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Tim Bowness Interview 20/4/26
Following yesterday's Hour One, today's Podcast Of The Day is Hour Two from the very same Prog Rock Files broadcast, presented by Garry Foster, featuring an interview with special guest Tim Bowness, that's also sandwiched in between tracks from Elbow, No-Man, The Imperfectionist Collective, Meer, Mor, as well as Tim himself.
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1 day ago1 min read


Maid Of Stone Rocks! 20/4/26
Maid of Stone returns to Maidstone this year over the long weekend of Friday 17th to Sunday 19th July, and now in its fourth year with their most ambitious lineup to date, not only did this Mote Park Festival win Best Festival in our 2025 WRC Awards, but today's 'Maid Of Stone 2026 Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day also feature six of the many great bands taking part this Summer, namely headliner's Saxon, The Wildhearts, FM, The Virginmarys, Danko Jones and Silveroller.
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Evanescence Sanctuary 19/4/26
With their upcoming 2026 World Tour kicking off on Thursday 11th June, taking their cinematic blend of Rock, Metal and symphonic, piano-driven melodies across North America, UK and Europe, Evanescence, led by powerhouse vocalist Amy Lee, return on Friday 5th June with their latest twelve-track album, 'Sanctuary', having just released their brand new single, 'Who Will You Follow', that's also today's lyric Video Of The Day. Also opening their UK leg in Leeds on Tuesday 8th Sep
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Beggars Peaches N’ Cream Bliss 20/4/26
Derby’s Beggars Bliss are hitting the road for a series of live dates to celebrate the release of their eponymous ten-track debut album on Thursday 21st May, that captures the same high-energy, Classic Blues Rock swagger that landed the quartet a slot next month at Call Of The Wild Festival, of which their album track 'Peaches N’ Cream', comprising loud guitars, heavy grooves and pure Rock 'n' Roll energy, is today's high voltage Video Of The Day. Indeed, on their new album,
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Gentle Prog Rock 19/4/26
Today's Podcast Of The Day is Hour One of a recent Prog Rock Files broadcast, presented by Garry Foster, featuring Gentle Knife, Big Big Train, Brass Camel, Godsticks, The Magpie Arc, Ambient Den, It Bites FD and Fatherson.
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Sunday Rocks! 19/4/26
Ahead of their forthcoming six-track album 'The Last of the Lost', on Friday 8th May TBelly release their lead single, ‘Everybody Knows’, a story of introspection, confession and love, that's slightly more Country Blues than previous TBelly tracks, but still retains its Blues Rock roots, which is also one of today's six of the best 'Sunday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Enemy Inside, Julia Greenberg, Robin Beck, Is
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Laurence Jones TTNMC Photo Gallery 18/4/26
Marking a new powerful chapter, as well as an intimate record exploring recent health struggles, that also took the award-winning Blues Rock guitarist and songwriter back to his roots where it all began, Laurence Jones returned in January with his first ever solo acoustic album, 'On My Own'. And this week Laurence stopped off on his 2026 UK acoustic tour at Coulsdon's The Tuesday Night Music Club with his most personal project to date, so check out today not only John 'Mr. Ro
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2 days ago1 min read


Blues Club Squirrel 18/4/26
Today's very latest Blues Club Podcast Of The Day has another two hours of non stop Best in Blues and a bit of this and that, with More Music and Less Chat, featuring Greig Taylor Band, Wille and the Bandits, Thin Lizzy, Hollie Rogers (pictured) and Elles Bailey, Laura Evans, Robert Plant, The Blues Band, The James Hunter Six, The 251s, Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Suzi Quatro, Chris Bevington Organisation, Cat Squirrel, plus many more.
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Record Store Day Rocks! 18/4/26
Today it's Record Store Day UK, a day for the people who make up the world of the record shop - the staff, the customers, the artists, the labels - to come together and honour the special role they play in their local communities, with almost 300 shops participating in every corner of the country, where music fans can expect a variety of special releases spanning Rock, Pop, Soul, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Reggae, Classical and Folk, of which today's 'Record Store Day Rocks!' Tracks Of T
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2 days ago1 min read


Godsticks Play London Tonight 17/4/26
Having been holed up in the studio for 18 months, UK Heavy Rock Proggers Godsticks are finally being released into the wild tonight, for a run of ten UK shows, armed with ten new songs from their long awaited seventh studio album 'VOiD', released via Kscope towards the end of last month, of which 'Hold Back', yet another glimpse into the quartet's darkest, heaviest and most uncompromising album to date, is today's Video Of The Day. Kicking off tonight at London’s famous Hope
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3 days ago1 min read


Collateral WRC Archive Interview 17/4/26
American Hard rockers Tyketto kicked off their ten-date UK tour at Cambridge's The Junction on Monday with support from Collateral and Warrior Soul, and for today's Podcast Of The Day we turn the clock back to a glorious Summer's day in July 2019 at Ramblin' Man Fair's Rising Stage, where we not only eventually presented Kent based Rock band Collateral with their 2018 WRC 'One's To Watch Award', but we also interviewed bass guitarist Jack Bentley Smith and lead singer Angelo
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3 days ago1 min read


