Featured Artist: Mazawattee

Warning: This show may contain your next obsession! Andrew Marston introduces the best new music from our area, including:

• Burton is famous for brewing, but there's something else bubbling away... we're at Sonic Boom Festival, discovering the stars of tomorrow.

• Pershore musician Toyah Willcox is now Doctor Toyah. After collecting an Honorary Doctorate at Worcester Cathedral, she shares her advice for young creatives hoping to build a career in music.

• In our Music News: Becky Hill’s terrifying near-drowning, CDs are making a comeback, Oasis are hitting the road again, Harry Styles adds more stadium shows and a South Cheshire theatre group carries on with Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5.

• From a historic theatre to a brand-new 950-seat concert venue, we’re going behind the scenes at the Queen’s Theatre as Burslem gets a first glimpse of what’s coming next.

• Conceived in Telford, birthed in Shrewsbury and raised on grunge, punk and Led Zeppelin. Our Featured Artist are loud, feisty and built for the moshpit. Meet Boom Boom Womb!

• A Herefordshire songwriter, an Alabama singer and a love story that crossed the Atlantic. From our BBC Introducing stage to shows around the world, Outpost Drive have quite a story to tell.

• In our Festival Guide: big names hit Bewdley, Oktoberfest returns and Hay prepares for its winter weekend.

• A Telford songwriter, a five-piece gathered from across the country and a debut festival gig at Glastonbury. Meet Mazawattee, live from our BBC Introducing curated stage at Truck Festival.

• Liam Smith was the doorman at The Old Post Office in Burslem. Now, following his death, the pub community is turning his love of music into an annual festival in his memory.

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