Yes that's right. It doesn't seem five minutes ago that the WRC announced our prestigous 2014 nominees and ultimate award winners here! Well watch out for our 2015 nomination categories this week and how you can vote for your favourite band!

Canadian hard-rockin’ juggernaut Monster Truck, will release their new album 'Sittin’ Heavy' on 19th February 2016 via their new home of Mascot Records/Mascot Label Group for Europe and Dine Alone Records for the rest of the World. 'Sittin’ Heavy' is 11 tracks of high-octane, foot to the floor, raucous rock that picks up from where 2013's incredible Juno Award nominated 'Furiosity' left off. For the past two years since the debut dropped they have been hell-bent on putting Hamilton, Ontario, on the rock ‘n’ roll map as they have, in true road warrior style, relentlessly been tearing through Europe, the US and Canada opening for the mighty Guns N' Roses, Slash, Alice in Chains, ZZ Top, Buckcherry, Rival Sons and Vista Chino as well as stepping up for blistering sets at the UK's Hammerfest and Download Festival. Anyway check out their Vid Of The Day!

Listen to today's Rock On The Ridge Track Of The Day as Dominic O'Riley from Shooter chats to Bob and Jules about music, life and how to be a pirate! The guys also give a plug for our WRC Xmas Party where Albany Down and Southbound will be getting ready to rock the iconic Horn in St. Albans in three night's time. So if you want to start your Xmas festivities off with a bang on Wednesday 2nd December - then this is the place to be! Advance tickets are still available here for £7 (including admin fees) and WRC members are reminded that they can purchase tickets for just £5 here. Anyway, all in all, music so good you will think Christmas has come early ... Ho Ho Ho!

Walter Trout's return to the music scene with his great new album 'Battle Scars' - follows a long period in hospital with liver disease - with his fans uncertain as to whether he would survive, let alone ever get the chance to see him play again. But, as you will hear on today's Track Of The Day interview with Rory Auskerry - Walter is back and he's rockin'. Don't forget also to tune into Rory's Route 66 show here tonight at 6pm. 

Inglorious are being hailed as one of the UK’s heaviest new Hard Rock bands to emerge from the British underground scene.  Originally formed in February 2014, the band is fronted by Nathan James, who made a name for himself having sung for the multi-platinum selling Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Scorpions guitar legend Uli Jon Roth.  Inspired by musical giants such as Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Whitesnake, Bad Company, and Aerosmith - our Vid Of The Day is the official music video for their forthcoming single 'Until I Die'.  The single is taken from the eponymous debut album released by Frontiers Music SRL on Friday 19th February 2016 and they will be supporting The Winery Dogs on their European tour from 29th January until 17th February, followed by their official album launch at London’s Islington Assembly Hall on Sunday 21st February.

Yet another shameless plug - but it's just 4 days to go now till the WRC Xmas Party where Albany Down and Southbound will be getting ready to rock the iconic Horn in St. Albans. So if you want to start your Xmas festivities off with a bang on Wednesday 2nd December - then this is the place to be! Advance tickets are still available here for £7 (including admin fees) and WRC members are reminded that they can purchase tickets for just £5 here.

"Danielz rapport with the crowd continues and he has them eating out of his hand - especially when one fan asks for a number that is so obscure he suggests that probably about five people in the whole audience would know it but just to oblige he plays a few chords of the track - I can’t remember what it was - it was so unknown. The hits continue with ‘Telegram Sam’ and ‘Ride a White Swan’ and the action leads nicely up to the heavyweight finish – ‘New York City’ is followed by the classic ‘Children of the Revolution’, ‘Jeepster’ and the set finale ‘Get it On’. A standing ovation follows with deafening cries for more. That was never in doubt and ‘I Love To Boogie’ and ‘Hot Love’ have voices straining and no doubt many homes would be fairly quiet the next day!!"

Read the rest of Wrinkly's Wrinklystock IV review here.

The clue regarding the special guests on tonight's Rock On The Ridge show here at 8pm was "You will have to turn it up!" Black Sabbath was suggested but it's even better than that as Shooter are in the studio to discuss a busy year with a bunch of cracking festivals, the release of their critically acclaimed single 'Turn It Up' at the beginning of the year and the release of their debut album 'Recycled Teenagers' in September with an outstanding launch gig at the Half Moon in Putney. Not only that but they recently announced their new Xmas single 'Xmas Time’s a Time to Rock' (our Vid Of The Day) with the immortal line "Well We May Be Old & Wrinkly" (we're not worthy) is available on pre-order from i-Tunes and Amazon for release on Thursday 17th December.

Find out on today's Track Of The Day whether the string was long enough for The Marshman's live interview last night with the Queen Of New York Blues Regina Bonelli! A great mix as always awaits your delicate lug'oles including tunes from Laja, Dead Shrimp, Chris King Robinson, Mike Whellans, The Norman Beaker Band, Mike Sanchez featuring Albert Lee, Eric Bibb and JJ Milteau, King Rollo, Tas Cru and The Baily Bros!

Further to yesterdays amazing new Wrinklystock IV T.Rextasy photos  - the WRC were delighted to receive some more brilliant Replicants pics here from last Saturday's charity event from 'Rock On The Ridge' presenter Bob Wilson. Watch out for our Wrinklystock IV review coming tomorrow plus please don't forget to tune into Jules and Bob's show this Saturday night from 8pm to hear their take on Wrinklystock IV plus they will also have Shooter in the studio!

Our Blues Club Podcast Track Of The Day returns today with another 2 hours of non-stop "Best in Blues with More Music and Less Chat." Blues, Rock, Soul, Jazz, Acoustic, new releases and tracks from some of Jim and Malcolm's favourite artists and bands including Rosco Levee, Brad Wilson, The Jeremiah Johnson Band, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, The Bob Lanza Blues Band, Wily Bo Walker, The Andy Taylor Group, TBelly, Billy F Gibbons, Willie May, Tommy Castro, The California Honeydrops, Trudy Lynn, The Andy Layfield Sound, The Jackson Four, Walter Trout (Vid Of The Day), Mike Zito, Danny Bryant (pictured and Vid Of The Day), Will Wilde, Backbone Blues Band, Paul Cox, The Marcus King Band, Buddy Guy, Kareña K, Richard Townend & The Mighty Boss Cats, The Knickerbocker All-Stars, Blacktop Deluxe, Cecile Doo-Kingue, Omar Coleman and more.

