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Andrew Marston with coverage of Lakefest at Eastnor Castle

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

2 hours

Music Played

  • Kings and Folk

    The Dark Island

  • Alex Lleo

    Go Alone

    • Harmony Road Records.
  • Ross Angeles

    Thought This Through

  • Joshua Harris

    Hear

    • The Animal Farm.
  • Madhava

    Excuse Me Sir

  • Sweet Talk

    Train Song (Steam Is Rising)

  • Rob Challis

    Out Of Date

  • Rebecca Leach

    Undone

  • JoosTVD

    Not Now

  • Toby Charles

    I'll Come With You

  • The Drakelow May

    Black Mirror

  • Garrington T Jones

    Ride

  • Ellie Goulding

    Original Demo Tape #6

  • Sean Jeffery

    The Apple Tree At Dusk

  • Real Time Apollo

    Still Available For Dates

  • One Degree Under

    Wings

  • Jamie Croft

    I Get My Spirit (Off The Back Of Blues)

  • The Delray Rockets

    Cool Radiator

  • Will Killeen

    Rattlesnake Eyes

  • Arcadia Roots

    Where You Gonna Run To

Lakefest coverage

Lakefest coverage
Lakefest returns to Eastnor Castle Deer Park with headlinersÌýThe Darkness, Marc Almond, The Waterboys, Reverend and the Makers, The Proclaimers, Melanie C and Toploader.
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Hereford & Worcester will also be running the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Music tent, showcasing local talent from Herefordshire & Worcestershire.
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Highlights: TrueFest

Highlights: TrueFest
It was billed as the ‘ultimate house party’ with more than 65 acts, 5 stages, a sauna, swimming pool and real toilets!
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Set in the beautiful location of Baskerville Hall, near Hay-on-Wye, the organisers hosted three days of DJs, bands, theatre, comedy, burlesque, cinema and AV shows.
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This year the fancy dress theme was 'National Treasures versus Guilty Pleasures' withÌýBeardyman headlining the event.
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How to write a hit record: Alan McGee

How to write a hit record: Alan McGee
This week, we hear part three ofÌý our series with Hay-on-Wye's hit-maker Alan McGee.
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Alan was the founding father of Creation Records, responsible for signing bands such as Oasis, Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine and The Libertines.
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Alan was also behind a club night which saw appearances from The Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, Razorlight, Kasabian and The Darkness.
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He's just launched a brand new record label, this month, called Creation23.
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Features

Features
  • : The mother of all festival clashes - with Lakefest, Down On The Farm, The Sunrise Celebration, Pershore Jazz, Skate-Sleep-Rock-Repeat, Morton Stanley, Old Bush Blues and the Kidderminster Fringe happening.

  • : There's wedding bells in the air for Herefordshire's Ellie Goulding.

Monthly roadshows

Monthly roadshows
If you run a venue or you’re a music promoter, then we want to hear from you!
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Since the beginning of 2011, we've taken our ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Introducing show out on-the-road to various areas across our patch.
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Every month, we rock up at a different venue with a pile of microphones, cables and recording equipment along with several vans full of enthusiastic musicians!
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As well as the bands being able to invite an audience, we also bring along a number of music industry professionals to comment on the live acts.
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We tend to host our sessions on evenings/weekends is because it's normally a quiet time for venues - so effectively you get a free gig curated with the best bands (from the thousands who have submitted their music to us), full tech provided, plusÌýÌý- so effectively you just need to open your doors!
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To get involved, emailÌýintrohw@bbc.co.uk

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  • Sun 12 Aug 2018 18:00

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