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Andrew Marston with highlights from Ö÷²¥´óÐã Music Day

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

• Catching up with Showaddywaddy, Curiosity Killed The Cat and Claire Sweeney after their gig in Upton.

• 'How music can help with dementia' with Malvern musician Carol Lee Sampson.

• Looking back at the launch of a new monthly music night in Kidderminster.

• More memories from the incredible venue that was the Malvern Winter Gardens - from one of the people that set up Cherry Red Records.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Andrea Bocelli & Ellie Goulding

    Return To Love

    • Sugarmusic.
  • Emily Ewing

    Season Bright

  • James Warren

    Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime (feat. Matt Owens)

    • Angel Air.
  • Merrymaker

    Midst Of Summertime

  • Jake & Rob

    Digging

  • Interviewed

    • Carol Lee Sampson

      Everything

  • Quantic

    Orquidea

    • Tru Thoughts.
  • Becky Hill & Weiss

    I Could Get Used To This (Orchestral Acoustic)

    • Polydor.
  • Ben Okafor & The Liberators

    21st Century Wailing

  • The Gravity Drive

    Hits Like A Fix

    • Elijah Wolf Music.
  • Robinson-Stone

    Rolls On

  • In the gig guide

    • Dan Greenaway

      Hey Yeah

  • Carrie Hayden

    San Fransisco

  • Phil Capaldi

    Two Fat Ladies

    • Optimum.
  • Emily Davies

    If You'd Said

Ö÷²¥´óÐã Music Day

This year's theme of Ö÷²¥´óÐã Music Day was music and wellbeing, with more than 2,000 events taking place across the UK to celebrate the power of music to change lives.
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Across Herefordshire & Worcestershire there are many groups, choirs and workshops that use the special connection that many of us have with music to help those affected with dementia and alzheimer's.
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The Ö÷²¥´óÐã has committed to bring music to everyone living with dementia by 2020, working with all major groups in this field.
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More than 100 organisations are involved so far in this unprecedented collaboration.
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This week we look at some of the incredible work that is going on locally.

Upton Sunshine Festival

The Upton Festival celebrated its 10th birthday in style, with a huge birthday bash featuring Scouting for Girls, Busted, Peter Andre and 10CC.
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There were also performances from The Osmonds, S Club 7, Judge Jules and Dave Pearce.
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Because we chatted to so many performers - getting their top tips for new musicians - we've been spreading out our coverage across this last month!

Upton Sunshine Highlights: Showaddywaddy

We're getting top tips for new musicians from one of the longest-performing groups in England - Showaddywaddy.
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The band, which spent a total of 209 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, have had 10 Top Ten singles (including one number one).
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They've now made more than 300 television appearances, which included their own Ö÷²¥´óÐã special, with many of their songs being put out by the Malvern-based Cherry Red Records (the team behind the gigs at the Winter Gardens).

Upton Sunshine Highlights: Curiosity Killed The Cat

One of the coolest and funkiest bands of the '80s, with their chart topping numbers 'Down To Earth', 'Misfit' and 'Name And Number', Curiosity Killed The Cat first found fame when their debut album 'Keep Your Distance' entered the UK album charts at #1 and staying there for 13 weeks!

Upton Sunshine Highlights: Claire Sweeney

Claire Sweeney is a much loved actress, singer, radio presenter and TV personality and made her festival debut in Upton-upon-Severn!Ìý
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Claire rose to prominence as Lindsay Corkhill in Channel 4’s Brookside, and since then has enjoyed a hugely successful career on both stage and screen.
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She has starred in television dramas such as Clocking Off and Merseybeat and received critical acclaim for her roles in West End musicals Chicago and Guys & Dolls alongside Patrick Swayze.
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As a TV presenter Claire has hosted prime time shows Here Comes the Sun and Challenge of a Lifetime, four series of 60 Minute Makeover and made regular appearances on shows such as Loose Women, This Morning and Lorraine, to name a few.
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She was in the original series of both Ö÷²¥´óÐã1’s Strictly Come Dancing and Channel 4’s Celebrity Big Brother, in which she came second.

Kidderminster gigs

A new monthly jazz night began at Kidderminster Town Hall, this week.
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The events are being put together by singer Annette Gregory, who recently moved to the area and was so put out that there wasn't a local jazz club - she decided organise one herself!
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The club will now take place on the first Thursday of every month and will include a popular 'theme' to make it as accessible as possible to jazz and non-jazz fans alike.

Features

  • In the gig guide: Fairport Convention and Andy Fairweather Low play in our area this week.
  • In the news: The first line-up announcement for Hay Winter Weekend includes musician Cerys Matthews.

Malvern Winter Gardens

Malvern is well known for its classical connections, but many people are unaware of the town's other musical story.
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From the early '60s, for a period of around 30 years, Malvern Winter Gardens rocked to the sounds of bands such The Jam, The Kinks, The Who, Pink Floyd, Motorhead, Hawkwind and many more, some of whom were in their infancy at the time.
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Local charity Rock Around the Hills created an interactive exhibition, thanks to a £60,000 grant, celebrating the story of rock, punk and progressive rock at the Winter Gardens from 1961 to 1990.
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The display features more than 400 posters, tickets, flyers and fanzines, as well as recorded memories from audience members, musicians and promoters who were all part of the scene.
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Having already been at Malvern Library and the Hive in Worcester, the exhibition has now moved to the airwaves - and we're broadcasting some of those memories every Sunday, from 6pm, here on Ö÷²¥´óÐã Hereford & Worcester.

Ö÷²¥´óÐã Music Introducing in Bromyard

Our next recording session takes place at the Conquest Theatre in Bromyard on Sunday, 24 November from 7pm.
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If you've only ever driven through the town before, the Conquest is on what we like to call 'Nozstock Street!'.
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The theatre has now been hosting events at its Tenbury Road location for a quarter of a century - but they'd been campaigning for a facility like this since the '50s, according to the records book.
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Originally, events had been held in an 'old tin hut' which had been built in 1919 by the Royal British Legion.ÌýBut eventually they decided an all-singing, all-dancing venue was what the town needed.
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We'd love to see you on the 24th - simply turn up, there's no need to book.

Broadcast

  • Sun 6 Oct 2019 18:00

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