A nice mixed bag awaits you on today's award winning Blues on the Marsh Track Of The Day! Big Jay McNeely, Buddy Whittington, Cotton Pickers from Serbia, Long Tall Deb, Malcolm Holcombe, Michael Messer's Mitra, Mick Clarke, Mike Brookfield, Movers, Mudcats Blues Trio, Nikki James, Paul Cowley, Rhiannnon Giddens, Russell Morris from Australia, The Fried Okra from Finland, The Mighty Resonators and The Rhythm Express will all be gracing the show plus The Marshman also remembers Cyril Davis and Long John Hunter!

The announcement of our 2015 WRC Awards may very well be over but today's Rock On The Ridge Track Of The Day includes some tracks from our very own award winners including 'Best Guitar Solo' from Paul Turley of Albany Down (pictured)! There's also quality music from Troy Redfern, The Rainbreakers, Inglorious and some band called Led Zeppelin! Enjoy!

With Danny Bryant's new CD 'Blood Money' not due to be released until Friday 29th January - you can get a sneak preview of what's literally in store by downloading the single Sugar Sweet here. Not only that, but Danny, who we saw at Ramblin' Man this year (pictured by John Bull plus Track Of The Day), will be touring in the UK in February 2016 and his itinerary includes a WRC Promotions gig at Leos Red Lion, Gravesend, on Sunday 28th February! To book tickets go to our Ticketsource box below or use the link here.

Matt Woosey will be joining another WRC Award nomineehere live at 5pm in the Blues On The Radio studio ahead of his gig at The Tuesday Night Music Club at the Hooley Village Club, St. Margaret's Road, Hooley Village, Coulsdon, Surrey, CR5 3RB. Host Richard Dunning will be chatting with Matt and spinning some of his favourite music. And of course there'll also be the IBBA albums of the month, news of gigs coming up and some of your favourite music. Two hours very well spent and the last show before Christmas!

Over the weekend of 23rd & 24th July - there is only one place to be! Ramblin’ Man Fair is an annual music festival celebrating Classic and Contemporary Rock, Progressive Rock, Blues and Country. Ramblin’ Man Fair is a Rock festival designed for Rock fans by Rock fans and we will be there! Ramblin’ Man has the perfect location in Mote Park in Maidstone, Kent - close to London surrounded by beautiful English countryside. So what better way to start our countdown to Ramblin' Man with our Airbourne Vid Of The Day - who are appearing on the main stage on Sunday!

We hold our hands up and admit we missed Inglorious (Vid Of The Day) at Download! The good news is that to celebrate some of the cracking up and coming talent we will see at Ramblin' Man Fair - we bring you news of the launch of two 'Road to Ramblin' Man' gigs! The first - Saturday Main Stages openers - Inglorious who will be playing on Monday 27th June. Second up, Sunday's Blue Stage's Tax the Heat will be gracing the stage on Friday 15th July. Both shows are at the one and only Big Reds on Holloway Road, London, and are FREE ENTRY!

Well that's not entirely true! Suffice to say that the WRC are supporting this year's British Blues awards by sponsoring the Lifetime Achievement Award category! You have until next Thursday 30th June 2016 to study the finalists here and choose your favourites in each category. The presentation to the winners will take place at the Newark Blues Festival on Sunday 11th September.

Also appearing at the Bowness Bay Blues on Sunday 20th March 2016 are our mates The John Verity Band. And with Friday 25th December on the horizon, JV has a new Xmas EP available here. JV told us "We chose some slightly rude, but funny tracks this time to make you chuckle this Yuletide whilst enjoying your Blues..." Meanwhile JV's next gig is an acoustic set with Russell Rodford (Jim's son) this Saturday 14th November at The 2 Brewers at Northaw, Potters Bar - starting at 8.30pm.

It's about time we added another band to our LastMinuteBandz roster and this band have been on the WRC radar for some time now. Yes today's Vid Of The Day is the Ryk Mead Band - a Blues artist, songwriter and great guitarist/vocalist who's album 'Chicago' was recently featured on the Paul Jones Show. With his band the London Blues Machine, he is always touring Blues venues in the South - so if you would like to book a well seasoned, truly original band with a new message plus a wealth of experience and unique talent - then simply head to their page here.

Legendary Blues Rock guitarist and singer-songwriter, Robin Trower, best known for his 1974 milestone album “'Bridge of Sighs'”, began his 13-date October UK Tour last Friday night at The Waterfront in Norwich. Robin's special guest on all dates is none other than BluesRockFest headliners the Stevie Nimmo Band (pictured) and we will be at their Islington Assembly Hall gig on Tuesday 18th October. Trower’'s latest album, “'Where You Are Going To”', was released in the UK earlier this year by Manhaton Records.

A year after they opened for The Who at Charlton, Montrose were back on the UK road again in '75 as part of the Warner Bros. Music Show which also featured The Doobie Brothers and Tower Of Power (Track Of The Day). Last week TOP introduced new lead singer "Memphis Soul Man" Marcus Scott and since 1968, TOP has been delivering its unique brand of “Oakland style” music and maintaining a class of its own with a rhythm section that lays down a groove like no other band. Over the years, TOP has performed with some of music’s biggest names including Elton John, Santana, Bonnie Raitt, Huey Lewis, Little Feat, Dionne Warwick, David Sanborn, Paula Abdul, Aaron Neville, Aerosmith, Michael Bolton, Billy Preston, Rod Stewart, Toto and more!

The journey of Neal Morse has seen three decades of musical accomplishments, the latest being the inception of The Neal Morse Band. Morse has forged many relationships over the years with his other bands, Spock’s Beard, Transatlantic and 2014 WRC Prog Award winners Flying Colors (pictured). The current line-up of “ the band is Morse, drummer Mike Portnoy, bassist Randy George, keyboardist Bill Hubauer and guitarist Eric Gillette - and 'The Similitude of a Dream', a new concept album, is due to be released on Friday 11th November on Radiant Records via Metal Blade Records/SONY. Today check out the official lyric video for the songs - 'Long Day' and 'Overture' which is our Vid Of The Day.