Award-winning and critically acclaimed guitarist Susan Santos releases her new 4-track EP 'The L.A. Sessions' on 7” inch vinyl and digital on Friday 6th November. The single 'Somebody to Love' is also due to be released on Friday 18 September. Described by Blues Blast as a “guitar hero”, this EP follows hot on the heels of her 2019 album 'No U Turn' which saw Susan win “Best Performer” at the European Blues Awards and “Best Album Female” at the LA Critics’ Awards. All songs are by Susan and were recorded live in December last year and feature Fabrizio Grossi on bass and Tony Morra on drums.

Having amassed fans all over the world with his astute lyricism and unparalleled sunny disposition, last month singer-songwriter, musician and producer Blanks released his first EP, 'Cheap Sodas And Ice Cream Kisses', of which his Indie Rock anthem earworm lead single, 'Favourite Nightmare', is today's Track Of The Day. Indeed, his debut features some of Blanks’ most beloved and successful compositions so far, drawing heavily from his beloved era of 80's Pop and dance. Check out his euphoric and Summery Pop perfection next May, on his 'Going Places' European tour, that takes in, amongst others, Brighton’s The Great Escape festival.

At the end of last month, Swedish Indie-Rock juniors Great Park Avenue released their debut single, and today's Video Of The Day, 'Blue World', a colourful explosion of post-Punk glory. It's the first of three brand new singles planned to be released along with an EP, and is an eruption of sound, with a shimmering soundscape reminiscent of the Brit-Pop glory days, representing a melancholic lyrical journey through modern-society adolescence, complete with both its expectations, and its shortcomings.

Former Black Sabbath singer Tony Martin recently signed with Battlegod Productions Australia for his upcoming solo album, 'Thorns', licensed in all of North and South America by Dark Star Records. The English Heavy Metal vocalist, fronted Sabbath, initially from 1987 to 1991 and again from 1993 to 1996. Martin was the band’s second longest serving vocalist after Ozzy Osbourne, with 'Eternal Idol' and 'Headless Cross' among his best known albums, as well as 'Scream', his solo album from 2005. The new album also features Danny Needham (Venom), Magnus Rosen (HammerFall), Scott McClellan (who helped co-write the album) and Greg Smith who performed with Alice Cooper, Rainbow, Blue Öyster Cult and many more!

Steve Lukather and Mascot Label Group/The Players Club recently released a newly recorded composition, and today's Track Of The Day, 'Run To Me', heavily influenced by the artist’s fond connection to music from the late 60’s. Performances include Lukather on guitar, Joseph Williams on keyboards and background vocals, John Pierce from Huey Lewis & The News on bass, alongside Luke’s band-mate and close friend Ringo Starr making a special appearance in both the video and on the record itself. Over the course of five decades Lukather has placed an indelible stamp on Pop culture. Alongside his tenure as the only member of Toto to never take a hiatus from the band, he has performed on thousands of albums as a session musician. Details on Steve’s forthcoming solo album in early 2021 will be shared in the coming months.

Norwich’s Apollo Stands demonstrate their unique brand of Metalcore on their politically-charged new track, and today's Video Of The Day, ‘Shitty Zombies’, released yesterday on One Eyed Toad Records. 'Shitty Zombies' was recorded in the band’s own custom studio and was mixed and mastered by producer Tom Joy. "The song is not about the much loved George A. Romero's brain-eating, living dead zombies", states vocalist Ry Haze. "No, it's about the brain dead hoard that ‘run’ the world. They feast on the poor and vulnerable, they attack the ones who stand against them and they cast out the ones who could bring them down. This isn't a song about infecting a person, this is a song about infecting a nation."

2020 has been a surprise, but before the worldwide pandemic shut the music industry down, Drew Dixon was able to record four new songs, including his latest single, 'Good Time', all of which will be released one track at a time over the course of this Fall, and will ultimately make up Dixon's new EP. A mix of Delta Blues and Southern Gothic, Dixon's voice provides texture and warmth. His lyrics give characters their life. Originally from Columbia, South Carolina, for the last nine years, Dixon has called Nashville home, while continuing to tour extensively, including both CMA Fest and Bonnaroo last Summer, followed by Europe in the Fall for his first headlining tour, and then opening for Lynyrd Skynyrd and Grand Funk Railroad in the USA.

