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Andrew Marston introduces Anya Sweeney (Redditch)

Unsigned, undiscovered and under-the-radar music, recorded at the Tenbury Music Festival.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Lost at Home

    Don't Change On Me

  • Appearing at Nozstock

    • Little Big Stuff

      Light It Up

  • SaltWounds

    Pressure

  • Appearing at Nozstock

    • The Stiff Joints

      Techno Zombie

  • TriskelionMusik

    Ultraviolet

  • In session at the Tenbury Music Festival

    • Anya Sweeney

      Back To Vinyl

    • Anya Sweeney

      Time

  • Tributes

    • Stoned Love

      Put It Back In Your Pocket

  • Bekah

    Rainbow

  • Project Revise

    Take A Moment

  • Lonesome Stampede

    Girl After Dark

  • Moon Goose

    The Mysterious Coffins Of Arthurs Seat

  • In session at the Tenbury Music Festival

    • Anya Sweeney

      Seamless Young

    • Anya Sweeney

      Say My Name

In session

In session
Anya Sweeney is an 18-year-old solo artist from Redditch.
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She was the singer in a jazz band at St Augustine's High School and used to go 'on tour' in a different country every year to perform at amazing venues.
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She says "because of that and my parents, my main influences are jazz, soul, country and acoustic rock."
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Her inspirations include Ray Charles, KT Tunstall and Ed Sheeran for his songwriting and drive to work hard.
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"It’s no wonder she's been our Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Introducing Track Of The Week twice with stunning songs like this" - Andrew Marston.
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Nozstock: The Hidden Valley

Nozstock: The Hidden Valley
It's a huge weekend for music fans in our area with two of our biggest festivals taking place.
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Nozstock, near Bromyard, started on Friday and there's some big names performing on the main stage.
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Headliners include Seasick Steve, Happy Mondays and our special guests Hayseed Dixie.
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Upton Blues Festival

Upton Blues Festival
Thousands of people are descending on Upton-upon-Severn for the annual blues festival.
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The three-day event has more than a hundred-and-thirty free gigs across three stages and ten pub venues.
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Malvern Hills District Council estimate it brings in around £800,000 to the local economy.
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Highlights: Party In The Park nr Kidderminster

Highlights: Party In The Park nr Kidderminster
The third Party In The Park has taken place in Cookley, with 14 acts performing over nine hours of live music.
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This year, the event saw a headline performance from Pershore's Toyah WillcoxÌýas well as tonnes of tribute acts.
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Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Introducing at the Nozstock Festival

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Introducing at the Nozstock Festival
Our next recording session takes place on Sunday 23 July at the Nozstock Festival near Bromyard, with acts on our very own Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Introducing stage.
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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.

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Introducing at the Latitude Festival

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Introducing at the Latitude Festival
Our new music stage has returned to Latitude, for a second year, showcasing some of our favourite acts from across the country.
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Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Introducing has nurtured the careers of artists such as Ed Sheeran, Florence and the Machine and George Ezra, all of whom have graced the stages of Latitude.
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The stage was programmed with classical, world, jazz, country and folk music that was submitted via the 36 local Introducing shows with a panel of network presenters selecting their favourites to perform at the event.
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Dancing On Ice returns

Dancing On Ice returns
Dancing On Ice is to return to our TV screens, this year, and the music has been composed by a Malvern man.
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The theme tune to the ITV series, which has been off-air for three years, was actually written using a frying pan.
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In fact, we think that Paul Farrer's kitchenware is probably more famous than Jamie Oliver's, Delia Smith's and Gordon Ramsey's put together!
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Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Introducing at the Tenbury Music Festival

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Introducing at the Tenbury Music Festival
This month's sessions were recorded at the Tenbury Music Festival.
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The 12-hour event returned for a second year featuring an assortment of great local musical talent and our very own Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Introducing stage.
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Last year, the organisers raised £3,000 for the Teenage Cancer Trust and welcomed 1,000 visitors.
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Music History

Music History
Our music history feature, this week, looks at the life of teenage Eddy Elgar.
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Back in his early days, he accompanied his father on the church organ at St George's in Worcester - and, if the surmon 'went on a bit', his dad would nip across to the pub opposite, often running back when he could hear Ed covering for him!
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He'd then have to cycle 'like mad' up to the Cathedral to play at that service, too!
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They held a special service at the church, recently, looking at those lesser-known stories and playing the songs he wrote while messing around on the organ during his spare time!
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Broadcast

  • Sat 22 Jul 2017 20:00

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