A great mix as always awaits your delicate lug'oles tonight here at 7pm on Blues on the Marsh! Tunes from Laja, Dead Shrimp, Chris King Robinson, Mike Whellans, The Norman Beaker Band, Mike Sanchez featuring Albert Lee, Eric Bibb and JJ Milteau, King Rollo, Tas Cru, The Baily Bros, Greg Copeland and Martin Messing, Dave Weld and The Imperial Flames, Swingrowers, Charlie Beale, Mick Abrahams, David M'ore, The Jackson Four and the icing on the cake (providing the string is long enough) ........... a live interview with the Queen of New York Blues ............. Regina Bonelli! 

"Yet another from 'LLSTW' - the storming 'I'd Rather Die In Vain' - gave us a full house on the genre bingo card - Jimi's Blue Plaque just up the road in W1 was no doubt reverberating to this nod to his legend. It was then back to the Blues and to their 'Love Vol. 1' EP and 'What's On Your Mind' - a track that not only JD has performed before using Duanne Allman's Les Paul but also many would think is a Blues standard and a cover. Praise indeed. The 'Big Country' style opening riff of 'Long May You Sail' lead  into another SIMO epic from 'LLSTW' and a bonus ball with Progressive rock overtones - the togetherness of this three-piece never being more apparent now than during their entire set. The prog flag continued to fly with 'Off at 11' again from 'Love Vol. 1' plus I suppose the obligatory but great drum solo from Abrashoff. There's no doubt that JD's voice has a certain 'Cocker' about it - so the opening guitar salvo to 'With a Little Help From My Friends' made the proverbial hairs on the back of the neck stand up. This necessitated banter later as to what was the better cover - Janis or Joe? One thing for sure was that SIMO nailed it! And there was room from one encore - 'Evil' from their first self-titled album - doffing their caps to Zep with its 'How Many More Times' type riff which - par for the course - proceeded into a jam - but rounded off a wonderful evening that transported us back in time - when bands and small venues rocked. Given the forthcoming release of "LLSTW' - you have to question whether we will ever be able to witness this intimacy again."

Read the rest of AJ's SIMO review here or go to our photo gallery here.

With a Wrinklystock IV review waiting in the wings - the WRC were delighted to receive some further brilliant pics here from last Saturday's charity event from 'Rock On The Ridge' presenter Bob Wilson. Don't forget to tune into Jules and Bob's show this Saturday night from 8pm to hear their take on Wrinklystock plus they will have an extra-special guest in the studio. Have a look at today's Vid Of The Day which might give you a clue as to who it is!

Haha - another shameless plug - given it's now just 6 days tonight to the WRC Xmas Party where Albany Down (Track Of The Day) and Southbound will be getting ready to rock the iconic Horn in St Albans. So if you want to start your Xmas festivities off with a bang then this is the place to be! Advance tickets are available here for £7 (including admin fees) and WRC members are reminded that they can purchase tickets for just £5 here.

With a review to follow tomorrow - we now have our SIMO Photo Gallery available here following their explosive showcase gig  at the St. Moritz Club in Soho, London, on Monday night. The WRC would like to take this opportunity of not only thanking 'Mr. Rockrpix' John Bull for some of his awesome pics but also Lee and Lulu of the Provogue/Mascot Label Group for the kind invite. Consequently 'Becky's Last Occupation' from the Nashville rock trio - led by JD Simo - is today's Track Of The Day - part of the new album due to be released on 29th January next year. 

Not only did SIMO support Walter Trout's first appearance in London for his first full show in over two years since his life-saving liver transplant at a packed out Forum last Saturday -  but midway through his set Walter invited Danny Bryant on stage for an all out jam! Not only that, but Danny, who we saw at Ramblin' Man this year, will be touring in the UK in February 2016 and his itinerary includes a WRC Promotions gig at Leos Red Lion, Gravesend, on Sunday 28th February! More info to come but in the meantime you can book your tickets here.

Just a week tonight to the WRC Xmas Party where Albany Down and Southbound (our Vid Of The Day) will be getting ready to rock the iconic Horn in St Albans. So if you want to start your Xmas festivities off with a bang then this is the place to be! Advance tickets are available here for £7 (including admin fees) and WRC members are reminded that they can purchase tickets for just £5 here.

Just two days after they supported Walter Trout at The Forum, London - Nashville rock trio SIMO - led by JD Simo - played an exclusive showcase gig  at the St. Moritz Club in Soho, London, last night. Situated not far from the old Marquee Club and personally recommended by Joe Bonamassa as “Old school to the max and playing vintage guitars - JD is one of the best out there right now…one of the guys on the scene I’d love to jam with” - the prospect was understandably mouthwatering in advance of their new album release on Friday 29th January 2016. Watch out shortly for a review and pics by John Bull of the gig - but in the meantime take a gander at our Vid Of The Day!

Our mates Shooter last Sunday announced their new Xmas single 'Xmas Time’s a Time to Rock' was available on pre-order from i-Tunes and Amazon for release on Thursday 17th December. It’s a been a busy year for them with a bunch of cracking festivals, the release of their critically acclaimed single 'Turn It Up' at the beginning of the year and the release of their debut album 'Recycled Teenagers' in September with an outstanding launch gig at the Half Moon in Putney. The guys  hope that 'Xmas Time’s a Time to Rock' will become the de facto Rock record for Xmas and  have produced a fun video to share with you here.  So please play the song, spread the word and hopefully on the 18th December the UK will have a Rock record at No 1 for Xmas! 

It's Sunday night's Route 66 show after the night before... host Rory Auskerry has been out celebrating a friends 30th until 4am so anything could happen! So find out when you listen to today's Track Of The Day including new tunes from Billy Gibbons, Federal Charm (pictured), Danny Bryant and Elton John plus classic tracks from Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac and The Who. Anyway, Rory assures us that this show is fully gritted and ready for winter!

