Andrew Marston introduces Point Zero (Kington)

It's been at the cutting edge of the local music scene since we went on-air in June 2005 - and eight years on, we decided it was about time to take our BBC Introducing recording roadshow there!

So for the whole of March - we've been bringing you music recorded at Kidderminster College, home to MAS Records, who were at SXSW in Texas this month, showcasing local music to an international audience.

This week's live session comes from the Kington band Point Zero.

It features Ben Redfern on lead guitar, Adam Redfern on drums, Liam James Davies on bass and Jack Lloyd on lead vocals and rhythm guitar.

They claim to spend every spare second putting their time into music - but we've heard otherwise (apparently they're suckers for fast food!).

Catch their live session and interview on this week's show!

All of our live studio and festival sessions since 2005

BBC Introducing in Hereford & Worcester supports unsigned, undiscovered and under-the-radar music from across our two counties.

Our next recording session takes place on Friday 5 April in the music department at John Kyrle High School in Ross-on-Wye and features the four acts we plan to broadcast throughout April.

It's free to get in - and this is your chance to see how we capture live music on tape, while being able to enjoy some of the hottest new acts we've got in our area right now.

Doors open at 6pm - but you're more than welcome to turn up anytime until 9pm.

An A-Z list of musicians from across our region

This week's gig guide features a brand new open mic night near Hay-on-Wye called Sound Of The Baskervilles and Shy FX tearing it up in Hereford.

We took her to the BBC Introducing Musicians' Masterclass in Cardiff last week - and this week, 19-year-old Kidderminster girl Lauren Wright is on the BBC Radio 1 playlist.

The track Kiss Me was produced in Nashville by Derek Garten, who had worked as an engineer for Taylor Swift and the comparisons are inevitable... but that's no bad thing. Lauren does pop and she does it with style comfortably holding her own on the Radio 1 playlist next to the likes of Swift and The Saturdays.

Proving that pop acts put the work in just as hard as hip hop MCs, dance DJs and indie bands, Lauren has already completed a tour of East Coast USA high schools, supported Misha B and played acoustic shows on the same bills as JLS and Britney Spears.

Kiss Me was first uploaded to BBC Introducing in Hereford and Worcester in November 2011. It was played in January 2012 and has been a regular on Andrew Marston's show ever since. Check out the session she did for the show here.

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In this week's papers, find out which Malvern musician now how more fans on Twitter than the entire populations of Kuwait, Albania and Jamaica, we reveal why Kington's Ellie Goulding has got her knickers in a twist, and which Worcester band have made it onto the front page of the NME.

If you're a budding solo artist, an MC, or just started a brand new band then you should check out BBC Introducing Musicians' Masterclasses.

On Thursday 21 March, we visited various locations across the UK - Glasgow, Belfast, London, Salford & Cardiff. DJs from all over BBC radio, music industry experts and artists got together to host a day of sessions, workshops and masterclasses.

On the guestlist at Maida Vale were Worcester's Shaun Williams, Malvern's 5parks, Bromyard's Tenz, Droitwich's Case Closed and Bewdley's Barbarix.

Invited to Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff were Hereford's Daniel & The Scandals, Kidderminster's Lauren Wright and man-of-many-Worcester-bands Pete Adams.

We covered everything from song writing & MC workshops to promoting your music & making the most of your Twitter accounts.

We also heard from successful artists about their own musical journeys. Our special guests included Ben Howard, Aluna George, Wretch 32, Devlin, Angel, Japanese Popstars, Phil Kieran, Badly Drawn Boy and the Manic Street Preachers.

This week, we hear from BBC Radio 2's Bob Harris about the importance of producing an album - and how to segue the tracks.

This week, Andy O'Hare reviews:

• The Humdrum Express & Calm Like A Riot at The Unicorn, Malvern.
• Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby at The Marr's Bar, Worcester.
• Tina V, Mike Mann, Gathan Cheema, Ben Vickers, Brittany Morganrose & Terry Walls at The Firefly open mic night, Worcester.
• Jim Smith, Rumours, Patrick Ng, Breaktime Banana, Que & Psyflyer at The Pig & Drum open mic night, Worcester.

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