New Wave of Classic Rock favourites Bad Touch recently released their third single – ‘Too Much Of A Good Thing’ – from their upcoming new studio album ‘Kiss The Sky’, that will be released by Marshall Records on Friday 19th June, and the single is today's Track Of The Day. The band's fourth album will be supported by a rescheduled nationwide 13-date UK headline tour that kicks off at The Waterfront in Norwich on Friday 18th September, that will also feature Piston as main special guest, plus local supports. A no-nonsense Rock and Roll album at heart, Bad Touch have stripped everything right back and looked at what the essence of what makes a great album, and at the core, great songs. They've stuck to what they do best, which is writing catchy, feel good Rock music.

Today's Blues Club Podcast Track Of The Day is another two hours of non stop Best in Blues and beyond with More Music and Less Chat, featuring new releases, classic tracks and UK IBBA Presenters' Picks, including music from Paul Lamb & The King Snakes, Norman Beaker, Backtrack Blues Band, Joe Cocker, Jose Ramirez, Starlite Campbell Band, Cory Luetjen & The Traveling Blues Band, Errol Linton, James Taylor, Sari Schorr (pictured), Dave Ferra, Little Red Kings, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Otis Rush, Southern Avenue, Kandace Springs and many more.

Vive Le Rock Magazine are hosting a free Online Global Music Festival here this Saturday 23rd May at 7pm UK time with some fantastic acts from around the world. Vive Le RockDown includes Ruts DC, Cockney Rejects, Michael Monroe (Hanoi Rocks), The Picturebooks, Kirk Brandon (Spear Of Destiny) , Derek Forbes (Simple Minds), Sex Pistols legend Glen Matlock plus newer acts like Tokyo Taboo and The Barstool Preachers. All proceeds go to the Music Venues Trust to help keep our music venues alive!

Marillion had the idea to do a 'lockdown' version of today's Video Of The Day of 'Made Again', not only for their fans, but also for it to be released as a Charity single over the next few weeks. Unbeknown to H, Ian, Mark, Pete and Steve, their manager Lucy made a call (via social media) to ask fans to send in videos of themselves, in the hope of replicating the 'Made Again Stage Invasion' (at their Marillion Weekend in 2013) to surprise them! Lucy and Tim Sidwell (from Toward Infinity), then came clean to the band of their plan and added their 'at home' videos and recordings into the mix. The result is a beautiful video of hope from around the world. Also watch out shortly for an official announcement re: next year's Marillion Weekends!

"Hell Or High Water’ takes a more Rock and Roll/boogie stroll along the feel good factor highway, although in contrast, track eleven, the massive ‘Angels Cried’ is, in my opinion, the top tune from ‘Synchronized’, and is a classy Blues based ballad, that ticks all the right boxes from all members of the band. And last, but not least, ‘Ready For Me’ closes out the album in true FM style." Today read another one of our self-isolating album reviews, as Geoff C. this time gives you his take here on FM's new CD 'Synchronized', which is due to be released this Friday 22nd May, plus check out our Track 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

"No pressure then as they kicked off our fourth BluesRockFest at 3pm at Leo's Red Lion, Gravesend, with already a sizeable crowd in attendance. As expected their forty minute setlist would draw completely on their new album as they opened with the titfer wearing Funkas' cool bassline on 'River' and immediately the Red Lion punters were, ahem, hooked. 'Trust Yourself' with Turner's 'Joplinesque' groovy, gravelly voice and tangible stage presence, was a great foot stomping romp with a great riff from Black. Taj Mahal's 'Leaving Trunk' grooved and rocked in true 60's/70's style whilst 'Brand New Day' emphasised the tightness of a band excelling in all the right places. Black's intro on the album title track took things down tempo with some intricate guitar work combined with Turner's hypnotic captivating voice that saw the appreciative crowd hanging of off every word. Classy." Was it really nearly four years ago that we had Born Healer opening our 2016 BluesRockFest? Well we're really pleased to report that, despite lockdown, the band are still going strong, as testified by today's Video Of The Day, and their version of the late Bill Withers classic - 'Ain't No Sunshine'.

HRH Roadtrip XI Ibiza returns in 2021, from the 4th-12th May, for the first-time ever with a new second stage featuring The Dirty Dozen – a showcase of up and coming talent second to none – with three bands each night, from Wednesday to Saturday, joining LA Guns, Reef and Skindred plus many many more! With many of the bands put forward by Hard Rock Hell Radio presenters – who had the brief of selecting bands that truly own the stage – the room promises to be simply incredible! A huge opportunity for fans to discover the very latest that British Rock and Metal have to offer, it coincides with the expansion of the event having been understandably forced into a fallow year in 2020.

Another great Rock On The Ridge Lock-Down Track Of The Day today includes Fiefdom, Revival Black, Electric Mob, Molly Karloff, Phil Campbell (pictured), Gin Annie, Amongst Liars, The Hollywood Vampires, At The Sun, Jet Set Satellite, Audrey Horne, Heavy Cruiser, John Verity, Ashen Moon, Anchor Lane, Electric Mary, The Autumn Killers, Cactus, Black Whiskey, These Wicked Rivers, Everyday Heroes, Rainbreakers, Jordan Red, The Troy Redfern Band, The Black Hands, Scarlet Rebels and Ryders Creed.

Screaming from the lockdown, even pandemic protecting masks cannot muffle the anger and bile spilling from eclectic Kent Punks Riskee and The Ridicule, who have just released a great new single called ‘Blue Jacket’, which is today's Video Of The Day, that pokes fun at the ‘Brexit means Brexit at any cost’ ethos. It’s humorous, lyrically dark, yet musically happy. That offset makes for a stark contrast between the disappointment and anger in the words and the optimism in the music. 2019 was an amazing year for the band, that not only saw the highly anticipated release of their third album ‘Body Bag Your Scene’, which was well received by both fans and critics alike, but also their sets at both Rebellion and Boomtown proved to be real highlights.

Devon based Firekind, have just released their new single, ‘It’s Not Over', and it's out now on all good digital streaming platforms. The 2013 Global Battle of the Bands winners are a modern Rock band, fusing epic, soaring guitar and vocal melodies with driving, powerful drums and bass, consisting of frontman and Guitarist Magazine Guitarist of the Year Jas Morris, his brother Dan on bass and keys, and drummer Robin Shute. Original drummer and close friend of the band, Dan Collings played drums on this single and their debut album ‘What I have Found Is Already Lost’, which was produced in Los Angeles by the highly acclaimed and sought after Alain Johannes (Queens Of The Stone Age, Chris Cornell, PJ Harvey).

Today's Blues On The Radio Track Of The Day is dedicated to last Sunday's finalists in the UK Blues Awards, including Catfish, The Achievers, Martin Harley (pictured), Trevor Babajack Steger, Kyla Brox, Malone Sibun, Dave Ferra, Connie Lush, The Cinelli Brothers, Half Deaf Clatch, Laurence Jones, James Oliver, Elles Bailey, Dom Martin and Connor Selby! And if you want to find out who won, then go here!

WRC favourites Black Orchid Empire have just released their third single 'Natural Selection' (today's Video Of The Day), following on from their last single, 'Winter Keeps Us Warm', taken from their up and coming new third album 'Semaphore', due for release on Friday 12th June via Long Branch Records. It's the folow up to 2018's 'Yugen', although the bad news is that their coinciding four co-headline UK gigs with Exist Immortal have been postponed due to Covid-19.