Another great Rock On The Ridge Lock-Down show is today's Track Of The Day with The New Roses, Buffalo Summer, RavenEye, Devilskin, Asking Alexandria, Jailbirds, Black Swan, Jettblack, Ashen Reach, Temple Of The Dog, Far Suns Fall, Bad Touch, Taming Sari, Regional One, 50 Year Storm, Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown, Gorilla Riot, Blues Pills (pictured), Uriah Heep, Scarlet Rebels, No Time For Reason, Tax The Heat, Trident Waters, Matt Pearce & The Mutiny and Staind.

Organisers of Call of the Wild Festival have responded quickly to the outbreak of Coronavirus and the fight against it, not only by rescheduling Lincolnshire's biggest and best Rock festival to Friday 18th through to Sunday 20th September, but they have now also added Reckless Love to headline the Kilmister Stage on Saturday night. Voted Kerrang! Best Newcomer in 2012, the Finnish Rock band roared to mainstream success with the release of their second album, 'Animal Attraction', and this will be their only UK show in 2020. What’s more, the organisers have released 500 free weekend tickets to NHS staff – of which, a few are still up for grabs – as a thank you for their huge effort to save lives during this pandemic.

"Opening up proceedings ‘This Hell’ drops like a plane of stormtroopers heading into battle, followed by ‘Another Sun’ featuring guest vocalist Nikki Smash from The Rocket Dolls, swaying from side to side as if you’re in a dingy on rough seas. Keeping on the tracks, but only just, ‘Ride’ motors energetically, and is said to be the prelude sample of what is to come from their follow up album later this year." Today read another one of our self-isolating album reviews, as Geoff C. this time gives you his take here on Graces Collide's new studio CD 'Our Tomorrow', which was released earlier this month, plus check out our Video Of The Day. Remember, if you are currently kicking your heels and you fancy doing a self-isolation CD review, then don't be shy, just e-mail us at wrinklyrockers11@aol.com

"Only the very first EP wasn’t represented in the setlist at this gig and it was interesting to note how many fans were close to word perfect on the lyrics, even though the EPs never included the words when released. Although many of those present had their live favourites, notably ‘Low’, ‘Turn Me On’ and ‘Georgia Pine’, the eight songs from the as yet unreleased new album were equally well received." Today, Gary Smith literally takes us back in time again here, with his review of Broken Witt Rebels London Boston Music Room gig from Friday 13th December last year, plus check out our Video Of The Day.

Today's latest Blues On The Radio Track Of The Day is an hour filled with music from Whitney Shay, Steve Howell, Half Deaf Clatch, Krissy Matthews (pictured), The Mike Ross Band, Ben Racine Band, Charlie Bedford, Kyla Brox, The Terraplanes, Libby Rae Watson & Bert Deivert, Stephen Dale Petit, Elles Bailey, Be Sharp, Dom Martin and Roger Hubbard.

Japan Van Damme’s debut EP 'Normal Style' is creating quite a buzz in the Minneapolis market. Drawing from band influences that range from Classic Rock to Progressive to Country, this self-produced EP delivers a fresh new Rock sound not heard in years. The attention hungry sound and catchy lyrics delivers a ‘what you see is what you get’ attitude that captures a cross-generational fan base! Erik Shaw, Lorren Schweppe, Jess Skadburg and Mark Barrette hail from the Minneapolis, Minnesota area - each member experiencing success in writing, touring, performing and recording on both coasts as well as within the Midwest. Drawing on life experiences, these seasoned musicians pull it all together and deliver in a big way, but only scratch the surface of this project. Expect much more to come.

At the beginning of this month, Swedish Melodic Metal outfit Dynazty released 'The Dark Delight', their biggest and most engrossing album so far, spearheaded by their first single 'Presence Of Mind'. Following on from 'Titanic Mass', a chunk of an album, and the hit machine 'Firesign', its successor sees the band entering the new decade with a bang. With guitar riffs like machine gun fire, fast and snappy as a shark combined with Nils Molins (Amaranthe) eminent voice soaring over orchestral arrangements and huge background vocals, 'The Dark Delight', will leave you begging for more. As well as Nils, the band is also comprised of highly respected and sought after Metal scene musicians, including bassist Jonathan Olsson (Lindemann, Pain), guitarist Love Magnusson plus drummer Georg Härnsten Egg (Dee Snider) and guitarist Mikael Lavér (Joe Lynn Turner).

