Andrew Marston with Nigel Clark of Dodgy
Unsigned, undiscovered and under-the-radar music from Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
• Nigel Clark of Dodgy is on, talking about a special gig he’s putting on in Redditch to raise awareness of knife crime in schools.
• The last in our series from the Upton Sunshine Festival with the band that won £125,000.
• Announcing who’ll be playing at our next recording session at the Conquest Theatre in Bromyard on Sunday, 24 November.
• He was once signed by Simon Cowell - Hereford rock & roll star Bo Walton is our Artist of the Week.
• More of your memories from the Malvern Winter Gardens.
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Kathrine Priddy
Letters From A Travelling Man
- Static Caravan.
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Matt Woosey
Walkin The Blues
- Confidential Records UK Ltd.
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Real Time Apollo
To Save The Day
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Kundabuffa
What's In It For You?
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Nigel Clark
21st Century Man
- Hijack Records Ltd.
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Toby Charles
Rather Be With You
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Phil Hickin
I Would Know
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The Indigo Kings
It's Just So
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Jason Mark Yates
Too Many Storms
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Performing at our next ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Music Introducing recording session
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The Whipjacks
All Of My Pains Are Self-Inflicted
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Slippery Slope
Drowsy Maggie INST
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Loula
Memory
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Savestate
Fall From Grace
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Artist of the Week
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Bo Walton
This Little Car Of Mine
- Jump Jack Records.
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Julie July Band
Raven
- Aurora Folk Records.
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Philip Whitehead
A Little Bit Real
- MUK Records.
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The Fireside Family
Words Water
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Gareth Swindall-Parry
The Journey
Charity Gig
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His band shot to fame during the 1990s with singles including 'Staying Out For The Summer', 'If You're Thinking Of Me' and 'Good Enough'.
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On Friday, a special event at the Studley Road Social Club will raise funds for the Redditch Selfdefence Association.
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Police forces across England and Wales are battling rising levels of knife crime, with the latest figures showing offences involving knives has dramatically increased outside of London.
Artist of the Week
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So far, he's achieved a #1 on the British & Irish Country Music Charts and, at one point, was signed by Simon Cowell who never released any of his tracks!
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Bo's had songs written and produced for him by people including Mark Knofler, of Dire Straits fame, and Nick Kershaw.
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But his most regular songwriter is John David, who's also penned tracks for Dave Edmunds, Phil Everley, Cliff Richard and Status Quo.
Upton Sunshine Festival
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There were also performances from The Osmonds, S Club 7, Judge Jules and Dave Pearce.
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Because we chatted to so many performers - getting their top tips for new musicians - we've been spreading out our coverage across this last month!
Upton Sunshine Highlights: The Secret Cabaret ft Danyl Johnson
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But the collaboration came about through the most unlikely of circumstances; Mark Roelink, of the Secret Cabaret, won £125,000 in the postcode lottery - and it was Danyl who presented him with the cheque!
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The band had been climbing the festival's bill for a number of years, anyway.
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But that chance encounter led to Mark asking the former X Factor contestantÌýto join them, on stage, to round off the weekend in style!
Malvern Winter Gardens
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From the early '60s, for a period of around 30 years, Malvern Winter Gardens rocked to the sounds of bands such The Jam, The Kinks, The Who, Pink Floyd, Motorhead, Hawkwind and many more, some of whom were in their infancy at the time.
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Local charity Rock Around the Hills created an interactive exhibition, thanks to a £60,000 grant, celebrating the story of rock, punk and progressive rock at the Winter Gardens from 1961 to 1990.
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The display features more than 400 posters, tickets, flyers and fanzines, as well as recorded memories from audience members, musicians and promoters who were all part of the scene.
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Having already been at Malvern Library and the Hive in Worcester, the exhibition has now moved to the airwaves - and we're broadcasting some of those memories every Sunday, from 6pm, here on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Hereford & Worcester.
Features
- In the Gig Guide: Details about the Bewdley Festival.
- In the news: New music from Malvern's Cher Lloyd.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Music Introducing in Bromyard
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If you've only ever driven through the town before, the Conquest is on what we like to call 'Nozstock Street!'.
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The theatre has now been hosting events at its Tenbury Road location for a quarter of a century - but they'd been campaigning for a facility like this since the '50s, according to the records book.
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Originally, events had been held in an 'old tin hut' which had been built in 1919 by the Royal British Legion.ÌýBut eventually they decided an all-singing, all-dancing venue was what the town needed.
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We'd love to see you on the 24th - simply turn up, there's no need to book.
Broadcast
- Sun 13 Oct 2019 18:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Hereford & Worcester
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