Andrew Marston introduces Melisa Le Rue (Ledbury)
Unsigned, undiscovered and under-the-radar music, as recorded at the Worcester Music Festival.
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Melisa Le Rue's BBC Introducing session
Duration: 32:21
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Priori
I Don't Love You
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Bleeding Hearts
Democracy
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Barbarix
Between The Lines
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Russ Lloyd
It's My Secret
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Gig of the week
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Mumbo-Jumbo
Regret It
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In session at the Worcester Music Festival
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Melisa Le Rue
Lost Soul
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Melisa Le Rue
Easy
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The Sequence
Bullfighter
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In the news
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Sproatly Smith
We Plough & Sow
- Folk Police.
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On the BBC Introducing stage at LakeFest
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Carol Lee Sampson
Let & Let Live
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Carol Lee Sampson
Cut Loose
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Cyclone
Seasons
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Melisa Le Rue
Life Is Beautiful
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Melisa Le Rue
Unite
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In session
She was born in London and raised in Canon Frome, near Ledbury.
Born to an English Quaker father and Filipino Catholic mother, they fostered teenagers including asylum seekers from Zimbabwe and Afghanistan - exposing her to musical cultures from all over the world.
For the past seven years, she's been performing in Dubai and released her debut EP in New York City after being picked up by a record label.
Her first single, Unite, features the Grammy award-winning group The Soweto Gospel Choir and to celebrate its launch it became our BBC Introducing Track of the Week.
Fresh back from living in the UAE, Melisa joined us for an extra special session as part of this year's Worcester Music Festival.
All of our live studio sessions and festival gigs since 2005...
Becky Hill
Back then, she was writing and performing tracks with a band called Shaking Trees.
Over those next few months, we forwarded three of her best singles onto Huw Stephens and Tom Robinson and invited her band to perform a live session with us at Nozstock.
Just one year later, Becky landed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to appear on BBC One in a new show called The Voice.
Although she didn't win it, Becky became the first artist, to have appeared on the TV talent show, to achieve a number one record.
She's since teamed up with several high profile producers and is regularly performing gigs all over the world.
Last Wednesday night, as part of the BBC Introducing in Hereford & Worcester takeover session on Radio 1, Becky joined us in the studio to talk about life in the Top 40.
Features
- In the news: Have we found Worcestershire's next Elgar?
- In the gig guide: What's on and where in the two counties.
New album
BabaJack, who formed around seven years ago, performed at the London venue as part of Blues Fest 2014 but after an issue over rights - were forced to re-record the album elsewhere.
Using the same BBC sound engineer - they performed a hometown gig at The Cube - and the final mix is released today.
This coincides with front-woman Becky Tate picking up a third gold in the British Blues Awards for Instrumentalist Of The Year.
Listen to some of our favourite interviews...
BBC Introducing: The Worcester Music Festival
The event has been compared to a local version of SXSW with several pubs and clubs around the city hosting live music with song-writing workshops also taking place during the weekend.
It was founded in 2008 by Chris Bennion who makes Worcestershire Sauce who wanted his area to be known for more than just Lea & Perrins.
Check out our local festival guide...
Reviews
- The Delray Rockets at the Chestnut Tree, Worcester.
- Tyler Massey, Mark Miletich, Chris Lee, Chewie Beard & Connie Gordon at West Malvern Social Club.
BBC Introducing: The Bewdley Festival
Since 2011, we've been taking the show out on-the-road showcasing the very best musicians from our two counties.
On Sunday 11 October, we'll be rolling up to the Mercure Hotel to record several acts who we've been playing on BBC Hereford & Worcester recently.
We'll bring the bands - all we need now - is the fans!
None of these artists knew they were being considered for a live session - they were chosen based on the tracks they uploaded to us.
So if you'd like to Be Part Of It then simply turn up on the day - it's free to get in - but you must be prepared to make lots of noise for local music!
Doors open at 2pm - but you're more than welcome to turn up anytime until 6pm.
Broadcast
- Sat 10 Oct 2015 20:00BBC Hereford & Worcester
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