Andrew Marston with highlights from Hay, Upton, Morton Stanley & Onboard The Craft festivals

We catch up with Status Quo bassist John Edwards, who performed at the Upton Festival during the bank holiday weekend.

Edwards, who's also played with Judie Tzuke, Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac and Dexy's Midnight Runners, talks about how he accidentally ended up in one of Britain's biggest rock bands.

In this interview, he talks about his relationship with Rick Parfitt, who died in 2016.

• The People's History of Pop

Don’t Turn Around and Shine are just two of the eight Top 40 singles by reggae group Aswad.

In total, the band has released 21 albums since their beginnings in 1975.

• Watch our interview with them from Lakefest 2017

Known for their hit singles My World, Let Your Heart Dance and Time For Action, The Secret Affair also graced the stages at this year's Upton Festival.

Formed at college in 1978, the band spent four years together before joining other groups - like Dexy's Midnight Runners.

• The interviews you may have missed on the radio

This week, we continue our series with one of Hay-on-Wye's most prolific hit-makers.

Alan McGee was the founding father of Creation Records, responsible for signing bands such as Oasis, Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine and The Libertines.

Alan was also behind a club night which saw appearances from The Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, Razorlight, Kasabian and The Darkness.

He's just launched a brand new record label called Creation23.

• Our tips for 'making it' in the record industry

This week, we catch up with more members of Hazel O'Connor's band - who performed at the Morton Stanley Festival in Redditch.

Sarah Fisher, who plays piano, was originally applying for a job with Marks & Spencer when she was suddenly invited to audition for the Eurythmics.

We get her top tips for musicians looking to be picked up by their heroes!

• A local history of great gigs and musical legends

Onboard The Craft is the sister of Sonic Rock Solstice, which is also held at the Stoke Prior Sports & Country club.

Other events to be held on the site include Beermageddon, Wizzafest and Breaking Bands.

The organisers describe it as "two days of outstanding sounds and amazing music".

• The biggest events in Herefordshire & Worcestershire

It's been dubbed as Worcester's version of SXSW in Texas!

Taking place in multiple venues across the city, from pubs, clubs, restaurants and cafes to historic buildings, river cruisers, record shops, on the streets and even in breweries, the festival is absolutely free to attend with hundreds of gigs to choose from from some of the best, new and emerging artists in the UK.

Each year the festival raises money for a chosen local charity. This year the Worcestershire Association of Carers will receive all the money dropped into buckets at the festival's venues across the weekend.

On Sunday, 16 September, we'll be showcasing House of Wolvxs, Bryn Teeling & The River Thieves, Flex, Stone Mountain Sinners and Mitch Loveridge at Drummonds from 2pm.

• Read more on the Worcester Music Festival website