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Best known for having produced albums for some of the most famous artists in British Rock and Blues history, Blues legend Mike Vernon MBE (pictured receiving his 2024 UK Blues Federation Lifetime Achievement award), very sadly passed away yesterday at the age of 81. And in tribute to his extraordinary musical career, we let Mike's music do all the talking with today's 'Have You Heard' Video Of The Day, taken from the 1966 John Mayall/Eric Clapton 'Blues Breakers' collaboration, which was produced by Vernon.

Re-released by Shore Dive Records last Friday, and following their 2023 debut 'Maybe Tomorrow', San Tropez return with the quintet's nine-track 'Museum of Modern History', drawing on touchstones such as Slowdive, Galaxie 500 and Swervedriver, as well as deepening their hazy blend of Shoegaze, distinctly American Dream Pop and Indie Rock, of which the album opener 'Swear Of The Sunlght' is one of today's six of the best 'Monday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Devil in Disguise, The Darts, The Mike Van Eyes Big Band, Hauntees and Lilla Veneda.

Brace yourselves, as explosive Canadian Hard Rock torchbearers The Mighty One are back, channeling their raw, unfiltered energy into a torrent of riffs and roars with a vengeance, having recently dropped their blistering new single 'Shattered', of which the official music video, featuring footage shot on location in Bogota during the quintet's 2025 South American tour with Spanish Metal legends OBUS, is today's Video Of The Day. After a five-year hiatus since their award-sweeping opus, 'Torch Of Rock And Roll', which saw the epic power ballad 'Kickin’ Stones', this brutal anthem marks the latest chapter in The Mighty One’s epic saga, founded in 2007 as lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Tim Steinruck’s solo vision, who has also worked and collaborated in the past with both Paul Stanley and Devin Townsend.

Following yesterday's Hour One, today's Podcast Of The Day is Hour Two from the very same Prog Rock Files broadcast, presented by Garry Foster, featuring an interview with special guest John Young from Lifesigns, that's sandwiched in between tracks from Syd Arthur and Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks, as well as Lifesigns themselves.

Today's latest WRC Bulletin looks back at March, including our Operation Julie, Danielle Nicole, Joe Webb, Aynsley Lister, Orianthi, Fantastic Negrito, Man Of The World, James Bruner, Chantel McGregor, The Wood Demons, Tiny Magnetic Pets and Soho Calling Festival photo galleries/gig reviews, plus our Tom Davies & The Bluebirds album review, as well as our normal comprehensive February News Archive. We also look forward to March with our six 'March Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day showcasing some of the many gigs this month on our 2026 WRC Gig Calendar including The Hold Steady, This House We Built (pictured), Elles Bailey, Mason Hill, The Blackheart Orchestra and Infected Rain. Finally, don't forget that if you want to receive our monthly e-mail bulletin, please submit your e-mail address in the box below.

Formed in 2019, Blues Rock quartet Tom Davies & The Bluebirds were nominated and went on to become finalists in the Emerging Band of the Year category at the UK Blues Awards in 2025, and on Friday 10th April they release their eleven-track debut album 'Angel On The Mississippi', written and arranged by Tom, so see today not only Ivan De Mello's review but also watch today's Video Of The Day of the album track 'You're Gonna Wreck My Life'.

Today's Podcast Of The Day is Hour One of a recent Prog Rock Files broadcast, presented by Garry Foster, featuring Perfect Beasts, Exploring Birdsong, Big Big Train (pictured), Steven Wilson, Solstice and Magenta.

For fans of Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith and Motley Crue, tonight rambunctious South Wales hard rockers Sleazy Money play their 'Sink Or Swim' Single Release Show at Treforest's Green Rooms, of which this dirty, bluesy Rock n Roll track about getting shitfaced and grafting women, is today's self produced (in a photobooth), tongue in cheek, Video Of The Day. Formed in 2024 and hailing from the gritty streets of Merthyr Tydfil, the quartet are already turning heads with their raw, larger-than-life attitude and sound, drawing from ‘80s Glam-Metal and Sunset Strip sleaze, fusing high-octane riffs with anthemic hooks and a wild stage presence that’s impossible to ignore.

Alongside mainstay founding members Ben, Jeff and Dana, plus the addition in 2023 of amazing new vocalist Travis Wills and guitarist Mark Borgmeyer, Crimson Glory release via BraveWords Records their first new album in 26 years on Friday 17th April, the nine-track 'Chasing The Hydra', making this album one of the most anticipated releases of 2026 within the Heavy Metal scene, of which the first single and title track is also one of today's six of the best 'Saturday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Robben Ford, Outrage, Essex & Cherie Currie, Darren Michael Boyd and Metalite.

Today's very 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 Ally Venable, Mike Zito, Elles Bailey, Kim Wilson, Robert Jon & The Wreck (pictured), Greg Coulson, Ed Alstrom, Mr Lonely, Alex Lopez, King Solomon Hicks, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, The Zac Schulze Gang, Eric Bibb, Rebecca Downes, Ross Harding, Otis Walker Band, The Badrock Blues Band, Dirty Shoes Band, Tom Davies & The Bluebirds, plus many more.

Heading out on a UK tour next Wednesday, including Putney's The Half Moon in London on Wednesday 29th April, as well as diving deep into the band’s eclectic musical DNA, from huge riffs that shake the ground to beautiful melodies and grooves that carry you away like the tide, not only are Wille & The Bandits back today with their most ambitious project yet, their new ten-track album 'Salt Roots', but the quartet's third album single, the Latin Rock of 'Reina del Mar', is also one of today's six of the best 'New Releases Friday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five other similarly timed album releases today from Black Swan, IT'sALIE, Black Reuss, Joel Hoekstra's 13 and The Browning.

Following yesterday's Hour One, today's Podcast Of The Day is Hour Two from the very same Prog Rock Files broadcast, presented by Garry Foster, featuring an interview with special guests Tom and Alex from The Magpie Arc, that's sandwiched in between tracks from the band as well.