Inspired by a moment on a TV special between Johnny Cash and June Carter, and following on from his much played album, "Do Right, Say Right', comes the new single, 'Devil’s Chain', from three times UK Blues Award nominee and London based singer/songwriter/guitarist Mississippi MacDonald, featuring Glasgow based Americana artist Kerri Watt, which 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 Drift Into Black, J.S.P., Wax Mekanix, Friendmaker and Syberia.

Originally broadcast on Tuesday on Ridge Radio, listen again to today's Simply Country Podcast Of The Day featuring Allison Forbes, Lizzie Cates, Jade Helliwell, The Weeping Willows, Erin Hay and many more.

Superfecta (Video Of The Day) hit Camden's Black Heart stage tonight with support from Levee and Blue Stragglers, and all the money made from band merchandise sales will be donated to the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. As the band has close connections, friends and were supposed to tour the Ukraine with Levee this Summer, they felt this was the least they could do. To help buy that merchandise, WRC members can also go to www.superfecta.co.uk and enter the code AVFRIENDS at checkout, to get your tickets for just £5. Please choose the option General Admission/Superfecta in order to get the discount.

Hierarchy joins today's The Zach Moonshine Show Podcast Of The Day, to play and talk about their new release, '2022 Promo', as well as many other brand-new releases from The Troops of Doom, Day of Doom, Gutricyde, Ghost, Trouble, Abysmal Grief, Converge & Chelsea Wolfe, Zeal And Ardor, plus some classics, by request, from Deicide, Season Of Arrows, Behemoth and Rotting Christ.

Sharpening their claws, teeth and style on their second full-length studio album, 'Upright Animals, which will be released globally on Friday 10th June via Mascot Records/Mascot Label Group, Dragged Under's hard-hitting hybrid of Punk, Rock, Metal and Hardcore is there for all to see on today's Video Of The Day for the new album track, 'Crooked Halos'. The Seattle quintet of Tony Cappocchi (vocals), Ryan Bruce (guitar), Sean Rosario (guitar), Hans Hessburg (bass) and Kalen Anderson (drums), will also be coming to the UK for the first time this Summer, playing Download on Saturday 11th June, plus a run of six headline dates in Milton Keynes, Glasgow, Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester and London, finishing with another London date at the O2 Brixton Academy, supporting The Ghost Inside.

Named after their eponymous front woman, Kira Mac are a band built on straight-up old school Blues Rock riffs given modern edge, a tonne of flair, soul and intense double shots of Rock ‘n’ Roll, and not only have they announced their first touring dates (pictured), but their full studio album, ‘Chaos is Calling’, is due for release this Autumn, of which their debut single, ‘One Way Ticket’, is one of today's six of the best 'Thursday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further new and recent releases from Violent Scenes, Odd Crew, Dawn of Solace, Audio Reign and PIST.ON.

Now in its 5th year, and carrying on its solid tradition of bringing both well-known and new Rock bands to Newark Showground, Nottinghamshire, MMH are kicking off Stonedead on Friday 26th August with one huge party, as Black Spiders, Massive and Revival Black are all set to start the Bank Holiday Weekend with a bang, complementing the mouthwatering line-up scheduled for the following day, that includes headliners Michael Schenker Group, Stone Broken and Thundermother, with all six of those bands making up today's 'MMH Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day.

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 Albert Cummings, Brothers Osborne, Johnny Winter, Robin Trower, Robert Jon & The Wreck (pictured), Camp Cope, Dom Martin, Bonham Bullick, David Sinclair, Chad Smith Bombastic Meat Bats, Bernard Allison, Matt Pearce & The Mutiny, The Brian Setzer Orchestra plus many more.

"A faultless performance from the Swedish act, featuring singer Guernica Mancini, Filippa Nassil on guitar, Mona ‘Demona’ Lindgren on bass and Emlee Johansson on drums. Easy to see why they have such a good percentage of UK Festivals ahead of them, including Newark's Stonedead and Great Yarmouth's Hard Rock Hell, as they will be a nailed-on crowd pleaser. File under "For Those Who Want to Rock!" Following their latest, chart-breaking album, 'Heat Wave' (2020, AFM Records), that has been lauded by both fans and the international music press alike, Sweden’s all-female Heavy Rock band, Thundermother, completed the UK leg of their current European tour at Camden's The Underworld on Easter Sunday, so read below Geoff C's complete take of their London gig, with support from Beth Blade and the Beautiful Disasters, complemented by some great photos and today's Video Of The Day.

Joe Bonamassa’s Keeping the Blues Alive at Sea II Mediterranean Cruise, sets sail from Athens on Tuesday 23rd August, with an incredible line-up that contributes to today's six of the best, 'Keeping The Blues Alive Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, including Steve Winwood, Samantha Fish, Tommy Emmanuel, King King, Ana Popovic, Blues Pills, Terry Reid, Marc Broussard, Kris Barras Band, Selwyn Birchwood, Walter Trout, The James Hunter Six, Toby Lee, The Cold Stares, Elles Bailey, Jackie Venson and many more.

This week's Blues On The Radio Podcast Of The Day features new releases from Dana Fuchs (pictured), Travellin' Blue Kings, Charlie Musselwhite, The WildRoots, Ramblin' Preachers, Doug MacLeod and Ian Siegal, a preview of the UKBlues Fuse Mini Festival in Gillingham on Saturday 18th June including Dave Ferra, Five Points Gang, Ashley Sherlock and Will Wilde, a track from The Wilson Brothers new album recorded live at The Tuesday Night Music Club, and finally two tracks from Alvin Youngblood Hart who's also at The TNMC in Coulsdon tonight.

French Synthwave icon Carpenter Brut recently released his latest album, 'Leather Terror', via Universal Music, and his new single, ‘The Widow Maker’, which features Alex Westaway of Gunship, who gives voice on the pummelling Synth Pop track, is today's dramatic Video Of The Day, directed by the Deka Brothers. The video stars Dylan Sprouse as Bret Halford aka Leather Teeth, singer of Leather Patrol, a true Rock star and a ruthless avenger, who inflicts vengeance on those who stand between him and what he desires. Carpenter Brut will also be bringing the story to life on his world headline tour this winter, which features three November UK dates including London’s Shepherds Bush Empire on Saturday 5th November.