Ruth from Native State played the Radio One Open Mic slot and went down a storm at the BreakInTheCty event on Saturday 28 October at The Bridgewater Hall.

Open Mic was hosted by Radio One's Huw Stevens.

It was filmed by Channel 4 for their S4C Music Show 'Bandit' and will be broadcast on Thursday 9 November at 9.30pm. S4C is on Sky channel 135

Native State also had a demo reviewed by an expert panel of A&R, producers & media. The demo was very well received by both panel and audience, gaining spontaneous applause.

" Very interesting...great vocals.....commercial yet with a touch of the avant garde" Ron Atkinson (ex 808 state manager)

" Glorious....lovely sound....jazz....great vocals...commercial...and it breaks the rules" Pete Bear (Producer, Vertical Rooms)