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Andrew Marston with highlights from WooFest and El Dorado

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

• Reflecting on last weekend's El Dorado Festival which attracted 8,000 people to Eastnor Castle near Ledbury.

• Highlights from WooFest, near Upton, which has raised around 40,000 for charity.

• Previewing next weekend's Nozstock Festival, near Bromyard, with Rudimental and Soul II Soul headlining.

• Adele's manager is in our Musicians' Masterclass on achieving worldwide success.

• Sublime piano led vocal brilliance from Bromsgrove singer/songwriter Damian Lewis, as performed at HopFest near Bewdley.

• Plus an extra special dose of live music from Olly Alexander, who studied at Hereford College of Arts, with his band Years & Years on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury.

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Sat 13 Jul 2019 20:00
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Hereford & Worcester

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Music Played

  • RustySchnitzel

    All Of My Love

  • ³§²Õ³Ü°ù

    Do What I Want

  • Tristan James

    Glow

  • James Lloyd

    Woven Within

  • The Jericho Racks

    Ten Tentacles

  • Reuben Buffong

    Quiero Tu Cuerpo (Want Your Body)

  • Glastonbury highlights

    • Years & Years

      Take Shelter (Live at Glastonbury 2019)

    • Years & Years

      Desire (Live at Glastonbury 2019)

  • Appeared at WooFest

    • Arcadia Roots & Kideva

      Where You Gonna Run To (Remix)

  • Abel Gray

    Another World

  • RAPTOR

    Satori

  • Emily Nash

    Dark Sun

  • Appeared at Nozstock

    • Only By Design

      Escapism

  • Aesthetics

    RiverBed

  • doctea

    Diskoko

  • Tokyo Marching Band

    Nod & Smile

  • In session

    • Damian J Lewis

      You're Everything (Live from Hopfest 2019)

    • Damian J Lewis

      Everything's OK (Live from Hopfest 2019)

Highlights: El Dorado @ Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Ledbury

El Dorado is one of Hereford & Worcester's biggest music festivals, despite having only been around for a few years.
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Across three days it showcased some of the best disco tunes in front of a crowd of 8,000.
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Performers, this year, included Andy C, Purple Disco Machine, Mr Scruff plus Kool & The Gang.

18 - 21 July: Nozstock - The Hidden Valley nr Bromyard

Russell Howard describes it as "a rural slice of English eccentricity" and Phill Jupitus & The Blockheads say "Nozstock is the best festival of its size in the UK".

This year sees another huge line up including the likes of Rudimental, Soul II Soul,ÌýDavid Rodigan, as well as a huge array of local artists supported on this programme!

In session

This week's live music comes from a Bromsgrove singer/songwriter who's been producing music since the start of the decade.
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However, after starting working for a satellite communications company - a job which has taken him all over the world - Damian Lewis been struggling to find the time to make music!
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He also took on the Marathon Des Sables - the world's toughest race across the Sahara desert - and spends the remainder of his time volunteering for a disaster relief charity.
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Influenced by the likes of Coldplay, Bob Dylan, James Blunt and Keane, this week's live session was recorded live at Hopfest, near Bewdley.
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"Sensational music-from-the-heart with heartfelt lyrics that had the entire festival mesmerised – you could have heard a pin drop" - Andrew Marston.
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Glastonbury highlights: Years and Years

Performing on the Pyramid stage was Olly Alexander and his band Years and Years - who have previously topped the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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!

Features

  • In the Gig Guide: Looking ahead to Evesham's BretFest, Bromyard's Nozstock and Upton Blues.
  • In the Music News: The music festival to raise money for Hereford's homeless charities.

Musicians' Masterclass

How does a new artist get discovered by a big-name manager - and what can they do for a musicians' career?
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In our Musicians' Masterclass, this week, you get your questions for Jonathan Dickins - the chap who discovered Adele.

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Music Introducing at HopFest

This month's sessions were recorded in the mud at the ninth annual HopFest, which took place in the riverside town of Bewdley, featuring tonnes of local bands.
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We were there, on the Sunday, hosting a stage dedicated to Herefordshire and Worcestershire artists chosen from theÌýÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Music Introducing Uploader.
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Highlights: WooFest nr Upton

Now in its fifth year, last weekend's WooFest had a continuous flow of live music throughout the day. And this year, it became a two-day festival!
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The event is organised by Luke Simons and his sister Ria in memory of their father John Simons, a local engineer, who was cared for by the hospice before he died in 2013, aged 66.
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The festival has now raised £38,000 for St Richard's Hospice.

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Music Introducing in Malvern

At ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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

Broadcast

  • Sat 13 Jul 2019 20:00
    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Hereford & Worcester