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In a back street in Bromley, Kent, The Replicants turned up for rehearsal as usual but this time it was no ordinary evening. They had invited 14 year-old Liam O'Kane along to sit in on proceedings and show what he had got!! They were more than pleasantly surprised as Liam powered his way through Lil Devil, Pretender, Smoke On The Water, Tush and Johnny B. Goode. He is a talented young man as our albeit distorted 'Video Of The Day' shows. We hope to have more exciting news about Liam to follow - watch this space!!

Even more news on discounted ticket prices as WRC members can now get 20% off the £10 admission price to see the amazing Virgil and The Accelerators ('Track Of The Day') on Friday May 1st at The Red Lion, Gravesend. If you want to become a member go here or send us a message below if you are already a member and want to buy £8 tickets. For more information on the gig go here.

It’s time for a second round of British Blues Exhibition showcases at The Proud Camden tonight following the success of the first one headlined by Pete Brown on St. Patrick's Day! On this occasion, special guests from the U.S. join top British acts to celebrate the lasting heritage of the Blues - so hop on board the Transatlantic Blues with Union Jack and Uncle Sam to see The Laura Holland Band, Sister Cookie and The Right Reverend Swifty Lezarre - plus Swing Patrol London who will be returning to make sure everybody's dancing! Doors open at 6.30pm.

You certainly wouldn't associate Wrinkly The Silver with the sound of silence or indeed being disturbed! Seriously it was good to see the bearded one back gigging at London's O2 Arena for Jeff Lynne's ELO the other night following major back surgery. Suffice to say that WTS thought this Simon & Garfunkel Vid Of The Day cover was epic - and who are we to argue? And if any of you would like to nominate a Vid or Track of the Day - or contribute anything else for that matter - then please get in touch through our message box below!

We first saw Born Healer at the 100 Club in November last year supporting Corky Laing Plays Mountain. We were so blown away by the guys that we asked them to play BluesRockFest this year at Leo's Red Lion, Gravesend, on Saturday 24th September. Anyway we were delighted to hear from lead singer Helen Turner the other day with news of their new album 'Til The Dawn' of which 'Pressure Valve' here was going to be our Vid Of The Day until Prince's untimely death yesterday. Watch out for a review of 'TTD' soon, but in the meantime don't forget that there are still a few remaining Earlybird Tickets on sale here for £15 (instead of £20).

Time for another reminder about our Monsters Of Irish Rock Wrinklystock V at the Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford, on Saturday 26th November! Limehouse Lizzy are indeed headlining with 'special guests' supporting on what is always a rockin' occasion! Make sure you order your tickets now priced £22 here in order that you don't miss out!

With another batch of membership cards winging their way out of WRC Towers this week, we thought that it was about time that we banged the drum not only for new members but also for contributions to our website - whether it's a review, requests for Vid and Track Of The Day or simply just anything that our members would find interesting! Just contact us via the message box below or alternatively if you want to join all our existing members and take advantage of offers such as discounted tickets to our forthcoming BluesRockFest gig then simply go to our FREE Membership page here.

The WRC already had tickets to see Joe Bonamassa at the London Greenwich Music Time Festival on Thursday 7th July - so we were delighted to hear Monday's announcement that Joanne Shaw Taylor will be opening for Joe on the night. JST has established herself as the UK’s number one star in the Blues Rock world. The girl with the big voice from the Black Country has toured extensively around the world and released critically acclaimed albums, gaining a global fanbase and playing alongside her musical idols. Oddly enough the first time we saw JST was in fact supporting JB's Black Country Communion at the Shepherd's Bush Empire at the end of 2010 and more recently at the Jazz Cafe, London, in October last year (see our Track Of The Day).

Good to see Meridian Radio's 'At The Empire' host Mike Bartlett tweeting on Monday "23/24 July in Mote Park, Maidstone, Ramblin Man Fair with Whitesnake,Thin Lizzy, Black Stone Cherry, Thunder, +++ check web.@MeridianRadio" Well we will be there Mike although unfortunately Ginger Baker won't be as he has cancelled all of his upcoming tour dates after being diagnosed with "serious heart problems". Anyway don't forget to tune into Mike's show here tonight between 8pm and 10pm!

After catching up with the guys at last Thursday's Shooter gig - Bob & Jules kindly dedicated the opening Wolfmother track to the WRC on this week's Rock On The Ridge Track Of The Day! Also included on Saturday's night show are Anvil, Rival Sons, Desert Dragon, Dirty Thrills, Federal Charm (pictured), RavenEye, The Answer, Motorjesus, Mason Hill, Inglorious, Mindriot, Defy All Reason and more!

One of the world's top jazz-fusion bassists, Alain Caron, will be hosting a live-streamed webinar on NMB Live here at 7pm (British Time) tonight. Alain Caron will be demonstrating his approach to performance and to pracice while taking your questions via the live chat during this pay per view event. If you're serious about jazz-fusion, you won't want to miss this rare opportunity. And don't forget to spread the word!

Just four months after his awesome gig at the Royal Albert Hall, Steven Wilson returned to the capital following up on his acclaimed 'Hand. Cannot. Erase.' with the new interim album '4 ½' released last Friday. Thankfully the London Tube strike had been suspended - so it was all systems go at the Hammersmith Apollo to see the four-time Grammy nominee, multi-instrumentalist and producer and of course our 2015 WRC Award nominee! Produced and mixed by the man himself, '4 ½' features a stellar group of musicians including Adam Holzman (keyboards), Nick Beggs (bass), Guthrie Govan (guitar), Dave Kilminster (guitar), Marco Minnemann (drums), Chad Wackerman (drums), Craig Blundell (drums) and Theo Travis (saxophone). So did the Wilson faithful lap up more of his individual work or are they still waiting patiently for the return of Porcupine Tree? Anyway, watch out for more pics and a review shortly but in the meantime check out Steven's superb Bowie tribute Video Of The Day recorded live in Berlin last week!