It has been six years since Robin Trower has graced the UK stage, and the iconic guitarist will return in May for three special shows (pictured), where he will be playing songs from across his formidable back catalogue; from the legendary 'Bridge of Sighs' all the way up to his latest album, 'Joyful Sky', featuring powerhouse New York singer Sari Schorr, of which the title track is today's Video Of The Day. Indeed, following this US #1 Billboard Blues album released in October, this year Blue Raincoat/Chrysalis Records will be releasing a special 50th Anniversary package of 'Bridge of Sighs', re-mixed and mastered using Atmos and including some previously unreleased tracks.

We begin 2024 with a new Podcast Of The Day, The Proper Proggy Prog Show with Jef Bek from Planetary Jam, a creative mix of vintage and recent Progressive Rock, with the best of 2023 part 2 featuring Something Invisible, District 97, Advent Horizon, Transatlantic, Jethro Tull, Karfagen, Pattern-Seeking Animals, Peter Gabriel, Univers Zero, Rascal Reporters and Yes (pictured).

Ahead of touring the USA in March, and to mark their 40-year anniversary, Industrial/EBM/Alternative Rock legends KMFDM will release their 23rd studio album, 'Let Go', on Friday 2nd February, with their signature onslaught of pulse-pounding rhythms, scorching electronics, blistering guitars and vocals full of grit, growl and grind, of which the title track, offering a potent mix of driving Techno, Dance and Funk-infused thrust, is one of today's six of the best 'Monday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Yuuge, Gentle Giant, Being As An Ocean, Christian Smith and Dust Bolt.

"Verdict: If you like them, go see them! If you don’t know, go anyway - they will tick at least one box for you!" That was part of our take on Robert Jon And The Wreck's storming twelve-date UK tour at the London PowerHaus/Dingwalls leg, back in February, ahead of the release of their EP ‘One Of A Kind’ in March, and consequently the Southern Roots Rock band have been voted Best International performance in the last of our thirteen 2023 WRC Awards, so check out today's 'Waiting For Your Man' Video Of The Day, filmed on that very same night.

With the very sad news last Sunday of songwriter and guitar master Tony Clarkin's death after a short illness at the age of 77, today's Podcast Of The Day goes back to happier times, Christmas Day 2016 to be precise, when Get Ready To Rock! Radio first broadcast David Randall's interview with Tony's bandmate and Magnum frontman, Bob Catley (pictured in March 2022 on the London Islington Assembly Hall leg of their 'A Monster Roars' tour).

Ahead of her 'Sonora' Tour that begins next month (pictured), on Friday, Spanish Blues Rock guitarist and singer songwriter, Susan Santos, released her new single, 'Hot Rod Lady', taken from Susan's sixth studio album, 'Sonora', that's due out on Friday 5th April, an eight-track journey that's diverse and encompasses guitar styles that range from Western to Psychedelia, of which this opening track that tells the story of a woman who drives through the desert and breaks all the speed limits, 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 Alase featuring Rioghan, Quiet Commotion, Arriving Home, Metal De Facto and Freakshow.

Ahead of us seeing him perform as lead vocalist and guitarist for legendary Progressive Rock band It Bites this coming Sunday at London's Islington Assembly Hall, and chosen from over 2,000 tunes that we have shared this year on our daily 'Tracks Of The Day', congratulations to Francis Dunnery who has been voted 2023 WRC Track Of The Year for Tombstone Dunnery's 'The Comeback Boy' (Video Of The Day), taken from their twelve-track album, 'The Blues Of Tombstone Dunnery Vol.1', released in September.

"If you haven’t yet attended a Dom Martin gig, buy a ticket; if you don’t yet own a Dom Martin CD or LP, get one (or, better still, get them all!)!" That was part of our take on multi award-winning Blues/Rock/Americana/Roots artist, Dom Martin, touring his new album, 'Buried In The Hail', at London's Eel Pie Club in Twickenham in October, and with a European tour also taking place this June, consequently the Belfast guitarist has also been voted 'Best Blues Rock Performance' in our 2023 WRC Awards, so check out today's Video Of The Day of part one of his encore, filmed on that very same night.

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 Altered Five Blues Band, Joe Bonamassa (pictured), Tina Turner, Mark Cameron, Chris Thomas King, Joyann Parker, Tom Buenger, The Mystix, French Blues All Stars, plus many more.

Harvesting influences from Biffy Clyro, Spiritbox and Muse, hard hitting Heavy Rock outfit, Night Thieves, unleash their blistering new EP, 'Polarity', next Friday 19th January, with the immense London rockers also having just delivered their deeply alluring new single, 'Through The Looking Glass', of which the barnstorming corker from this rampant quartet, 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 Nick Hudson, Raizer, Infected Rain, Vick LeCar and Volucrine.

Today's 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 The Blues Express, The Rolling Stones, Emma Wilson, Johnny Rawls, Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps, Larkin Poe, Keb' Mo', Fleetwood Mac, King King (pictured), Breabach, Tide Lines, Capercaillie, Runrig, Gerry Rafferty, Red Hot Chilli Pipers, Sandy Carroll, Trickbag, Tom Buenger, plus many more.

Having debuted in 2021 with The Grandmaster's explosive ‘Skywards’, a collaboration between German guitarist Jens Ludwig (Edguy) and Brazilian singer Nando Fernandes, stellar Danish Hard Rock powerhouse vocalist Peer Johansson (Fate) signs on for today's dynamic and captivating follow-up, 'Black Sun', with its infectious grooves again showing off Ludwig's prowess via a series of rhythmic riffs and captivating solos, that sees in 2024 with a massive Metallic bang, such as 'Watching The End', one of today's six of the best 'West Coast Frontiers Rock!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by three other tracks taken from three brand new Frontiers albums due to be released next Friday by Cobrakill, Gotus and Grand, plus two further tracks from Adam Norsworthy and Tom Robinson Band, who are appearing tomorrow and today respectively at the three-day West Coast Folk Festival that kicks off at Blackpool's Winter Gardens today.