Ace Frehley, Kiss co-founder and 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, continues his reflections on a lifetime in music with the release of ‘Origins Vol. 2’, a thoughtful and exciting collection of new covers, released on Friday 18th September. No stranger to cover versions throughout his entire history – having recorded, rebranded and repossessed such notable nuggets as ‘New York Groove’, ‘Do Ya’ and ‘I Wanna Go Back’ over the course of his 8 studio albums - this new compendium contains songs that have all inspired and shaped the legendary guitarist’s life jukebox. ‘Origins Vol. 2’, also features guest appearances by Cheap Trick's Robin Zander, John 5, Lita Ford and Bruce Kulick, and is is a well thought out, but not over-thought, album!

As lockdown appears to be easing gradually, Saint & Sinners (Fran McGillivray Band + Spikedrivers UK) are playing an open air show tonight at the Court Theatre Blues Bar, Station Road, Tring, Buckinghamshire HP23 5QY from 7.30-9.30pm. To purchase tickets in advance please go here.

aliensdontringdoorbells is the exciting new band that crosses boundaries of geo-locations, genres and more to craft their narrative-style, ‘Story’, released last month, of which the stunning visual for this debut single is today's Video Of The Day. Whilst this band may be keeping their identities relatively under wraps, the song sees this international band take the universal theme of childhood innocence and translate the feeling into a touching and accessible narrative. Indeed, the band cites One Republic, Maroon 5 and Weezer amongst their influences, given their sound is an amalgamation of Pop, Rock, Jazz, Prog and Swing. Proving that Rock ‘n’ Roll is alive and truly kicking, aliensdontringdoorbells are here to stake their claim on the territory which is rightfully theirs!

Emerging from the underground of Montreal comes The Naked High, who unleashed their second EP 'Tap Into The Evil' this past May, of which their first single, 'Jewel of The Crowd', is today's Track Of The Day. Joining forces in the Summer of 2015, connected by a love of similar music ranging from Blues to Rock to Metal, the dauntless quartet brings an electric chemistry to their music, amplified when they are on stage. Indeed the six songs show the evolution of their sound from their 2017 self-titled debut as they push forward into the next chapter of the band and continue to learn from the legends that they admire while forging their own respective path in Rock 'n' Roll. The Naked High consist of Hugo Leclerc-Charron delivering solos on guitar, Simon Ouellet with Iron Maiden-esque vocals, Phil Perreault keeping the low end steady, and Charlie Cayouette backing everything up with his rocking beat!

Seattle’s finest, the Walking Papers, have released their new single, 'What Did You Expect?', which is not only today's Video Of The Day, but is also taken from their much anticipated new album, 'The Light Below', which is due out early 2021 on Carry On Music. 'What Did You Expect?' is penned by principals Jefferson Angell and Benjamin Anderson and represents a continuation of the impactful and artful Rock and Blues sound Walking Papers have developed. Lyrically, Angell challenges anyone who has dug themselves a hole, or who stood in their own way!

Call Of The Wild Festival returns next year to the Lincolnshire Showground, over the extended weekend of 20th to 23rd May, with headliners Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons, Reckless Love and Massive Wagons. Indeed, the organisers have included an additional day, headlined on the Kilmister Stage by Crashdiet, as a big thank you to everyone who has stuck by them through the whole pandemic, and regardless of losing the event for 2020, have retained their tickets and helped support the festival through one of the most challenging times ever known within the music industry. The addition of Thursday is a free day to all who already had tickets for 2020, but no one needs to miss out on this fantastic extra day of bands as there is also now a bolt on option to purchase!

AJ from Diesel Machine joins today's Zach Moonshine Show Track Of The Day to talk about and play their new record, plus answer fan submitted questions from the live chat! There's also new releases from Black Communion, Tyranno, Veritas, Dopelord, Saprophyte in Bloom, Heathen, Benediction, Khemmis, Ministry, Midnight, Thou, Moonlight Desires, plus Zach also throws in some older tracks from Soil, Conan, Exhorder, En Minor, Plague Years, Motherslug, Gravehuffer, Ken Copeland and St. Madness!

After last week's preview of The Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival, today's Blues On The Radio Track Of The Day brings you an hour packed with new releases including the sounds of John Németh, Paul Gillings, Adam Sweet, Andreas Diehlmann Band, Sugaray Rayford, Robbie Reay, Sub-Atomic Souls, Walter Trout (pictured), John D'Amato, RHR, Gregg Martinez, Lisa Mann and Eric Johanson.

BraveWords’ new live concert experience, Streaming For Vengeance, continues tonight with the Ron Keel Band broadcasting live online worldwide here at 8pm EST (1am UK). This is no living room jam - this is full blown concert event. Full stage, lights, train, action... with state-of-the-art video and audio provided by the Midwest's best, Outsound Productions. They will provide a six-camera shoot, crystal clear sound and video broadcasting in hi-def. The one-hour performance will feature the best of 'Fight Like A Band' and 'South X South Dakota', plus maybe a couple of other surprises! The show will also be available for replay for 48 hours only afterwards.

Today's Video Of The Day is 'Love', the new single from JD Simo's upcoming self-titled solo album due out this Friday 21st August. Frenetic Funk strumming by JD gives way to a passionate vocal delivery as a raucous riff then roars, with Simo tempering buzzing feedback with a hypnotic hook. Indeed, the song certainly contrasts with the record’s recent opening salvo, the Psychedelic soulful ‘One Of Those Days’. Recognised as a formidable guitarist who can channel iconic six stringers such as Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Nolen, while adding a large dash of Blues and Soul, at 34 JD is already a seasoned session musician who has also paid his dues as a frontman, initially as part of the group SIMO and more recently as a solo artist. A number of JD’s contemporaries appear in the video, including Luther Dickinson (The Black Crowes) and Charlie Starr (Blackberry Smoke).

Double Grammy® Award-winner Fantastic Negrito not only released his latest album, 'Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?', last Friday via Cooking Vinyl/Blackball Universe, but he also announced European tour dates for next year, which includes a show at London’s Jazz Café on Monday 29th March. The new album marks Fantastic Negrito’s most far-reaching work thus far, fusing elements of Hip-Hop, R&B, Funk, Soul and Rock ‘n’ Roll into an incendiary synthesis all his own. Inspired by and reminiscent of the socio-political albums coming from Black America in the late 1960's and into the 70's, the album sees Negrito exploring the struggle and complexities of mental health issues while continuing his long running lyrical examination of America’s increasingly broken social and political state of affairs.

Following the recent death of the late, great Peter Green, Matt Pearce & The Mutiny have released today's special 2-song Track Of The Day to honour “Green” and “Purple” gods: Peter and Prince: both major musical heroes of Matt and big influences on his own music, not to say on entire genres. The tracks can also be found on Matt’s EP ‘An Ongoing Thing’ on Mutinear Records, and this in-studio performance opens with a purple-tinted cover of Prince’s 1987 ‘Strange Relationship’ that builds in power thanks to exuberant performances from Matt and his fellow Mutineers. Seamlessly, literally without missing a beat, the video segues into colour and Peter Green’s 1969 ‘Oh Well’, released by Fleetwood Mac. The songs feature some wicked licks and verve that will conjure up memories of both, as well as entertain your eyes and ears in the here and now, where their influence and inspirational examples still live on.