"JD immediately ripped into a cover of Willie Dixon's Blues classic 'You Need Love' - well it was a showcase - and Simo duly demonstrated that as well as playing a mean guitar he had the vocals to match - well complemented by Bishop's bass also. And if you wanted Classic Rock straight from the 70's - well the short but effective riff of 'Right Now' (not to be confused with 'Alright Now') left you in doubt that they could rock out as well. SIMO then debuted one of their new songs from 'LLSTW', namely 'Two Timin Woman' the intensity of which could not be confused with Hank Snow's classic of the same name." All roads led to SIMO (our Vid Of The Day) at The Barfly in Chalk Farm, London, last night, following their amazing Showcase gig reviewed above at the St. Moritz Club last November. More pics and another review to come!

Just a fortnight after we saw musician, poet, writer, record producer and singer Pete Brown perform at The Proud, Camden - we took in Pete again on Wednesday at The Troubadour in Earls Court . He rose to prominence as a leading British beat poet (notably with Mike Horovitz's 'New Departures' group) in the early 1960's and went on to write a remarkable series of albums with Cream singer and bassist Jack Bruce, spanning over thirty years. The evening began with an excellent six song acoustic set from London singer-songwiter Jasmine Rodgers - the intimacy of the venue (photo gallery here) the perfect foil for her crystal clear vocals and guitar/mandolin playing, particularly on the appropriately named 'Icicles'. Forget about the jokes though Jasmine - ha ha! It was then Pete's turn to deliver some patter - not jokes - but some poetry - 75 year-old Brown firmly nailing his political colours to the mast although the standout poem was about station announcements when Pete travels home by rail to Hastings. Very funny! Brown was then joined on stage by Malcolm Bruce (Jack's son pictured) on keyboards/guitar and they knocked out an eclectic setlist which included The Interoceters 'The Old Soul Singer', Cream's 'Theme From An Imaginary Western' (Vid Of The Day) and Piblokto's 'Thousands On A Raft'. Another great performance from Pete plus massive respect to Malcolm who is just about to release an album, recorded in Nashville and London, through Pledge Music and will be touring in support of the release through the Spring. AJ.

"From the first chord of 'Out Of My Head' Dingwalls erupted - with POM then launching straight into 'Control' which also featured a cool cover of Sabbath's 'War Pigs' - assume we can expect this on their new covers album ‘Re:(disc)overed'? The guys then veered away from 'CC' with 'Away From Me' from their third album 'Life On Display' and then returned to 'CC' with the awesome 'Bring Me Down'. A deserved mention for lead guitarist Paul Phillips and bass guitarist Douglas Ardito at this point - but does anyone know the name of the cool 'Curt Cobain' lookalike on guitar who made up the quintet - understand he was outside playing acoustic guitar while the punters were queuing?" That was part of AJ's take on Puddle Of Mudd at Camden in June 2011and the guys return to London tonight at the O2 Academy Islington. We still have 2 spare tickets so e-mail wrinklyrockers11@aol.com if you want to join us!

We all know how annoying repeats on the TV or on the radio are - however, today we ask you to make an exception! For those mad fools of you who have asked us to play again last Saturday's WRC Rock On The Ridge interview - well we have made it today's Track Of The Day. Not only that but we have also added it permanently to our 'About Us' page here. In the meantime hosts Bob & Jules tweeted on Thursday "Wow some great stuff coming up on the show over the next few weeks, trust me you wont want to miss out! join Jules & myself every Saturday". Well there you have it - just make sure you tune into the show tonight here at 8pm!

No doubt Rock Covers band The Replicants will show that Sidcup 'Rocks' when they play the Iron Horse, 122 Station Road DA15 7AB, this Saturday night from 9.30pm - midnight. Entrance is just £3!