As the dust settles after a terrific Wrinklystock IV - I'm sure you can forgive us all at Wrinkly Towers as we recover from our exertions on the night! Anyway with a review and more pics to come we continue our coverage with an early doors photo gallery here including a pic of 14 year-old Replicants guest drummimg sensation Liam O'Kane (pictured). There's also another chance to see our T.Rextasy Vid Of The Day!

Time never stands still at The WRC - given we posed the question at Wrinklystock IV in both the official programme and on the brilliant theatre backdrops (pictured) - which tribute would you like to see at Wrinklystock 5? Suggestions on the night included Aerosmith, Status Quo, AC/DC and The Kinks. Although one thing was for certain - everyone wanted to see The Replicants return next year. Anyway let us know your thoughts through the comments box below!

Despite our Wrinklystock IV fatigue - the WRC gigs continue as we are very excited to have been invited to an exclusive showcase gig tonight in Soho, London, to see SIMO - our explosive Track Of The Day! Led by JD Simo, the Nashville rock trio have been personally recommended by Joe Bonamassa praising “Old school to the max and playing vintage guitars!! JD is one of the best out there right now…one of the guys on the scene I’d love to jam with.” Meanwhile, watch out for the release of their new album on Friday 29th January 2016 plus a review and pics by John Bull of tonight's gig!

Yesterdays tweet from one of our many WRC followers Suezan said it all "@WRINKLYCLUB @TRextasyBand congratulations on your sell out event tonight, a storming success @mickjaggercentr" Well it took a year to plan - but after last night's amazing Wrinklystock IV featuring T. Rextasy and The Replicants - we think it was our best one yet? Not only did we raise £1,000 for our nominated charities but the gig itself was awesome. A massive thank you to all of you that supported the evening and here's to Wrinklysock V! Watch out for a review and some pics over the coming days - but in the meantime check out our Vid Of The Day!

Just a reminder that the 2015 BluesRockfest DVD/CD is still available here. Also don't forget you can see one of the stars of BluesRockfest - Albany Down -at our WRC Xmas Bash at The Horn in St. Albans on Wednesday 2nd December - not to be missed!!

Not only did The Marshman have the talented, local rising star, Lewis Foreman, live in the studio last Friday, but today's Track Of The Day also has great tracks from Berdon Kirksaether and The Twang Bar Kings, Big Wolf Band, Clyde, Derrin Nauendorf, Mindi Abair & The Boneshakers, Professor Bottleneck & The Juke Kings, Loose Moorings (pictured), Martin Harley, Tam White & Boz Burrell, Ruby & The Revelators, Neil Warden feat. John Burgess plus more from the new compilation 'UK Blues2Day' with Kaz Hawkins, Rebecca Downes, and The Blue Horizon! 

Yes it's been a year in the making, but finally all roads lead to the Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford, tonight for our annual Wrinklystock charity concert! Again Wrinklystock IV is a sell-out and stars T.Rextasy with support from our mates and major Wrinklystock supporters The Replicants who will be on stage at 7.30pm. Watch out for a review, pics and vids over the coming days but in the meantime we look forward to seeing you all tonight!

"‘Alone in The Universe’ fares best when Lynne is more generous, when he can contrast the downcast sentiments of the lyrics with the effervescence of the music. After a rocky side 1, side 2 picks up considerably, thanks to light-speed ‘Ain’t It a Drag’ and the zero-gravity ‘I’m Leaving You’ which pays clear homage to Roy Orbison, one of Lynne’s contemporary’s in supergroup The Travelling Wilburys. Likewise, there are strong hints of John Lennon (who once described ELO as the "son of Beatles") present on 'All My Life', which is no surprise given Lynne's self-confessed Beatles fixation, which remains in full bloom here."

Read the rest of Wrinkly The Silver's excellent Jeff Lynne's ELO CD review here plus see our Track Of The Day.

The WRC are very excited to have been invited to an exclusive showcase gig this coming Monday in Soho, London, to see SIMO - our explosive Video Of The Day! Led by JD Simo, the Nashville rock trio have been personally recommended by Joe Bonamassa praising “Old school to the max and playing vintage guitars!! JD is one of the best out there right now…one of the guys on the scene I’d love to jam with.” Meanwhile, watch out for the release of their new album on Friday 29th January 2016 and tonight the guys are supporting Walter Trout at The Forum, Kentish Town, London!

Just days after we saw his old mucker Corky Laing performing at the 100 Club, Leslie West of Mountain releases his new album today ‘Soundcheck’ via the Provogue/Mascot Label Group. For this new release, Leslie lays down some of his most inspired musical magic to date with the assistance of true Rock royalty: the renown British guitarists Peter Frampton and Brian May, ex-Jeff Beck keyboard virtuoso Max Middleton, vocalist extraordinaire Bonnie Bramlett and the late great Cream bassist and longtime friend of Leslie’s, Jack Bruce!

And talking of 'Corky Laing Plays Mountain' - one of our biggest regrets of the night was not videoing Born Healer's (pictured) monster cover of Zep's 'Since I've Been Loving You' which made one young lady's evening - i.e. the fact Born Healer covered it - not that we didn't record it! Anyway it's that particular WRC Member's **th birthday today so our Vid Of The Day is dedicated to her - taken from the awesome 'The Song Remains The Same'. Happy Birthday!

The Blues Club Podcast is back as our Track Of The Day with a varied selection of Blues, Rock, Soul, Jazz, Acoustic, UK IBBA Presenters Picks for November 2015, tracks from some artists that Jim and Malcolm have seen over the last week or two plus lots of new releases as well as some older classic tunes. Music this week includes Mike Zito, Tommy Castro, Lachy Doley, Blacktop Deluxe, Etta James, Blues Evolution, Ray Charles, Eamon Friel, B.B. King, Keb' Mo', Will Wilde, Lilly Martin, Lara and The Bluz Dawgz, The Knickerbocker All-Stars, Kevin Selfe and The Tornadoes, Brad Wilson, Altered Five Blues Band, Ronnie Earl, Chris Beard Band, Zora Young, Nikki Hilll, Mighty Mike Schermer, Lauren Housley, Half Deaf Clatch, Laura Rain and The Caesars, The Reverend Shawn Amos, Stolen Hearts, Billy F Gibbons (pictured), The Marcus King Band, Chris Yakopcic Music and more!

