around 1,500 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 the Malvern Cube on Sunday, 14 July from 7.30pm.
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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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Admission is free.Ìý

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