LIZ Smith is resident girlie in Worcester folk fusion band Dryftwood, accompanied by Geoff Booth and Paul Danby on guitar, mandolin, ukele, harmonica, dulcimer and penny whistle. Rousing the Guildhall with their toe-tapping tunes at last year's Worceste...

AS The Humdrum Express, Ian Passey is a bespectacled observationist from Kidderminster, casting a cynical eye over exasperating times through unnervingly astute lyrics. He also wrote Worcester Woman (Foregate Me Not) for WMF 2009 as a homage to the city...