Rock will return to Maidstone’s Mote Park this month from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd July, in the form of the Maid of Stone Festival, a brand-new and diverse festival celebrating Rock, Heavy Rock and Blues Rock, with the ‘Voice of Rock’, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and former Deep Purple bassist/singer, Glenn Hughes headlining on Saturday, and the master's of high-adrenaline Rock, Airbourne, headlining on Sunday, so today's 'Maid Of Stone Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day showcase six of the many great bands taking part, namely Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons, Jordan Red, Skinny Knowledge, The Hot Damn!, not forgetting of course the aforementioned Glenn Hughes and Airbourne.

Ahead of their upcoming EP scheduled for release this Autumn, offering not only powerful, dynamic and melodic music close to Alternative Metal and Post-Hardcore, but also prominently influenced by bands such as Architects, Alexisonfire, The Ghost Inside, Thrice and Underoath, Paris based outfit, Ways., today release on all streaming platforms, their second single, 'Erase', taken from the EP, which is also today's Video Of The Day. Having opened for bands such as Sidilarsen (FR), Full Throttle Baby (FR), Napoleon (UK), Svalbard (UK), The Prestige (FR), Bukowski (FR), Resolve (FR), plus having taken part in Portugal's big Vagos Metal Fest alongside Dagoba (FR) and Jinger (Ukraine), earlier this year the the band announced a change in line-up with Etienne (Colossus of Destiny) taking over on drums and Anthony (Lies We Sold) stepping in on bass.

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 Twilight Road, Joel Hoekstra, Thieves Of Liberty, Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons, The Fever Kings, Waking The Angels, Black Sabbath, Sevendust, Alter Bridge, Blue Oyster Cult (pictured), Thunderon, District 13, 72-74's, Sweet Electric, The Rolling Stones, Those Damn Crows, Palace Of The King, Jet Set Satellite, The Landed, Def Leppard, Hollowstar, DeadFlight, Five Finger Death Punch and Mississippi Riot.

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 Will Pike, Spoon, Greg Sover, Jake Aaron featuring Kate Kurdyak, Tony Holiday, Clay Melton, Nektar, John Cale, Mary Coughlan, Cosmic American Derelicts, Mockingbird Hill, Vendetta Love, Simon Webster, The Magpie Arc (pictured), Mojo Preachers plus more.

Ahead of supporting Iron Maiden at London's O2 Arena this Friday and Saturday night, and poised to be the next British Metal band to break on a global scale, The Raven Age also release their 'Blood Omen' album via Music For Nations/Sony Music on Friday, of which their brand new single from the album, 'Serpents Tongue', is today's Video Of The Day, and tonight the band are holding an immersive launch party, which will also feature a special acoustic set, showcasing a completely different side, at London's Signature Brew in Walthamstow (pictured). Heavy and raging, ‘Serpents Tongue’ is a fiery melodic Metal anthem, as the epic, self-produced video finds the band performing the song in a ghoulish manor house to soundtrack a demonic dinner party hosted by the Raven King.

A contemporary Folk musician influenced by a wealth of genres including Jazz, Rock, old-time and traditional, hailing from the Scottish highlands, Rachel Sermanni is an enchanting singer-songwriter, whose performance and lyrics draw from a deep well of mysticism, dreams, nature and the simple-complex experience of being human, and not only is she releasing her newest foray into her sonic subconscious, with her latest album, 'Dreamer Awake', due out on Friday 15th September on Navigator Records, but Rachel is also bringing her new album to the stage at festivals this Summer and on a UK tour in late September that includes dates across England and Scotland, of which her album track, 'Jacob', 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 Nemdis, Nitroverts, Wily Bo Walker, Motorjunkie and Skull & Crossbones.

Having the intensity of Rock and Roll, with a power Pop edge, mixing classic Rock sounds with powerful guitar rhythms, Houston, Texas, four-piece Indie Rock outfit, The Metal Byrds, are a female fronted band featuring Londoner Suzanne Birdie on vocals, and their upbeat fun and rocking first single, 'Stop Motion', taken from their upcoming album, 'Moments Before Sunrise', is one of today's six of the best 'Wednesday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Black Market Karma (with The Underground Youth), Category VI, Palace Of The KIng, Botolph Dissidents and Mystical Porn Heroes.

Another triumphant success to follow his 2021 'Child Of The State' debut, which topped the Billboard Rock Chart, Seattle rocker Ayron Jones released his second album, 'Chronicles Of The Kid' on Friday to massive acclaim, and not only is he playing London's Camden Assembly tonight as a warm up for his 2000trees festival performance tomorrow, but his latest album track, 'My America', is today's Video Of The Day. Laden with vulnerability, this scathing-yet-redemptive standout track is an unflinching anthem that blends the best of its collaborators with achingly raw verses and an earworm of a chorus that’s a salve for American-sized wounds.

Today's Podcast Of The Day is Beastie's Blues Club, originally broadcast live on www.voodooradio.online straight after Beastie's Rock Show, and this ninety minute slice of the best in Blues, Rhythm and Blues and Music touched by the Blues, features Bob Corritore, Diunna Greenleaf, The Roadhouse Blues Band, James Oliver (pictured), Jeremiah Johnson, Misty Blues and more.

Today we salute our musical friends across the pond as they celebrate Independence Day with today's six of the best 'Independence Day Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, featuring American artists such as Marc Broussard (pictured), Leather, Robert Jon & The Wreck, Cilvarium, Pyramid and Amoriello.

On today's latest Simply Country Podcast Of The Day playlist, there's music from Adam Wayne, The Brae, Hannah Aldridge, Andy Penkow (pictured), Ashleigh Dallas, Brendan McMahon, Chelsea Berman, Vanessa Bourne, Alice Benfer, Shaza Leigh, Kylie Adams-Collier, Toni West, Ciarán Rosney, Zoee Byrne, Debbie Nunn, Marian Waldron, Jake Whittaker, Jem, Katie Gallagher, Lucie Tiger, Mary Hoey, Perdys, Tigirlily Gold, Simon Peters, The Winnie Blues plus more.

Visiting twelve countries for a run of twenty UK and European Summer festival appearances and headline shows, ZZ Top frontman Billy F Gibbons stopped off at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire on Monday night, so not only check out today Les Linyard's tres hombres Photo Gallery including support from Toby Lee, but also our BFG 'Got Me Under Pressure' Video Of The Day, filmed on the night. Ending at Bournemouth's O2 Academy next Tuesday 11th July, these gigs see the legendary guitarist fronting a ‘power trio’ also featuring Austin Hanks and former Guns N’ Roses, The Cult and Velvet Revolver drummer Matt Sorum, who played on Gibbons’ recent solo album, 'Hardware'.