Martin Turner's ex Wishbone Ash 2023 "Live Dates" tour celebrates the 50th anniversary of Wishbone Ash's seminal 1973 double live album, and not only was Steven C Gilbert at Sutton's Boom Boom Club leg of the tour to capture some great photos in our Photo Gallery, but today's Video Of The Day of 'Warrior' and 'Throw Down The Sword', was filmed earlier on in February at Tielt's Patersdreef in Belgium. Martin formed the first of the Martin Turner’s Wishbone Ash touring bands back in 2005. Sadly, in 2013, Andy Powell took legal action to protect the Wishbone Ash registered trademark and prevent Turner from using the name. The court ruled in favour of Andy and Martin's application to appeal was refused. Since 2014 he has toured and recorded as "Martin Turner ex Wishbone Ash". The current line-up features Turner (bass/vocals), Danny Willson (guitar/vocals), Misha Nikolic (guitar) and newest recruit Sonny Flint (drums), with the two-part Sutton set list including Set 1: The King Will Come, Warrior, Throw Down the Sword, Rock 'n Roll Widow, Ballad of the Beacon, Baby What You Want Me to Do, Blind Eye and Phoenix, with Set 2 showcasing: Lady Whiskey, The Pilgrim, F·U·B·B, You See Red, Living Proof, Blowin' Free, Doctor and Jail Bait.

With this year's Country 2 Country weekend kicking off at London's O2 Arena today, for today's Podcast Of The Day we go back exactly three years to the day, when we were lucky enough to catch up with Kyle Daniel for an interview, just a few days before his set at that year's C2C Festival weekend, which was subsequently cancelled due to Coronavirus. Anyway, listen again today, as we talked to Kyle about cramp, C2C Berlin, C2C Amsterdam, Red Light districts,The Cadillac Three, his band, The Allman Brothers, the Country melting pot, Rolling Stone, 'What's There To Say', live performances, his Dad, curve balls, time on the road, US v UK audiences, returning to the studio, next UK tour, Led Zeppelin, Big Ben and Canadian tuxedos.

"The unenviable task of following the previous glory fell to 'Focus 7' (always amuses me that it is from the 'Focus 9' album). Introduced as a band favourite to play by Thijs, it gave (particularly) guitarist Menno Gootjes another chance to shine gloriously." That was part of our take the last time we saw 2022 WRC award winning Focus at Chislehurst's The Beaverwood last November, so we were recently delighted to hear of Menno's side project, Dutch Heavy Metal rockers, Black Nazareth, also consisting of bass guitarist Henry Mcilveen (Threnody), vocalist Daniël de Jongh (Textures), keyboardist Martijn Spierenburg (Within Temptation) and new, but well known drummer, Darby Todd (Martin Barre), already with a new self titled mini album under their belts through Italy's Wormholedeath Records, plus another recently released single, 'True Self', which is also one of today's six of the best 'Friday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Iron Jinn, Blade, The Resolve, Trish Discord and Rolla.

For today's Podcast Of The Day, we go back to June 2018, when Orlando’s Thomas Wynn And The Believers opened The Outlaw Country Stage at Ramblin' Man Fair in Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent, and an interview we had with brother and sister Thomas and Olivia after their excellent set. Listen as we talked about their then hugely successful UK tour with The Temperance Movement, their US Tour with Myles Kennedy plus their album 'Wade Waist Deep’ which was released in May 2017 via Mascot Records/Mascot Label Group and recorded with four-time Grammy award-winning producer, Vance Powell (The White Stripes, Jack White, Chris Stapleton).

Two of the hottest Blues Rock acts have joined forces to embark on what promises to be one of the most exciting co-headline tours in recent years, as critically acclaimed Roots/Blues rockers The Commoners embark on a 15-date UK tour next month with the UK’s King of slide guitar, Troy Redfern, with The Commoners performing tracks from their current album, 'Find A Better Way', plus Troy's latest, 'The Wings Of Salvation', of which The Commoners fourth and latest single taken from the album, the punchy and rollicking, 'More Than Mistakes', not only sees the Rock train rolling on full steam ahead, but it's also one of today's six of the best 'Thursday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Dead Jackals, Edredon Sensible, Elysion, Dez Dare and Highsociety.

