Andrew Marston introduces Melisa Le Rue (Ledbury)
Unsigned, undiscovered and under-the-radar music, as recorded at the Worcester Music Festival.
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Melisa Le Rue's 大象传媒 Introducing session
Duration: 32:21
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Priori
I Don't Love You
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Bleeding Hearts
Democracy
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Barbarix
Between The Lines
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Russ Lloyd
It's My Secret
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Gig of the week
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Mumbo-Jumbo
Regret It
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Melisa Le Rue
Lost Soul
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Melisa Le Rue
Easy
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The Sequence
Bullfighter
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Sproatly Smith
We Plough & Sow
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On the 大象传媒 Introducing stage at LakeFest
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Carol Lee Sampson
Let & Let Live
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Carol Lee Sampson
Cut Loose
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Cyclone
Seasons
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Melisa Le Rue
Life Is Beautiful
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Melisa Le Rue
Unite
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In session
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She was born in London and raised in Canon Frome, near Ledbury.
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Born to an English Quaker father and Filipino Catholic mother, they fostered teenagers including asylum seekers from Zimbabwe and Afghanistan - exposing her to musical cultures from all over the world.
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For the past seven years, she's been performing in Dubai and released her debut EP in New York City after being picked up by a record label.
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Her first single, Unite, features the Grammy award-winning group The Soweto Gospel Choir and to celebrate its launch it became our 大象传媒 Introducing Track of the Week.
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Fresh back from living in the UAE, Melisa joined us for an extra special session as part of this year's Worcester Music Festival.
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Becky Hill
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Back then, she was writing and performing tracks with a band called听.
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Over those next few months, we forwarded three of her best singles onto Huw Stephens and Tom Robinson and invited her band to perform a live session with us at Nozstock.
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Just one year later, Becky landed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to听.
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Although she didn't win it,听.
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She's since teamed up with several high profile producers and is regularly performing gigs all over the world.
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, Becky joined us in the studio to talk about life in the Top 40.
Features
- : Have we found Worcestershire's next Elgar?
- : What's on and where in the two counties.
New album
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, who formed around seven years ago, performed at the London venue as part of Blues Fest 2014 but after an issue over rights - were forced to re-record the album elsewhere.
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Using the same 大象传媒 sound engineer - they performed a hometown gig at The Cube - and the final mix is released today.
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This coincides with front-woman Becky Tate picking up a third gold in the British Blues Awards for Instrumentalist Of The Year.
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大象传媒 Introducing: The Worcester Music Festival
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The event has been compared to a local version of SXSW with several pubs and clubs around the city hosting live music with song-writing workshops also taking place during the weekend.
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It was founded in 2008 by Chris Bennion who makes Worcestershire Sauce who wanted his area to be known for more than just Lea & Perrins.
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Reviews
- at the Chestnut Tree, Worcester.
- , Mark Miletich, Chris Lee, Chewie Beard & Connie Gordon at West Malvern Social Club.
大象传媒 Introducing: The Bewdley Festival
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Since 2011, we've been taking the show out on-the-road showcasing the very best musicians from our two counties.
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On Sunday 11 October, we'll be rolling up to the听听to record several acts who we've been playing on听大象传媒 Hereford & Worcester听recently.
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We'll bring the bands - all we need now - is the fans!听
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None of these artists knew they were being considered for a live session - they were chosen based on the tracks they听.
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So if you'd like to Be Part Of It then simply turn up on the day - it's free to get in - but you must be prepared to make lots of noise for local music!听
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Doors open at 2pm - but you're more than welcome to turn up anytime until 6pm.
Broadcast
- Sat 10 Oct 2015 20:00大象传媒 Hereford & Worcester
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