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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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Apr 141 min read


Tuesday Rocks! 14/4/26
Featuring nine original songs and two Blues and Rock classics, 'Rewired', the new album from Steve Summers Band, presents a sense of the current quartet's live set and showcases Long Road Home band member and former session musician Summers, not only as a guitarist but also as a vocalist and songwriter, of which the album's funky, bluesy RnB groove opener, '(I’d Be A) Fool Again', is also one of today's six of the best 'Tuesday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five
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Apr 141 min read


Monday Rocks! 13/4/26
Based in Cologne, but fronted by Australian mad man and former frontman of Massive, Brad Marr, five-piece party rockers Sweet Electric self-released their sophomore album 'Something Something Disco' on Thursday 10th September, although it's not a Classic Rock album as such, as It has so many influences and styles blended together to create a Rock n Roll smoothie of good tunes. And to promote it they are going on tour alongside Australian rockers The Lazys as well as American
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Apr 131 min read


2026 UK Blues Awards Review 13/4/26
The UK Blues Awards 2026 took place on Wednesday at Milton Keynes' The Stables, showcasing all that is great about the UK Blues Scene, bringing together artists, promoters, festival organisers, photographers, journalists and crucially the committed audience who together support Blues music in all its genres, so check out today not only Denise Lester's review and photos from the evening, but also watch today's Video Of The Day of Instrumentalist Of The Year Will Wilde's inspir
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Apr 131 min read


HeKz Interview 13/4/26
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 Matt Young from HeKz, that's also sandwiched in between tracks from Dream Theater, Geoff Tate, Bigelf as well as HeKz themselves.
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Apr 131 min read


Prog Rock Yak 12/4/26
Today's Podcast Of The Day is Hour One of a recent Prog Rock Files broadcast, presented by Garry Foster, featuring Rush, Crown Lands, Exploring Birdsong, Bruce Soord, Covet, Benjamin's Kite, Gong and Yak.
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Apr 121 min read


Calva Louise UK Tour 12/4/26
Blending Electro-Punk energy and Latin Alt-Rock flair, with a formidable live reputation built on raw power, precision and emotional intensity, Calva Louise’s 2026 ten-date UK tour that begins this month (pictured), promises to be the 2025 WRC Award nominees most explosive yet, having released their album 'Edge of the Abyss' last July to universal acclaim, of which their performance of 'Aimless' at Groningen's Eurosonic Festival in January is today's Video Of The Day. A full-
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Apr 121 min read


Sunday Rocks! 12/4/26
Acclaimed American singer/songwriter Marc Broussard, who has a unique gift of channelling the spirit of classic R&B, Rock and Soul, releases his first all-original Blues album 'Chance Worth Taking' via KTBA Records next Friday 17th April, of which his latest single 'Trying To Do Right' not only features the masterful fretwork of co-producer Joe Bonamassa, but it's also one of today's six of the best 'Sunday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and fo
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Apr 121 min read


Aleya's Sapphire Skies 11/4/26
Drawing comparisons to the likes of Beartooth, While She Sleeps and Memphis May Fire, and ahead of a short run of three UK tour dates joining The Mechanist next week, yesterday fast-rising British Metal quartet, Aleya, independently released their gripping new single and today's Video Of The Day, 'Sapphire Skies', the first instalment in a run of singles to be unleashed this year and taken from their forthcoming EP. Creating an immersive sound that balances underground integr
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Apr 111 min read


Moore Blues Club 11/4/26
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 Robert Jon & The Wreck, Gary Moore, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Wille and the Bandits (pictured), Greig Taylor Band, Voodoo Ramble. Peter Veteska & Blues Train, The Band, King King and many more.
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Apr 111 min read


Saturday Rocks! 11/4/26
Canadian Progressive Rock duo Crown Lands have steadily emerged as one of the genre’s most ambitious modern voices, with the band now due to deliver their most demanding and fully realised work to date, when they release via InsideOutMusic their new seven-track studio album 'Apocalypse' on Friday 18th May, having recently returned with the epic 19-minute long lead title-track, that's also one of today's six of the best 'Saturday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five
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Apr 111 min read


New Releases Friday Rocks! 10/4/26
After a string of singles across 2025 and into the new year, today Leeds-based quartet, The Mechanist, self-release their colossal and conceptual debut LP, 'Synthetic Sun', now stronger and more assured than ever, that sees them at the top of their game with an 11-track, 36-minute masterclass in the realm of Tech Metal, of which its focus single, the anthemic and groove-laden 'Stargazing', is also one of today's six of the best 'New Releases Friday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day,
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Apr 101 min read


