With a review to come, please check out today our initial Photo Gallery here of Thursday night's Blues Review featuring Jim Kahr, taken at the original Ealing Club - the Birthplace of British Rhythm and Blues. The Chicago guitar legend has worked with some of the biggest names in Blues, including John Lee Hooker, Freddie King, Junior Wells, Bobby Blue Bland and Buddy Guy. Indeed, the venue is sacred ground - the original premises where Alexis Korner and Cyril Davies started out in 1962! Hosted by The Paul Cook Blues Band, there was also sets from special guests Robert Hokum, Emma Wilson and Half Moon Panic.

Not only are multi-platinum selling Rock band X Ambassadors playing London's sold out Lafayette in Kings Cross tonight, but they also release their new EP, 'Belong', on Friday 6th March which features ‘Everything Sounds Like A Love Song’, which is today's Track Of The Day. Earlier, down the road, Camden Rocks Festival presents an all-day Rock-n-Roll bonanza featuring Enterfire, Fuzz Skyler, Louzada, Grace Solerol, Askari, Whisky Stain, Terrorisers, You Over Me and Fixer at The Latin Groove Lounge Club from 2.30pm. Finally, the Robert J. Hunter Band hit the Blues At Barleylands stage at 2pm, at Barleylands Social Club, Barleylands Road, Billericay CM11 2UF, whilst later, Classic Rock covers band Thickcut will be performing live and for free at 8.30pm at The Monument, Northbrook Street, Newbury.

Nearly three years after we last saw them, Dream Theater returned to London's Hammersmith Apollo last night for the first of two nights as part of their Distance Over Time Tour - Celebrating 20 Years of 'Scenes From A Memory', which saw the band perform a full and complete 3-hour set! Indeed, both shows were/are being flmed for future release and the band's request for their fans to make themselves heard did not fall on deaf ears - an opportunity, as they also said, for us to immortalise ourselves in Dream Theater concert film history! In the meantime check out today's Video Of The Day!

"The encore was the 25 minute suite 'A Change of Seasons'. A fitting end - this was recorded around the time of 'Images and Words' but was released separately. The near sell out crowd lapped it all up and before long it was all over and we were spilling out into the London night. This was Prog Metal at its finest and was as good as this author has seen them. If you get the chance to catch them live - do it!!" That was part of our review, the last time we saw Dream Theater nearly three years ago, and tonight they return to London's Hammersmith Apollo for their Distance Over Time Tour - Celebrating 20 Years of 'Scenes From A Memory', which will see the band perform a full and complete 3-hour set!

On today's latest Blues Club Podcast Track Of The Day there's 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 songs from Marcus Lazarus, Wildmen Bluesband, C W Ayon, The Animals, Mississippi MacDonald, Clare Free (pictured), The Laura Holland Band and many more.

Last Sunday, Matt & The Revenant Ones appeared at The Star Inn in Guildford supported by NWOCR's Voodoo Lake, and today's Video Of The Day is Matt (picture: Stuart Scarry) and Voodoo Lake's frontman Dave Strange jamming to 'Foxy Lady'. Indeed, the last time we saw British Blues Award winners Catfish, or more precisely half a Cattfish, was when we saw Matt and Paul Long jamming with Walter Trout at London's Under The Bridge in October 2017, and we first introduced to you to Voodoo Lake, consisting of Dave, Mark Bomber Randon and James Fileman, in December 2018.

A Blues Review featuring Jim Kahr, takes place tonight from 7.30pm at the original Ealing Club - the Birthplace of British Rhythm and Blues - at the Red Rooms, 42A The Broadway, London W5 2NP. The Chicago guitar legend has worked with some of the biggest names in Blues, including John Lee Hooker, Freddie King, Junior Wells, Bobby Blue Bland and Buddy Guy. Indeed, the venue is sacred ground - the original premises where Alexis Korner and Cyril Davies started out in 1962! Hosted by The Paul Cook Blues Band, there will also be sets from special guests Robert Hokum, Emma Wilson and Half Moon Panic.

US visionaries Joywave's single ‘Half Your Age’ is today's Track Of The Day, ahead of their upcoming third album, 'Possession', which will be released on Friday 13th March, and tonight they support PVRIS at London’s Brixton Electric, as part of their current UK tour. They will then head out to Europe, before embarking on two US headline tours in support of the album throughout March, April and May. Joywave’s unique outlook and inventive interpretation of Pop demonstrates a band that are at the top of their game, with their intelligent artistry and undeniably addictive music, set to take them to new heights in 2020.

"It's fair to say therefore, that H.E.A.T don’t hide their love for their Classic Rock. Indeed some might accuse of them being cheesy, and inevitably, copying their heroes. However, as The Jam once put it: "The public gets what the public wants" and the fist pumping chorus of singalong 'Victory', which continues the pace with its classic guitar/organ riff, is not only proof that they’re young, ambitious and full of energy and ideas, but it also gives another generation the opportunity to re-discover the melodic approach to Hard Rock with bands such as Foreigner, Journey and Whitesnake, even though big hair and leathers are no longer mandatory!" Today read AJ's complete take here on H.E.A.T's new CD 'H.E.A.T II' which will be released tomorrow, plus check out today's Video Of The Day of their latest single 'Dangerous Ground'.

Today's latest Rock On The Ridge Track Of The Day includes music from Shakra, The Big Dirty, Those Damn Crows, Goodbye June, Phil Campbell, Clint Lowery, Silverthorne, Ryders Creed (pictured), Blackwater Conspiracy, Gorilla Riot, Outlaws, Collateral, John Verity, Bullet, Black Sabbath, Small Town Titans, Clutch, Blacktop Mojo, Sonic Divide, Mawcore, Nine Miles South, Black Coffee, Kim Jennett featuring Myke Gray, and on their Introducing Stage, two in a row from Double Experience.

Stray and Ken Pustelnik's The Groundhogs begin a full UK co-headlining tour at Sutton's Boom Boom next Tuesday 25th February, which stops off on the way at London's The Garage (including Vambo) on Thursday 12th March, and concludes at Buckley's The Tivoli on Saturday 21st March. Not only will Stray be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of their self-titled debut album, but The Groundhogs will also be celebrating the golden anniversary of their seminal ‘Thank Christ for the Bomb’ album.

Check out today our Photo Gallery here from Monday night at London's Hammersmith Eventim Apollo - as the cream of Rock turned out to pay tribute to Peter Edward 'Ginger' Baker - a one-time only concert from Eric Clapton to celebrate the musical life of his dear friend. It was certainly a case of quality not quantity, as the 100 minute set list honoured Baker's lifetime in music and included Clapton and Baker's work together in Cream and Blind Faith. Cue performances from Paul Carrack, Steve Winwood, Roger Waters, Nile Rodgers, Ronnie Wood, Kofi Baker, Kenney Jones and Will Johns, amongst others, of which the highlights were Clapton and Wood performing 'Badge' (Video Of The Day) plus a Kofi drum solo that his old man would have truly been proud of.