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The Cannock country star is an audiologist by day and Nashville veteran by night. Plus the stars heading to Ludlow for a fortnight of music at the castle. With Andrew Marston.

Warning: This show may contain your next obsession! Andrew Marston introduces the best new music from our area, including:

• Hearing from some of the stars heading for the Live at Ludlow concert series, including Snow Patrol, The Human League, Miles Kane, Blancmange, Maverick Sabre, Heather Small, The Scissor Sisters and Tom Grennan.

• A young musician we’ve been proud to support here on BBC Introducing has reached one of her biggest audiences yet, as Kidderminster's Ava Hackett appears on Channel 4’s The Piano.

• In the Music News: Pop music's biggest Port Vale fan delivers the performance of a lifetime, on the pitch of the World Cup final.

• He played on Beatles records, movie soundtracks and some of the biggest recordings of his generation. Now, the flute belonging to one of Britain's most in-demand session musicians has left Shrewsbury for a new home, as we hear the family story behind a remarkable legacy.

• You’ve sung it watching the football. You’ve heard it echo around the stadiums. This week, we get the story of how Wonderwall came to life on the Herefordshire border.

• She’s an audiologist by day, a country artist by night, and she’s got a story that’s taken her all the way to Nashville. Cannock's Sarah Riches joins us for a special HoneyBox Live session, recorded at The Rigger in Newcastle.

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Music Played

  • Released last month

    • Paradise Circus

      Criminal Offence

  • BBC Introducing's First Play

    • DunnieDarko

      You

  • Appeared on our Live At Ludlow BBC Introducing takeover

    • Deco

      Hello, Hello

  • BBC Introducing's First Play

    • Kim Reiko

      Shimmer

    • The Riverstones

      Mr Sincere

  • Released last month

    • BenObi

      Give Me A Little More Time

  • Featured Artist

    • Sarah Riches

      We Ain't Getting Outta Here Alive (Live from The Rigger, Newcastle)

    • Sarah Riches

      Time (Live from The Rigger, Newcastle)

  • Released last month

    • Crazy Forces

      Transmission From FarFarOut

  • Pollyanna Blue

    Behave!

  • Released last month

    • Blaze Florence

      Karma

  • Appearing at Bishop's Castle Party In The Park

    • Sean Gaffney

      Copy You

  • Played on BBC Radio 1

    • Allan Fig

      Walking On Clouds

  • Leslie John Pattison

    There's A Woman In A Window

  • Featured Artist

    • Sarah Riches

      If You Ever Wonder (Live from The Rigger, Newcastle)

    • Sarah Riches

      Devil In Blue (Live from The Rigger)

  • Released this month

    • Rayah

      Echoes

  • LMP The Rapper

    Run Away

Broadcasts

  • Thursday 20:00
    BBC Radio Shropshire, BBC Radio Stoke & BBC Hereford & Worcester
  • Today 20:00
    BBC Hereford & Worcester, BBC Radio Stoke & BBC Radio Shropshire

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