Well our Wrinklystock IV t-shirts have arrived and they will be exclusively available on Saturday night from our merchandise stall at the Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford. We can't promise that they will all be as sparkly as this customised model though! Meanwhile 'Substitute' has been sponsored by AJ's Dad as one of the song's in The Replicants Charity setlist which has already raised £265  - and it is his 82nd birthday today! Happy Birthday Des - consequently The Who are our Vid Of The Day!

A band that you will never see at the MJC (it's a long story) but billed as "The Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Tribute Band in the World" will be will be performing at Twickenham's famous Eel Pie Club at The Patch, 67 London Road TW1 3SZ tonight. Yes you can 'Get Stoned' on two hours of nostalgia as The Rollin' Stoned play the best of '64 to '69 with  Jumping Jack Flash, Brown Sugar, Paint It Black, Not Fade Away, Get Off My Cloud, It’s All Over Now, Under My Thumb, Mothers Little Helper, Ruby Tuesday, You Can’t Always Get What you Want, Two Thousand Light Years From Home, Let’s Spend The Night Together, Street Fighting Man, Satisfaction and those almost forgotten eclectic classics. Endorsed by Keith Richards’ mother as "outstanding and suitably fit stand-ins for the Stones", The Rollin' Stoned will be on stage at 9pm.

Malaya Blue, one of the standout performers in British Blues this year, joined Richard Dunning on Blues On The Radio before her showcase performance at The Tuesday Night Music Club this week. As well as Malalaya, today's Track Of The Day also includes King King (pictured), Walter Trout and Half Deaf Clatch!

"The irony was not lost on London's 100 Club crowd last Sunday, that just two night's earlier, an attrocity had been committed at another vibrant European Capital city. If that was not bad enough, the fact that the most heinous of the crimes had been committed at a live music venue in Paris made it all the more sickening - if that were possible. So Born Healer's Helen Turner's welcome was all the more poignant as she reflected and thanked the audience for supporting this gig." 

Read AJ's full 'Corky Laing Plays Mountain' review here, see John Bull's latest pics here plus have a look at our new Corky Laing Vid Of The Day and The Rainbreakers Track Of The Day.

Talking of The Rainbreakers - our thanks to all of you that  have bought the official 2015 BluesRockFest DVD/CD here featuring both two video and two audio tracks from each of the six artists that appeared at the The Red Lion, Gravesend, Kent, on Saturday 4th July 2015. And it's still not too late to order your copy for a bargain £10 + p&p in time for Christmas! Don't forget that WRC Members can also get 10% off by simply entering their coupon code!

Despite Wrinklystock 4 (featuring T.Rextasy and The Replicants) at The Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford, this Saturday being a sell-out - you can still help us raise money for our nominated charities by donating a raffle prize, buying raffle tickets at £1 a strip or by buying an official programme (£2). We have already raised £265 through our Replicants set list auction - so if you would like to add to this tally simply get in touch with us through the contact box below. Thank you for your support!

As promised we have our first batch of pics in our photo gallery here from the awesome 'Corky Laing Plays Mountain' gig at the 100 Club in London on Sunday night. And let's give a mention to support bands Born Healer and The Rainbreakers who were both superb and are also featured in the gallery. Review to follow tomorrow and some more pics hopefully from John Bull plus you have another chance to watch our 'Nantucket Sleighride' Vid Of The Day!

Today's Track Of The Day features three new tracks from Billy Gibbons and the BFG's plus music from Danny Bryant, Mike Zito, Bryan Adams, Leslie West, Led Zeppelin, Motorhead and Mick Jagger. Meanwhile Route 66 host Rory Auskerry reviews King King's (pictured) recent sold out gig in Greater Manchester plus there's other music news from the Classic Rock Awards!

Malaya Blue has been one of the standout performers in British Blues this year and she's joining Richard Dunning live here tonight at 5pm for Blues On The Radio in the Croydon Radio studio! They'll be chatting and spinning some of her favourite music before her showcase performance at The Tuesday Night Music Club,  straight after the show at  the Hooley Village Club, St. Margaret's Road, Hooley Village, Coulsdon, Surrey, CR5 3RB. As well as that, as if you needed more, Richard will be playing some of the great new music that's arrived with him over the last couple of weeks. So join BOTR for two hours of pure pleasure!

This legendary power-rock band made its electrifying debut at Woodstock, in the summer of 1969. Thirty-five years and millions of album sales later, the line up still included the whiskeyvoiced singer/guitarist, Leslie West, and the incomparable Corky Laing on drums when the WRC saw them at the Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford, in 2005. Another ten years down the line, and with West doing his own thing (watch out for news of a new CD release later this week), we're at the iconic 100 Club in London to see "Corky Laing plays Mountain" supported by our buddies The Rainbreakers and Born Healer. Watch out for a review and more of John Bull's pics over the next few days - but in the meantime take a look at our Vid Of The Day recorded last night.

Despite Wrinklystock 4 (featuring T.Rextasy and The Replicants) at The Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford, this Saturday being a sell-out - you can still help us raise money for our nominated charities by donating a raffle prize, buying raffle tickets at £1 a strip or by buying an official programme (£2). We have already raised £265 through our Replicants set list auction - so if you would like to add to this tally simply get in touch with us through the contact box below. Thank you for your support!

Yes - not long to go now before Albany Down (Track Of The Day) and Southbound rock The Horn in St Albans at the WRC Xmas Party on Wednesday 2nd December. Rumour has it that Albany Down will be rocking up at least one Xmas classic and who knows what Southbound have in mind - it's going to be a rocking Xmas party so don't miss out - tickets available from here or here. Don't forget that WRC members tickets are £5 - just e-mail wrcpromotions@aol.com to reserve your members ticket!

