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X-Factor national finalist Ellice is a passionate, determined and gifted new country singer, with an emotive style and wonderful voice.
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Since winning a local talent competition aged 11, she has devoted the intervening years to developing her vocal capabilities and pursuing her dreams.
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In conjunction with playing gigs, concerts and charity events, she has also been devoting time to her full time education with additional studies in the performing arts.
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Hailing from Hereford, she is in the respected line of creative artists and singers that have begun their careers in this lovely cathedral city, a diverse list that includes Ellie Goulding, and .
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The experience of being in the X-Factor boot-camp ultimately gave Ellice a new determination to never settle for less than the very best.
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"It was fun, but my heart has turned away from the glitzy attractions of show business and pop singing.
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"I want to establish a more long-term career singing the music I love and that I'm passionate about; and I love different styles of country music.
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"I am now finding my own voice, and expressing the music and songs that I love in my own way, and finding the unique artist within me.
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"And I'm having great fun pursuing my dreams!"

It's one of the least populated towns in Herefordshire (according to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,597) yet has produced gems like and - who wrote his album Hergest Ridge on, errrr, Hergest Ridge.
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For the last two years we've been taking the 大象传媒 Introducing Recording Roadshow out-and-about - and this was the last town in Herefordshire we've not yet visited.
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When we rolled up at the Oxford Arms we were promised the biggest storm of the decade - which has been a general theme of our recording sessions this year - but luckily it came to nothing!
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The campaign to see a statue of the late, great Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham built in Redditch is gathering pace.
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One of the bands official tribute acts, Hats Off To Led Zeppelin, has now joined a project to raise the 拢50,000 needed to build a statue and will be collecting donations at their up coming gigs.
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If successful John Bonham will join some other famous statues across the two counties.
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, from Bewdley, has recently come back from a European tour taking in places like German, the Czech Republic, Poland, Belgium, The Netherlands and Finland three times - where he also has his own band!
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He's toured with the likes of BB King, Ray Charles, Buddy Guy, Mick Taylor, Rory Gallagher, Peter Green, Junior Wells, Johnny Winter, Canned Heat, Robin Trower, Jeff Healey, Dan Baird and many others.
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He's also recorded with Chris Glen, Ted McKenna (SAHB, MSG), Don Airey (Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne), Gerry McAvoy and Brendan O'Neill (Rory Gallagher).
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A recent reviewe described him as a combination of Jimmy Hendrix, John Butler, Rory Gallagher and Led Zeppelin.
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This week, :

• at Re-Con in Great Malvern
• Mansize, Evolution Of Man, Spacewitch, Mage & Gringo at the Pig & Drum in Worcester
• Mike Mann, , Ruben Seabright, , Mari V, Russ Marshall & Terry Walls at The Firefly, Worcester.
  
• Seasons Hollow & at the Jailhouse in Hereford
  

, how music fans are still waiting for a refund from the team behind the cancelled Ringmaster Festival.
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, tonnes going on including the tour of Leominster's , who we got onto the 大象传媒 Radio 1 playlist this week.

If you're a budding solo artist, an MC, or just started a brand new band then you should check out 大象传媒 Introducing Musicians' Masterclasses.

On Thursday 21 March, we visited various locations across the UK - Glasgow, Belfast, London, Salford & Cardiff. DJs from all over 大象传媒 Radio, music industry experts and artists got together to host a day of sessions, workshops and masterclasses.

On the guestlist at Maida Vale were Worcester's , Malvern's , Bromyard's , Droitwich's and Bewdley's .

Invited to Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff were Hereford's , Kidderminster's and man-of-many-Worcester-bands .

We covered everything from song writing & MC workshops to promoting your music & making the most of your Twitter accounts.

We also heard from successful artists about their own musical journeys. Our special guests included Ben Howard, Aluna George, Wretch 32, Devlin, Angel, Japanese Popstars, Phil Kieran, Badly Drawn Boy and the Manic Street Preachers.
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This week we hear from national star Ben Howard on the lessons he's learned and extracts from the session at Pacific Quay in Scotland where Mike Smith from Mercury Records speaks about the importance of 大象传媒 Introducing.
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