Danni Hunt introduces Ellen Louise (Redditch)

Ellen Louise is a 19-year-old singer/songwriter from Redditch who released her first EP last year.

She’s a big fan of Gabrielle Aplin - of course, another BBC Introducing star, plus artists such as Joni Mitchell, City & Colour and Fleetwood Mac.

Ellen will be heading off to the college of music in Leeds in September where she plans to write and record more material.

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BabaJack, from Malvern, are riding a wave of success in the blues world at the moment as they secure more festival headline slots, as well as a supporting Status Quo and a date at the Royal Albert Hall for the autumn.

We catch up with Becky Tate and Trevor Steger shortly after returning from a tour of Bavaria and en-route to Blues On The Farm Festival down in West Sussex.

The band also reveal plans for a double header gig with Lloyd Grossman’s band, New Forbidden, in Malvern towards the end of the year.

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Bromyard Folk Festival will bring 170 hours of entertainment to the town over the weekend of Friday, 12th September to Sunday, 14th September.

Danni chats to organiser Lynne Barker about what it takes to organise a festival in today’s climate, both in the economic and in the weather sense, as well as details of the local artists playing there this year.

Former BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Artist of the Year finalists Granny's Attic, from Worcester, returned to their old high school, this week, for a concert in aid of St Richard's Hospice.

They caught up with BBC Hereford & Worcester beforehand and melodeon player Cohen explained exactly what his instrument is and how it works, as well as talking about their experiences of playing live in Herefordshire & Worcestershire over the past couple of years.

Andy O’Hare also headed down to review the charity gig at Bishop Perowne College in Worcester.

Meet some of our local musicians...

In the gig guide this week, we have line-ups of:

• Down at the Farm festival in Abbeydore
• Wizzafest near Bromsgrove
• Malvern Rocks
• Malvern Outdoor Festival

In the papers:

• DJ Fresh reworks a track by Kington’s Ellie Goulding for his new single
• Malvern’s Cher Lloyd explains once and for all why she’s been so apologetic recently - whilst on the big red BBC Breakfast sofa
• While Rapture Records in Evesham closed its doors for the final time a while ago, there's news of a record store in Redditch expanding into bigger premises.

All of this month, we're bringing you tracks we recorded at this year's Droitwich Spa Festival.

We were there on the opening weekend welcoming acts such as Alex Valentine, Ellen Louise, Natalie Hall and Richard Farmer.

This event is now in its 11th year and new for this year - they had music at the Lido over three weekends and a Picnic In The Park.

Find out about our local festivals...

This week, Andy O'Hare reviews:

• Zoe Devenish, Tyler Massey, Terry Walls & El Barfield at The Firefly, Worcester.
• New Alaska, Action & Skewwhiff at The Firefly, Worcester.
• Thyme Bandits at The Northwick Arms, Worcester.
• Granny's Attic at Bishop Perowne College in Worcester.