Today's Blues On The Marsh Track Of The Day opens with an appeal from Trevor Sewell protesting against new copyright laws that significantly increase Internet Radio music license royalties. The Marshman also has the wonderful Toby Barelli aka King Size Slim live in the studio talking about and playing tracks from his brand new album, 'Chukka Chukka', plus there is also quite an eclectic mix of great new releases! So pin back your ears for Al Brown, Black Market III, Bing Futch, Bonnie Raitt, Doug MacLeod, Down Home Percolators, Matt Woosey, Mudlow, Mumbo-Jumbo, Riff Riders, Steve Dawson, Stevie Nimmo, Supersonic Blues Machine(pictured), Tasha Taylor, The Alabama Lovesnakes, The Blues Spiders, The BluesBones, Jordan Patterson Blues Music and Black River Delta to name but a few!

Just short of two months since his memorable 'An Evening With Russ Ballard' at the Leicester Square Theatre, London - Russ returns to the capital tonight. With ex-Argent bandmate Bob Henrit on drums, Chris Winter on guitar and Steve Smith on keyboards - the guys are playing Nells Jazz & Blues in North End Crescent W14. And just in case you missed it - check out today's Track Of The Day - a teaser for 'An Evening With Russ Ballard video special' - and in particular 3 minutes and 9 seconds into the vid - where a certain Wrinkly The Elder gives his forthright views on the evening's proceedings with a smiling AJ alongside!

Those Rock On The Ridge love birds Bob & Jules threw down the gauntlet over Valentine's weekend to show your ears you love them with their Rock love special! Consequently today's Track of The Day includes music from Alter Bridge, Adelitas Way, Tesla, StoneRider, Shinedown, Orianthi, Led Zeppelin, Bad Company and Whitesnake (pictured). Feel the love!

We suppose that a bit like London buses, you wait five years for a Black On Blues podcast Track Of The Day and then two come along in the space of four days! Well show No. 258 featuring 'Blues Women' is a particularly special one for the blackonblues.com team as host Kevin and producer Jason celebrate five years of the show. Anyway, featured on this broadcast are Dr. Izzy Band, The Laura Holland Band (pictured), Brigitte Rios Purdy, Nicole Christian, Hurricane Ruth LaMaster, Joyann Parker & Sweet Tea, Rory Block and Zoe Schwarz. Here’s to another 5 more years!

With just two remaining 2015 WRC Awards to be announced - today we reveal that Southbound have won our 'One's To Watch' award. Following in the footsteps of The Mentulls (2012), Absolution (2103) and Little Devils (2014) - Southbound fought of the awesome international competition of both SIMO (St. Moritz, London) and The Brothers Landreth (Borderline, London) to win this coveted prize - thanks to stand-out gigs at Leos Red Lion, Gravesend, The Half Moon, Putney, and The Horn, St. Albans (pictured) during 2015. And you can catch the guys tonight at The Troubador in London with, coincidentally, Little Devils! In the meantime check out today's Vid Of The Day!

And talking of New Year's Eve - there's still time to order our 2016 WRC calendar (pictured) which is available from our merchandise page for £7 + p&p here. We also have some Wrinklystock IVT.Rextasy t-shirts available here, '2015' On Tour' t-shirts here and 2015 BluesRockFest DVD/CD's here. Don't forget that WRC members automatically get 10% off by entering their WRC promo code!!

Today's Track Of The Day is the Blues on the Marsh show originally broadcast by host Kevin Beale on Friday night. The Marshman's playlist this week includes The Hitman Blues Band, Hot Tin Roof, The Blues Rebels, Junior Parker, Beige Fish, Richard Townend and The Mighty Bosscats, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Kaz Hawkins, La Bedoune, Kyla Brox, Toronzo Cannon, Will Johns, Matt Andersen, The BluesBones, Howlin' Stone, Poplar Jake And the Electric Delta Review Band, Guy Clark and Corey Dennison. There's also track from BluesRockFest's Robin Bibi (pictured) who is live in the Channel Radio studio this coming Friday at 7pm.