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Andrew Marston with the Royal Variety composer

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

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Sun 16 Dec 2018 18:00
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Hereford & Worcester

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Music Played

  • Arcadia Roots

    Take You Higher

  • Shiraz Hempstock

    Simmer Down

  • Sasha McVeigh

    I Stand Alone

  • Unit Shifter

    Waves

  • Peter With Rosie

    Market Towns

  • Lee Jones

    Behind The Scenes

  • Emily Ewing

    Let It Fall

  • Interviewed

    • Deborah Rose

      Taigh Alainn

  • Alula Down

    Master Kilby

  • The live music hour

    • The Wandering Hearts

      Wild Silence (Live from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Music's Biggest Weekend 2018)

    • Devon Mayson

      Fligh High (Live from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Worcester)

    • Jack Hyphen

      Flee (Live from Lakefest 2018)

      • Sentric.

    • Bryn Teeling

      Brand New (Live from Worcester Music Festival 2018)

    • Gravity Drive

      Kaleidoscope (Live from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Broadcasting House)

    • Ben Goodwin

      Oceans (Live from the Phoenix Theatre in Ross-on-Wye)

    • Matt Sheehan

      This Place We Call Â鶹ԼÅÄ (Live from Worcester's Christmas Lights)

    • Matt Sheehan

      Last Christmas (Live from Worcester's Christmas Lights)

    • Lucy May Walker

      Heartbreak Song (Live from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Broadcasting House)

In session

Hereford's Matt Sheehan has always wanted to play music.
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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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“Beautiful songs from the soul performed with such delicacy" - Andrew Marston.
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Writing a hit

Jim Eliot has had seven UK top 10 singles - that’s the same number as Adele. But just who is this one-man hit factory?
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Jim’s 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

A Worcester musician has performed for the Queen and possibly the future president of America.
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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

We're catching up with the Malvern composer whose latest work includes the 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

Our sessions, this month, come from the Worcester Christmas Lights switch-on ceremony.
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Not only was this a fantastic opportunity for the musicians we selected (who didn’t 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

A Worcestershire choral singer has landed the opportunity of a lifetime - singing Alex Jones' 'Walking In The Air' at Gloucester Cathedral for Christmas.
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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

Throughout the whole of December, we're dedicating the second hour of our shows to live music.
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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 Â鶹ԼÅÄ Broadcasting House, Â鶹ԼÅÄ Music's Biggest Weekend, in our Worcester studios, , , the Ìýand atÌý.
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Ukulele help

A Worcestershire charity, that helps people with head injuries, has been awarded nearly £7,000 thanks to ukulele players in the city!
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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.

Â鶹ԼÅÄ Music Introducing in Kidderminster

Our next recording session will take place on Sunday, 27 January at Kidderminster College.
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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 theÌýÂ鶹ԼÅÄ Music Introducing UploaderÌý- 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
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Hereford & Worcester

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