Now in its fifth year, and carrying on its solid tradition of bringing both well-known and new Rock bands to Newark Showground, Nottinghamshire, Stonedead returns over next month's August Bank Holiday weekend, and not only have they just announced that they will be sponsoring four very special charities this year, namely MIND, Andy’s Man Club, RBLR and Barnardo's, but today's six of the best 'Stonedead Charities Rock' Tracks Of The Day, consisting of Black Spiders, Massive, Revival Black, Michael Schenker Group, Stone Broken and Those Damn Crows, features just some of the many awesome bands taking part on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th August.

Sadly this year's British Summer Time at London's Hyde Park ended yesterday with Duran Duran, and for today's Guitars Exchange Video Of The Day, we not only go back to Saturday 25th June when we saw The Rolling Stones headline the first of their two dates, but we also have a few photographs of a memorable day, including the brilliant Cuban Brothers who had the audience in stitches.

We were recently delighted to hear from our old mucker, guitarist and vocalist Keith Howe, that Blacktop Deluxe have reformed back to their original ‘power trio’ roots, with drummer Alan Ibbotson and bassist Matt Roberts, who are not only currently working on gigs, but are also due in the studio shortly for a new release, so for today's Podcast Of The Day we go back, coincidentally, six years ago exactly to a WRC Award winning Rock On The Ridge live broadcast, looking back at Gravesend's fourth BluesRockFest, held at Leo's Red Lion, with music from Born Healer, Blacktop Deluxe (pictured), Red Butler, Jack J Hutchinson, Catfish, Robin Bibi, The Mentulls and Stevie Nimmo, plus interviews with some of the acts.

Released digitally last Friday on House Of Happiness records, the new Mick Pini & Audio54 EP, 'Are You Blind?’, is four musically diverse songs that come from the forthcoming ‘Way Ahead’ sessions, due to be released both as a physical CD and a digital release in September, of which the track ‘Late Night Blues’, not only shows Mick's versatility and sensitivity, but is also one of today's six of the best 'Sunday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further new and recent releases from Kaixo featuring Seething Akira, Mikael Åkerfeldt, StrengthBeyondYou, Cantervice and Termina.

'Medication Time', the highly-awaited album from longtime British Blues/Americana stalwart Todd Sharpville, was released on Friday via DixieFrog Records, and that very same evening, Chris Griffiths was on hand at Todd's Camden Club Launch Party in London's Chalk Farm, to capture some photos, complemented also by today's Video Of The Day of Todd's addictive second single, the mid-tempo Blues of 'Walk Out In The Rain'. Spanning twelve Blues-fuelled tracks (consisting of nine originals and three covers), the new album examines and expresses many of the emotions that led to Todd's breakdown, the hospital stay, and the slow climb back to figurative normality, which features two duets: one with Rhode Island’s own Sugar Ray Norcia, and the other with Detroit artist and close friend for over 30 years, Larry McCray.

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 Cinelli Brothers, Brave Rival (pictured), Bonnie Raitt, Ian Siegal, Trevor Babajack Steger, Joanne Shaw Taylor, The Phantom Blues Band, The Beatles, Mark Harrison, Derek & The Dominos, Yulian Taylor, Catfish, Leonard Cohen, Jamie Williams & The Roots Collective, Brad Absher & The Superials and many more.

Ahead of his Foxtrot at Fifty + Hackett Highlights 25-date UK tour from Friday 9th September to Wednesday 12th October this year, ending at London's Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, legendary guitarist and 2021 WRC Best Prog Performance winner, Steve Hackett, releases ‘Genesis Revisited Live: Seconds Out & More’, on Friday 2nd September, the visual document of his 2021 UK tour celebrating the classic Genesis live album, of which 'Squonk' is today's Video Of The Day. A limited 2CD + Blu-ray & Limited 2CD + DVD, both including 5.1 surround sound, sees Steve and his band, comprising of Roger King, Rob Townsend, Jonas Reingold, Nad Sylvan, Craig Blundell and special guest Amanda Lehmann, perform ‘Seconds Out’ in full and in sequence, as well as a selection of solo material including tracks from his most recent studio album ‘Surrender of Silence’, plus a behind the scenes documentary and promo videos.

