Hookers & Blow, the now legendary project formed by longtime Guns N’ Roses keyboardist Dizzy Reed and Quiet Riot guitarist Alex Grossi, have been hitting the studio to record a covers album set for a 2020 release via Golden Robot Records, including the Eddie Money classic 'Shakin' which is today's Video Of The Day. Also featuring Johnny Kelly (Type O Negative, Danzig) on drums, Scott Griffin (LA Guns) on bass and Nadja Reed on vocals, they deliver their inspired debut single with all the soul, honesty and depth of the original, but in their own fashion, dripping with immaculate musicianship and flawless vocals.

While we’re all doing our part and staying home, we of course find ourselves missing live music, so how about we dive back into a few Metallica shows at a socially responsible distance? Let’s stay connected and virtually visit a few of their favourite places in the world together as they bring a series of live Metallica shows right to your couch! Tune in for free tonight here at 1am GMT, 5pm PST and 8pm EDT, to catch a complete Metallica show from the archives on their YouTube channel. Also, don’t worry if you can’t catch it "live”, as the show will be available on demand for an entire week!

Australian instrumental Post-Rockers sleepmakeswaves have delayed the release of their upcoming project ‘these are not your dreams’ until Friday 17th July, due to the outbreak of COVID-19, of which their single ‘Batavia’ is today's Track Of The Day. Further bad news is that their upcoming tour dates have been postponed for now too, but the good news is that the plan is still to release a series of 3 EP's over the next few months, with the first EP 'No Safe Place' now streaming online in full here.

Ms Amy Birks released her self-produced debut solo album 'All That I Am And All That I Was' on Friday, and Amy's debut solo single 'Jamaica Inn' is today's Video Of The Day, which was shot on location in Bodmin Moor. Winner of Best Female Vocalist in the 2018 Prog Magazine poll and former lyricist, co-composer and lead vocalist of the 2017 Prog magazine Limelight Award winners Beatrix Players, the album features guest appearances from a raft of luminaries including Steve Hackett, John Hackett and Caroline Lavelle. Since Beatrix Players' final run of shows opening for Carl Palmer, Steve Harley and Big Big Train in 2017 - 2018, Amy has been playing impromptu solo sets with the likes of Tim Bowness and That Joe Payne, and on Friday 20th November she will be the special guest of the John Hackett Band at Bromsgrove's Artrix.

"However, the top tracks on this eleven-song collective are saved towards the end, with the pure class of ‘Widows Walk’ (suffice to say which is now on repeat), followed closely by ‘River Of Love And Loss’ - very sparse and atmospheric - yet effective. ‘The Rapture’, dark in its delivery, lets the Buffalo roam free, and along with the smoothing ballad of ‘I Don’t Know A Thing About Love’, they both fittingly close down this piece of art." Today, not only read another of our self-isolating album reviews, as Geoff C. gives us his take here on The White Buffalo's new 'On The Widows Walk' CD (see today's Track Of The Day), due to be released on Friday 17th April, but also tune in to his live streaming show here at 8pm (UK Time) tonight.

Another Isolation Music Festival is being streamed here at 1pm UK time today featuring Josh Brough at 1pm, Frazer Nelson 1.20pm, Robin Bibi 1.40pm, Dave Ferra 2pm, Claire Hamlin 2.20pm, Roy Mette 2.40pm, Steve Whalley 3pm, Robbie McIntosh 3.20pm, Calum Ingram 3.40pm, Max Bianco 4pm, Doozer McDooze 4.20pm, Yve Mary Barwood 4.40pm, Fran McGillivray & Mike Burke 5pm, Catfish, Matt and Paul Long 5.20pm, The Kondoors 5.40pm. Other live streams tonight include Dan Burnett here at 6.30pm and Redfish here at 8pm.

