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Andrew Marston with highlights from the Rustic Folk Festival (Bewdley)

BBC Introducing Hereford & Worcester

Unsigned, undiscovered and under-the-radar music from Herefordshire & Worcestershire.

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Wildcat
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Search For The Sun
Appearing at the Rustic Folk Festival
- The Whipjacks
  My Madness Molly Murphy
Daniel and the Scandals
Happy Song
In session at the Oxford Arms in Kington
- Ben Hughes
  Lady
- Ben Hughes
  She's The One
Appleby Kinsey
This Is Not Love
Rebecca Fox
Waly Waly
- Akbar.
Alex Lleo
No Way Back
Ashley Foster
Risk
Smokin Ashes
Gold For Brass
Carol Lee Sampson
Back To Life
Stephanie Best
Ariadne
Telegraph City
Crooked Smile
Steve Soden
Mean Woman Blues
Anna Stainton
Time
Thomasin Toohie
Kindness Of Strangers

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Ben Hughes is an 18-year-old singer/songwriter from Worcester who first uploaded his music to us at the start of 2017.

He's influenced by some smooth movers in the industry like John Mayer, Bruno Mars and Michael Bublé.

Ben regularly busks around England, earning money to fund his home recording project, and also teaches piano.

"Beautiful soulful tunes; audiences are going to love him wherever he goes" - Andrew Marston.

See our session snaps

The first festival of the season is underway, taking place at Hopley's Campsite just outside of Bewdley.

The Rustic Folk Festival, which is in its first year, will see a range of 'alternative' acts performing over the weekend.

Fans from as far field as Devon have made their way along the A456 to check out the music.

When you think of the most played artists of all time on British television, you could be mistaken in thinking it's the Beatles or the Kinks from the '60s, Elton John or Stevie Wonder from the '70s, The Eurythmics or Wham from the '80s, Blur or Oasis in the '90s, or Eminem, Adele, Ed Sheeran and Lady Gaga from this side of the millennium.

But one artist from Malvern surpasses possibly all of those artists put together - yet nobody really knows who he is.

Composer Dave Lowe is all over the news - for all the right reasons...he's the man behind pretty much every TV news theme on the planet!

A local history of great gigs and musical legends

It was the biggest new music business gathering to ever to be held in the UK, with more than 100 sessions and 250 speakers ensuring every aspect of the music business was covered.

Held across three days, Amplify offered exclusive access to the UK music industry’s biggest names through intimate talks, music masterclasses and recording workshops.

This week, we hear from two case studies - James Brown of Pulled Apart By Horses and singer/songwriter Nina Nesbitt - on the different types of record deal.

Our tips for 'making it' in the record industry

This month's sessions come from the 17th century setting of the Oxford Arms in Kington.

We hosted live sessions from four handpicked artists from across Herefordshire and Worcestershire in the heart of the town that boasts international pop star Ellie Goulding as its most famous export.

All of our studio and festival sessions since 2005

Danni Hunt's list of live music from local musicians

Your next chance to catch some of the best new music in Herefordshire and Worcestershire live is in Pershore, at Number 8 Arts Centre, on Sunday, 29 April.

Handpicked artists from the BBC Music Introducing Uploader will perform live sets that will be broadcast throughout May.

Entry is free and doors open at 2pm.