All roads lead to the iconic 100 Club in Oxford Street, London, tonight to see legendary Mountain drummer Corky Laing and his band "playing Mountain" of course! An added bonus is a delicous undercard of Born Healer (Vid Of The Day) who we introduced you to here in June this year plus BluesRockfest's The Rainbreakers (our Track Of The Day) who memorarably got proceedings under way back on that hot day in July. Born Healer kick off at 7.30pm and if you're going - why not come across and say hello!

Hot on the heels of last year’s London Hyde Park 50,000 sellout, Jeff Lynne has not only just released 'Alone In The Universe' - ELO's first album since 2001’s 'Zoom' - but has subsequenty announced a European Tour in April/May next year. Suffice to say the WRC will be there to witness one of Jeff's London O2 Arena dates here - we can't wait!

In October our old mucker Richard Dunning announced that his Tuesday Night Music Club was going weekly! Therefore from November 24th (see poster) the TNMC are adding another venue right in the centre of Coulsdon, five minutes walk from two rail stations and with loads of bus routes right outside. So one week they'll be at their present venue in Hooley Village and the next they'll be in Coulsdon, then back to Hooley and so on and so on. Got it? Good! Don't forget that this Tuesday's gig is Malaya Blue at the usual venue: the Hooley Village Club, St. Margaret's Road, Hooley Village, Coulsdon, Surrey, CR5 3RB. 

Run For Cover and their alter ego Glamstar play their first gig under the WRC banner at The Railway Tavern in Longfield, Kent, tonight. These guys are obviously not a one trick pony with Classic Rock and 70's Glamrock all in one night and we can tell you that they rock!! The action starts at 9pm - so do yourself a favour and get down there and support live music!!

With now nearly 900 twitter followers, the WRC were pleased to see the following tweet yesterday from one of our followers - "Was chuckling for some days leading up to yesterday @WRINKLYCLUB. The combined age of me & my 2 mates seeing @KingKingUK was 172! #Rockon" Anyway, as promised, today we have Mr. Rockrpix John Bull's excellent photo gallery here from the gig plus we also have Big Ian's excellent take here and a new Vid Of The Day!

This week's award winning Blues On The Marsh show contains some of the finest Blooze music you'll find anywhere!  Our Track Of The Day - originally broadcast by The Marshman last night - includes 
tracks from Danny Bryant, Auld Man's Baccie, Beige Fish, Fabrizio Poggi and Chicken Mambo, Leif De Leeuw Band, The Swinging Dice, The California Honeydrops, Wily Bo Walker, The Boom Band, The Blues Overdrive, Niece Blues, Henry Gray and Bob Corritore, Cotton Bellys, Blacktop Deluxe (pictured) - and ahead of his live appearance next week - tracks from Lewis Foreman and a special tribute to the late Allen Toussaint by Jon Cleary and Irma Thomas!

"Often when bands announce they’re about to play songs from their new album, you can almost hear the audience groaning.  This definitely wasn’t the case last night: King King’s ‘Reaching for the Light’ has already won awards and is not only faster, louder and more energetic, it is also their most acclaimed and most exciting album to date.  All the songs from the album were well received: the bustling riffs and tough vocals in ‘Hurricane’, the ballad ‘Lay with Me’, Lindsay’s pulsating bass on ‘Crazy’ and the slower, powerful Blues of ‘Stranger to Love’, well suited to Alan’s vocal range."

Read the rest of Big Ian's excellent review here plus see our Vid Of The Day.

A welcome addition to our new webpage 'LastMinuteBandz' - the WRC Promotions pool for venues of Rock, Blues, Tribute and Covers bands - are Glamstar who are playing at The Railway Tavern, Longfield, Kent, tomorrow night. Meanwhile Run For Cover are a five piece Rock covers band based in Bromley, playing Classic Rock from the sixties up to current music! Glamstar are the alter ego of Run For Cover playing all the Glam Rock hits from the seventies including songs by T. Rex, David Bowie, The Sweet, Suzi Quatro, Queen, Slade and many more! Please go to their dedicated webpage here. 

The Blues Club Podcast returns today and as usual features a good mix of Blues, Rock, Soul, Acoustic, Jazz, UK IBBA Presenters Picks for November 2015, a few tracks from artists who caught Jim and Malcolm's attention at the Prudential BluesFest in the O2 Arena, London, last weekend plus lots of new releases! Our Track Of The Day therefore features Connie Lush, Buddy Guy, Cherry Lee Mewis & Max Milligan, Richard Townend & The Mighty Boss Cats, Blacktop Deluxe, Tim Green Band, Christelle Berthon, The Knickerbocker All-Stars, Tommy Castro, Danny Bryant (pictured), Danny Toeman, Lisa Marini, Ian Siegal, Lauren Housley, Will Johns, Roxy Perry, The Jeremiah Johnson Band, David Michael Miller, Bob Bates, Divinchis, Walter Trout, Hazmat Modine, Lilly Martin, Mitch Laddie Band, Stolen Hearts, The Jackson Four, Scott Ellison Band, B. B. & The Blues Shacks plus more!

King King have recently received critical acclaim for their current album 'Reaching For The Light' and have been nominated 'Best New Band' at this year’s Classic Rock Awards. On Monday night they also called in at London’s Maida Vale Studios to record a session for BBC Radio 2’s The Paul Jones Blues Show. So the WRC decided to head on down last night to the Islington O2 Academy to see what all the fuss is about plus the bonus of seeing special guest Ben Poole (pictured by John Bull last night) as support! Watch out tomorrow for a review and pics but in the meantime take a gander at our live Vid Of The Day from last night's gig!

It's good to have Bob and Jules back as our Track Of The Day following their Halloween holiday last week plus podcast gremlins the week before. Anyway Rock On The Ridge this week - originally broadcast on Saturday night - includes tracks from Deep Purple, King King, The Answer, The Rainbreakers (pictured), Jeff Healey, Guns N' Roses, Shooter plus music from the brand new Blacktop Deluxe CD ' Presence and Gain'.