If you missed the first two virtual Lockdown Music Festival sessions, then make sure you catch the final live episode in the triology today, which is being streamed here from 2pm UK time. Amongst others included in today's mouthwatering musical menu are Zoe Schwarz & Rob Koral at 2.20pm, Richard Townend at 5.20pm, Chantel McGregor at 7pm, Rebecca Downes at 7.40pm, When Rivers Meet at 8.20pm and finally, Aynsley Listerclosing proceedings at 10.40pm. Clare Free, who is performing at 3.40pm, also has her own 'Live From The Living Room' show here at 9.30pm, whilst Sophie & The Giants feature at 3.40pm today here as part of Virgin EMI's Lockdown Live plus Stevie of Bad Touch is also live here at 8pm.

Not only have America’s legendary Progressive Rock band Kansas launched a sneak preview (Track Of The Day) of their highly anticipated new studio album, 'The Absence of Presence', out on Inside Out Music on Friday 26th June, but later this year, they will also go on the road in Europe with their Point of Know Return Anniversary Tour, which kicks off at The London Palladium on Sunday 18th October. The new album features nine all new tracks written by the band, produced by Zak Rizvi, and co-produced by Phil Ehart and Richard Williams. Kansas’s signature sound is unmistakable throughout, showcasing Ronnie Platt’s towering vocals, David Ragsdale’s searing violin, Tom Brislin’s dazzling keyboards, Williams and Rizvi’s electrifying guitar riffs, Ehart’s powerful drums and Billy Greer’s rocking bass!

In these times of gig cancellations and uncertainty throughout both the music industry and the world, Hard-Rock trio Dirty Power have taken to the net to dish out one giant “clean elbow wave”, releasing, earlier than expected, their latest track ‘Oh God’, which is today's Video Of The Day. Influenced by gloriously timeless ‘legacy acts', the Dublin based band is driven by an independent D.I.Y. Punk ethic, in everything from the writing, recording and release process, to approaching performing and touring. An ever evolving collective of musicians, they stick to doing what they want to do, and do it their own way - think Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Audioslave and Rage Against The Machine, all in one giant melting pot of influence, yet creative originality.

"These previously unreleased recordings, a 20 strong set taken from four shows in London, Brighton, Sheffield and Newcastle during 1977, demonstrate again his fluid skills on his battered Strat, and stand comparison to his own classic (up there among the best from anybody) live albums from the 70’s, ‘Irish Tour ’74’ and ‘Live in Europe’. There are of course some songs from those albums in the new collection. Like crowd favourites ‘Walk on Hot Coals’, ‘Tatoo’d Lady’, and the aforementioned ‘Bullfrog Blues’. It is interesting to compare versions; with his free flowing and exuberant guitar playing, he throws in all sort of freshly improvised tricks amongst the melodic power chords that make many of his songs stand apart from the predictable 12 bar structures often found elsewhere." Today read another one of our self-isolating album reviews here, as Simon Green gives his take on Rory Gallagher's CD 'Check Shirt Wizzard – Live in ‘77' that was released last month, plus check out our Video Of The Day.

Finnish Hard Rockers Shiraz Lane will perform a full live set tonight here at 6pm UK time, that will be streamed globally via the new Finnish platform SemiLive, and will also be available to view for three days after its initial broadcast. Having released an acclaimed second album, ‘Carnival Days’, via Frontiers Music in 2018, the band followed it up this January with a five song EP entitled ‘Vibration I’ on the Ranka Kustannus label. Consisting of Hannes Kett - vocals, Jani Laine - lead guitar, Mikko Kalske - rhythm guitar, Joel Alex - bass and Ana Willman - drums, they recently completed a trip to North America (for the Monsters of Rock Cruise), as well as their first headlining tour of mainland Europe, just before it was brought to a halt by COVID-19.

Today's latest Blues Club Podcast is another two hours of non stop Best in Blues and beyond with More Music and Less Chat, featuring new releases, classic tracks, UK Independent Blues Broadcasters Association Presenters' Picks, including music from Larkin Poe, BB King & Billy F Gibbons (pictured), Robert Cray Band, Tinsley Ellis, Izo Fitzroy, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Elkie Brooks, Status Quo, Carole King, Jamie Williams & The Roots Collective, Mojo Morganfield, Richard Townend & The Mighty Bosscats, John Angus Blues Band, Bad Touch, ZZ Top, Val Starr & The Blues Rocket, and many more.