Today's Bank Holiday Monday Track Of The Day is another Black On Blues Women Special featuring Karena K (pictured), Kaz Hawkins, MaryJo Curry, Vaneese Thomas, Diana Rein, Koko Taylor and Shaun Murphy.

The WRC first had the pleasure of introducing you to Idlewar (Vid Of The Day) in September 2015. Fusing of old and new with the likes of AC/DC, Clutch, Soundgarden, Royal Blood, Foo Fighters etc. - they are not a reinvention of the wheel! With well constructed no nonsense hard and heavy rock songs, they are back with the release of their first full length LP entitled 'Impulse' on Friday 30th September on PHM. Idlewar continues on with a record that has a raw power that comes across sonically and in performance. The record shows the growth of this new band with a widened scope while still remaining quite firmly planted in a heavy hard rock genre. The record was given it’s final sonic punch being mastered by Brian Lucey (Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys, Ghost) and the guy's are off for their first UK tour in late November which will include Planet Rock Stock Festival!

We thought it was about time that we partly updated our Video Vault here - fed from our Live WRC Gig Youtube channel here. Anyway, the latest update includes Wolfmother, Jeff Lynne's ELO, Big Boy Bloater & The Limits, Hillbilly Moon Explosion, JOANovARC, The Barnstormers, AC/DC and Bruce Springsteen (pictured)! Enjoy!

Just a reminder that after nearly three years broadcasting with Croydon Radio - Richard Dunning has spread his wings! From a two hourly format every fortnight there is a now a new weekly Blues On The Radio show lasting an hour - the first of which is broadcast tonight at 5pm (UK) here. And if you miss it you can catch up on Thursday - Noon EST (5pm UK) here, Thursday - 5pm EST (10pm UK) here and Friday - 2 am here. And the show will also be available on Mixcloud for your listening pleasure!

The Apocalypse Blues Revue - the new band from Godsmack’s Shannon Larkin and Tony Rombola - release their new self titled album on the Provogue/Mascot Label Group on Monday 26th August. As the legend goes, Robert Johnson infamously started his career by meeting the Devil at the crossroads. By the same token, you could say Apocalypse Blues Revue (today's Vid Of The Day) began playing at the end of the world. Co-founded by Godsmack drummer Shannon Larkin and guitarist Tony Rombola and featuring vocalist Ray “Rafer John” Cerbone and bassist Brian Carpenter, the quartet honors Blues traditions, while etching their stamp on the genre in blood.

We might have been a bit spaced out - but we're pretty sure that the first and last time we saw Hawkwind was at The Forum in London in December 2001! Anyway we have the chance again to see the spacelords on the Prog In The Park Stage at Ramblin' Man on Sunday 24th July as we continue our RM countdown with our Hawkwind Vid Of The Day!

Well the good news is that our good friends the Laura Holland Band are playing tonight at the Tuesday Night Music Club at The Comrades Club, 194 Brighton Road, Coulsdon, Greater London, CR5 2NF. The bad news (although not for mein host Richard Dunning) is that, not surprisingly, the gig has sold out! But the good news is that we have the next best thing to seeing the guys live - our 2014 BluesFest DVD/CD here for sale on our merchandise page which of course includes part of Laura's outstanding set!

Make sure you tune into Route 66 here tonight at 6pm for Rory Auskerry's full interview with guitar legend Leslie West of Mountain fame. Rory and Leslie not only chatted about his new album 'Soundcheck', but also playing and recording with The Who, Brian May, Joe Bonamassa, Jack Bruce & Johnny Winter! They also discuss his time working with Mountain, The Vagrants and West, Bruce & Laing.

The WRC were delighted to receive the following tweet from Fran McGillivray ahead of her bands gig at The Tuesday Night Music Club - "@WRINKLYCLUB @BlueRootsRadio big thanks for RT. On our way to Tuesday Night Club through dense traffic ready to rock #big hug #kisses". Well today's Track Of The Day is the next best thing to seeing Fran's band live - it's Richard Dunning's Blues On The Radio show from Tuesday night that not only features Fran but also a myriad of other classic Blues tracks!

"Danielz rapport with the crowd continues and he has them eating out of his hand - especially when one fan asks for a number that is so obscure he suggests that probably about five people in the whole audience would know it but just to oblige he plays a few chords of the track - I can’t remember what it was - it was so unknown. The hits continue with ‘Telegram Sam’ and ‘Ride a White Swan’ and the action leads nicely up to the heavyweight finish – ‘New York City’ is followed by the classic ‘Children of the Revolution’, ‘Jeepster’ and the set finale ‘Get it On’. A standing ovation follows with deafening cries for more. That was never in doubt and ‘I Love To Boogie’ and ‘Hot Love’ have voices straining and no doubt many homes would be fairly quiet the next day!!" Read the rest of Wrinkly's Wrinklystock IV review here.

Further to last Monday's release of our new webpage 'LastMinuteBandz' - the WRC Promotions pool for venues of Rock, Blues, Tribute and Covers bands - we're delighted today to add Sugerman Sam and the Voodoo Men to the fold. Formed in November 2013, Sugarman Sam and the Voodoo Men combine classic elements of Blues and combine them with the raucous power of Rock. Sugarman Sam is a Bluesman through-and-through; being brought up on a diet of high-profile names like B.B. King, Led Zeppelin and Gary Moore to name a few. To book Sam and the guys - please go to their dedicated webpage here.

Today's Track Of The Day has two special guest interviews on this week's Route 66 show. Blues legend Walter Trout chats to Rory Auskerry about writing his latest album, 'Battle Scars'. Now recovered after a lengthy period in hospital for a liver transplant, Walter talks about the experience, his recovery, learning how to play guitar, and how good it feels to be back on stage again. As if that wasn’t enough on it’s own, Rory follows that up with an interview with Alan Nimmo, the singer and guitarist from one of Scotland’s most successful Blues and Rock bands. King King have won dozens of awards for their three albums to date and Alan talks frankly about the making of those records, debates over the band’s musical direction and touring with Blues legend John Mayall and later this year, Rock groups Gun and Thunder!