Originally formed as a vehicle to play live Rock and R&B whenever the members were free from touring with their own bands - The Good Old Boys will be performing at Twickenham's famous Eel Pie Club at The Patch, 67 London Road TW1 3SZ tonight. The Good Old Boys are Nick Simper, Peter Parks, Alan Barratt, Simon Bishop and Richard Hudston and they have played with, or alongside Deep Purple, Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, B.B. King, Simple Minds, Cliff Bennett & The Rebelrousers, The Tremeloes and The Strawbs.  Their 2009 live album was recorded at an all-day Deep Purple convention in 2008 to mark the 40th Anniversary of the first Deep Purple performance in Denmark in April 1968! WRC members are reminded that they can use their cards to get discounted £9 admission.

All roads lead to the O2 Academy, Islington, tonight and King King! It was also good to get a tweet from the guys in advance of the gig - "Thanks for the plug chaps, hope to see you on the tour! " Of course our response was that not only will the WRC be represented tonight but we will also being doing a review and taking a few pics! King King's response being "Splendid - do say hello!" Well WRC member 'Big' Ian Cawthron and Mr. Rockrpix John Bull will be stepping up to the plate tonight so watch out for their take over the coming days. In the meantime take  a gander at John's latest pics here of the recent Crobot gig. Amazing! 

Today's Track Of The Day has two special guest interviews on this week's Route 66 show. Blues legend Walter Trout chats to Rory Auskerry  about writing his latest album, 'Battle Scars'. Now recovered after a lengthy period in hospital for a liver transplant, Walter talks about the experience, his recovery, learning how to play guitar, and how good it feels to be back on stage again. As if that wasn’t enough on it’s own, Rory follows that up with an interview with Alan Nimmo, the singer and guitarist from one of Scotland’s most successful Blues and Rock bands. King King have won dozens of awards for their three albums to date and Alan talks frankly about the making of those records, debates over the band’s musical direction and touring with Blues legend John Mayall and later this year, Rock groups Gun and Thunder!

OK - Wrinklystock 4 featuring T.Rextasy and The Replicants at The Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford, on Saturday 21st November might be a sell-out - but even if you are not going (why not?) - you can still help us raise money for our nominated charities by donating a raffle prize, buying raffle tickets at £1 a strip or by buying an official programme (£2). We have already raised £265 through our Replicants set list auction - so if you would like to add to this tally simply get in touch with us through the contact box below, Thank you for your support!

The Bowness Bay Blues has built a reputation as 'a flagship for the very best of British Blues' and from 18th - 20th March 2016, the festival will again offer a wide range of top-class music, from acoustic to Chicago-style blues, from roots, soul and funk to electric blues-rock. The Friday highlight will be Trafficker, fronted by superb guitarist, singer and songwriter Tommy Allen. The Saturday headliner will be Sean Webster and the Deadlines (today's Track Of The Day), one of the best bands on the British and European blues scene, showcased in our WRC 'Introducing ...' feature here in February. And the festival will finish with virtuoso multi-instrumentalists Wille and the Bandits, listed in BBC Radio 1's top ten must-see bands at Glastonbury 2014.

Just over three weeks to go now before Albany Down and Southbound rock The Horn in St Albans at the WRC Xmas Party on Wednesday 2nd December. Rumour has it that Albany Down (our Vid Of The Day) will be rocking up at least one Xmas classic and who knows what Southbound have in mind - it's going to be a rocking Xmas party so don't miss out - tickets available from here or here. Don't forget that WRC members tickets are £5 - just e-mail wrcpromotions@aol.com to reserve your members ticket!

Also appearing at the Bowness Bay Blues on Sunday 20th March 2016 are our mates The John Verity Band. And with Friday 25th December on the horizon, JV has a new  Xmas EP available here. JV told us "We chose some slightly rude, but funny tracks this time to make you chuckle this Yuletide whilst enjoying your Blues..." Meanwhile JV's next gig is an acoustic set with Russell Rodford (Jim's son) this Saturday 14th November at The 2 Brewers at Northaw, Potters Bar - starting at 8.30pm.

"Well headliners Crobot are an American hard rock band from Pottsville, Pennsylvania, composed of Brandon Yeagley (vocals/harmonica) , Chris Bishop (guitar), Jake Figueroa (bass) and brother Paul Figueroa (drums). Their album 'Something Supernatural' smacks of Creed, Wolfmother and Velvet Revolver - so it was fitting that they launched proceedings with 'The Legend Of The Spaceborne Killer' - testament that there was going to be no let up in the intensity of the evening. Other 'SS' tracks were lapped up by the Crobot faithful particularly the classy 'Skull Of Geronimo',  'Le Mano de Lucifer', 'Nowhere To Hide' and the brilliant 'The Queen Of The Light'. Yeagley's vocals, stage presence (and harmonica on 'The Necromancer')  were immense, Jake's antics were reminiscent of Animal from The Muppets playing bass, Bishop is literally huge (and more importantly plays a mean guitar) whilst Paul's driving drums pulled it all together.

Go to our Crobot Photo Gallery here, read the rest of AJ's review here plus see our Scorpion Child Vid Of The Day.

Further to last Monday's release of our new webpage 'LastMinuteBandz' - the WRC Promotions pool for venues of Rock, Blues, Tribute and Covers bands - we're delighted today to add Sugerman Sam and the Voodoo Men to the fold. Formed in November 2013, Sugarman Sam and the Voodoo Men combine classic elements of Blues and combine them with the raucous power of Rock. Sugarman Sam is a Bluesman through-and-through; being brought up on a diet of high-profile names like B.B. King, Led Zeppelin and Gary Moore to name a few. To book Sam and the guys - please go to their dedicated webpage here. 

So how many WRC members are up for the New England Blues Summit taking place at Cape Cod Resort & Conference Centre between 13th and 15th May 2016? Indeed, the WRC were recently tagged on Facebook by USA WRC member Dave Riley to see if we were interested in making it to this event which includes Saturday headliner Samantha Fish and Sunday headliner Joe Louis Walker. Why not give us a shout if you're interested in going or alternatively download their poster (pictured) for further information!