Erja Lyytinen Archive Interview 10/4/26
With the award-winning Finnish guitarist and Blues artist extraordinaire's 50th Anniversary Rock Blues Birthday UK Tour taking place this October (pictured), today's Podcast Of The Day takes us back exactly nine years ago to the day when we interviewed slide goddess Erja Lyttinen at her private unplugged set at Soho's Ain't Nothing But Blues venue, the day before her 'Stolen Hearts' album launch at London's iconic 100 Club.
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Apr 101 min read


Phoenix Xtasy 10/4/26
Ahead of an eight-date European tour that begins next month, and for fans of Eclipse, Europe and Whitesnake, today Spanish Melodic Hard Rock quintet Xtasy release their ten-track album 'Phoenix', via Art Of Melody Music/Burning Minds Music Group, of which their third striking preview and single, 'Can’t Get Enough', is today's Video Of The Day. Capturing the uplifting side of Xtasy’s sound, the track delivers the kind of infectious energy that has become a signature element of
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Apr 101 min read


Thursday Rocks! 9/4/26
Following the release of their critically acclaimed studio album 'Straight To It' last September, 2025 UK Blues Awards "Young Artist of the Year” winners The Zac Schulze Gang not only take their explosive live show and their signature blend of 70s classic Blues Rock and modern alternative influences on the road tomorrow and Saturday, but they are also heading out on a six-date November tour later this year, so check out today the Kent-based trio's track 'Have My Say', one of
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Apr 91 min read


Jungle Rot Interview 9/4/26
Today's latest The Zach Moonshine Show Podcast Of The Day features a full interview with Dave Matrise of Jungle Rot, plus there's a fresh batch of this week’s underground Metal releases to keep your speakers bleeding, including Severed Sun, Lords Of Salem, Krushya, Mistress, Ru_Bass, Annonymal, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society, Rotting Empire, Vithial, Flesh Feast, St. October, The Haunted North, Kalmo, Thy Sanatorium, Crucial Velocity, Rhino Proof, Binary Order, Burnt Witc
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Apr 91 min read


True Strays + Caitlin Krisko TTNMC Photo Gallery 9/4/26
This week saw yet another sold out show at Coulsdon's The Tuesday Night Music Club, featuring Bristol-based trio True Strays blending Alt-Americana, Blues Rock and Neo-Psychedelia into heartland anthems filled with soul and grit, as well as a pared back version of Caitlin Krisko and The Broadcast, with newlyweds Caitlin on vocals and Aaron Austin on guitar (pictured), so check out today not only John 'Mr. Rockrpix' Bull's Photo Gallery from the gig, but also watch today's Tru
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Apr 91 min read


A New Day Rocks! 8/4/26
This year's 2024 WRC Award winning A New Day Festival takes place over the long weekend of 21st to 23rd August at Faversham's Mt Ephraim in Kent, celebrating its tenth anniversary with yet another eclectic mix of Prog Rock, New Wave, Rock, Folk, Blues, World Music and all spaces in between, so today's 'A New Day 2026 Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day feature just six of the many bands taking part, namely Hawkwind, Sweet, Brave Rival, Martin Turner ex Wishbone Ash, Flor De Loto and Th
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Apr 81 min read


Heat Inc. Play Camden Tonight 8/4/26
Drawing from the likes of The Rolling Stones, The Clash and Nick Cave, having recently signed with Republic of Music, London’s loudest Rock ’n’ Roll band The Heat Inc. return to Camden’s legendary The Dublin Castle tonight (along with support from lightening-in-a-bottle all girl Punk Rock outfit Hypoxic Angels), armed not only with a brand new album on the horizon, but also the launch of their single, 'True Romance', which is today's Video Of The Day, filmed live at Lincolnsh
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Apr 81 min read


Rock & Blues Judge 8/4/26
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 Frank Carducci, The Cold Stares, The Sharpeez, Judge Parker, Sean Chambers & The Savoy Brown Rhythm Section, Laura Cox (pictured), Chris O’Leary, Thom Rotella, Frank Zappa, Phil Little, The Reverend Shawn Amos, Steve W
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Apr 81 min read
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