Andrew Marston with the Royal Variety composer
Unsigned, undiscovered and under-the-radar music from Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
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Arcadia Roots
Take You Higher
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Shiraz Hempstock
Simmer Down
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Sasha McVeigh
I Stand Alone
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Unit Shifter
Waves
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Peter With Rosie
Market Towns
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Lee Jones
Behind The Scenes
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Emily Ewing
Let It Fall
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Interviewed
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Deborah Rose
Taigh Alainn
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Alula Down
Master Kilby
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The live music hour
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The Wandering Hearts
Wild Silence (Live from 大象传媒 Music's Biggest Weekend 2018)
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Devon Mayson
Fligh High (Live from 大象传媒 Worcester)
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Jack Hyphen
Flee (Live from Lakefest 2018)
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Bryn Teeling
Brand New (Live from Worcester Music Festival 2018)
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Gravity Drive
Kaleidoscope (Live from 大象传媒 Broadcasting House)
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Ben Goodwin
Oceans (Live from the Phoenix Theatre in Ross-on-Wye)
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Matt Sheehan
This Place We Call Home (Live from Worcester's Christmas Lights)
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Matt Sheehan
Last Christmas (Live from Worcester's Christmas Lights)
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Lucy May Walker
Heartbreak Song (Live from 大象传媒 Broadcasting House)
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In session
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"It's been a life-long dream since I was a child," he says.
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Matt was brought up listening to country artists such as Garth Brooks and Travis Tritt to the heavy rock riffs of Nirvana, Guns N' Roses and The Rolling Stones.
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鈥淏eautiful songs from the soul performed with such delicacy" - Andrew Marston.
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Writing a hit
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Jim鈥檚 written and produced songs for Kylie Minogue, Will Young, Olly Murs, Ellie Goulding, Christina Perri, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Leona Lewis, James Morrison, Rae Morris, Sigma and Foxes - and does all of this from his home in Hay-on-Wye.
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This week, we start a brand new series looking at the science behind a top ten hit.
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Performing for the Queen
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Deborah Rose has also been running various songwriting sessions in schools, prisons and with dementia patients - including a workshop in Balmoral - where the Queen was in attendance.
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Deborah has just returned from America having worked with Eva Cassidy's family developing some of her poetry into song - a move that led her to warming up for author Marianne Williamson, who's thinking about running for president.
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Royal Variety Performance
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Paul Farrer, who wrote the theme to the Weakest Link and Dancing On Ice (which returns on Sunday, 6 January), is also the musical director to Michael McIntyre's Unexpected Star and The Chase - which is currently being aired all over the world.
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He describes his work as a "small cog in a huge machine".
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Switching on Worcester's Christmas Lights
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Not only was this a fantastic opportunity for the musicians we selected (who didn鈥檛 even know they were being considered for this incredible gig), but also a chance for thousands of people to see the amazing talent we have right here on our doorstep.
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As always, we also hope this will also inspire other musicians to share their music with us.
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The event, this year, moved from the Guildhall to the newly-revamped Cathedral Square under the statue of Sir Edward Elgar.
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Cathedral singer
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11-year-old JJ, who goes to Hanley Castle High School, performed the concert on Friday night - but has also performed at Worcester Cathedral previously.
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She says although her three sisters also sing, her ultimate aim is to become a pop star.
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The live music advent calendar
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We won't be playing a single CD, MP3, tape or vinyl - because we're giving you the music you won't be able to get anywhere else on the planet!
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This week, hear tracks performed at 大象传媒 Broadcasting House, 大象传媒 Music's Biggest Weekend, in our Worcester studios, , , the 听and at听.
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Ukulele help
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Kathryn Davis, the chief executive of Headway Worcestershire, was delighted to receive the cheque from Worcester Ukulele Club chairman Alan Corder - saying it will make the world of difference to sufferers and their families.
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It's quickly becoming one of the most attended music workshops in the county and has grown to such an extent, they now take over the local library every Monday.
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Beginning with just a handful of players, the group - which started in the backroom of a pub - now has around 100 members who meet at the Hive every week.
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All well as being a community event, they play up to three gigs a day - from their repertoire of more than 130 songs - raising money, every year, for their chosen charity.
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Features
- : Jethro Tull at Hereford Cathedral.
- : Malvern Theatres to expand.
大象传媒 Music Introducing in Kidderminster
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The venue, which has made a name for itself as being the national HQ of the government-funded MAS Records scheme, is supported by Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin), Ricky Wilson (Kaiser Chiefs) and Karl Hyde (Underworld).
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We'll be 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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This free event, which is open to everybody, kicks off at 1pm and you're more than welcome to turn up anytime until 5pm.
Broadcast
- Sun 16 Dec 2018 18:00大象传媒 Hereford & Worcester
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