Andrew Marston introduces Teddy Matthews (Kidderminster)
Unsigned, undiscovered and under-the-radar music, as recorded at The Hay Festival.
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Groove Armada backstage at El Dorado Festival
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Conspiracy Of Kings
Until The End Of The Day
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Appeared at Glastonbury
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Institutes
Not Alone
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Tom Forbes
Stay For Alice
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Ross Angeles
Did You Notice
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In session at the Hay Festival
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Teddy Matthews
Worry
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Teddy Matthews
Renna
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Jake Price
Touch & Go (Loving You)
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Appeared at the Jinney Ring Festival
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The Haunted Souls
Kool Beans
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Jasper in the Company of Others
Empty Cup
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Nature of Wires
For The Blood In Your Veins
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Rivas
My Lost Soul
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Performing at Glastonbury
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Pretenders
Don't Get Me Wrong
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In session at the Hay Festival
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Teddy Matthews
Love
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Teddy Matthews
Hold On The Rhythm
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In session
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He took some of those songs along to Gavin Monaghan at Magic Garden Studios, the engineer behind The Editors and The Twang.
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Teddy, who's from Kidderminster, is influenced by Ben Howard and Turin Brakes and it was a real pleasure to welcome him on stage at the Hay Festival.
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“His songs deserve to be heard by a national audience - an amazing songwriter with a haunting powerful delivery" - Andrew Marston.
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Highlights: Glastonbury 2017
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Last year, Leominster's AKA George delivered the set of the weekend on the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Introducing stage but this year, we've had three local performers appearing at Worthy Farm.
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This week, we hear fromÌýGareth Griffiths, from Worcester, who played two sets over the weekend - on the solar-powered Lizard Stage and then at the Avalon Inn.
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We catch up with Evesham's , who played on the Croissant Neif bandstand a couple of times before joining another band on drums.
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Plus Hereford's , who was helping the Â鶹ԼÅÄ with outside broadcast rigging when he suddenly got asked to DJ in the silent disco.
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We've also been speaking to Â鶹ԼÅÄ Introducing success story George Ezra, who returned to our stage to play a set and offer words of wisdom to new musicians.
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We'll round up our Glastonbury coverage by hearing a live track from Hereford band The Pretenders whoÌýkicked off proceedings with fans rocking out on The Other Stage.
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30 June - 3 July: El Dorado Festival, Eastnor Castle nr Ledbury
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Headliners include Jax Jones, Artful Dodger, Hot 8 Brass Band and the Sugarhill Gang.
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This week, we hear from Groove Armada chatting backstage to Andrew Marston.
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Highlights: Olly Murs at New Road
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The gig, which is part of a series of concerts at New Road, could be heard throughout the city.
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Hear from the fans on this week's show, including a review from Lindsey, who won tickets in our big giveaway.
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Highlights: Hopfest, Bewdley
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Their director, Peter Barnett, says: "It's a very good and talented line up - all local and from Worcestershire, including some really good young bands."
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Tonnes of the musicians on the bill were as a direct result of appearing here on Â鶹ԼÅÄ Introducing.
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So we've been to investigate!
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Â鶹ԼÅÄ Introducing at the Hay Festival
This month's sessions were recorded in the Â鶹ԼÅÄ tent at the 30th anniversary of the Hay Festival.
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The 11-day event now has offshoot festivals which take place all over the world, showcasing famous scientists, authors and entertainers in a field on the Herefordshire/Welsh border.
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Other musical acts on the lineup included Will Young, Brian May, Amy MacDonald, DJ Yoda, Norman Jay and Craig Charles.
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There were also appearances from Eddie Izzard, Andy Parsons, Sir Ken Dodd, Stephen Fry, Graham Norton, Bill Bailey and chess champion Garry Kasparov.
Highlights: The Sonic Rock Solstice, Bromsgrove
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This was the 15th anniversary of the event, from the team that are also behind Onboard The Craft.
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Stoke Prior also hosts Beermageddon and Breaking Bands every year.Ìý
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We've been getting top tips for new musicians from the doctor!
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Highlights: The Jinney Ring Folk Festival, Bromsgrove
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Headlining the programme were the celebrated songwriters Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman - twice winners of the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2 folk award for best duo and acclaimed for their wide-ranging, acoustic repertoire.
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We caught up with the musicians who'd travelled from far and wide.
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Highlights: The Droitwich Food & Drink Festival
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But there were a lot more tasty offerings than the cheese, bread and wine as the organisers put on a smorgasbord of live music, too.
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Our reporter Nina Das Gupta chats to one of the bands that brought the atmosphere to life.
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Â鶹ԼÅÄ Introducing at the Nozstock Festival
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Russell Howard describes it as "a rural slice of English eccentricity" and Phill Jupitus & The Blockheads say "Nozstock is the best festival of its size in the UK".
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This event started as a family BBQ more than 15 years ago that just got out of hand!
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This year, they will be ‘Keepin’ it Surreal’ - a broad church as far as themes go.
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Acts include Seasick Steve, Happy Mondays, The Correspondents, Krafty Kuts & Dynamite MC.
Broadcast
- Sat 1 Jul 2017 20:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Hereford & Worcester
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