No better way to clear the seasonal cobwebs away than to get along and see UK Blues Rock three piece Egypt, who will will be taking to the Blues At Barleylands stage today at 2pm at Barleylands Social Club, Barleylands Road, Billericay CM11 2UF. Formed in 1987, Eric Chipulina - guitars/vocals, Alan Fish - bass/vocals and Peter Correa - drums, are all former members of legendary Progressive Blues outfit The Groundhogs.

Green Leaf Rustlers release their debut album on Saturday 14th March - a live collection entitled 'From Within Marin', and the album's first single, the American roots music standard 'That's Alright Mama', originally written by Bluesman Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, is today's Track Of The Day. Comprised by Chris Robinson, Barry Sless, Greg Loiacono, Pete Sears and John Molo, the cosmic Country quintet have become a staple of the live music scene in and around Marin County, California, for their re-imagining of outlaw Country and Country Rock staples by artists like Gram Parsons, Waylon Jennings, The Byrds and more. The band, which seldom performs outside of North California, was captured in concert on the 2-LP set by none other than legendary recording engineer and Grateful Dead archivist Betty Cantor Jackson at a handful of early 2019 shows in Marin.

"Of course, Tyketto are also obviously a big part of Vaughn's career, so no surprises during his set that he single-handedly polished off classics such as 'Battle Lines' from 'Dig In Deep' and 'The Last Sunset' from 'Strength In Numbers'. However, there was time on our side, as he saved the best for his encore with another amazing vocal on 'Forever Young' from 'Don't Come Easy'. Indeed, nights like this don't come easy. A definite candidate for our WRC 2019 Best Unplugged award!" That was part of our review of Danny Vaughn at London's Black Heart in Camden in August (Video Of The Day), and indeed Danny was not only nominated for our 'Best Unplugged' performance in our 2019 WRC Awards, but Danny has only gone and won it as well!

"So once again, we wend our way homewards from another successful Ramblin’ Man festival (sorry, fair…). It has been another triumph for the organisers. The organisation, sound, security etc has all been excellent. Such nice people to be with and the whole event has a lovely, happy, laid back feel to it. The big festivals seem to be getting bigger and more unwieldy but Ramblin’ Man manages to keep everything on a calmer level whilst still retaining the big festival atmosphere." That was part of our take on last year's Ramblin' Man Fair in July, and suffice to say that in our 2019 WRC Awards, RMF has once again won our 'Best Festival' award. Also check out our Allman Betts Band Video Of The Day.

The Blues Club Podcast Track Of The Day returns today with another two hours of non-stop Best in Blues with More Music and Less Chat, featuring New Releases, Classic Tracks, UK IBBA Presenters' Picks and much more including Paul Lamb & The King Snakes, Buddy Guy, Albert King, Giles Robson, Focus (pictured), Freddie King, Jimmy Johnson, Gary Moore, Breezy Rodio, Kyla Brox, Myles Goodwyn, The James Hunter Six and many more.

After three years of creative work, the epic Metal band Human Fortress released 'Reign Of Gold' last month with Victory's Tommy Newton again in control of production. The Hannover band go back to 1999, and their song 'The Dragon’s Lair' won Rock Hard Magazine‘s best unsigned song the following year. 'Reign of Gold' is their sixth album, and with their melodic hooks, heroic hymns and powerful vocals, spiced up with royal-medieval melodies, Human Fortress' sound still remains unique and self-reliant.

Goo Goo Dolls kick off a UK tour in Glasgow on Wednesday 19th February which also includes a show at London’s Roundhouse on Thursday 27th February. With more than three decades together as a band and over 12 million albums sold, the four-time Grammy-nominated Rock band released their 12th studio album 'Miracle Pill' last year. Last year they toured South America with Bon Jovi, which included a performance at the iconic music festival Rock In Rio, plus later in October, they embarked on a headline tour which visited over 20 cities across North America.

Rising from the depths of Preston in Lancashire, Gothic Rock newcomers Sometime The Wolf have been creating a name for themselves across the North of England, selling out shows and building a fervent fanbase for their dark, atmospheric music. Inspired by bands such as Fields of The Nephilim, Tiamat, Behemoth and Karnivool, the band bring a modern touch to the genre, delivering a powerful sound laden with mystery, magic and presence. Now stepping onto the national stage, they release their transfixing debut album 'From Here and Earth', on streaming services next Wednesday 8th January via Transcend Music. A complete and hypnotic body of work, it showcases a band who are ready to sit at the top of the Gothic scene and inspire legions of followers around the world. Ahead of the album, they have recently released today's Track Of The Day ‘Ashes’ which leads with anthemic guitar lines, emotive vocals and euphoric reverberations which build to a growling Metal crescendo.

English writer, comedian and musician Neil Innes sadly died on Sunday at the age of 75. We fondly remember him firstly appearing in 1968 with the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band on the weekly Thames Television children's television series Do Not Adjust Your Set which also featured future Monty Python members Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam. As they say, the rest is history as he went on memorably to collaborate with Monty Python and also played in The Rutles. Today's Track Of The Day is dedicated to Neil - filmed at Monty Python's Live at the Hollywood Bowl in 1982.

Happy New Year! And to celebrate the beginning of this new decade, our new 2020 WRC 'On Tour' t-shirts are now available to order from our merchandise page here. With a great Airbourne photo in the background taken by Rockrpix at Ramblin' Man Fair in July - our provisional gig itinerary for this year is: January - Bernie Marsden, February - Chaos Theory Festival, March - Wille & The Bandits, April - The Who, May - Joe Satriani, June - Eric Gales, July - Ramblin' Man Fair, August - Stonedeaf Festival, September - Steven Wilson, October - Jethro Tull, November - Steve Hackett and December Wrinklystock 9. Phew!

"This was a relatively short 30 minute outing that was totally full on … Baz Mills bounces around the stage constantly (can’t wait to see how he keeps this up for a full set), whilst the twin guitars of Adam Thistlethwaite/Stephen Holl and the rhythm section of Alex Thistlethwaite (drums) and Adam Bouskill (bass) powered through the set perfectly, seemingly enjoying every second but certainly not fazed by the size of the room or the scale of the occasion." That was part of our review from the Lynyrd Skynyrd/Status Quo gig at London's SSE Wembley Arena back in June, and Massive Wagons (Video Of The Day) are the first winners in our 2019 WRC Awards - voted 'Best Support' band by our members!

Today's Video Of The Day is the Neal Morse Band, a live clip for 'Welcome To The World (Live in Brno 2019)’ taken from their upcoming live album, 'The Great Adventour – Live in BRNO 2019’ which will be released on Friday 6th March 2020, heralding their return to the InsideOutMusic family. Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, Randy George, Bill Hubauer and Eric Gillette, released their latest album ‘The Great Adventure’ at the beginning of 2019. This was the follow-up to their acclaimed 2016 concept album ‘The Similitude Of A Dream’, and shortly after the band embarked on a European headline tour. ‘The Great Adventour – Live in BRNO 2019’ documents these shows, which saw them performing the album in full, and closing with the renowned ‘The Great Medley’ – featuring tracks from across Neal’s solo career and each Neal Morse Band album.