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 latest Rock & Blues show is today's Podcast Of The Day, featuring The New Mastersounds, The Delta Sound, Red Beans & Pepper Sauce, Danny Bryant (pictured), Blue Rumble, Marcus Miller, Clutch, The Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Herbie Hancock, Micki Free, Ronnie Foster, Stanton Moore with Maceo Parker, Galactic with Erica Falls, Nate Smith & Saje, Jeff Aug, Garret T. Willie, plus many more.

Sometimes the most profound music experiences happen by chance, such as on Saturday when it was Denise Lester's unexpected good fortune to have been asked to join two friends to experience Kodo, the world renowned Taiko Japanese ensemble, at London's Royal Festival Hall, so see today not only Denise's review and photos from the evening, but also watch today's Video Of The Day snippet, filmed by Denise that very same night.

For lovers of bands like The Cure, Joy Division and Depeche Mode, at the beginning of this year Coldwave/Gothic Rock/New Wave/Synthwave quartet Christine Plays Viola released their latest ten track album, 'F.I.V.E. - Fear Increases Violent Emotions' via Cleopatra Records, a dark descent into identity, tension and redemption blending Post-Punk, Darkwave and Gothic atmospheres with cinematic intensity, of which their album track 'Confession' is one of today's six of the best 'Thursday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five recent and forthcoming releases from The Greenberry Woods, Kill The Silence, Blues Fighters & Grzegorz Kupczyk, DreamSpy and BLKE.

Today's very latest The Zach Moonshine Show Podcast Of The Day features an interview with Sid Frankosky of Negative Sixxx, as well as music from Ethereal Darkness, Nikola's Cage, Furydate, Mistress, DoomsVein, Apex Fallen, Ozzy Osbourne, Höwler, Venom, Immolation, Demon Spell, Hag Roast, Mortgrim, Burnt Witch, Inherently Lost, Suffer, The Despair Collective, Fell Harvest, Black Label Society, Brutal Death Fuck and The Red Mountain.

Maid of Stone returns to Maidstone this year over the long weekend of Friday 17th to Sunday 19th July, and now in its fourth year with their most ambitious lineup to date, not only did this Mote Park Festival win Best Festival in our 2025 WRC Awards, but today's 'Maid Of Stone 2026 Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day also feature six of the many great bands taking part this Summer, namely headliner's Saxon, The Wildhearts, FM, The Virginmarys, Danko Jones and Silveroller.

Combining Hard Rock, old school R&B and Funk, as well as being fresh off the successful releases of the last two Babylon A.D. albums, ‘Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day’ and ‘When The World Stops’, frontman Derek Davis brings his creative energy to life with his solo project, penning a brand new explosive up-tempo rocker, 'Running Man', with a Rock anthem at its core, that's also one of today's six of the best 'Wednesday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Greystone Canyon, Massive Wagons, Modesty Blaise, Confess and Witch Ripper.

The third in London Prog Gigs season of Sunday lunchtime live events at The Camden Club this coming Sunday 15th March, will feature Sweetpool, who's new album track 'You're Like A Mirror', taken from their forthcoming ‘3am, A Head Of Snakes’, is today's Video Of The Day, plus there's singer/songwriter Gregg McKella from Paradise 9 and Malcolm Galloway from Hat’s Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate, so not only expect a fantastic Proggy Punky spiky Spacerock fest, but as it's Mother's Day, if you bring your Mum along, she will get in free!

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 Guitar Shorty, Sean McDonald, Janiva Magness, The Bros. Landreth, Leilani Kilgore, Christine Easterday, The Steve Summers Band, Jan Akkerman, Norman Brown, Alexis P Suter Band, Doug MacLeod, Robin Trower (pictured), Nik Turner, plus many more.

This year's Alfold Rock And Blues Festival takes place at Surrey's Springbok Estate, Alfold GU6 8EX between Thursday 25th to Sunday 28th June, celebrating the very best in Rock and Blues music, fine ales and great food, and today's six of the best 'Alfold Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day features just six of the many great bands taking part, namely Sari Schorr, When Rivers Meet, Dom Martin, Miguel Montalban & The Southern Vultures, Blue Nation and Robin Bibi Big Band.

Following his 2024 release 'Crossfade', 'Duality' released last year, marked a significant evolution in Johan Steensland's musical journey, showcasing his growth as a composer and storyteller with a Progressive Rock opera that delves into the complexities of human experience, exploring themes of love, loss and personal transformation, so read today not only Ivan De Mello's album review, but also watch today's Video Of The Day of the album track 'A Perfect Lie', featuring Per Nilsson.

Today's very latest Blues On The Radio Podcast Of The Day includes a little preview of the act opening tonight at Coulsdon's The Tuesday Night Music Club, as well as a look at the top 5 in the IBBA chart for February, the three IBBA Picks of the month for March, and finally a bunch of new releases, so expect to hear tracks by Breezy Rodio, Bernard Allison, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Tinsley Ellis, Rebecca Downes, Elles Bailey (pictured), plus many more.

With both her latest studio album 'Paper Doll' just having been nominated as Best Contemporary Blues Album in The 2026 Grammy Awards, as well as being in the Best Blues Rock category in our 2025 WRC Awards, critically acclaimed American guitarist and vocalist Samantha Fish was recently back in the UK with her Paper Doll Tour, including special guests The Zac Schulze Gang, so check out today not only Denise Lester's London Shepherd's Bush Empire review and photos from last Saturday, but also watch Samantha's 'Goin' Down South' encore Video Of The Day featuring Zac, filmed by Denise that very same night.