Andrew Marston introduces Sam Robinson (Kidderminster)

Sam Robinson grew up in Kidderminster and eventually moved to Cyprus where he did an extensive amount of busking before travelling to the east of England.

Having spent most of his life in bands, he's now back in Worcestershire pursuing the life of a singer/songwriter.

Back in 2014, Sam uploaded some of his original compositions to us; we loved them so much, we passed them on to Mark Forrest who played them on the Best of BBC Introducing across every Local Radio station in Britain.

"Beautiful melodic tracks from an artist who’s gaining a lot of national attention" - Andrew Marston.

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Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 45th President of the United States of America and already thousands of protestors have been taking part in global marches against his leadership.

One local musician has expressed his anger through song.

Tyler Massey moved from West Viriginia to West Malvern and has written a track called American Nightmare - a dig at the American 'dream'.

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What's the best way to record a band?

Last month, we started a brand new series with Paul White - the editor-in-chief of the recording magazine Sound On Sound, which Paul edits from his home in Malvern.

Since the 80s, his publication has been packed full of advice and reviews - covering everything from equipment, microphone placement, software and the best amps on the market.

This week, we look at the complexities of recording a drum kit.

• More top tips in our BBC Introducing Musicians' Masterclass

• In the news: More from former Kington resident Mike Oldfield.
• In the gig guide: What's on and where across our region.

A musician from Redditch has paid tribute to Buddy Holly's guitarist, whose funeral took place in Nashville this week.

Tommy Allsup missed being on the plane which killed Buddy Holly because he lost out on a coin toss.

David Slater wrote a tribute song to Allsup when they worked together on the island of Crete.

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