Andrew Marston introduces Shiraz Hempstock (Worcestershire)
Unsigned, undiscovered and under-the-radar music, as recorded at the Hay Festival.
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Paper Shapes
The Chase
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New release
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Joakim Molitor
4U (feat. Cher Lloyd)
- Uniform Beat.
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Sigma & Xsylum
Feels Like Home (feat. Ina Wroldsen)
- Universal Music.
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Fort Royal
The Race
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Ben.Y
Need You
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Melisa Le Rue
In Love With You
- Micheck.
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In session at the Hay Festival
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Shiraz Hempstock
Rain (feat. Sam Robinson)
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Shiraz Hempstock
Better
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The Archivists
You've Lost Love
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Project Mayhem
Here We Go
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PERFORMING AT BIGGEST WEEKEND, BELFAST
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Underworld
Low Burn
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Underworld
Rez
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Finn
If I Cannot Find You
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Aperture Sounds
Rise
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PERFORMING AT BIGGEST WEEKEND, SWANSEA
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Years & Years
Palo Santo
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Terminal Rage
Where's Our Democracy
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Tredz
Gangster
- Mafia Mob.
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Wolf Cryer
Spitfire
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Roman Fahls
Alaric
In session
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She started performing with a choir aged 9; her first solo performance was at 11 in a coffee shop singing two Adele songs; by 13 she'd secured a place at a performing arts school in Birmingham.
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At 14, Shiraz was practising at open mics in Worcestershire and she鈥檚 been going from strength to strength ever since.
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Her current influences include Ed Sheeran, the 1975 and Nina Nesbitt 鈥� while her childhood influences included Miley Cyrus and Duffy.
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"Amy Winehouse-esque vocal maturity from one of the newest shining lights on the local scene鈥� - Andrew Marston.
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Highlights: MappFest, Malvern
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The two-day event has a new chairman after festival founder Andy Mapp retired for heath reasons.
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The 2018 edition was raising money for Headway, St. Richard鈥檚 Hospice, Malvern Community Action and Charlotte and Craig鈥檚 Saving Hearts Foundation.
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Highlights: Sonic Rock Solstice, Bromsgrove
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Headliners this year included Evil Blizzard, Senser, Quantum Fantasy and Australasia.
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Last year Dr & The Medics were just one of a handful of bands performing at Stoke Prior Sports & Country Club for the festival.
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PopFest preview
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Gabrielle, BoyzLife, Louise, S Club, Whigfield, East 17 and Chesney Hawkes will be on the outfield for an all-day spectacular at New Road.
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Tonight, we hear from Louise (of Eternal), S Club and Chesney Hawks.
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Highlights: Weorgoran Pavilion Festival
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The shimmering Weorgoran Pavilion is the creation of award-winning art, architecture and design studio NEON as part of The Ring arts programme, which is running throughout spring and summer to celebrate the county鈥檚 rivers and canals.
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It also featured a commissioned soundscape, Shire Skies, by acclaimed Ledbury-born composer, musician and beatboxer Dave Crowe, that played throughout the ten days.
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Features
- In the gig guide:听Details of MappFest, Upton Jazz, El Dorado and Tenbury Music Festivals.
麻豆社 Music Introducing at the Hay Festival
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We were there, once again, with some of our favourite handpicked musicians from Herefordshire & Worcestershire, recording four sessions for broadcast.
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Musicians' Masterclass
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Held across three days, Amplify offered exclusive access to the UK music industry鈥檚 biggest names through intimate talks, music masterclasses and recording workshops.
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This week, we hear about getting your music onto a national station - like Radio 1.
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Annie Mac presents her new music show Monday to Thursday from 7pm, assisted by Jacob Rickard - who used to present THIS show on 麻豆社 Radio Kent.
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The Biggest Weekend: Underworld
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But it wasn't until the movie Trainspotting came out in 1996 that the electronica duo would achieve their highest success with the anthemic thumper Born Slippy.
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That film was directed by Danny Boyle, the same chap that directed the Olympic Games in London, who commissioned the band to write some of the soundtrack to the 2012 event.
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The Biggest Weekend: Years & Years
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Olly studied at听听and听听and became the band's lead singer after meeting at a house party and was overheard singing in the shower!
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He then went on to support听, who听also appeared in Swansea.听
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Monthly roadshows
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Since the beginning of 2011, we've taken our 麻豆社 Introducing show out on-the-road to various areas across our patch to bring people a flavour of the local music scene.
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Every month, we rock up at a different venue with a pile of microphones, cables and recording equipment along with several vans full of enthusiastic musicians!
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As well as the bands being able to invite an audience, we also bring along a number of music industry professionals to comment on the live acts.
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We tend to host our sessions on evenings/weekends is because it's normally a quiet time for venues - so effectively you get a free gig curated with the best bands (from the thousands who have submitted their music to us), full tech provided, plus听听- so effectively you just need to open your doors!
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To get involved, email听introhw@bbc.co.uk
Broadcast
- Sat 23 Jun 2018 20:00麻豆社 Hereford & Worcester
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