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Wielding exceptional vocals, cinematic song writing and an electrifying stage presence, following Rachel Croft's thunderous Alt-Rock gig with her band at Chislehurst's The Beaverwood in October, we then saw Rachel on her own the month after supporting Focus at Bush Hall in her hometown of London (pictured), and consequently that afternoon gig has not only seen her voted 'Best Unplugged' performance in our 2025 WRC Awards, but also the final chapter from her 'A Mind Made Of Sky' EP, the beautifully epic 'Skin and Bone', is today's Video Of The Day.

A bit of New Year's fun today, so not only listen to our 'What's You "Blues" Name? Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day from six three named music artists, namely Big Joe Bone, Big Boy Bloater, Wily Bo Walker, Big Joe Shelton, Trevor Babajack Steger and Kenny Wayne Shepherd, but also work out your "Blues" name from the picture, a combination of your first, middle and last initial, then e-mail us at wrinklyrockers11@aol.com  with your "Blues" name, and we will consequently sort out a prize for the best submission. The editor's (Fat Bad Boy Washington) decision is final!

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 Best Of 2025 show is today's Podcast Of The Day, featuring The Davidson Trio, Walter Trout, Graham Gouldman, Lazarus Heights, Little Feat, Zoe Schwarz, Rob Koral & Friends (pictured), Doug MacLeod, Mannifesto, Sherman Robertson, Robert Finley, Mockingbird Hill with Bee, plus many more.

Following on from Deep Purple winning our 2024 WRC Best Rock award, Uriah Heep continue to carry the flag for British Rock legends by winning this year's award, following an extraordinary 55 year career, as well as still proving to be a stunning live band when we saw them back in February as part of their “The Magician’s Farewell" world tour at The London Palladium, so check out today's 'Grzed By Heaven' Video Of The Day, filmed on the night.

As we look forward to 2026, today's six 'January Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day showcase some of the many gigs this month on our 2026 WRC Gig Calendar www.wrinklyrockersclub.com/gig-calendar-wrinklystock  namely Limbonauts (pictured), Brave Rival, Epica, Aynsley Lister, Orianthi and Jinjer, while today's January WRC Bulletin looks back at our December gigs, despite being a traditionally quiet month, including The Hives, Laura Evans, Jared James Nichols, Caitlin Krisko & The Broadcast, John Mitchell & Jez Fielder, Dom Martin, Manu Lanvin, The Commoners, Primal Scream and Trevor Horn, not forgetting our comprehensive December news archive. Don't forget that if you want to receive our monthly e-mail bulletin, please submit your e-mail address in the box below.

Just before Christmas, there was a real sense of excitement in the air in the queue outside London's O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, for none other than record producer and living legend, Trevor Horn & His Band, the man who invented the 80’s, and despite this ultra special gig being sold out with tickets like gold dust to acquire, Denise Lester was indeed there, so not only see Denise's review and photos from the gig today, including support from Belouis Some, but also watch today's 'Kiss From A Rose' Video Of The Day, sung of course by Seal and filmed by Denise on the night.

With thousands of votes being cast as far and wide from Jamaica, Colombia, Brazil, Belarus, Lithuania and Hungary, today we announce the first winner in our 2025 WRC Awards Best Podcast Category, and the winner is ....... Blues On The Radio! So massive congratulations to Richard Dunning, and to prove the point, his final musical look back at 2025 is also today's Podcast Of The Day, featuring The Cinelli Brothers, Bison Hip, Georgia Van Etten, The Swaps, Laurence Jones (pictured), plus many more.

The twelve runners and riders in today's 2025 WRC Awards 'Tracks Of The Year', are Stayawhile, Barber Q, The Man-Eating Tree, Suicide Puppets, Derev, Envy Of None (pictured), Celeste Corsano, Enigmatic Sound Machines, ODC, Danko Jones, June 1974 and Kaunis Kuolematon, chosen from over 2,000 tunes that we have shared this year on our daily 'Tracks Of The Day'. Anyway, simply choose your favourite(s) here https://www.wrinklyrockersclub.com/2025-wrc-awards-voting  and hit the vote button. You have until midnight tonight to e-mail all your thirteen category choices with only one submission allowed per e-mail address.

Following their latest album, 'The Hives Forever Forever The Hives', last month we just couldn't resist seeing The Hives, one of the best live bands on the planet, back in London at a freezing Alexandra Palace (pictured), so not only is today's 'Walk, Idiot Walk' Video Of The Day, filmed on that crazy night, but the Swedish Garage Rock outfit are also one of six nominees in our 2025 WRC Best International Artist Award, alongside Kenny Wayne Shepherd, DeWolff, GA-20, Manu Lanvin and Jimmie Vaughan and the Tilt-A-Whirl Band. Anyway, simply choose your favourite(s) here https://www.wrinklyrockersclub.com/2025-wrc-awards-voting  and hit the vote button. You have until midnight tonight to e-mail all your thirteen category choices with only one submission allowed per e-mail address.

The nominees in our Best Podcast category in our 2025 WRC Awards are Prog Rock Files, The Blues Club, Blues On The Radio, The Zach Moonshine Show, Rock Revival, and last but not least, Pete Feenstra's Rock & Blues Show, which is also today's latest Podcast Of The Day, featuring Chris Duarte, Winds of Neptune, Jane Getter Premonition, Paul Gilbert, John Hiatt, Del Bromham, Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps, Bumblefoot, Gov’t Mule, Godzillionaire, Double Trouble, The Steve Morse Band, plus many more. Anyway, simply choose your favourite(s) here https://www.wrinklyrockersclub.com/2025-wrc-awards-voting  and hit the vote button. You have until midnight tonight to e-mail all your thirteen category choices with only one submission allowed per e-mail address.

The nominees in our Best Podcast category in our 2025 WRC Awards are Prog Rock Files, The Blues Club, Blues On The Radio, Pete Feenstra's Rock & Blues Show, Rock Revival, and last but not least, The Zach Moonshine Show, which is also today's latest Podcast Of The Day featuring an interview with Minnesota Pete Campbell of Axe Dragger for a no-bullshit deep dive into real Heavy Metal, as well as music from Antisaint, Bound To Prevail, Eden on Fire, Scandal Tree, Them Damn Kings, AnomiC, Ozzy Osbourne, Zakk Sabbath, Pantera, Rustbucket, Black Label Society, Dark Chapel, Megadeth, Kings of Thrash, Cyanide, Netherdred, Septarian, Metal Church, Viperwitch, Nemesis, Vick LeCar, Altered States and Acid Bath. Anyway, simply choose your favourite(s) here https://www.wrinklyrockersclub.com/2025-wrc-awards-voting  and hit the vote button. You have until midnight 31st December to e-mail all your thirteen category choices with only one submission allowed per e-mail address.

With soaring melodies, symphonic textures and bold creativity that redefines the Neo-Prog genre, as well as celebrating the 20th anniversary of 'The World Through My Eyes', Bavaria's RPWL (pictured) completed their European tour last month at London's The Dome, so not only is '3 Lights' filmed on the night, today's Video Of The Day, but they are also one of six nominees in our 2025 WRC Best Prog Rock Awards, that also includes Focus, Solstice, Sloane Square Band, Du Bellows and Franck Carducci & Mary Reynaud. Anyway, simply choose your favourite(s) here https://www.wrinklyrockersclub.com/2025-wrc-awards-voting  and hit the vote button. You have until midnight 31st December to e-mail all your thirteen category choices with only one submission allowed per e-mail address.