Andrew Marston introduces Granny's Attic (Worcester)

Granny's Attic are a teenage folk trio from Worcester, who play a range of English, Irish and Scottish traditional music as well as their own compositions.
 
They formed in 2009 out of a shared passion for folk music and have recently got through to the national finals of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Band Of The Year competition at the Royal Albert Hall.
 
Their line-up consists of a melodeon, concertina, acoustic guitar, fiddle and mandolin and have been firm favourites at the Worcester Music Festival and Bromyard Folk in recent years.
 
All of our live studio sessions and festival gigs since 2005...

Kidderminster-based MAS Records has headed over to the SXSW music festival in Texas to showcase Worcestershire music to the American Audience for the 8th year running.
 
Mighty Atom Smasher is an independent record label and development programme founded in 2001 by Kevyn Gammond, with Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin and Karl Hyde of Underworld as its patrons.
 
Every year they've released new albums and showcased the Midlands' musical talent to the rest of the world - and this year Lauren Wright has returned to the event after teaming up with Taylor Swift's producer during her last visit to the festival.
 
BBC Introducing's SXSW Showcase...

He's spent the last nine years setting the soundtrack to a Sunday night in; but now a TV music composer, from Malvern, has submitted his closing piece for ITV's Dancing On Ice.
 
Paul Farrer's worked in the business for 20 years - but his association with skating came to an end last weekend when his last composition went out in the final of the celebrity reality TV show. 
 
Read about the success stories from Herefordshire & Worcestershire...

This week, Andy O'Hare reviews:

• Ray Stroud, Conga Dave, Barrie Scott, Adrian Lord, Dan James & Flanagan the dog at The Chestnut Tree, Worcester.
• Esther Turner & Tina V at The Firefly, Worcester.
• Polly Edwards, V & Addis, Polly & Will, Matt Telfer, Mike Mann & Tina V at The Firefly, Worcester.

• A new open mic night comes to Herefordshire and music starts up at two new Redditch venues - but is it in response to it being named the least musical place in Britain?
• Find out what the Teletubbies and Led Zeppelin have in common - and when is a nightclub no longer a nightclub? When they can't play any music - find out why...

BBC 1Xtra presenter Twin B demystifies the music industry explaining how the managers, pluggers, publishers and producers all fit in.
 
Read our advice for musicians and unsigned artists...