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2024 WRC award-winning Pete Feenstra has spent the last forty years or so listening to, writing about, talking about, and promoting Rock music, with a particular interest in the Blues, and Pete's Rock & Blues show is today's Podcast Of The Day, featuring Medicine Head (pictured), JB Sol & The Blues News, Voodoo Ramble, Mercedes Nicole, Medeski, Martin & Wood, TajMo, Frank Zappa, Miles Kane, Tony Spinner, Nicki Leighton-Thomas, Marble Ghosts, Revere Rivers, All Them Witches, Naxatras, plus many more.

The primal scream and pressure valve we all desperately need, great artists take the pulse of their times and Blues Rock resilient icon Walter Trout holds a mirror up to society’s anger and angst on his forthcoming ten-track album, 'Sign Of The Times', which will be released on Friday 5th September via Provogue, having also just revealed his blistering new single, 'Artificial'. that's also one of today's six of the best 'Sunday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and upcoming releases from Ninety Two Degrees, Palace Of The King, The Word66, Silk Spinster and Hard To Explain.

The very aptly named Urocks's eagerly awaited new album, 'The Line', features none other than Deep Purple legend, Ian Gillan, of which this Portuguese outfit have just released the first taste with their album single, 'Re-insurrection', an electrifying and ambitious anthem, that's also today's powerful, essential and moving Video Of The Day. Erupting with soaring riffs, raw power and unrelenting energy, adding to the star power is special guest and modern Blues-Rock virtuoso Alastair Greene, whose fiery guitar work bridges past and present.

Parisienne Alternative/Metal/Post-Hardcore power-trio Maps And Foils recently unleashed a new chapter for the band, with their explosive new dix pistes album, 'Nulle Part', a raw and immersive sonic journey that fuses dissonant Hardcore intensity with haunting melodic textures, and earlier this year they returned with their first single, 'Après l'éclipse', that's today's Video Of The Day. Having released last year a prelude to this latest full-length record, the EP 'Dies Irae', over the years, they have explored a wide musical spectrum, releasing two full-length albums, '#1' and 'Less Is Mort', as well as diverse projects, including the Grindcore EP 'Les Anathèmes' and the documentary 'At Spes Non Fracta'.

A unique blend of influences, from Classic Rock to Psychedelic Electronica, all infused with the spirit and creativity of the band, yesterday Hoopy Frood released their fourth ten-track album, 'Mostly Harmless', recapturing the carefree vibe that had defined the creation of 2004 debut album, 'Psychonaut', revisiting old jams, new ideas, and focusing on fun and experimentation, such as the song 'Shine', that's 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 yesterday from Ablaze, Darkness Is My Canvas, Ashes Of The Sun, Moths and Enigmatic Sound Machines.

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 Mighty Bosscats, Robert Plant, Marcus King, Chantel McGregor (pictured), The British Bluescasting Corporation, Catfish, Dave Specter, Bob Corritore, Billy Preston, Warren Haynes, The Beatles, Jerry Lee Lewis & Little Richard, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' and many more.

Our six of the best 'August Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day look forward to a number of gigs and festivals on our WRC Gig Calendar at https://www.wrinklyrockersclub.com/gig-calendar-wrinklystock  including Battlesnake, Von Hertzen Brothers, King Buffalo, Hawkwind (A New Day Festival pictured), The Dead Daisies and Black Oak County (Stonedead Festival). Today's WRC Bulletin also looks back at July and yet another busy month of gig/festival reviews/photo galleries including Rory Fest, Space Brain, Liliths Army, Warren Haynes, Chloe Josephine, Dave Bainbridge & Sally Minnear, The Emerald Dawn, GA-20, The Milk Men, Iron Maiden, Geno Washington and The Yo Yos, Take Me To The River, Maid Of Stone Days 1, 2 and 3, Parker Barrow and Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Bobby Rush, plus our The TR5's album review, as well as our Maid Of Stone interviews with We Three Kings, Gorilla Riot, Hillbilly Vegas, Revenant, Sari Schorr, Flint Moore, Empyre and Parker Barrow, and our usual comprehensive July news coverage. 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.

After queuing outside The Marquee in London's Wardour Street from midday, we were there in May 1976 after a rumour went around that the "surprise" band playing that night were Led Zeppelin, although it turned out to be their Swan Song label mates, The Pretty Things, but it was still a memorable night with Sidcup's very own John Paul Jones joining them on keys for an encore of 'Route 66', hence not only today's amazing Video Of The Day, but also the fact that today Madfish release the double LP, 'The Pretty Things + Live At The 100 Club' 60th anniversary. Celebrating six decades since their incendiary arrival, this double LP brings together two distinct yet complementary snapshots of The Pretty Things’ raw power and unfiltered spirit, with disc one revisiting their eponymous 1965 debut album, while the second LP features their live at The 100 Club performance in London in 2010.

With another Rock Revival show due to be broadcast tonight at 8pm UK time on Meridian FM, WRC Award winning Jules and Bob's latest show is today's Podcast Of The Day, that saw a playlist including Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons, Monster Truck, The Sword, Black Sabbath (pictured), Tainted Lady, Mad Shadow, RavenEye, Deep Purple, The Bad Flowers, Jackson Hewitt, Voodoo Hill, Rainbow, Blacktop Mojo, Scorpions, At The Sun, Led Zeppelin, Far Suns Fall, Doomsday Outlaw, The Loosehounds, The Rolling Stones, Mindriotmt, Buffalo Springfield, The Gun, Sweet Crisis, Shaman's Harvest, Tyrannosaurus Nebulous and The Broken Ravens.

Halfway through their current European tour, stopping off at Manchester Academy tonight and London's Islington Assembly Hall tomorrow night, back in April acclaimed Nashville rockers A Thousand Horses released their deluxe version of 'The Outside', which features bonus live and acoustic material plus the previously unreleased single ‘Til My Heart Don’t Beat’, that's today's Video Of The Day. Known for their incendiary sold-out live shows, having also toured with iconic acts like Lynyrd Skynyrd, Greg Allman and more, 'The Outside' was originally released last year, and is the two-time ACM Award nominated band’s third studio album and signifies a turning point in their career after a period of intense change in their personal lives.

Born Healer have been bringing their soulful, heavy, groovy Blues-Rock to enthusiastic audiences since 2015, such as recently playing Upton Blues Festival's Meadow Stage, the very same day the quartet comprising vocalist Helen Turner, guitarist Iain Black, bassist Marek Kowalski and drummer Steve Weaver, released via Spiral Sun Records on streaming and download only, their latest ten-track studio album of original songs, 'We Got The Right To Be Free', of which the opening track, 'Buried Alive', is also one of today's six of the best 'Thursday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Indigo, Waking Iris, Sleazy Money, RedLight and Les Dunes.

Following yesterday's Hour One, today's Podcast Of The Day is Hour Two of a recent Prog Rock Files broadcast presented by Garry Foster, that included an interview with Andrew Wild and Gregory Spawton, discussing their book, "A Playground of Broken Hearts", which focuses on the Progressive Rock scene from 1984-1989, plus there's music from Camel, IQ (pictured), Twelfth Night and It Bites.