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A sensational set from the Alvechurch RnB star on our stage at Radio 1's Big Weekend. With Phillip Stoneman.

Warning: This show may contain future headliners! Phillip Stoneman introduces the best new music from our area, including:

• Three months ago, we gave a Worcestershire RnB sensation the ultimate surprise. Now, hear the set in full, in front of a massive crowd, from Radio 1's Big Weekend, for Rubii, who's from Alvechurch.

• In our Musicians' Masterclass: We break down what makes a funding application stand out and what it takes to channel your energy in to a sustained push for funding.

• What connects Nile Rodgers, Sam Ryder and Andrew Lloyd-Webber? The answer is an 18-year-old singer from Staffordshire, who joined them all on stage, a fortnight ago! Discover Cheadle's Jos Rivers, performing alongside some of the all-time great songwriters, at the world-famous London Palladium.

• Bewdley's Becky Hill is back once again at the cutting edge of dance music. Ahead of her sold-out show in Worcester at the end of the month and news of a third record in September, the two-time BRIT winner shares why this time, it's personal.

• In the Music News: Herefordshire and Staffordshire farmers sing their way to the title in Britain's Got Talent, the Stoke act topping the charts and the Telford College student playing with legendary songwriter Guy Chambers.

• Burslem turned up the volume for its first Urban Rock Festival, also known as LemmyFest, with thousands packing the town for a celebration of rock history and a year since the Lemmy statue was unveiled.

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Music Played

  • Track Of The Week

    • Nieve Ella

      Bite Back

      • Artist Theory.

  • Tom Frees

    Haunted

  • In Session

    • RUBII

      Jammin' X BOTB (Live from Radio 1's Big Weekend, Sunderland)

    • RUBII

      Forgive & Forget (Live from Radio 1's Big Weekend, Sunderland)

  • Interviewed

    • Jos Rivers

      Thank You So Very Much

      • RCA.

  • Released This Week

    • TANYA TANYA

      I Wanna Feel

      • Quantize Recordings - DJ Spen.

  • BBC Introducing's First Play

    • Buried in Bermuda

      Ibuprofen

    • Young Twocees

      079 (feat. Karmarly)

  • Callum & The Pookies

    Burned Out

  • RELEASED LAST MONTH

    • Mara Liddle

      Your Mind

  • Interviewed

    • Becky Hill

      More! More! More!

      • More! More! More!.
      • Polydor Records.
      • 1.

  • Released Last Month

    • Ryan Evans

      The Head Honcho

  • In Session

    • RUBII

      Dreams (Live from Radio 1's Big Weekend, Sunderland)

    • RUBII

      Organic (Live from Radio 1's Big Weekend, Sunderland)

  • No Favors

    Need for Speed

    • Pride and Joy Records.

  • Interviewed

    • Alexandra Leaving

      This Is It

  • In Session

    • Ellie Goulding

      Still Falling For You (Live from Radio 1's Big Weekend, Sunderland)

Broadcasts

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

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