The Underworld rocked as Buffalo Summer (Vid Of The Day), Scorpion Child (pictured) and headliners Crobot blew the bloody roof off of the Camden venue on Friday night. Whilst both Buffalo Summer and Scorpion Child superbly showcased their 'Zep' influences - Crobot's energetic performance was a dream for anyone into Creed, Wolfmother and Velvet Revolver! Review to follow tomorrow but in the meantime take a look at our photo gallery here!

We were delighted to hear from our old mucker Alan - the bass guitarist from 'Blues Business' who memorably opened for the WRC at Bluesfest 2013! Anyway the guys released a  new album in  July - 'Who's been talkin' and it has been reviewed in this month's Blues in Britain magazine (pictured) - with another review due in next month's Blues Matters!

With the exception of a bit of Frankie Miller and Blacktop Deluxe (pictured), all the tracks on today's Track Of The Day have been chosen by the listeners of Blues On The Marsh! Expect a varied and eclectic bunch from The Marshman - originally broadcast on Friday night - and hear who made the cut!

So much good music - so little time! The WRC are so fortunate to have strong ties with fans, bands and of course publicists. Consequently Pennsylvanian band Crobot have been on the WRC radar for a while now but it wasn't until AJ (appropriately on a flight back from the US recently) found 'Something Supernatural' on the Virgin playlist (among other WRC favourites such as Blues Pills, Steven Wilson and Blackberry Smoke) - something that AJ was well impressed with! Fortuitously he recalled they were due to play The Underworld in London - and to be told if you’re a fan of the album you’ll be absolutely blown away by their live show - consequently last night's gig was a no-brainer. Anyway a review and John Bull's pics to come - but in the meantime enjoy today's VId Of The Day taken live last night!

Yes your eyes aren't deceiving you! Bernie Marsden will be playing a FREE show at the Brooklyn Bowl today at 4.30pm - part of the Prudential Bluesfest! At a rough guesstimate Bernie Marsden’s name appears on a hundred albums – maybe more. In addition to a long-running solo career the Buckinghamshire-born guitarist has been a recording musician since the early 1970's via membership of such groups as Whitesnake, UFO, Wild Turkey, Babe Ruth, Paice Ashton & Lord, Cozy Powell’s Hammer, Alaska, M3 and many more. Though there’s a tendency to pigeonhole him as a blues-rock guitarist, each of Marsden’s acts had its own individual flavour. Consequently  ‘Trouble’ - featuring David Coverdale no less - is our Track Of The Day!

Not only was Mr. Rockrpix on the prowl at The Underground last night but John has now released his own amazing photo galleries from the recent Federal Charm Jazz Cafe gig here and Jess & The Bandits Borderline gig here. Also watch out shortly for Mr. Bull's pics from last night plus he will be covering our next WRC gig - King King at the O2 Academy, Islington, next Wednesday alongside our roving reporter and WRC member Ian Cawthron!

All roads lead to The Underworld in Camden, London, tonight as Nuclear Blast riffing label mates Crobot and Scorpion Child begin their UK Invasive Species Tour throughout November and December - which culminates with both bands supporting English Rockers Heaven's Basement at the Engine Rooms, Southampton,  on Thursday 3rd December. Look out for a review, pics and a vid over the coming days.

As promised we have now added a dedicated 'LastMinuteBandz' venue page here. What's all that about you may ask? Well has a band ever unexpectedly cancelled on your venue at the last minute? Then let us help! WRC Promotions have a pool of Rock, Blues, Tribute and Covers bands who can save the day! Over the coming weeks we will be adding a selection of bands to 'LastMinuteBandz' - in addition to the dedicated bandz registration page here. Venues can also simply complete the form on the page of the band you want to book and we will contact you to discuss your requirements. And the best news is that the service is FREE!!!

Another two hours of non-stop "Best in Blues with More Music and Less Chat" from The Blues Club Podcast team Jim and Malcolm on 'Guy Fawkes' day. Yes today's Track Of The Day includes tracks from  Mike Zito and The Wheel, Tommy Castro, Anthony Geraci, Big Al Carter, Gary U.S. Bonds, The Damned and Dirty, Mete's London Bluesion, Lewis Foreman, Paul Cox, Bob Seger and many more!

Enjoy the best in-house firework display music-wise at 'Blues at The Woodlands' at the Woodlands Art Centre, Gillingham ME6 2DU tonight! On stage at 8pm is British Blues Award nominee Sam Kelly (best Blues drummer) and his band. Tickets are £10 and doors open at 7pm with bar-food and coffee. Don't forget that WRC members get £2 off the normal admission on production of a valid WRC members card. For more information call 0300 065 8210 or e-mail r&abrother@aol.com

We introduced you to Matt Edwards (pic courtesy of Vanessa Champion) and his band in mid-October - so we were delighted to hear back from Matt following the release of our November WRC Bulletin. "Hey guys, great to see myself included in the new music section - as a full-time independent artist this kind of promotion means a lot." You're more than welcome Matt - so much so that let's re-introduce you to Matt's band with today's Vid Of The Day! Taken at The Cropredy Fringe Festival a few months ago - it's ‘Don’t Need You Anymore’ from their new album ‘Four Berry Jam’.

It has now been two years,  52 shows and 104 hours since Blues On The Radio arrived on the Croydon Radio airwaves. So today's Track Of the Day celebrates that fact - with mein host Richard Dunning ramming his show with the best music around - two hours so packed with great music there'll be barely time for Rich! Give your ears a treat and listen to the podcast which includes The Lewis Hamilton Band (who recently followed the WRC on twitter), Blacktop Deluxe (pictured) and The Mighty Bosscats!

Further to Monday's release of our new webpage 'LastMinuteBandz' - WRC Promotions pool of Rock, Blues, Tribute and Covers bands for venues - a number of bands have contacted us on how they can get on the roster! Well simply go to our new band registration page here - fill out the generic template and we will be in touch. Simples! And as for venues - even though you have the facility to contact us on each of the band pages - we will also be designing a specific venue registration page as well! Watch this space! Phew!

