UK Blues Awards nominations

Caution: This show may contain future stars! Andrew Marston introduces the best new music from our area, including:

• Callow End, Kington and Upton are all on the UK Blues Awards shortlist. The Old Bush Blues Festival, global touring guitarist Troy Redfern and acoustic trailblazer Trevor Babajack Steger are nominated in multiple categories.

• We're back with more from the Music Awards of Staffordshire and Cheshire, meeting the winners of Best Album and Best Rock & Metal Act.

• In our Musicians' Masterclass, our vocal workshop leaders look at how to hit the right notes - every single time.

• Half a century, thousands of musicians and one Shrewsbury shop that keeps giving back. We celebrate 50 years of Salop Music Centre and the difference it’s made to music lovers across the county.

• Ludlow Castle is pulling no punches this summer, and BBC Introducing is right at the heart of it again. One of the region’s most electrifying live bands is about to land a support slot for two huge headliners. We’ve got the exclusive.

• In the Music News: A Cheshire fan's dreams come true thirty years on from a Robbie Williams fan video, the Ludlow and Leominster musician with the sync play of the century and details of a music festival next week in Bishops Castle.

• Seven million people in the UK live with tinnitus. A Shropshire singer shares what it actually sounds like and why live music could be leaving a lasting mark, with a Worcester expert offering his tips for any performer or gig-goer exposed to the deepest of sounds.

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