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Introducing .... our Vid Of The Day and UK band Audial featuring David Domminney Fowler (2014 WRC Award winners Australian Pink Floyd, ex. Juice & Domminney), Dean Howard (ex. T'Pau, Ian Gillan Band, Bad Company, Toby Jepson & Air Race), Jason Sawford (Australian Pink Floyd), Andres Luengo (Juice, Toby Jepson), Ricky Dean Howard (guest bass & vocals) and Sarah Bayley. They started recording in Rogue Studios, Germany, in November 2013 after David (pictured) made (and resurrected) some demos and played them to various musician friends - and Audial was born. Their album 'Perceived Through The Sense Of Hearing' including samples - if you haven't heard it before - are available here.

With just four night's and counting till The Rainbreakers gig at The Red Lion this Friday - the band were featured on Sunday night on Rory Auskerry's Route 66 show! Our 'Track Of The Day' is also packed with new music with tracks from albums by King King, Whitesnake, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Samantha Fish, Micke Bjorklof & Blue Strip, Beth Hart and as promised Aaron Keylock!

Blues guitarist, singer & songwriter Laurence Jones is featured on Route 66 this week. He won ‘best young artist’ at the 2014 British Blues Awards and at the age of 23 is about to release his third studio album ‘What’s It Gonna Be?’ later this April. On our 'Track Of The Day' Rory Auskerry chats to Laurence about the new album, writing songs, touring and performing with his heroes. In addition there are two new numbers from Scottish Blues Rock outfit King King (pictured) who release their latest album ‘Reaching For The Light’ in May.

We were then back in familiar ‘Different Shades Of Blue’ territory with ‘Love Ain’t A Love Song’ and ‘I Gave Up Everything for You, 'Cept the Blues’ which again showcased the tightness of the 8 piece and just when I was ready to sign up on the dotted line - wouldn’t you believe it – we were back on familiar ground with his big hitters ‘Sloe Gin’ and ‘The Ballad Of John Henry’. As for the encore – as Wrinkly will testify – I don’t remember JB encores (in-joke). What I do know is that his fan’s general indifference to the direction of Joe’s latest CD, would have certainly been allayed by this gig and they should go out and buy it. Strangely enough my favourite track off of ‘Different Shades Of Blue’ – ‘Heartache Follows Wherever I Go’ was omitted. What we witnessed tonight was the sorcerer in action with his apprentices – but despite his magic and more to the point – his magical back catalogue – I don’t think Joe will ever be able to cast a spell to satisfy everyone within a two hour setlist. AJ.

Another band that has been in touch with the WRC recently is Gold Phoenix - hence today's 'Introducing ...' feature - a heavy Blues/Garage Rock trio from Surrey. Formed in late 2014, they recorded their debut EP at Scream Studios in South London which was mastered by Peter Maher (White Stripes, Rolling Stones, U2) with the track 'Back To You' getting a great response on radio playlists. They've also supported American band 'The Weeks' and with shows being booked for the rest of this year plus a video almost finished - you'll be hearing a lot more of Gold Phoenix in the coming months! Consequently they are our 'Track Of The Day' and you can download their whole debut EP for FREE here!

If you want a taster of BluesRockfest's Albany Down - then head on down to the Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen in Hoxton, London, where the guys will be headlining on Saturday 28th March. Show times are 7.30pm to 10pm with support. Tickets £9. Albany Down will be starting work on 'Album Number 3' (yes, that is the official working title!) the week before the show so it could be the perfect time to ask some questions about the album and how the recording is going. For ticket information on all the bands that are playing at this year's BluesRockfest at The Red Lion, Gravesend on Saturday July 4th, simply go here and remember if you are a WRC member just go here where you can get a £3 discount on your ticket! Finally, you can still fill out a form here to become a WRC member for life for FREE and we'll consequently send you a WRC members card which you can use to benefit from not only BluesRockfest but all the other current members offers which we also hope to add to in the future.

Doors now open earlier at 7pm for The Replicants gig at The Carlton Centre in Sidcup on Saturday 18th April. Support band The Prenups will now take the stage at 7.30pm. Don't forget that tickets can be purchased here for £5 - however, if you are a WRC member then you can purchase your tickets here for £4! To become a WRC member simply fill out a form here and we'll subsequently send you a WRC members card which you can use to benefit from all our other current members offers.

Our mate John Verity tells us "It's Finished!" But don't worry - it's good news - JV's new live album 'Live at Boske' is all finished and gone off for manufacture! The album will be available soon and is a collection of live-in-the studio recordings of familiar material plus two unreleased demos of songs new to the live set in the next few weeks. And JV will be debuting the new material at this Sunday's Dannys Bar, Esquires, Bedford gig starting at 6pm not only with his old muckers Henrit & Skeaty but also special guest Bianca Kinane and guest keyboard wizard Tom Wilson. Finally, don't forget that the current JV studio album 'Tone Hound On The Last Train To Corona' (pictured) is of course still available!

With 2016 promising to be another exciting year for new music, today's Route 66 Track Of The Day plays brand new tracks from Eliza Neals and Stephen Dale Petit as well as something from the forthcoming Danny Bryant Album 'Blood Money' who is also playing a WRC Promotions gig at Leos Red Lion, Gravesend, on Sunday 28th February! Orkney based Blues/Rock trio the Andrew Taylor Group also get a spin tonight as does the Mitch Laddie Band who host Rory Auskerry will be chatting to in a couple of weeks time. There's also classic tracks from Slash, Rod Stewart and Lynyrd Skynyrd!

As exclusively revealed in our January 2016 WRC Bulletin - The Stevie Nimmo Trio (part of The Nimmo Brothers who won 'Best Band' at the 2015 British Blues Awards) are headlining this year's 2016 BluesRockFest at Leo's Red Lion, Gravesend on Saturday 24th September. There are (so far) 7 top Rock and Blues acts from around the UK planned and tickets for the event will be £20 each, although there are 100 Earlybird Tickets on sale for a limited time for £15 here. Once they've gone - they've gone! In fact make that 99 as Marliyn Pascoe has already snapped the first one up. Well done Marilyn! Of course WRC Members only pay £15 so why not head off here to sign up for free. Don't forget to check back soon for announcements on the other exciting bands we have lined up!

As promised by The Marshman recently - tonight's Blues On The Marsh show here at 7pm is a 'Women In Blues' special. Recorded live by Simon Taylor at The Stag Theatre, Sevenoaks, last September - the gig featured Bex Marshall, Val Colwell, Katie Bradley and Fran McGillvray. The concert was dedicated to Jo-Ann Kelly - an icon of the 1960s Blues movement - and was a tribute to her life and music, performed by wonderfully talented female Blues artistes in a unique collaboration.

Hands up that we all set off for Wembley Arena before The Marshman announced the line-up of his Festive Fayre for his Blues On The Marsh show last night. The good news is that not only has BOTM been nominated here in our 2015 Awards, but also Mr. Beale's latest broadcast is today's Track Of the Day!