Lisa T in session

Caution: This show may contain future stars! Andrew Marston introduces the best new music from our area, including:

• We're at the heavy metal homecoming as Lemmy is immortalised in bronze in the heart of Burslem.

• What’s it like to walk into a writing session with Anne-Marie or Tom Grennan? This week’s Musicians' Masterclass spills all - as we discover how the biggest selling songs on the planet are made.

• He once told us his story. Now he’s rapping it. Worcester musician BenObi takes centre stage for Mental Health Awareness Week with his new track Black Dog.

• We also hear from a Shrewsbury musician who lost his brother to addition - a story that he's put into music that is inspiring those in prisons and rehab centres.

• Pershore rock royalty Robert Fripp and his wife Toyah Willcox share an emotional story of survival after the King Crimson guitarist underwent emergency heart surgery in Italy.

• In our Music News: Some of our favourite local musicians on stage at the RHS Spring Festival, a popular Stoke music bar is to close, and how Nantwich is rocking once again.

• With her debut album soaring to #8 on the Official Country Artists Albums Chart, live music from Cheshire's Lisa T as performed at our BBC Introducing session as part of the Nantwich Jazz, Blues & Music Festival.

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