Following the release last December of ‘The Trouble Is…25', a top-to-bottom reinterpretation of his seminal album, ‘Trouble Is…’, five-time-Grammy-nominated guitarist, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and his band will be bringing the Blues rocker's platinum selling ‘Trouble Is…’ album anniversary world tour to the UK next month for a run of six special shows (pictured), where they will be playing songs from the iconic album, including today's Video Of The Day, a 2022 re-recording of 'Blues On Black'.

The original bassist and songwriter of the Sex Pistols, responsible for co-penning some of history’s most iconic songs, 'Anarchy In The UK', 'God Save The Queen' and 'Pretty Vacant', and currently the touring bass player for New York legends Blondie, slated to appear on their new forthcoming studio album, Rock Hall Of Fame inductee Glen Matlock has inked a new worldwide deal with Cooking Vinyl, which will not only see the label re-release two of his previous solo albums: 2010’s 'Born Running' and 2018’s critically acclaimed 'Good To Go'. but also the release of the singer's long-awaited, timely and politically pertinent new solo album, 'Consequences Coming', on Thursday 27th April, of which Glen's first single, 'Head On A Stick', is one of today's six of the best 'Wednesday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Discreation, Skam, Cancervo, Mushroom Giant and Warp.

Today's Podcast Of The Day is Beastie's Blues Club, originally broadcast live last Thursday afternoon on www.voodooradio.online straight after Beastie's Rock Show, and this latest ninety minute slice of the best in Blues, Rhythm and Blues and Music touched by the Blues, features Jimmy Regal & The Royals (pictured), Jed Potts & The Hillman Hunters, The Terraplanes Blues Band, The 2:19, Jo Carley and the Old Dry Skulls and more.

Prog Rock collective, Random Earth Project, is very much steeped in the Blues and soulful throughout, as this majestic, stylish, grand, thoughtful and Progressive band testify, with yesterday's release of their debut album, 'Airwaves', of which their piece, 'Window', is today's Video Of The Day. Comprising Carleton Van Selman (composer/keys), Kym Blackman (lyrics/vocals), Larry Homer (guitars/drums) and Trev Turley (bass), 'Window' also features Amanda Lehmann, who, apart from her successful solo career, can be seen touring as part of ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett's band, with the accompanying film also having been made by BAFTA nominated TV and film Director/Producer Ross Eaglesham.

Today's latest Blues On The Radio Podcast Of The Day concentrates on new releases from John Primer, Sister Lucille, Big Wolf Band, Elles Bailey (pictured) and more, all bracketed by two tracks from The Cadillac Kings new album, ahead of their show at The Tuesday Night Music Club in Coulsdon tonight.

Featuring musicians who played on the first TBelly album, 'Dead Men Don't Pray', and recorded just the second time Russell Keefe's solo project went into the studio, 'We Met On A Train' sadly fell down the back of a sofa, but this never forgotten/much loved romp of a song with great musicianship, masses of melodrama and giant vocals, is now back to see the light of day as the keyboard player and joint lead vocalist of Slade, finally releases it as a new single today, which 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 Abandon All, Black Market Karma (Joakim Ahlund Remix), Dun Ringill, The Daydream District and Hellz.

"Coming onstage to rapturous applause, following a burst of AC/DC's ‘Thunderstruck’, Lynyrd Skynyrd stood comfortably on stage. Ricky Medlocke, Mark Matejka and the only original member, Gary Rossington, all filling out that big guitar sound Lynyrd Skynyrd is famous for, the band really couldn't miss." That was part of our take just under eight years ago when we reviewed Lynyrd Skynyrd at London's Hammersmith Apollo, and sadly on Sunday we lost the last surviving member of the original Southern Rock band, guitarist Gary Rossington (pictured right), at the age of 71, and once again today, we let the music do the talking, as we dedicate today's Video Of The Day of 'I Need You' to Gary, recorded on that very same night in April 2015.