That's right! Our thanks to all of you that pre-ordered the official 2015 BluesRockFest DVD/CD here featuring both two video and two audio tracks from each of the six artists that appeared at the The Red Lion, Gravesend, Kent, on Saturday 4th July 2015. Anyway, they have now been shipped and just as a reminder, today's Vid Of The Day is taken from that fantastic day. And it's still not too late to order your copy for a bargain £10 + p&p to see what all the fuss is about! Don't forget that WRC Members can also get 10% off by simply entering their coupon code!

Thanks to all of you for your messages of support following the publication of our November 2015 WRC Bulletin. It was particularly good to hear from our mate Pete Lovett of Midnight Blues Train who we featured on our 'Introducing ....' page in March. Pete told us that he also saw Joe Bonamassa in Cardiff last week plus the fact that MBT have released a newer track 'Long Time Coming' which is our Track Of The Day!

"The second half really did focus on the world-conquering half of U2’s career. And the set closing back-to-back ‘Where The Streets Have No Name’, ‘Pride’ and ‘With or Without You’ would be hard to beat in any setting. And here they were simply majestic, just colossal pop rock songs.  Edge’s guitar fills space like no other guitarist can claim. An elaborate effects board, multiple amps, and extraordinary technique meant that Bono had already at the beginning rightfully introduced Edge as the genius of the band. He is not wrong."

Go to an updated U2 Photo Gallery here and read the rest of Wrinkly The Silver's review here.

On the first night of his UK tour, the guitar legend Joe Satriani joined Rory Auskerry on Sunday night's Route 66 for a special interview. On today's Track Of The Day they discuss some of the stories behind his songs, why Joe has never really taken to writing lyrics, how artificial constraints can help during the creative process and how not all rock singers are created equal. Along with music from throughout Satriani’s career, there are also new tracks from Mike Zito & The Wheel, Billy Gibbons & The BFG’s, King King, Geoff Carne, Keith Richards and Jenny Kerr.

Backwater Roll (our Vid Of The Day) - are a powerful high energy harmonica driven six piece blues band from Southampton who are playing tonight at Richard Dunning's Tuesday Night Music Club, at the Hooley Village Club, St. Margaret's Road, Hooley Village, Coulsdon, Surrey, CR5 3RB.  Don't forget also to tune into Rich's Blues On The Radio show, live in the Croydon Radio studio here at 5pm tonight with his usual mix of the best of the new, the IBBA albums of the month and a few familiar favourites!

Has a band ever cancelled on you at the last minute? Then let us help! WRC Promotions have a pool of Rock, Blues, Tribute and Covers bands who can save the day! Over the next week we will be adding a selection of bands to 'LastMinuteBandz' - first up today is Bad Pennies (pictured and our Vid Of The Day) - a four-piece band playing tribute to Rory Gallagher, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Gary Moore, Dr. Feelgood, Thin Lizzy, ZZ Top, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter and more. Simply complete the form on the page of the band you want to book and we will contact you to discuss your requirements. And the best news is that the service is FREE!!!

Just one month to go now till Albany Down headline our WRC Xmas Bash at The Horn in St. Albans on Wednesday 2nd December. Supported by the excellent Southbound - you have two quality bands for just £7 in advance (including admin fees) here  - £9 on the door and only £5 for WRC Members - just e-mail wrcpromotions@aol.com to reserve your members ticket or go to our new dedicated webpage here.   

Such an array of awesome talent adorns this week's Blues on the Marsh Track Of The Day.  Tracks from Connie Lush, Danielle Nicole, Will Wilde, Vintage Trouble (pictured at BST Hyde Park), Will Johns, Jeff Healey, Walter Trout, John Clifton, King Edward, Lewis Foreman, Kris Dollimore, The Boom Band, The Stone Foxes, Ron Sayer and Charlotte Joyce, Mavis Staples, Robert Lucas, Sean Taylor, The Jimmys, Ramon Goose and Modou Toure, Randall Bramblett and The Tom Kilner Band await you!

"The tour was to promote her new album ‘The Dirty Truth’ and it was clear that tracks on the album were very personal in nature and were aimed at the break up of her relationship with a “shitty” boyfriend – ‘Tried Tested and True’ is an incredibly strong Blues track which is really sung from the heart – not sure the hurt has completely gone though. Contrast this with the wonderful acoustic track ‘Almost Always Never’ which was written about her mothers battle with cancer – again sung with real feeling and you have two total contrasts from what most people associate with JST i.e. in your face Blues/Rock with ear splitting solos. Add in the fact that the new album includes some countrified tracks and you can immediately see that JST is determined not to be known as a one trick pony."

Go to an updated Joanne Shaw Taylor Photo Gallery here which also includes John Bull's pics from Monday night, read the rest of Wrinkly's review here plus have a look at today's Federal Charm Vid Of The Day!

So what's the deal with both Joe Bonamassa and Queen celebrating anniversaries this weekend? Well we're indebted to Wrinkly The Silver (who by the way took in JB with surprisel guest Bernie Marsden at Brighton last night) for pointing out that this weekend marks the 40th Anniversary of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’. With over 6.5 million copies sold worldwide to date, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ is one of the world’s most well known songs and so deservedly is our Track of The Day. And as for Joe - well the guitar legend fulfils a promise that he made 10 years ago and performs a special concert tonight at Mr. Kyps in Poole, Dorset - the same venue where he played his first ever UK concert back in 2005!  And if you're lucky enough to be going tonight then please give us a shout!

If you want to find out what the WRC has got up to recently then watch out for our November bulletin e-mail that's going out today with all the links you need re: the current goings on at Wrinkly Towers! Whether it's Wrinklystock, Merchandise, Gig Reviews, FREE Membership, New Bands, CD Reviews or our latest Gig Calendar  - it's all there. And if you are not currently on our e-mail circulation list then please send us your details in the contact box below!