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Andrew Marston introduces The Snapshots (Kidderminster)

BBC Introducing Hereford & Worcester

Unsigned, undiscovered & under-the-radar music, as recorded at The Globe in Hay-on-Wye.

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The Snapshots' BBC Music Introducing session
Duration: 18:13

AKA George
Inertia
Out this week
- Ben Stancombe
  Paper Flowers
- Crowsaw
  The Answer
Gig of the week
- Bo Walton
  Asleep At The Wheel
  Jump Jack Records.
In session at The Globe, Hay-on-Wye
- The Snapshots
  Crossed Every Red Light
- The Snapshots
  Moving Quick
Willow Robinson
Ocean Blue
Played the BBC Hereford & Worcester stage at Malvern Rocks
- Kiki O'Connell
  Heartbeats
Kamos
Synth Infamy
Review of the week
- Hipflash Virgins
  Line Of Fire
Arrows
Adore (feat. Sanna Hartfield)
There Was A Crooked Man
Everything's Going My Way Now
In session at The Globe, Hay-on-Wye
- The Snapshots
  Chosen Again
- The Snapshots
  Electric

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This week's live session comes from a group of 16 to 18-year-olds based around Kidderminster and Stourbridge, who first started writing music together in 2013.

Six months ago, they recorded some of their work at The Old Smithy in Kempsey, near Worcester - the very studios where Wizzard recorded I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday!

All of our live studio sessions and festival gigs since 2005...

It's a case of Hereford vs Hereford in the singles charts this week - as Olly Alexander, with his band Years & Years is on course to knock Ellie Goulding off the top spot.

Goulding's Love Me Like You Do was named as THE most streamed song ever - but that looks set to be beaten by King, from Years & Years.

Olly studied Performing Arts at Hereford College of Art & Design, leaving in 2008 to travel to Tokyo after landing his big break in the movie industry.

Years & Years and Ellie Goulding have worked together in the past.

Both acts also came top of the BBC Music Sound Of poll in 2010 and 2015 respectively.

They've had huge success ever since, supporting last year's BBC Music Sound Of Winner Sam Smith and also Clean Bandit!

You may have also caught them playing live on Later with Jools Holland at the tail end of last year.

Have downloads killed the music industry?

So, just how do you get signed? It's the question we get asked the most here at BBC Introducing.

Well, Sean Denny is from Hereford and has spent the last 15 years working through every job in the music industry - and now runs his own record label at Sony.

This week is the final piece in our series with him - and we ask if downloads have killed any prospects of artists being able to make money from sales.

Get more top advice from our BBC Introducing Musicians' Masterclass

This month's sessions were recorded at The Globe in Hay-on-Wye.

The venue has been at the epicentre of the HowTheLightGetsIn Festival which co-insides with the Hay Festival every year.

The venue celebrates all forms of expression; from poetry readings to fashion shows, children's workshops to video art and from philosophical talks to music and comedy.

Our local festival guide...

In the news this week: The Jailhouse is set to return - as The Venue.
In the gig guide: Don't be spooked - a Werewolf is coming to town!

One of the '70s landmark albums - Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti - has been re-released in celebration of its 40th anniversary.

The band's guitarist Jimmy Page has remastered the music and we've been to meet him!

Read about our success stories from Herefordshire & Worcestershire...

Kidderminster's Clark Carmody has survived the first week of battles on The Voice.

The hairdresser, who's coached by Rita Ora, took on Olivia Lawson singing Britney Spears' Everytime.

We can also confirm, tonight, that Hereford's Andy Marc has been knocked out of the competition.

Listen to some of our favourite interviews...

This week, Andy O'Hare reviews...

Richard Clarke, Juhana Iivonen & Tim Holehouse at Heroes, Worcester.
Conner Maher, Vince Ballard & The House Band, Marzy, Hannah Clayton, Purple Shades, Sarah Verity, Scarlet Clay, Polly Edwards, Alison Dunsmore, Hipflask Virgins, Howard James Kenny & Willis at The Marr's Bar, Worcester.

BBC Introducing in Hereford & Worcester supports unsigned, undiscovered and under-the-radar musicians from Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Since 2011, we've been taking the show out on-the-road showcasing the very best musicians from our two counties.

On Sunday 29 March, we'll be rolling up to The Artrix in Bromsgrove to record four acts who we've been playing on BBC Hereford & Worcester recently.

We'll bring the bands - all we need now - is the fans!

None of these artists knew they were being considered for a live session - they were chosen based on the tracks they uploaded to us.

So if you'd like to Be Part Of It then simply turn up on the day - it's free to get in - but you must be prepared to make lots of noise for local music!

Doors open at 7pm - but you're more than welcome to turn up anytime until 10pm.