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DS4 100 Club Review 28/5/26
With another Solid Entertainments award winning Tuesday Blues taking place next week featuring headliner Danny Bryant, plus support from Paul Cook & Chicago's very own Jim Kahr, as well as Dave Thomas, last week saw David Sinclair Four headlining with support from Snake Oil Band and Ryk Mead Band, so not only see today Ivan De Mello's review plus Denise Lester's photo gallery from the gig, but also watch DS4's cover of Fleetwood Mac's 'Long Grey Mare', filmed by Denise on the
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May 281 min read


Crown Lands Interview Part 2 28/5/26
Following yesterday's Hour One, today's Podcast Of The Day is Part Two from the very same Prog Rock Files broadcast, presented by Garry Foster, featuring an interview with special guests Cody & Kevin from Crown Lands, sandwiched in between tracks from Van Der Graaf Generator, Rush, plus of course, Crown Lands themselves.
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May 281 min read


New Releases Friday Rocks! 27/5/26
Best known as the bassist in the original line-up of Pain of Salvation, Kristoffer Gildenlöw has also recorded and toured extensively with artists from across the globe including Neal Morse, and with his new album, 'Humanised' released this Friday, Gildenlöw reintroduces elements of his Progressive Metal roots, featuring weighty seven-string guitar work, driving riffs and shifting time signatures, which leans noticeably heavier than his previous releases, such as his album si
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May 271 min read


Crown Lands Interview Part One 27/5/26
Today's Podcast Of The Day is Hour One from the very latest Prog Rock Files broadcast, presented by Garry Foster, featuring an interview with special guests Cody & Kevin from Crown Lands, sandwiched in between tracks from Genesis, Eddie Jobson, King Crimson and of course, Crown Lands themselves.
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May 271 min read


Steve Summers Band Album Review 27/5/26
Featuring nine original songs and two Blues and Rock classics, 'Rewired', the new album from The 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, so see today not only Ivan De Mello's review of the album, but also watch today's Video Of The Day of the third track on the album, 'I Should've Known Better', performed l
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May 271 min read


Burning Rope At TTNMC Tonight 26/5/26
Today's very latest Blues On The Radio Podcast Of The Day starts and finishes with Burning Rope ahead of them launching their new sophomore album 'Dissolution' (pictured) at Coulsdon's The Tuesday Night Music Club tonight, plus there's new releases from Lena & The Slide Brothers, Rare Birds, Lance and Lea, Lonesome Pete, Jantso Jokelin, Mississippi Shakedown, Will Wilde and Joe Bonamassa, as well as a storming track from Elles Bailey that features Demi Marriner.
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May 261 min read


Townsend's Metamorphosis 26/5/26
Ahead of his Metamorphosis solo UK and Europe tour that kicks off this September to support his latest ambitious, orchestral Metal opus, this Friday Canadian Metal maverick Devin Townsend releases ’The Moth’ via InsideOutMusic, a project that has been over a decade in the making, of which the first album single, ‘Enter The City’ is today's Video Of The Day. Forging a career over four decades in countless genres, Townsend has reached cult status in the Progressive-Metal world
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May 261 min read


Tuesday Blues Rocks! 26/5/26
Another Solid Entertainments award winning Tuesday Blues takes place tonight at London's iconic The 100 Club featuring headliner Will Wilde plus support from Get Loose and The Bad Day featuring the BD Horns, of which today's 'Tuesday Blues Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day not only showcases Will, but also five other artists who are playing this iconic venue over the next six months, namely, Danny Bryant, The Paul Cook Blues Band, Chris Bevington Organisation, Amba Tremain and Crow B
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May 261 min read


Big Big Choice 25/5/26
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 a listener choice from Steve Tinson including Solstice, Frost*, Covet, Grace Hayhurst, Exploring Birdsong, Airbag and Big Big Train (pictured).
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May 251 min read


Camden Club Prog 25/5/26
London Prog Gigs present four great Sunday gigs over the next month or so at The Camden Club, an intimate, comfortable cabaret-seated venue, with a gourmet burger menu available. On 7th June it's the haunting, Melodic Cinematic Prog of The Emerald Dawn, followed on the 14th by the instrumental Melodic Prog of Pandamoanium along with the Folk/Jazz influenced 'no rules music' of Splink, while on 28th it's the Dutch Progressive Art Rock of Lesoir alongside the Melodic, emotive a
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May 251 min read


