"This was one of those gigs that was eagerly anticipated and, boy, Beth Hart and her super tight band did not disappoint. There are very few performers that wear their heart on their sleeve quite as openly as this captivating singer, which created on this evening an atmosphere of intimacy that is rare, especially in a big old theatre like the Apollo." That was part of our take on Beth Hart when we saw her at London's Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith last February (Video Of The Day) and as result of that performance Beth has won our WRC Best International Award for the second year in a row!

Today's Tracks Of The Day showcases six of the best Prog album releases from Snapper Music last year (Kscope, Peaceville and Madfish labels), including The Pineapple Thief, Daniel Tomkins (pictured), Lunatic Soul, Katatonia, John Gomm and Gazpacho.

"Sounds painful to me unlike the solo which wasn’t your usual pentatonic perambulation which made a nice change. Closing with the fuzz laden 'He Told Me', with singalong shout out "Your days are numbered" the band showed that their days are indeed clearly numbered. But it looks like that is a very large number. I hope so."That was part of our review below of The Howling Tides who supported Myke Gray at London's Underworld last February, and the guys have subsequently walked away with our 2020 WRC One's To Watch award!

Nihilum are the latest band to be featured on today's Zach Moonshine Podcast Of The Day, which also includes new releases from Marilyn Manson, Jason Aaron Wood and Serpents Oath, plus Zach also plays some classics by request from Metallica, Slayer and Black Label Society. Meanwhile, today's Inside Out Music 6 Of The Best Tracks Of The Day, showcases both recent and forthcoming Prog releases from Transatlantic, Riverside, Pain Of Salvation and The Flower Kings.

Recommended for fans of Dream Theater, Helloween and Symphony X, Rage In My Eyes brings an icy new edge to traditional Power Metal, with today's Video Of The Day, 'Winter Dream', taken off their 2019 debut album 'Ice Cell'. Consisting of Magnus Wichmann - guitar, Pedro Fauth - bass, Jonathas Pozo - vocals, Leo Nunes - guitar and Francis Cassol - drums, the video was part of the band’s participation in the Roadie Crew Online Festival - 9º Edição. A technically sound Heavy Metal act hailing from Porto Alegre, Brazil, the group also released three albums from 2002 under the name Scelerata.

"The girl plays some mean guitar and has definitely been studying at the Gary Moore guitar school. Her set continues apace with the radio friendly numbers from 2016’s album ‘Wild’ with ‘No Reason To Stay’ and ‘Dying to Know’ plus ‘Diamonds in the Dirt’ from the 2010 album of the same name along with the encore of ‘Mud Honey’ off 2014’s ‘The Dirty Truth’ long player. That was our part of our take on Joanne Shaw Taylor at London's Nell's last March, and JST (Video Of The Day) has duly won our 'Best Blues Rock' performance in our 2020 Awards.

If you're looking for some inspiration to get 2021 off to a productive start, then make sure that you get our mate Pete K Mally's book 'Inspire', whichcombines music, motivation and maybe a little bit of humour. Scot Pete is also a comedian, festival compere, teacher, life coach and Rock Radio DJ on MMH every Saturday.

Today's six Tracks Of The Day include January Steamhammer/SPV label album releases from Melodic Hard Rockers Magnum - 'Dance Of The Black Tattoo' (Friday 8th), Classic Hard Rockers John Diva & The Rockets Of Love - 'American Amadeus (Friday 15th) and Symphonic Metal Act Edenbridge - 'The Chronicles Of Eden Part 2' (also 15th and pictured), whilst this year's first Blues On The Radio Podcast Of The Day is full of new music.

"Closing track 'Set Me Free', played regularly on Planet Rock radio, morphs into Peter Green’s 'Oh Well', although with considerably more Funk. A tasty end to a delightful first course. Gotta Get Home? Not quite yet, we have main course to come.” That was part of our review below from the Savoy Brown/Matt Pearce & The Mutiny gig at Chislehurst's Beaverwood Club back in January, and Matt & the boys have duly won our 2020 WRC Award - voted 'Best Support' band by our members!

Richard Townend & The Mighty Bosscats are currently on the prowl for YouTube subscribers, so to give you a flavour of their great Blues Roots music, today's ‘six of the best’ Tracks Of The Day is taken from their last couple of releases. Meanwhile, today's Podcast Of The Day is episode 24 of Rock Vault 107, featuring The Police, Survivor, Kiss, Steppenwolf, Asia and more.

"I would unreservedly recommend this band to you as a live act; although the solos here are a little constrained by time, this studio session is still a fine piece of work and an excellent introduction to what will, for many, be a new band (although, like Blackberry Smoke, these guys have been waiting for nearly a decade to gain a foothold in Europe)." This is part of Gary Smith's take below on Robert Jon & The Wreck's (Video Of The Day) 'Last Light On The Highway' CD, that was released last May.

"The gig lasts just under an hour to everyone’s disappointment, as it is back to Lockdown life as we are ushered out in in a row-by-row in a coordinated manner recalling one of their elegantly funereal numbers, ‘1,000 Whispers’, with its slowed-down tempo Doo-Wop." Yes you’ve read it correctly – today we actually have a live music review for you – when Ivan De Mello bravely ventured out a couple of weeks before Christmas to capture Warmduscher’s socially distanced gig at Hackney’s Earth.