New Releases Friday Rocks! 17/4/26
Following two consecutive nights playing the January Blues Festival earlier this year at London's 229 Great Portland Street, five-time Grammy nominated American Blues, Jazz and Rock guitarist Robben Ford returns today in exceptional form with the release of 'Two Shades of Blue' via Provogue/Artone, of which one of the eight new album tracks, 'Jealous Guy', is also one of today's six of the best 'New Releases Friday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five other similar
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3 days ago1 min read


Zac Schulze Garage Review 16/4/26
Following the release of their critically acclaimed studio album 'Straight To It' last September, 2026 UK Blues Awards winning "Young Blues Artist of the Year” Zac Schulze (pictured) and his gang not only head out on a six-date November tour later this year, but on Saturday night they also took their explosive live show and signature blend of 70s classic Blues Rock and modern alternative influences to London's The Garage in Highbury, so not only see today Denise Lester's rev
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4 days ago1 min read


Eel Pie Rocks! 16/4/26
The Eel Pie Club takes place again tonight at London's The Cabbage Patch, 67 London Road, Twickenham TW1 3SZ, with the legendary Shock Rock and Psychedelia from the God of Hellfire, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, so not only remember that Wrinkly Rockers Club members get £2 off admission on production of their WRC Member's Card, but also check out today's six of the best 'Eel Pie Club Rocks!' Tracks Of the Day, that include various artists who are performing at this famous
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4 days ago1 min read


Broken Trinity Archive Interview 16/4/26
Today's very latest The Zach Moonshine Show Podcast Of The Day steps back into the darkness with an archived episode of Metal Devastation Radio featuring Broken Trinity, diving deep into their crushing debut 'Challenges Of Gods And Mortals', as well as playing other tracks from Severed Sun, Lords Of Salem, Mistress, Rūta Prunskaitienė, The Triad Rec, Another Demon featuring James Murphy, Black Sabbath, Behemoth!, Metal Church, Damnatio Ad Bestias, Spitfire, Hallows Eve, Höwle
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Yes Aurora 15/4/26
Following the disappointing news that Yes had to postpone their upcoming ‘Fragile’ UK and EU Tour, due to guitarist Steve Howe requiring an essential operation, the good news is that the band have just announced the release of a new ten-track studio album, 'Aurora', that's due to be be released on Friday 12th June via InsideOutMusic/Sony Music, of which the title track and first single, is today's beautifully animated Video Of The Day. With rescheduled UK and EU dates to be a
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5 days ago1 min read


Rock & Blues Overdrivers 15/4/26
2024 WRC award-winning Pete Feenstra has spent the last forty years or so listening to, writing about, talking about, and promoting Rock music, with a particular interest in the Blues, and Pete's latest Rock & Blues show is today's Podcast Of The Day, featuring Selwyn Birchwood, Circuline, Paul Oscher with Rick Estrin, Kid Anderson and Sid Morris, David Sinclair Four (pictured), Dana Fuchs, Mick Kolassa, Overdrivers, John Butler Trio, Red Sun Atacama, Blind Revolution, plus m
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5 days ago1 min read


Wednesday Rocks! 15/4/26
Acclaimed Progressive Rock composer and multi-instrumentalist Brendan Perkins releases his latest album, 'Trading River Songs', on Friday 8th May, a richly textured and emotionally resonant work, that showcases Perkins’ signature blend of virtuosity, atmosphere and storytelling within the symphonic and pastoral Progressive Rock tradition. such as his opening track, 'Rest at the Shoreline', that's one of today's six of the best 'Wednesday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemente
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5 days ago1 min read


Zac Schulze Garage Photo Gallery 14/4/26
Following the release of their critically acclaimed studio album 'Straight To It' last September, last Wednesday's 2026 UK Blues Awards winning "Young Blues Artist of the Year” Zac Schulze and his gang not only head out on a six-date November tour later this year, but on Saturday night they also took their explosive live show and signature blend of 70s classic Blues Rock and modern alternative influences to London's The Garage in Highbury, so with a review and more photos to
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6 days ago1 min read


Laurence Jones At TTNMC Tonight 14/4/26
Today's very latest Blues On The Radio Podcast Of The Day not only focuses on the winners at last week's 2026 UK Blues Awards, but there's also a couple of new releases, as well as Laurence Jones topping and tailing the show ahead of his gig at the award winning The Tuesday Night Music Club in Coulsdon tonight, so expect an hour of music from the likes of Eric Clapton, Alice Armstrong, Oli Mississippi MacDonald, Catfish, Connor Selby, The Whisky Flowers, The Zac Schulze Gang,
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6 days ago1 min read
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