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Andrew Marston with coverage of the Bromsgrove Folk Festival

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

• Heading off to the Bromsgrove Folk Festival, taking place for the first time in three years - and for the final time in its current location.

• We're heading off for some Beer on the Wye, in our music news, as thousands of revellers turn up to enjoy some of the cool live music in the blazing hot sunshine.

• Meeting the Hereford musicians who've formed a band in Hong Kong and South Korea while working at an international school.

• Forget lessons, music books and YouTube instructional videos - we learn how to land a job as a conductor with a Herefordshire man who's now working with the Ludlow Orchestra.

• It was a festival born from the relaxation of lockdown rules - we're at the second-ever Vine Music Festival, in Tarrington, between Hereford and Ledbury.

• Hearing some of the music being performed at this year's Great Malvern Food Festival, which has had a tasty line-up of local bands across the whole weekend.

• A long overdue catch-up with Kidderminster's Lauren Wright, who's exploded back onto the music scene having appeared in a reality TV series on Channel 4.

4 hours

Music Played

  • Vinny Peculiar

    A Bigger Splash

    • Shadrack & Duxbury Records.
  • Heidi Browne

    Make You Rich

  • Josh Northwood

    Victim Mentality

  • Song Of The Month

    • BumbleWasps

      I Look Stupid

  • Jules Rendell

    The Return

  • Jonathan Markwood's Hoo-Hah Conspiracy

    This Is The Truth

    • HH Music.
  • Rachaayluu

    I Don't Need You

  • Carpark

    Don't Know Why We Met

  • Record Of The Week

    • Drew Darko

      Gone Girl

  • Sam Ostler

    Shine

  • Roundtrip to Tiny

    Intangible Assets

  • Lucy Shaw

    Wingman

  • Tommi C

    Get Up & Dance

  • Maddie Abbotts Cosier

    Wasting Time

  • Kizzy-Mae

    Buskers Blues

  • Interviewed

    • Josh Vine

      A Thousand Skies

  • RobBrunoRedd

    Hoggy Frog Horses

  • Telegraph City

    Head On My Shoulder

  • Alex Valentine

    The Harmony

  • Che Lindor

    Victoria (feat. Rachel Phillip)

  • Emilie Eleonore

    I'm Telling You Now

  • In The Gig Guide

    • Julie July Band

      Gold Dust

      • Aurora Folk Records.
  • Joseph Morris

    Devoted

  • ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Thoughts From Abroad

    • Hedonia

      I Wish For

  • Devon Mayson

    Tonight

  • Released Last Week

    • Meg Scane & Elison

      The Devil

  • Tim Prottey-Jones

    Bite The Bullet

  • Aymee Weir

    Hindsight

  • Madhava

    Connected

  • Ruhiya

    A Little Love

  • The Gravity Drive

    You Are More Than You Think You Are

  • Manu Song & Friends in support of Action Against Hunger

    A Candle For Peace

  • Interviewed

    • Lauren Wright

      Kiss Me

      • Right Recordings.
  • Poppy WS

    Someone Else

  • Calming River & Tom Neill

    Jejune

    • Dendron Records.

Broadcast

  • Sun 10 Jul 2022 18:00

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