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Andrew Marston on the government's support of music venues

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

• Heading to Worley's The Swan, in Stourport, as the government awards them a five-figure sum to keep supporting live music.

• Dancing In The Moonlight with Toploader, who played a drive-in gig in Redditch last weekend.

• Chatting to the organiser of an online music festival, in Herefordshire, raising money for the victims of the Beirut explosion.

• Gabrielle Aplin is in our Musicians' Masterclass offering top tips on how to publicise your music.

4 hours

Music Played

  • Black Bear Kiss

    Reach Up Higher

  • Silverlake

    Shutdown

  • Lost at ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½

    Blaze The Sky

  • Sleuth

    First To Leave, Last To Go

  • Oriel Aps

    Polo Jeans

  • Lawrence Taylor

    Chains

  • Highlite

    Sleepless Nights

  • Skewwhiff

    Gizmo

  • Kings of the Quarter Mile

    Soldier Girl

  • Willow Robinson

    Beyond The Storm

    • Spring.
    • Ocean Groan Music.
    • 2.
  • Delta Rhythm

    My Year

  • Andrew Marston's Chart Blog

    • Harry Styles

      Watermelon Sugar

      • SONY.
    • Becky Hill & Sigala

      Heaven On My Mind

      • POLYDOR.
  • Bren Haze

    And You Know

  • Kileco & LOOP

    Anything Said

  • Fort Royal

    The Race

  • Edge of Darkness & Carrera

    Come Together (Remix)

  • Elison

    Tribulation

  • Matt Roberts

    Now > Then

  • Duchess

    Breathe

  • 5parks

    Rubber Duck

  • Bootyard Bandits

    Hoedown Showdown

  • Featured on the Reading & Leeds festival Hot List on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds

    • BEKAH, Static & Ramzes II

      Never Thought

      • Righteous Records.
  • Zedd & Jake Price

    Funny (Remix) (feat. Jasmine Thompson)

  • Featured

    • The Kelly Line

      Stop Digging

  • RABArtist

    Skeng Sound

  • Ryterband & Boxer

    Lighthouse (Remix)

  • The VHT's

    Face Value

  • Carly Dee

    Here We Go Again

  • Data

    Different Lane

  • Jay & Hunter

    Forever

  • Socio Suki

    Identity

  • Shottayz

    My Way

  • saluu

    Say So

  • State of Ember

    Made Up My Mind

  • Keylo

    Famous (feat. Elliot Crawford)

  • DEAD:LUNG

    Stockholm Syndrome

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  • Sat 29 Aug 2020 18:00

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