Andrew Marston with highlights from El Dorado Festival nr Ledbury

Following on from a successful first two years, the organisers delved even deeper "into the wonders of the lost kingdom" to bring you more stages, more activities, more music, more food choices "and more magic than ever before".

Headliners included Sister Sledge, Wilkinson and Maribou State while Shy FX, Redlight, David Rodigan and Artful Dodger also performed at El Dorado this year.

• The biggest events in Herefordshire & Worcestershire

The stars turned out in their droves, last Saturday, for the annual gig that takes place at Worcestershire County Cricket Club.

Westlife/Boyzone combi Boyzlife, Chesney Hawkes, Eternal star Louise and Whigfield were among the names on the outfield at New Road as thousands enjoyed the music and sunny weather.

There was one hiccup, however; Chesney Hawks' drummer forgot his drumkit!

• See our photos of the festival

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 talk about everyday sexism in the music industry with special guests Rae Morris, Becca McIntyre of Marmozets and Jones.

• Our tips for 'making it' in the record industry
• Join us at our next Musicians' Masterclass

The campaign to keep the Edward Elgar archives in Worcestershire has failed.

Despite a petition and huge crowd funding effort, they've been moved out of the county. 

The Elgar Foundation confirmed they've sent the famous composers letters and music manuscripts to the British Library, leaving local campaigners furious.

We asked the Foundation for an interview but they refused; we also asked if they would like to provide a statement to explain their decision - and they simply said "no". 

Former West Mercia Police Chief Constable Paul West, who launched the crowd funding effort, says he experienced the same reaction from the Foundation.

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If you run a venue or you’re a music promoter, then we want to hear from you!

Since the beginning of 2011, we've taken our BBC Introducing show out on-the-road to various areas across our patch to bring people a flavour of the local music scene.

Every month, we rock up at a different venue with a pile of microphones, cables and recording equipment along with several vans full of enthusiastic musicians!

As well as the bands being able to invite an audience, we also bring along a number of music industry professionals to comment on the live acts.

We tend to host our sessions on evenings/weekends is because it's normally a quiet time for venues - so effectively you get a free gig curated with the best bands (from the thousands who have submitted their music to us), full tech provided, plus tonnes of publicity from the bands and the radio station - so effectively you just need to open your doors!

To get involved, email [email protected]