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Andrew Marston with an update on our local festivals

Unsigned, undiscovered and under-the-radar music from across the region.

• Talking about the cancellation of this year's Upton Blues Festival.

• We're taking a virtual reality tour of Hay-on-Wye's HowTheLightGetsIn Festival, which has hosted ANOTHER event this weekend.

• Our artist of the week, from Worcester, toured the world - playing bass - with Noah & The Whale.

• ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Thoughts From Abroad: Hereford musician Sasha McVeigh joins us from the snow and ice filled streets of Nashville, Tennessee.

• John Hellings brings us news that the Upton Jazz Festival is cancelled for 2021.!

• In our Musicians' Masterclass, we're looking at the steps to releasing music with some top case studies of people who've achieved national success.

• This week's studio blog takes us to the riverside town of Bewdley and the work they're doing to inspire the next generation.

4 hours

Music Played

  • The Whipjacks

    Farewell To The Ladies

  • Gregory S Davies

    Jungle-Fighter

  • Yellow Belly

    Primero Yo

  • Albert Jones

    Come Alive

  • Appeared at Upton Blues Festival

    • BabaJack

      Big Man Blues (Live from the Larruperz Community Centre, Ross-On-Wye 2011)

  • Jonathan Markwood's Hoo-Hah Conspiracy

    Be

    • HH Music.
  • Performed at HowTheLightGetsIn

    • Muchuu

      Dancing With A Ghost

  • Ben Hemming

    Dark Deals

  • Carol Lee Sampson

    Rosaleen

  • Jessie Reid

    Dig

  • In The News

    • David Lowe

      Passion Of The Dance

      • Dreamcatcher.
      • Island Records.
  • Jack Hyphen

    When I'm Rolling, I Sometimes Shut My Eyes

    • Second Wave EP.
    • 4.
  • Interviewed

    • Greysha

      Life Goes Fluently

  • Archive Session

    • Beth Prior Collective

      Cult (Live from Latitude 2019)

  • ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Thoughts From Abroad

    • Sasha McVeigh

      Time Of My Life

  • Hermosa Pier

    Weaver

  • Aaron Yorke

    Master Of Deflection

  • Tim Prottey-Jones

    Good Life

  • Effervescent

    Something

  • Sally Night

    Supa Doopa (feat. Buster Williams, Billy Hart & Kirk Lightsey)

    • Venus Records Japan.
  • Simon Othen

    Love Again

  • Record Of The Week

    • Samira Hills

      Designer Dreams

  • jdmmi

    Middle

  • Artist Of The Week

    • Matt Owens

      Piano At The Greyhound (At ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Session)

  • Song Of The Month

    • Faye James

      Odds (feat. Louis The Tenth)

  • Tale Lights

    Into Despair

  • Ioan Price

    Solo

  • In The Gig Guide

    • Nigel Clark

      21st Century Man

      • 21st Century Man.
      • Hijack Records.
      • 4.
  • The Grimaldi Band

    Square Peg

  • Artist Of The Week

    • Matt Owens

      Cargo For The Road (At ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Session)

  • Eskelate

    I Don't Mind (feat. Rachael Medhurst)

    • Liminal Music.
  • Tommy and the Vines

    Losing You

  • Studio Blog: Load Street Studios, Bewdley

    • Macy O

      Leaving

Broadcast

  • Sun 21 Feb 2021 18:00

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The biggest music events in Herefordshire & Worcestershire.

Gigs

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History

History

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Masterclass

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Sessions

Sessions

The best live performances since 2005.