"The second day of the festival actually mainly featured a number of more obscure acts, to me anyway (I’m sure they’re all legends to their fans), that were all firmly steeped in the Progressive Rock world. In many ways this is perfect festival music, often featuring complicated arrangements of longer than average songs that contain the opportunity for multiple solos as well as for the whole band of highly accomplished musicians to go nuts in some frenetic battle as their instruments weave fast patterns around each other." With a Day 3 review and an interview to come from this year's Faversham's A New Day Festival, today we look back at the Saturday and Day 2, which includes Simon Green's review and photos of Focus, Karnataka, Colosseum (Video Of The Day), Solstice, Kaprekar's Constant, Cuprum, Edgar Broughton, Haze and The John Hackett Band.

HRH Blues vs Crows returns for its second helping of the best in Blues Rock, Outlaw and Southern Rock at the unique Arts Club in Liverpool, a two day, three arena, affair which will take place this year over the weekend of 22nd and 23rd October, of which today's 'HRH Blues vs Crows Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day features six of the best bands taking part, namely Xander and The Peace Pirates, TBelly, Jack J Hutchinson, Troy Redfern, Sons Of Liberty and Gorilla Riot.

HRH XV takes place this year at the Vauxhall 5-Star Holiday Resort in Great Yarmouth over the extended weekend of 3rd - 6th November, and today's 'HRH XV Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day have been taken from six of the forty quality acts taking part across the three stages, namely Thundermother, The Darkness, Gin Annie, Twister, The Hot Damn! and Scarlet Rebels.

We recently saw Pearl Handled Revolver's keyboard player Simon Rinaldo playing with Stray at Faversham's A New Day Festival, and on Sunday 18th September, London Prog Gigs present the welcome return of A Sunday In September all-day festival at London's The Bedford in Balham, featuring the best in modern Progressive Rock music, including the aforementioned PHR plus Lesoir, The Gift, Downriver Dead Men Go and EBB, and for today's Video Of The Day we turn the clock back to January 2014 at the much missed Borderline, when we first saw Pearl Handled Revolver supporting Slim Chance. Tickets and further details for a A Sunday In September, that begins at 1.30pm (doors 1pm), can be found here at https://www.wegottickets.com/event/549181

Simply Country returns today as our Podcast Of The Day, featuring Andy Penkow, Cara McGillion, Christie Lamb, Jamie Donnelly, Bedwyr Morgan, Michael Logen and Amy Stroup, Nathan Carter, Randie O’Neil, Ross Flora, Sabrina Fallon, Sam Watkins, Samuel James Taylor, Sarah Louise, Shantell Ogden, Bosco and Peck Shelly Jones Band, Sunny Bones, Smith Sisters and the Sunday Drivers, Town Mountain, Victoria Eman, Arbor North, Michelle Murphy and more.

Ahead of hitting the road again next month with drummer Phil Wilson plus bass guitarist Greg Smith on his UK tour, Hard Blues Rock/singer/guitarist Jack J Hutchinson unleashes his special new studio recording, '‘What Doesn’t Kill You’, this coming Friday 2nd September, a 4 track EP mixed by legendary producer, Kevin Shirley, of which his brand new full-tilt rocker of a single, ‘Days Of Thunder’, is one of today's six of the best 'Sunday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further new and recent releases from Lisa Gerrard and Marcello De Francisci, Aeveris, Marco Mendoza, Problem With Dragons and Lansdowne.

Featuring current touring members of The Rolling Stones and Roger Waters, on Friday 16th September The Greyboy Allstars will reissue 'A Town Called Earth' on its 25th anniversary, its long overdue debut on digital streaming platforms and vinyl via Knowledge Room Recordings, featuring the original ten-track album, supplemented by the previously unreleased, 'Cassiopeia’s Chair', of which the album's third track, 'Happy Friends', is today's Video Of The Day. It didn’t take 25 years for the album to become a classic. As soon as the terra firma-shaking second album by the band was released in the Summer of 1997, it was clear to anyone with receptive ears that the future of Funk, Boogaloo, Soul, Jazz and Fusion was here. It's all mashed up and buoyed by a propulsive groove on this groundbreaking recording, still recognised a quarter of a century later as a bonafide game changer.

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 Warner E Hodges, Matty T Wall, Rob Tognoni, Greig Taylor, Rosalie Cunningham, Dylan Triplett, The Chambers Brothers, Wolf Moon, Blacktop Deluxe, Roy Buchanan, The Milk Men (pictured), Johnny Ray Jones, John McLaughlin, plus many more.

With a review of both Days Two and Three to come of the A New Day Festival weekend, that kicked off last Friday at Mt Ephraim Gardens, Faversham, today we not only have our initial Day 3 photo gallery, thanks to Simon Green, but we also have another Day 3 Video Of The Day of Atomic Rooster performing 'Break The Ice' on The Canterbury Ales Stage.

Ahead of their 11-date November/December UK tour including Planet Rockstock Festival on Friday 2nd December, and named after their eponymous front woman, Kira Mac are a band built on straight-up old school Blues Rock riffs given a modern edge, a tonne of flair, soul and intense double shots of Rock ‘n’ Roll, with their full studio album, ‘Chaos is Calling’, due for release on Friday 18th November, of which their single, ‘Hit Me Again’, is one of today's six of the best 'Saturday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further new and recent releases from Redlight KIng, Anthea, Essenger, The Commoners and The Anix.

Exactly six years ago today, Norwegian Progressive Metallers Circus Maximus began the second leg of their 'Havoc' tour at London's Underworld on Saturday 27th August, and with influences of bands such as Dream Theater and Symphony X, we were lucky enough to talk to guitarist Mats Haugen and keyboard player Lasse Finbråten before their gig which is today's Podcast Of The Day.

Steve Howe’s creative passion has put him on a lifelong journey on pathways, ranging from Jazz, Blues and Classical, to Folk, Bluegrass and Rock, and on Friday 23rd September via Inside Out Music, the legendary Yes guitarist will release, ‘Lunar Mist’, the second collaboration with his late son Virgil Howe who tragically passed away in 2017, of which the second track on the album, 'More Than You Know', is one of today's six of the best 'Friday Rocks' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further new and recent releases from Ivander, Elk City, Void Chapter, Hltr Skltr and Black Nite Crash.