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Andrew Marston looks ahead to our summer festivals

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

• Details of this year's summer festivals as Tom Jones announces he'll be at this year's Lakefest, near Ledbury.

• Meeting the Hereford band that met while working as bouncers on the door of the city's biggest nightclub.

• We'll look at the Roadmap to Recovery, what that means for local musicians and what's in this week's gig guide.

• In our Chart Blog, Olly Alexander - who studied at Hereford College of Arts - decides to go solo with Years & Years.

• While live performances haven't been able to put food on the table, in our Musicians' Masterclass, we look at other ways your tunes can generate money.

• In our Collaborator Generator, find out how Nicki Minaj & Ariana Grande-inspired Chantelle Bayliss, from Worcester got on with award-winning video producer and performer Reuben Buffong, from Redditch.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Glass Violet

    Hourglass

  • ellis

    Orbit

    • Monstercat.
  • Ben Strange

    Make Believe

  • Baccuda

    Lions Den

  • Spence

    Promise Land

  • Becky Rose

    Film Noir

  • Artigo Son

    Other Side

  • Octophonic

    Living Sound

    • Octophonic Audio.
  • Kamnia

    Brave

  • Shaun Williams

    Right Now

    • FLAUNT Recordings.
  • Interviewed

    • Call of the Kraken

      Seeing Double

  • SainT

    Distant Dreams

    • MusicalKillah Records.
  • Andrew Marston's Chart Blog

    • Years & Years

      Starstruck (Live from The Graham Norton Show)

  • LTC

    Don't Take It For Granted

    • POGO HOUSE RECORDS.
  • Lady bNOW

    You Complete Me

  • Rob Hyde

    Everyday Shhh

  • Daniel Trigger

    Personal Asylum

  • LMP The Rapper

    Unspoken Thoughts

  • Collaborator Generator

    • India Parkman & MIME

      Strange Times

    • Joel Soul

      Tropical Love

    • Reuben Buffong vs Chantelle Bayliss

      Follow You

  • Matt Roberts

    Burning Down

  • Runrummer

    No Point

  • Hyper Clash

    Lockdown Stir-Crazy

  • Doctea

    Dark Star (feat. Terry Tolkin)

Broadcast

  • Sat 17 Apr 2021 19:00

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