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Andrew Marston on the cancellation of Upton's Oktoberfest

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

• Hearing from the organiser of Upton48, who was forced to pull the plug on the last festival of 2020.

• Breaking down what the latest restrictions mean for musicians and fans, as thousands protest in our major cities.

• Worcestershire's Led Zeppelin win a long-running legal battle over a claim they stole the opening guitar riff of 'Stairway to Heaven'.

• Meeting the Hay-on-Wye DJ who's been rivalling Sophie Ellis-Bextor for lockdown kitchen discos, while raising thousands for charity.

• Chart-topping Wretch 32 is in our Musicians' Masterclass offering top tips for new artists.

4 hours

Music Played

  • Saint Alto

    Afterlife (Flipped)

  • Tom Forbes

    On The Weekends

  • Kings of the Quarter Mile

    Springsteen

  • Ellis

    One More Time (feat. Jex)

  • Shop Front Heroes

    Curses

  • Eny

    Broken People

    • Broken Generation.
  • Ben Hemming

    Bleed

  • Poppy WS

    On My Mind

  • Citizen/Servant

    Streams

  • Steve Attridge and The Sleeping Giants

    Space To Breathe

  • Fdluxx

    Know Mistakes

  • KinStrife

    Slow And Easy

  • Vaults

    Premonitions

    • Caught In Still Life.
    • Virgin EMI.
    • 2.
  • Daniel Trigger

    Breathe Again

  • Melisa Le Rue

    Life Is Beautiful

  • Splitting Up

    • Barefoot in Baltimore

      Astronaut's Sister

  • USE

    Risky Behaviour

    • Corporation Records.
  • Hassan Rahmani

    Exposure

  • Apples

    The Future's Ripe

    • Stable Genius.
  • RustySchnitzel

    Greatest Mistake

  • TheLocksta

    Get It

  • Hey You Guys!

    Brutal Holiday

  • saluu

    Mesh

  • BenObi

    Lifetime

  • In The News

    • DJ Zinc

      Baby It's You (feat. Andreya Triana)

      • Bingo Bass.
  • Pandora's Shadow

    Solo

  • TriskelionMusik

    How

  • Control the Storm

    Follow Me

  • Wonderscore

    D!rty

  • ADY J

    Bassline Drama

  • Carly Dee

    Can't Take It Anymore

  • Redlohiem

    These Four Walls

  • Allexo

    Naughty Boi

  • Cheated

    You Said

  • Complex

    My Way

  • Bo Rumba

    All Cleaned Up

Broadcast

  • Sat 10 Oct 2020 18:00

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