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Andrew Marston introduces The Tympaniks (Ledbury)

BBC Introducing Hereford & Worcester

Unsigned, undiscovered and under-the-radar music, as recorded at the Hay Festival.

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Sat 16 Jun 201820:00

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They describe themselves as medics and musicians in equal measure!

The Tympaniks, which refers to the membrane in the ear, play gigs around the West Midlands and are from Ledbury, Worcester and Birmingham.

Last year (their debut), their mission was to be played on the radio and in 2018 their dream was to play a festival.

We're pleased to have helped them achieve both!

“Catchy soulful melodies from a fun a friendly group you just want to see time and time again.” - Andrew Marston.

See our session snaps

Last weekend saw an appearance from Tinchy Stryder...at the Hereford Food Festival!

Taking place on Hereford Racecourse, a hungry group of revellers watched two days' worth of local music culminating in one of the biggest surprise acts you could have expected at a food event!

A local history of great gigs and musical legends

GlastonBeoley is the first music festival of its kind to be held in the village of Beoley, near Redditch.

This new local festival, which took place last weekend, brought together around 20 artists from around the Midlands to perform on two stages.

The event was organised by local music duo Imaner - and it was all raising money for local charities.

BBC Music Introducing at the Hay Festival

It's a pick 'n' mix shop that straddles the Herefordshire-Wales border and swells the population of Hay-on-Wye early each summer.

We were there, once again, with some of our favourite handpicked musicians from Herefordshire & Worcestershire, recording four sessions for broadcast.

In the gig guide: HopFest, MappFest, Upton Jazz and Not A Cult Festival!
In the news: Malvern's Cher Lloyd releases a new single.

One of the newest festivals in Herefordshire's calendar is to return next Saturday - and organisers are expecting more people than ever to attend.

Sundogs at Luctionians is a bit of a different type of event as it mixes sport, music and drinking!

On Friday evening, there'll be a rounders tournament followed by Saturday where three men’s Sevens Rugby tournaments will take place, a women’s tag rugby competition, a hockey match then several bands in the evening and well into the night.

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One of the kingpins of '90s dance music were Underworld, who actually formed in 1980 when Bewdley musician Karl Hyde met Rick Smith in Cardiff.

But it wasn't until the movie Trainspotting came out in 1996 that the electronica duo would achieve their highest success with the anthemic thumper Born Slippy.

That film was directed by Danny Boyle, the same chap that directed the Olympic Games in London, who commissioned the band to write some of the soundtrack to the 2012 event.

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Performing in Swansea was Olly Alexander and his band Years & Years - who topped the BBC Music Sound Of 2015 list.

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He then went on to support the former year's BBC Music Sound Of winner - Sam Smith, who also appeared in Swansea.

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BBC Music Introducing at Hopfest, Bewdley

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We will be there on the Sunday hosting a stage dedicated to Herefordshire and Worcestershire artists chosen from the BBC Music Introducing Uploader.

Each will record a live session for broadcast on the programme.