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The Melvin Hancox Band in conversation

Lizzie Crow brings you the best acoustic, blues, soul, folk and country from Herefordshire & Worcestershire, including The Melvin Hancox Band as our Artist Of The Week.

Lizzie Crow brings you the best acoustic, blues, soul, folk and country from Herefordshire & Worcestershire, including

• The Melvin Hancox Band are in conversation as our BBC Introducing Artist Of The Week.

• Plus we've got your line up for this year's Hay Festival as Dua Lipa announces she's coming to Herefordshire!

• Discover a musician's antipodean Christmas, courtesy of Worcester's Poppy WS, currently on tour in New Zealand.

• Worcester musician Paul Menel, formerly of the band IQ, is on talking about life touring the world.

• Hear from the Leominster musician who's spent the past two months performing at the world cup!

• An hour of pure live music, from musicians in Herefordshire & Worcestershire, from the intimate setting of Hereford College of Arts, to huge festival stages at Lakefest, and the BBC's legendary live lounge.

4 hours

Music Played

  • Grant Pritchard

    Breaking Down

  • Sylva

    Christmas Bells

  • Charlie Williams

    Sabrine

  • Elvy Kennedy

    Winter Girl

  • PERFORMED ON OUR STAGE AT THE HAY FESTIVAL

    • Carmen Lees

      Fake

  • Robinson-Stone

    O Holy Night

  • In the music news

    • Adele & Andy

      Moments

  • Released This Month

    • Good Captain

      Hey Hey, It's Christmas!

  • Fdluxx

    Without You

  • The People Versus

    Again And Again

    • Museum-Pop records.
  • Artist Of The Week

    • Melvin Hancox Band

      Buzzing With The Bees

    • Melvin Hancox Band

      Cosmic Breeze

  • Ami Lyons

    Next Christmas

  • Song Of The Month

    • BumbleWasps

      Mr Christmas

  • Interviewed

    • Ralph Porrett

      Ode To Arnhem (Live from BBC Young Jazz Musician Of The Year)

  • Released This Week

    • India Parkman

      The Lights From Carnaby

  • Home Thoughts From Abroad

    • Poppy WS

      Haunting

  • Runrummer

    Crazy People

  • Released This Month

    • Sasha McVeigh

      Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

  • Late Arrivals Club

    Nobody Hears If Everybody's Talking

  • Lucy May Walker

    It Won't Be Easy This Christmas

    • Lucy May Walker.
  • Released This Week

    • Anya Pailthorpe

      32 (feat. Freddy Champ)

  • Jules Rendell

    Destination

  • Live Music Hour

    • Carol Lee Sampson

      Joby Dream On (Live from Lakefest)

    • Utelka

      Crazy (Live from HowTheLightGetsIn, Hay-On-Wye)

    • Jake Of Diamonds

      Words (Live In Session)

    • Wyson Lane & The New Almshouse Collective

      Just One More Sad Old Song (Live from The Hay Festival Winter Weekend)

    • Ellie Goulding

      River (Live from The Live Lounge)

  • Featured Artist

    • Paul Menel

      They Call Her Leaf

    • Paul Menel

      I'm Spending This One With You

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  • Sun 18 Dec 202218:00

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