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Taking place next Summer at Mote Park in Maidstone, Kent, over the long weekend of 18th to 20th July, Maid of Stone 2025 is set to raise the bar for Rock festivals in the UK, with today's announcement of the first twenty bands in an exciting lineup that includes Kentucky Rock icons Black Stone Cherry, legendary guitarist Michael Schenker, and a host of other major international and homegrown acts, of which today's 'Maid Of Stone 2025 Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day features six of these great bands taking part, namely Black Stone Cherry, Michael Schenker Group, The Georgia Thunderbolts, Revenant, These Wicked Rivers and The Raven Age.

Today's latest 2023 WRC Award winning Blues Club Podcast Of The Day, has another two hours of non stop Best in Blues and a bit of this and that, with More Music and Less Chat, featuring Paul Lamb & The King Snakes, Stevie Wonder, Steve Winwood, Robert Cray, Jo Harman, Andy Fairweather Low, Eric Clapton, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal, Tim Aves & Woolpack, Dr. Feelgood (pictured), Richard Townend & The Mighty Bosscats, Average White Band, Jon Cleary, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings, plus many more.

With an extraordinary third album 'To Shoot Another Day', released at the beginning of this month, former Purson Psychedelic Rock singer-songwriter Rosalie Cunningham (pictured) and her band played a sold out gig at The Lexington in London recently with support from Bobbie Dazzle, the Glam-Rock brainchild of former Alunah singer/songwriter and flautist Siân Greenaway, so not only check out today Steven C. Gilbert's colourful Photo Gallery from the evening, but also watch today's Video Of The Day of Rosalie performing Purson's 'Wool', filmed on the night.

South London-based moshers After Smoke Clears yesterday released their highly anticipated eight-track sophomore LP, 'Intentions', a heavy, anthemic and cutting Metalcore LP with a keen grasp on melodic brilliance, progressive fortitude and utter belligerence, and with a headline album launch show taking place tonight at London's 229 with support from Iridium, Swarmed and Apathy, the quartet's second album single 'Animals' featuring Stephen MacConville of Confessions of a Traitor, is also one of today's six of the best 'Saturday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Ghostwound, Dust Bolt, Katharein, Rod Rodrigues featuring Angel Vivaldi and Trevena.

Built on the foundation of the Van Zant musical dynasty, 38 Special co-founder Donnie, and his brother Johnny (the current lead vocalist for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame icon's Lynyrd Skynyrd), today release via Frontiers Music Srl, 'Always Look Up', Van Zant's first new studio album in nearly two decades, marking the duo’s first foray into Christian music, while holding firm to their Southern Rock roots, of which their first album single, 'Jesus Christ', is also one of today's six of the best 'New Releases Friday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further similarly timed album releases today from The Speed Of Sound, Storace, The Wood, Sunstorm and Luminare Christmas!

Scandinavia's premier Roots-Rock renegades Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado return with their brand new ten-track album of high-energy Swamp Rock, smouldering ballads and cinematic Blues-Rock on 'House of Sticks', which will be released next year on Friday 31st January via Provogue/Mascot Label Group, having just revealed their new single and today's Video Of The Day, 'Inner Light', a soulful Funk-laden earworm that fuses Sly and the Family Stone's swagger with Risager's distinctive smoky vocals. The award-winning Danes are showing no signs of slowing down, given they will also be touring Europe through 2024 and 2025, with the Octet bringing that delicious blend of swaggering boogie and irresistible Blues to captivate even more people to come along for the ride.

With another Rock Revival show due to be broadcast tonight at 8pm UK time on Meridian FM, last week's show is today's Podcast Of The Day, that saw WRC Award winning Jules and Bob with a playlist that included Basement Saints, Sisters Doll, House of Lords, Ozzy Osbourne, Friday In California, Alien Shamans, Massive Wagons, Iron Maiden, Klogr, Autumn Killers, The Blood Republic, Blind Guardian, Sebastian Bach, Thin Lizzy, Kings of Mercia, Queen, Red Giant (pictured), Black Stone Cherry, Tremonti, Temple Of The Dog, Voodoo Circle, Blackwater Conspiracy and Whitesnake.

Despite Andy Scott having to pull out from travelling 'down under’ due to an illness, The Sweet were still determined to carry out their Australian November ’24 Tour, and once again our very own Oz was in Oz, at the sold out Governor Hindmarsh (affectionately known as 'The Gov') in Adelaide to be precise, for the first night of two consecutive gigs, so see today not only his review and pics from the night, but also watch today's 'The Ballroom Blitz' Video Of The Day, filmed on the tour opener at Melbourne's Crown Casino.

For fans of Spiritbox, Jinjer and Bring Me The Horizon, and hailing from Northern Ireland, Metal six-piece Hard to Explain are a hard hitting, heavy riffing and melodic powerhouse, promising to bring you nothing more than relentless energy and unforgettable shows, of which their latest single, a cover of OutKast's 'Ms Jackson', is one of today's six of the best 'Thursday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Die For My Sins, Adult Leisure, The Browning, The Daily Ration and Shores Of Null.

For today's The Proper Proggy Prog Show Podcast Of The Day, we continue to play catch up with Jef Bek from Planetary Jam, broadcast on Epic Prog Radio Fridays and Sundays 2pm (PST), 5pm (EST), 11pm (CET), for a creative mix of Progressive Rock from the 70s to today, including Jaume Vilaseca Trio, Trilok Gurtu, Terje Rypdal, Joni Mitchell, Material, Mats Öberg and Sweet Ants Marmalade.

A bunch of mates emerging out of Adelaide, Cold Chisel are Aussie National icons and music legends, so what better place for Oz to see them than in Oz last Sunday, as well as in their very own hometown, at the Adelaide 500 (Vailo) Racing and Music Festival in Victoria Park, so see today not only Oz's review and photos from a ripper of a day, but also watch today's Cold Chisel 'Khe Sanh' Video Of The Day, filmed on the night.

Following on from the more contemporary, grungy and raw sound of their last ten-track album 'Out Of The Show' released in March last year, at the beginning of this month Sicilian trio Blacktop Overdrive Experience self-released their new single, 'Done with You', with its Heavy Classic Rock rejuvenated by Stoner guitars and Desertic Californian vibes, of which this liberation song from the chains of a toxic relationship, is also one of today's six of the best 'Wednesday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Utility Provider, Sypha, Shadow Empire, SAHG and Gothminister.