WRC award-winning Pete Feenstra has spent the last forty years 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 John Scofield, Snowy White, Supersonic Blues Machine with King Solomon Hicks, Cindy Blackman Santana with John McLaughlin, Billy Preston. Mike Morgan & The Crawl, Fantastic Negrito, The Duke Robillard Band, The Sully Band, Andy Watts, Michael McDermott, Jamiah Rogers, Horojo Trio, Rob Tognoni (pictured), Kevin Burt, Lewis Jetton & 61 South, Otis Grand, Gary Primich, Albert Cummings, Albert Castiglia, Mick Simpson, plus many more.

Crossing Rubicon, a new collaboration pairing multi-instrumentalist/producer Cenk Eroglu (ex-Winger, Xcarnation) with singer John Bisaha (The Babys), released their debut album 'Perfect Storm' yesterday, with the duo delivering pure and unadulterated Melodic Rock with the freshness and feel of today, with Eroglu's sons Efe (guitars, keyboards) and Reis Ali (drums), plus guest contributions from Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson, ex-Mr. Mister), Ray Coburn (Honeymoon Suite), Holly Bisaha and McKenna Bisaha, of which the title track is also one of today's six of the best 'Frontiers Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by two similarly timed Frontiers releases from Cleanbreak and Ardours, plus three further new/recent releases from AEIR, Victoria K and Mountain Eye.

Originally broadcast on Tuesday on Ridge Radio, listen again to today's Simply Country Podcast Of The Day, featuring Ella Powell, The RnR Ranchgirls, Corey Legge, Alyssa Bonagura, BlackFields Countryrebels, Clinton Wayne Sturgeon, Cathy Dobson, Charlie Berry, Clelia Adams, Bobby Mackey & Claude Gray, Ryan Mac, Dale Armstrong, Tara Henton, Vandoliers, Jack Keogh, Jake Blocker, Jetty Road (pictured), Lynn Campbell, Lyn Sey, Shaza Leigh, Susan & Gerard Irish Band, Sandy McLelland and more.

The Hitman Blues Band (Video Of The Day) featuring the awesome New York City Horns, are back playing London's The Half Moon in Putney on Wednesday 27th July, as part of their lucky 13-date UK tour that begins at Surrey's Farnham Maltings on Sunday 14th July and finishes at Eastleigh's The Concorde Club on Sunday 31st July. Following on from their hugely successful UK tour last year, the recent release of their seventh album, ‘Not My Circus, Not My Monkey', has gained critical acclaim across the world, making not only the US Billboard Blues charts, but also the Top 5 on the IBBA UK Blues Radio charts. They're without doubt a unique band playing modern original Blues for the 21st century and inspired versions of Blues classics. If you saw them last year, then we're sure you will want to see them again. And if you haven't seen them before, then you really should make sure that you see them on this latest tour!

Influenced by the monster sound of Audioslave, Soundgarden and Alter Bridge, and hailed as one of the most highly anticipated debuts from a Heavy Classic Rock and Roll band in years, although uniquely fronted with a dedicated homage to Blues Rock by lead singer and multi-nominated harmonica player, Will Wilde, Brighton-based, four-piece Bad Luck Friday’s eponymous ten-track album, that encompasses anthemic choruses, catchy riffs, searing vocals, plus Wilde’s blistering harmonica solos, will be released on Friday 2nd September by Wilde Fire Records, of which the first single and title track, released last Friday, is one of today's six of the best 'Bad Luck Friday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further new and recent releases from Stormborn, Mezzoa, Rich Jacques, Void Chapter featuring Robin Adams and Dev Crawford.