Amy Montgomery will release her debut EP, 'Intangible', on Friday 20th November via 7Hz Music (ADA), of which the title track, and her first single to be released, is today's Bjork-inspired Video Of The Day. The track itself is a shimmering work of Nineties-influenced Alternative Rock with its squalls of guitar feedback lifted by bright, fluttering synths and, like most of Montgomery’s work, the track is very lyrically powerful. Already a musical force of nature, performing with great intensity on both guitar and keyboards, it’s her powerful vocal that has captured attention in big ways, drawing immediate comparisons to Janis Joplin, Anna Calvi and Alanis Morrisette, but with a very modern attitude. A voice with exceptional power but with an individuality all of its own.

oday's Track Of The Day of 'Diamonds and Rust', featuring Danny Stoakes, Sicilian guitarist Antonello Giliberto and Tygers of Pan Tang drummer Craig Ellis, is the third single taken from 'The Isolation Sessions', a charity album released yesterday, with all money going to the National Emergencies Trust Covid appeal. The album sees Danny performing with a whole host of musicians on an album of his ten favourite re-imagined songs, all reworked and recorded in isolation. From Heavy Metal to Country, Rock and Roll to Folk, it's a huge cross section of music delivered in an entirely different style, thanks to collaborations with the creme de la creme of the current Rock scene.

Howlin Rain will release 'Under The Wheels: Live From The Coasts, Vol. 2', the second edition in a planned series of live album recordings, on Friday 30th October on Silver Current Records, of which they have recently shared the album's first single 'Calling Lightning Pt. 2'. The new album sees Howlin Rain's trademark Rock 'n' Roll bombast and intricately woven, extended improv passages, swirl into a distinct form of storytelling, expressed through spiraling energy and a near constant flow of form and melody. As a companion to its Vol. 1 predecessor, this latest offering is also drawn from North American coastal tours in 2018 and 2019 that came in support of the band's most recent studio album, 'The Alligator Bride'. Curated by Howlin Rain founder Ethan Miller, it presents favourite song performances selected from different shows along the way.

Last Wednesday saw the release of The Ocean Dwellers debut album, 'Echoes From The Deep', now available to stream on all good music streaming platforms including Spotify here and YouTube here, of which the Progtastic 'Gulf Stream Part I - V' is today's Video Of The Day. A sort of "Tubular Bells Under The Waves", the music is all instrumentals and soundscapes and could be described as Psychedelic Prog Rock, and indeed is heavily influenced by late 60's/early 70's period bands such as Pink Floyd, Gong, Hawkwind, Mike Oldfield, Daevid Allan, Steve Hillage, Tangerine Dream, and minimalist composers such as La Monte Young and Steve Reich. Recorded live at C-Bed Studios, London, all tracks were composed and arranged by Steven C. Gilbert on guitars and sound effects, who not only also sound engineered, but produced and mixed the album with Shak Cohen. All tracks were mastered by Simon Trought at Soup Studios, London, coincidentally the same studio Rosalie Cunningham is currently recording at, following on from Steve's review of Rosalie's gigs last year!

Today's latest Blues Club Podcast Track Of The Day is another two hours of non stop Best in Blues and beyond with More Music and Less Chat, featuring new releases, classic tracks and UK IBBA Presenters' Picks, including music from Rory Gallagher (pictured), Malaya Blue, Jimmie Vaughan, Kat Riggins, Johnnie Johnson, Reloaded Norway, Reverend Freakchild, Christone Kingfish Ingram, Hurricane Ruth, Howlin Wolf, Lisa Marini, Kirsten Thien, John Lee Hooker, Chris Bevington Organisation, Peter Karp, BB King and many more.