Very aptly, given the hot weather in the UK at the moment, earlier this month, H.E.A.T, with original singer Kenny Leckremo now back on board, released their album, 'Force Majeure', and the Swedish Hard Rock sensation are not only playing the Stonedead Festival at Newark Showground on Saturday 27th August, but they also hit the road on a five-date UK tour in October, with special guests Collateral and Mason Hill, and for today's Podcast Of The Day we turn the clock back to May 2017, when we were lucky enough to interview guitarist James Bird backstage before they supported Inglorious at Islington Assembly Hall.

"Although diminutive in stature, her talent, passion, tone and intensity is evident in every note. With a great voice, something that so many guitar acts lack, her warm personality is a pleasure to witness. An excellent show from an excellent band. Chantel returns to the iconic 100 Club on Friday 2nd September. Don't get caught out." Currently on her latest UK tour, today read AJ's take on Chantel McGregor's gig from last Thursday 11th August at Chislehurst's The Beaverwood, plus check out our photo gallery and our 'April' Video Of The Day.

Guaranteed to be a fabulous, high energy Rock n Roll party, unfortunately, Dan Reed Network have had to pull out of this month's co-headline tour with Reckless Love, with The Treatment now special guests alongside Collateral, and for today's Podcast Of The Day we go back to a beautiful Summer's Day back in July 2019, when we caught up with Collateral after their Ramblin' Man Fair set, to chat with bass guitarist Jack Bentley Smith and lead singer Angelo Tristan.

"What else can you do during a heatwave other than lie back and listen to an instrumental album full of Summer goodness? Credit must go to the album cover art work for invoking 70’s style halcyon days. Mike Ross’s latest effort, in his recently prodigious output, offers not just a suite of Southern Rock but, by golly, as John Thompson’s character out of the Fast Show would intone, “This is Jazz”." 'Peach Jam', released towards the end of last month, is an album of original instrumental music by prolific British musician Mike Ross, so check out today both Ivan De Mello's complete take of all five tracks, plus today's Video Of The Day of the title track.

A no frills, Southern brand of Bluesy Rock and Roll from Nashville, Tennessee, who've toured all over the world as a headline act as well as countless tours supporting acts such as AC/DC, Guns N' Roses and Jeff Beck, Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown release their new album, ‘Shake the Roots’, on their own label Rattle Shake Records on Friday 9th September, of which their first single, ‘Ain’t None Watered Down’, is one of today's six of the best 'Sunday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further new and recent releases from Orden Ogan featuring Nils Molin, Trunk, Dynazty, Forever May Fall and Daylon Durell.

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 Travellin' Blue Kings, The Phantom Blues Band, The Jujubes, Stevie Watts Organ Trio, The Mystix, Paul Jones, James Cotton, Silent Partners, Mick Pini, Mississippi MacDonald (pictured) & Vaneese Thomas, The Texas Horns, The Hitman Blues Band, Babajack, Eric Clapton and many more.

A collaboration between Danish Rock singer Ronnie Atkins (Pretty Maids) and prolific Swedish songwriter and producer Erik Martensson (Eclipse, W.E.T.) that the duo began in 2015, ‘Animalistic’, released yesterday, is the third album of Melodic Hard Rock from Nordic Union, and as with its predecessors, ‘Nordic Union’ and ‘Second Coming’, it's another high quality set of superbly written songs, faultless musicianship and top notch production by Martensson, plus a masterclass by Atkins in deftly utilising his voice, of which the track, 'This Means War', is also one of today's six of the best 'Frontiers Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by four similarly timed Frontiers releases from Sunstorm, Restless Spirits featuring Chez Kane, Hydra, Vanden Plas, plus a forthcoming release from Motorpsycho.

"GB is a seasoned professional who gives his all and whose voice has retained most of its fine qualities; he deserves his loyal following and I’m sure they will be back out in force when the GBB returns to the UK (later this year, I believe)." Following the release in May of his third Graham Bonnet Band outing, 'Day Out In Nowhere', and with numerous solo offerings and stints with Rainbow, MSG, Alcatrazz and Impellitteri, we took in Mr. Bonnet on the second leg of his four-date tour on Friday 29th July at London's Boston Music Rooms, so check out today Gary Smith's take on the gig, plus our Photo Gallery and today's 'Night Games' Video Of The Day.

Following Austin-based electronic artist Panjoma's return to the music scene after an eight-year hiatus, with what they feel is their best work ever, their latest single, and feel-good ballad about love and lucid dreaming, 'Like Thunder', is a potent taste of goodness from their 'Sun and Moon' EP, of which the sultry and blissed-out chill song in time for spreading good Summer vibes, is also one of today's six of the best "Friday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further new and recent releases from Reign of Glory, Resisting Vegas, Carr Jam 21, Speedfreak and Destroy My Brains.

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 Mr Sipp, Greig Taylor & Earl Thomas, Jonathan Jeremiah, Mat Walklate & Alex Haynes, Billy Butler, GA-20, Ritchie Dave Porter & Debra Susan, Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse (pictured), Sherman Robertson & Blues Move, Gabe Stillman, House of Lords, Return To Forever, White Spirit, Quantum Jump, plus many more.

Unstoppable throughout the seventies, becoming one of Europe's biggest bands during the Glam era, on Friday 9th September Slade and BMG release their new smash hit live box set, ‘All The World Is A Stage’, a unique five-album set that shines a light on why the Slade phenomenon was pretty much unbeatable as a live attraction, of which 'The Bangin' Man', taken from one of three previously unreleased live shows at London's The New Victoria Theatre on 24th April 1975, is today's visualiser Video Of The Day. The two other previously unreleased live shows include 'Live At The Hucknall Miner's Welfare Club' recorded on 26th June 1980 and 'Alive! At Reading', capturing the band delivering a sensational live performance to over 80,000 festival goers on 24th August two months later. Completing this raw and epic box set are the previously available 'Slade Alive!’, considered one of the greatest live albums of all time, and 1982’s 'Slade On Stage'.

Bloodstock Open Air - The UK's No.1 Metal Festival - celebrates twenty one years over the next four days, when it kicks off today at Catton Park, Walton On Trent, Derbyshire, of which today's 'Bloodstock Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day showcase six of the great bands taking part, namely The Night Flight Orchestra, Ferocious Dog, Mother Vulture, Jinjer, Skarlett Riot and Sacred Reich.