Looking to establish itself as a regular event, the Highways Festival was recently held over two days in London's splendid Royal Albert Hall, showcasing established and rising stars in the world of Country and Americana music, with four acts appearing over the course of the Friday evening, including headliner's The Cadillac Three, so find today not only Simon Green's review and photos from the first night, but also check out today's Shane Smith and  the Saints 'All I See Is You' Video Of The Day, filmed on the night.

2022 WRC award-winning Pete Feenstra has spent the last forty years or so listening to, writing about, talking about, and promoting Rock music, with a particular interest in the Blues, and Pete's Rock & Blues show is today's Podcast Of The Day, featuring Robert Finley, The Wooten Brothers, Eliza Neals, Little Milton, Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials, Jan James, The Crusaders, Tinsley Ellis, Lee Aaron, Ann Wilson & Tripsitter, Maggie E Rogers, Anette Olzon (pictured), plus many more.

Already confirmed to play later this year at Planet Rockstock and WinterStorm festivals, as part of the touring for their forthcoming album, enigmatic, hard-working Rock band, Hillbilly Vegas, are back on the road again this July, headlining their seven-date 'Long Way Back' tour (along with special guests, dynamic four-piece hard rockers, The Howling Tides), making a welcome return to the UK following their first ever bout of touring on these shores earlier this year, that saw their jaw-dropping performances gain Oklohoma's finest rave reviews and a host of new followers, eager to see them grace our stages again, of which their latest single, a new mix of 'Shake It Like A Hillbilly', is also one of today's six of the best 'Thursday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Fallen Letters, Trope, Stone Angels, The Whistling Heads and Mac/Corlevich.

Today's Podcast Of The Day is The Proper Proggy Prog Show with Jef Bek from Planetary Jam, broadcast every Saturday at 8pm PT/11pm ET, featuring the best in Progressive Rock from the 70s to today, including Shingetsu, Ars Nova, Mr. Sirius, Bi Kyo Ran, Terutsugu Hirayama, Kenso, Yuka & Chronoship, Asturias and Hiromi.

For fans of traditional Hard Rock/Metal such as Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Dio, born amidst the cold forests and frozen lakes of Finland, clad in leather and spikes, tirelessly spreading the message of the Old Metal-testament through cryptic lyrics, haunting melodies and doomy riffs, Ian Highhill releases his second full-length album, 'Gallows', this coming Friday 31st May, of which the album track, 'The Watchers Of Eden', 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 Ronan Furlong, Arctic Dreams, My Own Abyss, FM2000 and Shepherds Reign.

Having now moved on to the UK leg of their European Classic Tales of Yes Tour, that stops off at Southend's Cliffs Pavilion tonight, featuring many iconic tracks from their back-catalogue, including a celebration of the 50th Anniversary of ‘Tales from Topographic Oceans’, as well as music from their current album ‘Mirror To The Sky’, today's Video Of The Day is an edited version of their 23rd studio album’s epic title track. Comprising longest serving member, plus album producer, Steve Howe’s dazzling guitars, keyboard wizard Geoff Downes’ impeccable sounds, exquisite melodies and fills, Jon Davison’s angelic, crystalline vocals, Billy Sherwood’s deftly dancing bass and Jay Schellen’s masterfully controlled explosions on drums (having stepped into his late mentor and friend Alan White’s seat), 'Mirror to the Sky' is a collection of high energy, intricate, lush and layered studio songs for an album which adds to the band’s much heralded legacy, while charting a path to exciting future times ahead.

Solid Entertainments award winning Tuesday Blues at London's 100 Club, takes place again tonight with Back To The One, Amba Tremain Band and Son Jack Jr, and today's 'Tuesday Blues Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day features just six of the bands who are playing this iconic venue over the next four months (pictured), namely Amba Tremain, Big River, Connor Selby, Dom Martin, True Strays and David Sinclair Four.

Today's latest Blues On The Radio Podcast Of The Day includes music from The Wicked Lo-Down, Richard Townend & The Mighty Bosscats, Connolly Hayes, Toronzo Cannon, The Reverend Shawn Amos, True Strays, Bison Hip, Sean Taylor, Bywater Call, Chris Cain, Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse, Phil Coyne and The Wayward Aces, as well as Trevor Babajack (pictured), ahead of his show tonight at The Tuesday Night Music Club in Coulsdon.

Back on 4th July 2004, Goo Goo Dolls performed a legendary concert in their hometown of Buffalo, New York, in front of over 60,000 fans who braved a torrential downpour before and during the show in front of City Hall, that was originally released in November that year as a 'Live In Buffalo' DVD/CD combo, which will now be released on limited-edition crystal clear vinyl for the first time on Friday 21st June, so check out today's amazing 'Iris' Video Of The Day, filmed that very same evening. Indeed, their 19-song set included all their major hits such as 'Name' and 'Slide', as well as a cover of the Supertramp track 'Give A Little Bit', and now twenty years later, following a a run of shows in Australia and New Zealand in February, they are back on the road this Summer with numerous North American dates, including Washington, DC's Town & Country Fair on Friday 9th August.

Celebrated guitarist and vocalist, Ana Popovic, will bring her new musical adventure, Fantastafunk Big Band Project, to prestigious music festivals throughout this Summer, including California's Monterey Jazz Fest, Norway's Notodden Blues Festival (pictured) and Finland's Pori Jazz, and to coincide with this exciting news, Ana has also released her live single, 'Queen Of The Pack', which is today's Video Of The Day. Based on some of Ana's songs as well as Blues standards, delivered in a new way, it's a super powerhouse Funk & Blues, Rock & Soul, Gospel and R&B experience, merging styles that sees a musical fusion of Stax and Motown with contemporary guitar-driven grooves, delivered by an eleven-piece band including multiple vocalists, a percussionist, drummer, three horns, bass and keys.

Age Of Fire join today's The Zach Moonshine Show Podcast Of The Day, to talk about their latest release, 'Amongst the Shadows', and much more, plus there's new music from Psyc 6, Whaledog, Sykofant, Kerry King, Sebastian Bach, Mass Punishment, Arsenic Addiction, Magnets For Maniacs, The Chug Project 3, Hellbutcher, Skullgrinder, Skulls Of Death, Borgtårn, Threnomancy, Body Count, Cavalera, Slash, Rezet, Gravehuffer, Bewitcher, Hellcommander, Lenax, Dead Reckoning, Nattsjäl, Diseased Earth, Tonic Breed, Goatizm and Sol de Sangre.

Rising Edinburgh-based Metalcore five-piece, Zero One, smartly blend colossal ear-ringing riffery with sophisticated clean passages, and the fiery hard-hitters new five-track EP, 'Faults In My Design', is out this coming Friday 31st May, having just also revealed their explosive new single, 'Hollowed', which is one of today's six of the best 'Bank Holiday Monday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Julia-Sophie, Intelligent Music Project, The Dreadful Tides, We Fog and High Desert Queen.