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Andrew Marston introduces Granny's Attic (Worcester)

Unsigned, undiscovered and under-the-radar music with Andrew Marston.

2 hours

Music Played

  • At SXSW Festival

    • Lauren Wright

      Green Eyes

  • Ellice

    Lost

  • Dissident Prophet

    Get Up

  • Jayke

    Bleep

  • In session

    • Granny's Attic

      The Royal Oak

    • Granny's Attic

      All For Me Grog

  • News stories of the week

    • Mike Oldfield

      Sailing

    • Kev From The Murmur

      Poet In The Rain

  • Mr Heaven

    Middle Way

  • Daniel S

    Crescent

  • Lisbee Stainton

    Make Me Stay

  • Krome Angels ft Sian Evans

    Sparkel Motion

  • Gig of the week

    • Stuntdog

      Billy Botch

  • In session

    • Granny's Attic

      Mind The Gap

    • Granny's Attic

      Grumbling Old Man

In session

In session

Granny's Attic are a teenage folk trio from Worcester, who play a range of English, Irish and Scottish traditional music as well as their own compositions.

They formed in 2009 out of a shared passion for folk music and have recently got through to the .

Their line-up consists of a melodeon, concertina, acoustic guitar, fiddle and mandolin and have been firm favourites at the Worcester Music Festival and Bromyard Folk in recent years.

SXSW

SXSW

Kidderminster-based MAS Records has headed over to the SXSW music festival in Texas to showcase Worcestershire music to the American Audience for the听.

Mighty Atom Smasher is an independent record label and development programme founded in 2001 by Kevyn Gammond, with .

Every year they've released new albums and showcased the Midlands' musical talent to the rest of the world - and this year after teaming up with Taylor Swift's producer during her last visit to the festival.

Dancing On Ice

Dancing On Ice

He's spent the last nine years setting the soundtrack to a Sunday night in; but now a TV music composer, from Malvern, has submitted his closing piece for ITV's Dancing On Ice.

- but his association with skating came to an end last weekend when his last composition went out in the final of the celebrity reality TV show.听

Reviews

Reviews

This week, :

  • Ray Stroud, Conga Dave, Barrie Scott, Adrian Lord, Dan James & Flanagan the dog at The Chestnut Tree, Worcester.
  • Esther Turner & at The Firefly, Worcester.
  • Polly Edwards, V & Addis, Polly & Will, Matt Telfer, & Tina V at The Firefly, Worcester.

大象传媒 Introducing in Ledbury

大象传媒 Introducing in Ledbury
They've got one of the biggest stages in our area - plus a giant cinema-sized screen, making it the perfect place to showcase local musicians!

Ledbury's Market Theatre is run by a team of volunteers, and when we rolled up on Sunday 2 March for our second recording roadshow at this particular venue, Herefordshire's John Challis from Only Fools & Horses had been in the spotlight only the night before.

So throughout the whole of March and spilling into April, we're bringing you the bands and musicians that we recorded at the theatre, along with the massive gathering of festival organisers who turned up to talk about their summer events.

Features

Features
  • and music starts up at听two new Redditch venues - but is it in response to it being named the least musical place in Britain?
  • - and when is a nightclub no longer a nightclub?听When they can't play any music - find out why...

The 大象传媒 Introducing Musicians' Masterclass

大象传媒 1Xtra presenter Twin B demystifies the music industry explaining how the managers, pluggers, publishers and producers all fit in.

大象传媒 Introducing in West Malvern

大象传媒 Introducing in West Malvern
Our next recording session takes place on Sunday 30 March at the and features five acts who we've been playing on 大象传媒 Hereford & Worcester recently.

It's free to get in - and this is your chance to see how we capture live music on tape, while being able to enjoy some of the hottest new acts we've got in our area right now.

None of these artists knew they were being considered for a live session - they were chosen based on the tracks they .

Doors open at 2pm - but you're more than welcome to turn up anytime until 6pm.

Broadcast

  • Sat 15 Mar 2014 20:00

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