
Andrew Marston celebrates Record Store Day
Unsigned, undiscovered and under-the-radar music from Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
• We’re celebrating Record Store Day across the region, including the pop-up shop in Worcester following the departure of Rise earlier this year.
• The Worcester DJ performing alongside Fatboy Slim at the Austrian Snowbombing Festival.
• In our Musicians’ Masterclass, Tom Robinson explains how to make money from music.
• Live music from the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 2 Young Folk Award finalist Mae Bradbury, as recorded in Droitwich.
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Music Played
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The Americas
Bubblegum
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Loula
Plaything
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Quantic
Atlantic Oscillations
- Tru Thoughts.
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Chevy Chase Stole My Wife
Anchor
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Appeared at Record Store Day
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Redwood
You're Killing Me
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Shaun Williams
Let It In Let It Out
- Flaunt Recordings.
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In the Gig Guide
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The Undercover Hippy
Truth & Fiction
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RABArtist
Questions
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Interviewed
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Jay Newman
Synthtrack
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Gwyn Ashton
Candy Store
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In the news
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Ellie Goulding
Sixteen
- Sixteen.
- POLYDOR.
- 1.
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Kideva
Poison
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Kundabuffa
Come and Play
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The Insomniacs
Good Intentions
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Medusa
Catching Rays
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In the Gig Guide
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ZILCH.
New Way Out
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In session
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Mae Bradbury
Here I Go Again (Live from The Norbury Theatre, Droitwich)
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Mae Bradbury
Bones (Live from the Norbury Theatre, Droitwich)
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Inwards
Dart
- Small Pond.
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Plane Crasher
Cough It Up
Record Store Day
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So down at the Worcester Arts Workshop there's been a pop up record store where independent and unsigned musicians have been selling their music.
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Chloe Mogg, Ruben Seabright, Redwood, Hannah Law and the poet Happy Bones have also been down there entertaining the crowds.
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Meanwhile, the owner of Worcester's Market Hall Records, Nick Knowles, says there's more interest in vinyl now than at any other time this century.
Top opportunity for local DJ
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This week, Jay Newman has performed at the main party of Austria's Snowbombing Festival just before Tom Grennan, Eats Everything and Fat Boy Slim.
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Having made his name as a promoter in Worcester with the Pro-ject warehouse parties - including at a carwash - he's worked his way to the top...of the Alps!
In session
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Recently her songwriting prowess saw her make the finals of the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 2 Young Folk Awards, going on to support Mark Moriss of The Bluetones.
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"Sensational music-from-the-heart with some beautiful stories to tell" - Andrew Marston.
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Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Music Introducing in Droitwich
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The 176-seat venue, which is run by local volunteers, hosts a variety of events from plays, cinema screenings and live streaming from the West End.
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The venue is situated inside Norbury House, an Art Deco building which started life as a luxury hotel - although it's role of putting up guests overnight was reasonably short-lived, having been used as a military hospital in WWII.
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The Norbury Theatre came into being in 1962 for the sole purpose for local amateur societies having a venue to perform at.
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Nowadays, they share Norbury House with 96 flats. The theatre takes up the largest area of the building, including dressing rooms on the first floor, extensive properties storage in the cellars and scenery in the old kitchens! Not forgetting, of course, the auditorium, foyer and stage!
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Features
- In the gig guide:ÌýChris Difford from Squeeze visits Worcestershire.
- In the news: Ellie Goulding releases two new singles.
Musicians' Masterclass
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In this week's Musicians' Masterclass, we look at the various revenue streams with:
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- Singer/songwriter and Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú 6 Music presenter Tom Robinson.
- Producer, composer & Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 1Xtra resident Moses Boyd.
- Lead singer Paul Smith of alternative rock band Maximo Park, who've had seven top 40 singles.
- Emily Phillips, who's been writing songs for major labels for more than a decade - including John Newman's 'Love Me Again'.
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Music Introducing in Redditch
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Every month, we pitch up to one of our leading local venues at towns and cities across the region to reflect what's hot on the local scene.
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Join us from 2pm-6pm to see the best new music in town. Admission is free.
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Broadcast
- Sat 13 Apr 2019 20:00Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Hereford & Worcester