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Just about to embark on a twelve-date UK tour supporting Canadian rockers The Damn Truth, that kicks off this coming Friday 12th November, Nashville-based, Blues-soaked Southern rockers Parker Barrow released their new 5-track EP, 'Hold the Mash' on Wednesday, that marks the 2024 WRC Award winner's first release since their 2023 debut album 'Jukebox Gypsies', of which their new EP single 'The Healer', is also one of today's six of the best 'Sunday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Greystone Canyon, Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse, Sainted Sinners, Celldweller & SWARM featuring REEBZ and W't'M.

With a new album coming out next year, London's loudest Rock 'n' Roll band, The Heat Inc., had some amazing album reviews when their previous album, 'Asleep at the Ejector Seat', was released in July 2023, so read today not only Ivan De Mello's well worth waiting for take on that ten-track release, but also watch today's Video Of The Day of album track 'Get Wild'.

Today's Podcast Of The Day is Hour One of a recent Prog Rock Files broadcast, presented by Garry Foster, featuring Gentle Knife, Moon Halo, Jacob Roberge, Beat, Avkrvst, Argonaut, John Holden and Marillion.

Having not only crafted an unparalleled musical approach, blending intricate melodies, emotional intensity and sonic openness with instrumental virtuosity, as well as touring the Americas and Europe, sharing stages with Prog legends Marillion, Focus and Riverside, Chilean Progressive Rock legends Aisles play London NW5's Fiddler's Elbow this coming Wednesday 12th November with German co-headliners Yuval Ron Trio, plus solo special guest Dikajee, so check out today's 'Megalomania' Video Of The Day, filmed live at the beginning of this year, when Aisles performed at Santiago's Sala SCD Plaza Egaña. Meanwhile, co-headliners Yuval Ron Trio can be best described as cinematic Prog Fusion, combining elements of live playing, extensive instrumental compositions and a big, film-like background production of orchestral lines, soundscapes and sound effects, while Russian vocalist Dikajee often pays homage to a multitude of genres from different eras and showcases the weavings of Folk, Neo-Baroque, Neoclassical and Prog Rock.

In March last year, armed to the teeth with a flurry of sledgehammer riffs, colossal choruses and unabashed wailing solos, heavy brooding, Rock n’ Rollin’, Stone Angels, released their explosive sophomore album, 'Up In Smoke', a collection of nine hard-hitting songs, and following their recent support slot in London, the Brighton quartet return to the Cart & Horses tomorrow night supporting Italian Hard rockers Venus Mountains, with Death Warmed Up opening, so check out today's six of the best 'Saturday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day including not only Stone Angels album track 'Gambler', but also five recent and forthcoming single releases from Laurence Jones, We Three Kings, Premier Jester, Scott McCloud and Refestramus.

Today's very latest 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 Joe Bonamassa (pictured) & Gary Clark Jr., Burning Rope, Ray Charles, Mick Jagger, Mississippi Heat, The Cat Empire, Roomful of Blues, Angelique Francis and many more.

2024 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 latest Rock & Blues show is today's Podcast Of The Day, featuring Traffic, Earl Hooker, MKO (McAvoy, Knowles, O’Neil), Anne Harris, Michael Schenker Group, Jimmy Burns & Soul Message Band, Colour Green, Anthony “Big A” Sherrod & The Cornlickers, Dexter Allen, Micki Free, Brave Rival (pictured), Candice Ivory, Lenny White, Mike Bourne Band, Luther Johnson, plus many more.

For fans of Paramore, Evanescence and The Smashing Pumpkins - a rocket scientist, American Idol alum and former Atlantic Records drummer walk into a room and make one of the most honest Rock debuts of the year, as Denver trio Analog Amara self-release today their five-track debut EP, 'Slowly Falling Apart', of which the second single released by the band, 'Never Even Happened', is also one of today's six of the best 'New Releases Friday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five other similarly timed EP/album releases today from AudioGust, Mad Vantage, Hell in the Club, Cepheidae Variable and V-Haze Miasma.

Bringing back to this side of the pond their foot tappin' funky Blues and their electric high energy Rock 'n' Roll, as well as headlining Whitby Pavilion's Blues Rhythm & Rock Festival tomorrow night, tonight at 9pm at London's Ain't Nothin' But in Kingly Street, internationally renowned Blues guitarist Big Dez and his band play the second date of their UK Tour, so watch today's 'Stormy Monday' Video Of The Day, filmed recently at the Sunset/Sunside Jazz Club in Paris. Indeed, continuing to be a big draw at European Blues clubs and festivals, Big Dez completes his whirlwind tour at Ruislip's The Tropic on Sunday, then heads back to playing the Blues clubs of Chicago including Buddy Guy's Legends Club, so this is your chance to see one of the most entertaining modern Blues bands around!

Touring the UK early next year as special guests to legendary USA band Preacher Stone, having had favourable comparisons to Rock household names from Chris Cornell and Alter Bridge through to Black Stone Cherry, tomorrow night rising contemporary modern Southern gritty Melodic rockers, Revenant, support The Dirty Denims at London's Cart & Horses, so for today's Podcast Of The Day we turn the clock back to July, and the third incarnation of the Maid Of Stone Festival at beautiful Mote Park in Maidstone, Kent, where we had a backstage chat with Revenant, Sari Schorr and Flint Moore, on this twenty five minute long Podcast.

At the forefront of the Progressive Rock music movement since 1969, delivering engaging, innovative and skilfully crafted music, and following the release in July last year via Spirit Of Unicorn Music of 'Focus 12', legends Focus (pictured) played a matinee show at London's Bush Hall on Sunday as part of their UK tour, including an acoustic set from special guest Rachel Croft, so see today not only AJ's review and pics from the gig, but also watch today's 'Sylvia' Video Of The Day, filmed that very same afternoon.

On Friday, Norwegian proggers Gazpacho released their highly anticipated twelfth studio album 'Magic 8-Ball', comprising eight atmospheric, layered, emotional, but more focused tracks, although staying true to the sextet’s core, of which their second and latest single, ‘We Are Strangers', is also one of today's six of the best 'Thursday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further singles released last Friday by Bloody Moon, Neil James Parkinson, My Misspent Youth, ODC and Moonspell featuring Orquestra Sinfonietta de Lisboa.