Bank Holiday Monday Rocks! 25/5/26
The award-winning Roots rockin’ octet Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado are road warriors in the truest sense, as not a month passes without them being on tour, given it's the environment that they live for, so it's only fitting that they are releasing a live album recorded in Copenhagen, 'Live at Hotel Cecil', on Friday 19th June, of which the album track 'Hold My Lover Tight' is also one of today's six of the best 'Bank Holiday Monday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, compleme
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May 251 min read


Cue Prog Rock 24/5/26
Today's Podcast Of The Day is Hour One of a recent Prog Rock Files broadcast, presented by Garry Foster, featuring Steven Wilson, HeKz, Tale Cue, Ghost Of The Machine, Cyan, Richard Barbieri and Archive.
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May 241 min read


Sunday Rocks! 24/5/26
Back in June 1991, Mr Big's Paul Gilbert was invited to the Frankfurt Jazz Festival to trade a few solos with headliner Albert Collins, however, unfortunately Collins suffered a sudden health issue and was unable to perform, so Gilbert duly came to the rescue with a scorching five-song set of Jimi Hendrix renditions. And to celebrate its 35th anniversary, a re-issue of 'Tribute To Jimi Hendrix' will be released digitally for the very first time on Friday 12th June via Music T
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May 241 min read


Fragile Turnaround Situation 24/5/26
Following its postponement due to guitarist Steve Howe requiring an essential operation, Yes have not only rescheduled their ‘Fragile’ UK and EU Tour to May 2027, but the band will also release a new ten-track studio album, 'Aurora', on Friday 12th June via InsideOutMusic/Sony Music, of which the second album track to be released, 'Turnaround Situation', is today's visualiser Video Of The Day. Comprising keyboardist Geoff Downes, lead vocalist Jon Davison, bassist Billy Sherw
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May 241 min read


Saturday Rocks! 23/5/26
For fans of Arctic Monkeys, Málaga-based Alternative Rock trio Polarnova bring together three nationalities, not only delivering a distinctive sound shaped by British-inspired melodies, modern textures and powerful rhythms, but also a unique blend of influences and cultures, such as their upcoming single 'Way Over My Head', that's one of today's six of the best 'Saturday Rocks' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Mob Rules, Hea
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May 231 min read


Blues Club Rotosphere 23/5/26
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 Altered Five Blues Band, The B.B. King Blues Band, Alice Armstrong (pictured), Big Dave & The Dutchmen, Canned Heat, Mark Slate & Rotosphere, Nina Simone, Mr Lonely, Robert Cray, Mike Guldin, Heritage Blues Orchestra, Chris Rand and The Heavy Echo, The Rolling Stones, Nine Below Zero, Paul Lamb & The King Snakes
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May 231 min read


Edge Of Paradise Camden Photo Gallery 23/5/26
Having made waves in the Heavy Music scene with four acclaimed albums over the past seven years, Los Angeles based Cinematic Metal/Rock unit Edge Of Paradise rocked up at London's Camden Assembly last Monday, the first of three UK dates as part of their European Prophecy and the mind rebellion tour, so not only check out today John 'Mr. Rockrpix' Bull's Photo Gallery from the gig, including support from UK Alternative Metal quartet Neonfly, but also watch today's Edge Of Para
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May 231 min read


New Releases Friday Rocks! 22/5/26
Industrial Glam kingpin Raymond Watts and his chief songwriting partner in swine Jim Davies (ex-Prodigy and Pitchshifter) are proud to announce that today Pig has given birth to a healthy new album, ‘Hurt People Hurt’, the latest addition to the Pig bloodline, weighing in at 10 tracks, of which 'Sex & Suicide' is one of today's six of the best 'New Releases Friday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five other similarly timed album releases today from Boys From Heaven,
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May 221 min read


Rory Fest 2026 22/5/26
With a healthy WRC contingent heading over to Ireland next week for the 22nd Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival in Ballyshannon, for today's Podcast Of The Day we turn the clock back to 2012, ten years after it began, when Marianne Ashcroft of Inishowen Community Radio previewed the festival by interviewing organiser Barry O'Neill.
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May 221 min read


Philip Sayce Bristol Photo Gallery 22/5/26
Having already released this May his explosive live eight-track album, 'Scorched Earth: Volume 2 Live in LA/London', capturing the internationally acclaimed guitarist, singer and songwriter at the absolute peak of his powers during a triumphant run of sold-out performances, on Tuesday night Philip Sayce kicked off his ten-date UK tour at Bristol's Fleece, so not only check out today Bruce Biege's Photo Gallery from the gig, including support from Tom Moriarty, but also watch
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May 221 min read
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