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Will Cookson is an English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist working loosely within the alt-folk genre.
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Crafted around an intimate lyrical style, he says his songs provide a portal into the deep and intangible seas of thought, dream and imagination.
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He lives at Kilpeck, between Hereford & Abergavenny, and takes inspiration from Nick Drake, Tom Waits, and Bob Dylan.
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"A haunting pin-drop performance from a musician who's on the crest of a wave" - Andrew Marston.

The funeral has taken place for Pete Overend Watts - the bass player of the Herefordshire band Mott The Hoople.
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While the group had a huge live following, it took for the likes of David Bowie to give them their first big single.
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But what Mott - and in particular Pete听- gave back to Bowie听was fashion.
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Andrew Marston went to听the service听of the man who invented glam rock.

A Herefordshire theatre, that stages live music, is looking to expand after outgrowing its existing venue.
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The Conquest, in Bromyard, sold 5,600 tickets last year and has just been given planning permission to build a separate performance space.
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The current building, which was constructed in 1991, is now being used five days hosting gigs, films, theatre and dance.

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• What's on across the region.

Black Sabbath, the British band credited with inventing heavy metal music, have played their last ever gig in their home city, Birmingham.
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The performance, on Saturday, featured 15 songs and only one of those was released after 1972.
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To look back over their career, , near Malvern, which used to be the home of drummer Bill Ward.

Andrew Marston: Tonight I want to talk about mental health in the music industry.
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The Amy Winehouse documentary was one of the first times I thought about mental health in the context of music. Pressure from the record label, pressure from the band, pressure from her family - not to mention torrents of online abuse, mainly from people she'd never met. Since then, there have been various well-known acts who've spoken out about their own mental health.
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We all love music. It runs in our blood and that's why we're here. But regardless of how much we love music, music doesn't always love us back.

70% of musicians suffer from mental health issues according to Help Musicians UK. That's compared to 25% of people, overall.