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Andrew Marston with Sam Ostler (Redditch)

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

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Sun 4 Mar 2018 18:00
大象传媒 Hereford & Worcester

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Music Played

  • Oysterband

    Blackwaterside

    • Pukka Music.

  • Mumbo-Jumbo

    Nice Work

  • Haunted Souls

    Shakin' The Money Down

  • Small Engine Repair

    This Life

    • Hilldrop Records.

  • Sian Vincent

    No Longer Blue

  • The Sunday Session

    • Sam Ostler

      Here To Stay

  • Wooden Horse

    Yonder Calling

  • The Delray Rockets

    Beer O'Clock boogie

  • Marie-Claire Berreen & Her Husbands

    Turn My World Around

  • BiiJ (But is it Jazz?)

    A Frog In The Bell

  • Jeremy Johnson

    Vertigo

  • Devon Mayson

    You Only Love Me When You're Drunk

  • Benjamin Brannelly

    Fly Away

  • Tale Lights

    Follow You

  • The Uproars

    Get Wild

  • In session at 大象传媒 Maida Vale

    • Robert Plant & Sensational Space Shifters

      Misty Mountain Hop

      • Atlantic Records.

  • Track of the Week

    • Chloe Elliot

      Don't You Ever

  • Performed live at the Hay Festival

    • Will Hunt

      Momentary Romance

  • James Mulvale

    The Robbery

  • Under A Banner

    Impossible Day

  • Tom Hughes

    The Magic Of Mordiford

  • Sally Knight & The Night Time Band

    24 Hr Loving

    • Venus Records.

The Greatest Showman

The Greatest Showman
The Greatest Showman has done great business at the cinema, but were you aware of its links to Malvern?
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Jenny Lind, one of the main characters in the story, saw out her final days at the foot of the hills and even staged her last performance at the town's spa.
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Jenny grew up in the early nineteenth century, entering the Royal Theatre School in Stockholm at the age of 9, quickly becoming one of the country鈥檚 prominent vocalists, enjoying success all over Europe.
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鈥淛enny Lind fever鈥� swept the West End - with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert regular members of her audience - with clothes, hats, cigars (and even a train), named after her.
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She was a philanthropist, raising money for hospitals in her native Sweden and, among others, The Worcester Royal Infirmary.
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She often sang at Little Malvern Church, below British Camp, where she stayed until her death in 1883.
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She is buried in the Great Malvern Cemetery and her Malvern residence, at Wynd鈥檚 Point, is owned and looked after by the Cadbury Trust.

Robert Plant

Robert Plant
Kidderminster鈥檚 Robert Plant has been in at 大象传媒 Hereford & Worcester talking about his remarkable career, living in the States and his love for Worcestershire.
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The 69-year-old frontman of Led Zeppelin has been performing in rock bands for over 50 years, since cutting his teeth at venues such as and听.
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Live music: Sam Ostler

Live music: Sam Ostler
A Redditch musician has just come back from a 17-date tour with sixties鈥� chart-toppers The Stylistics.
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Sam Ostler, whose influences include The Beatles, Elton John, U2 and Coldplay, performed in front of 30,000 people up and down the UK including a headline show at the 02 Arena in London.
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Sam鈥檚 now had every track from his 2 EPs played on the 大象传媒 鈥� and joined us for a live session at the Boar鈥檚 Head in Kidderminster a couple of years ago.
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Judas Priest tour

Judas Priest tour
In America, they鈥檙e are regarded as one of the biggest and most influential rock groups in history but, despite selling more than 50 million albums, here in the UK they鈥檝e never quite enjoyed the same success.
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Next week Judas Priest, who formed almost 50 years ago, release their latest album 'Firepower', recorded at the Old Smithy studios in Kempsey.
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They鈥檙e also getting ready for an upcoming world tour but, sadly, without founder member and Great Witley resident Glenn Tipton, who's suffering from Parkinson's.听
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Live music: Will Hunt

Live music: Will Hunt
His dad was in ELO/Wizzard and cousin fronted the Wonderstuff - this week we hear from Bromsgrove musician Will Hunt.
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Will鈥檚 had an illustrious career - having been signed to a major record label, performed at Glastonbury at a dance musician, but has now turned his hand to writing acoustic folk melodies.
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He joined us our 大象传媒 Music Introducing stage at the Hay Festival performing a song that would later go on to be our Track of the Week.
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Features

  • : What's off (!) because of the snow.
  • :听Ellie Goulding helping Hereford's homeless.

大象传媒 Music Introducing in Kington

大象传媒 Music Introducing in Kington
Our next recording session will take place on Sunday, 25 March in Kington.
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We're bringing along handpicked musicians from Herefordshire and Worcestershire to record their live sessions for broadcast.
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They've all uploaded their tracks to the听大象传媒 Music Introducing Uploader听- but didn't know they were being considered for this incredible opportunity.
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The free event takes place at the Oxford Arms and the live music starts at 2pm.

Broadcast

  • Sun 4 Mar 2018 18:00
    大象传媒 Hereford & Worcester

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