At the end of last month, Music Theories Recordings/Mascot Label Group released ‘Ayreon – Electric Castle Live And Other Tales’, a spectacular live performance last year of the third Ayreon album ‘Into The Electric Castle’, of which 'Amazing Flight' is today's Video Of The Day. Over four nights at Tilburg’s 013 venue (the scene of Arjen Lucassen’s Ayreon Universe series of live shows in 2017) Lucassen, his band and one of modern Progressive music’s most emphatic of casts celebrated the 20th anniversary of the album in front of 12,000 adoring fans from 64 different countries who had flown in from around the world. In fact, it all went so well, that Lucassen was planning to take the show to headline the prestigious German Night Of The Prog in June, however, unfortunately the ongoing Corona crisis has resulted in the festival being postponed to 2021 (16th – 18th July).

Iron Maiden Legacy band Gypsy’s Kiss will release their EP, ‘Heat Crazed Vole: Re-tailed’, on Friday 1st May through Roulette Records and digitally distributed worldwide by Cargo Distribution, of which the title track is today's Track Of The Day. Maiden founder/bassist Steve Harris and David Smith were founder members of Gypsy’s Kiss and in April 1974 they had their first paying gig at the Cart and Horses, Stratford, when they were orginally named Influence. Smith had been asked to reform the band many times over the years and finally did so for a charity festival in March 2018. The reaction from the Maiden Family and audience was so incredible that they decided to continue recording and playing. This EP was originally self-released in 2019 but has since been remastered and now contains new tracks ‘Settle the Score’ and, radio single ‘Don’t Ask the Question’, that both signal a change in direction for the revived Gypsy’s Kiss, moving to a more modern sound whilst staying true to their 70's Classic Rock heritage.

Another Isolation Music Festival is being streamed here from 12.50pm to 6pm UK time today featuring Sheri Kershaw, Richard Townend, Trevor Gentry, Bob Collum, Nigel Baker, Rob Falsini, Steve Morrison, Izzie Thatcher, Tony De Meur (Fabulous Poodles), When Rivers Meet, Starlite Campbell, Tim Edey, Callum Morgan (Morganway), Dom Pipkin and Andrew Black. Other live streams tonight include Dan Burnett who is back at 6.30pm as part of his World Tour here plus Redfish who are also performing a Live Stream here at 8pm.

Katatonia return with their brand-new album 'City Burials' this coming Friday 24th April, on Peaceville Records, and the album’s second single 'Behind The Blood' is today's Video Of The Day. The track bursts into life with a trademark screaming guitar solo before dropping into an upbeat distinctive and hugely memorable Katatonia chorus. Katatonia was formed in 1991 by Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström, transitioning from early pioneers of the rising Black/Death/Doom movement, to powerhouses of the Progressive Metallic Rock genre. Taking an unexpected break, following the conclusion of their 2016 'The Fall Of Hearts' album tour, they are not only back, but newly armed with arguably their finest album to date. Also consisting of Niklas Sandin - bass, Daniel Moilanen - drums and Roger Öjersson - guitar, the enormously vivid and powerful 'City Burials' is indeed an opus of absorbing, soaring Progressive Rock and meticulously crafted doses of melancholy.

"It’s classic Ash in that respect, with melodic harmonised guitars flowing in and out and beautifully fat toned and equally tuneful solos everywhere; the vocal sound is the same, with Andy Powell sounding unchanged from his youthful self; however, the addition of Mark Abrahams as a co-writer with Andy Powell has resulted in a strong set of songs that have more focus than some of the older material, and seem more accessible, with great hooks, one after another." Today read another one of our self-isolating album reviews here, as Simon Green gives his take on Wishbone Ash's CD 'Coat Of Arms' that was released at the end of February, plus check out our Track Of The Day.