"Indeed, witnessing them in a small, but well filled room brought back happy memories of first encountering Blackberry Smoke at Barfly in Camden and Robert Jon & The Wreck at Big Red in Holloway; with a bit of luck and a fair wind, this band will take off in a similar way." Kicking off last Thursday at London's The Grace, two of the hottest Blues Rock acts have joined forces to embark on what promises to be a mouthwatering co-headline 15-date UK tour, as critically acclaimed Roots/Blues rockers The Commoners plus the UK’s King of slide guitar, Troy Redfern, hit the road, so not only read today Gary Smith's complete take on the night, but also check out Les Linyard's superb Photo Gallery and The Commoners 'More Than Mistakes' Video Of The Day, filmed on the night.

Guy Tortora brings his band to The Tuesday Night Music Club in Coulsdon tonight, so tracks from his fabulous new album, 'Anywhere But Here', open and close today's latest Blues On The Radio Podcast Of The Day, plus Rich looks back at a spectacular night from The UK Blues Awards 2023 at London's Bush Hall last Thursday, that includes music from Alice Armstrong, Brave Rival, Sari Schorr (pictured), Toby Lee, Elles Bailey, Buddy Guy, When Rivers Meet, Trevor Babajack Steger, The Terraplanes Blues Band and Dom Martin.

"It was then time to slow things down slightly with the beautifully constructed, 'Paper Aeroplanes', which was followed by another from 'Aquarius', 'The Search For Happiness', that inevitably drew comparisons with the mannerisms of a young Joe Bonamassa, the floppy hair, another incredible guitar solo, and a strong vocal that belies his years, that will only, like JB, mature and get better over time." That was part of our take when we saw Toby Lee as a special guest of Ana Popovic, at London's O2 Islington Academy last month, and last Thursday at London's Bush Hall, the Shakespeare country kid (centre - pictured with his band) deservedly walked away with the 2023 UK Blues Awards Young Blues Artist of the Year, so today not only watch our Video Of The Day of Toby performing on the night, but also check out John 'Mr. Rockrpix' Bull's amazing Photo Gallery of all the runners and riders from the show.

Ahead of her Spring UK Tour that begins next week as special guest of the recently announced 2023 UK Blues Awards Band Of The Year, When Rivers Meet, Brian May guitar prodigy, Arielle, returns with her new album, '73', that's released worldwide this Friday 21st April, of which the title track is also one of today's six of the best 'Tuesday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Redemption, Betty The Raccoon, Bury My Demons, H.C. Behrendtsen and Jason Charles Miller.

With the multi-talented, multi-faceted independent Rock artist and wizard of fuzz's brand-new twelve-track album, ‘Third Eye Open’, due next Friday 28th April, and ahead of supporting its release by taking his very latest material out on the road and performing it live throughout May, Mike Ross has just released another Rock charged single from the new album, 'Ugly Brain', that's also one of today's six of the best 'Monday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Danko Jones, Of Romulus, Hex A.D., Eternum Joy and Lost Circus.

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 latest Rock & Blues show is today's Podcast Of The Day, featuring Chris Duarte (pictured), Eddy Smith & The 507, Micke Bjorklof & Blue Strip, Ged Wilson, Nighthawk, Bernie Marsden, Misty Shape, WC Clark, Ahmad Jamal, Buckshot Amber, Johnny Wheels & The Swamp Donkeys, plus many more.

Sadly in February, Ten Years After cancelled their UK tour, however, we're once again indebted to both Jean Michel and Marlène Rivet for today's Photo Gallery, taken at the band's recent European mainland gig at Switzerland's Mühle Hunziken in Rubigen, plus also check out our Video Of The Day of their classic, 'I'm Going Home', filmed on the night. Incredibly, now nearly 54 years ago, the Nottinghamshire Blues Rockers played probably the most famous and iconic festival of all time. Woodstock. Formed in 1967 by guitarist/vocalist Alvin Lee, bassist Leo Lyons, drummer Ric Lee and keyboardist Chick Churchill, the current lineup consists of only two original members, Ric and Chick, with new recruits since 2014 including bass player Colin Hodgkinson and guitarist and vocalist Marcus Bonfanti.

With The Billy Walton Band due to headline this iconic venue this coming Tuesday night, many congratulations to Stephen at Solid Entertainments as The 100 Club's Tuesday Blues also won Best Blues Club Or Venue Of The Year at the UK Blues Awards 2023 last Thursday night, and today's six of the best 'Tuesday Blues Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day include just some of the great artists performing up and till June, including Jimmy Regal And The Royals, Henrik Freischlader, Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse, The Cinelli Brothers, Albany Down and Half Moon Panic.

Elles Bailey (picture: John Bull) entered the UK Blues Hall of Fame at the prestigious UK Blues Awards 2023 on Thursday night, after picking up three awards: Artist of The Year, Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year, at London's Bush Hall, and with the bonus of some great live performances from Alice Armstrong, Sari Schorr, Toby Lee, Brave Rival plus Elles herself, check out today's Video Of The Day of the entire show. Well done also to the remaining category winners including Jules Fothergill Young Blues Artist Of The Year: Toby Lee, Emerging Blues Act Of The Year: The Terraplanes Blues Band, Unsung Hero Award: Matt Williams, Acoustic Blues Act Of The Year: Trevor Babajack Steger, Blues-based Festival or Event Of The Year: Upton Blues Festival, Blues Instrumentalist Of The Year: Dom Martin, Blues Club Or Venue Of The Year: The 100 Club’s Tuesday Blues, Dave Raven Blues-based Broadcaster Of The Year: Cerys Matthews, International Blues Artist Of The Year: Buddy Guy, Blues Band Of The Year: When Rivers Meet and Lifetime Achievement Award: Paul Jones.

Beastie's latest Rock Show, originally broadcast live at www.voodooradio.online at midday on Thursday, is today's Podcast Of The Day, 90 minutes of chelp, chunter and wonderful Rock music, featuring Styx (pictured), REO Speedwagon, Eddie & The Hot Rods, Rush, Saxon and more.

Released yesterday, Magnus Karlsson's fourth Free Fall album, 'Hunt The Flame', sees Swedish mastermind Karlsson once again assembling a killer cast to lend their voices to his solo musical vision, with stunning featured performances from a number of renowned Metal and Hard Rock vocalists, as Magnus himself handles all instrumentation except drums, such as the title track featuring Alexander Strandell (Art Nation, Crowne), that's also one of today's six of the best 'Frontiers Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by another similarly timed Frontiers release from Archon Angel, plus four further tracks from Destiny Band Oz, Vass/Katsionis, The Mon featuring Steve Von Till and Shade.

Ahead of both two massive live shows at Los Angeles Kia Forum on Friday 9th June and New York Madison Square Garden two weeks later, plus their forthcoming eighth album, 'Life Is But a Dream...', that drops on Friday 2nd June, last month Multi-platinum Progressive Metal headliners, Avenged Sevenfold, unleashed the epic, 'Nobody', their first new single since 2016, of which the triumphant track is accompanied by today's stop-motion Video Of The Day. Having sold over 10 million albums worldwide, and now destined to add another thrilling chapter to their legacy, the Huntington Beach quintet deliver nearly six minutes of tension, groove and dynamics, as 'Nobody' twists and turns beyond conventional songwriting and leans in on discomfort before letting go.