Today's January 2020 WRC Bulletin is out a day earlier, as a final reminder that if you have not voted here yet in our 2019 WRC Awards, then you have until midnight tonight to cast your vote for each of the bands nominated in our eleven music categories. Our first bulletin of this decade, not only looks back at our our December/late November gigs including Wille Edwards (pictured), Wrinklystock 8, Dan Reed Network, Sweet, Squeeze, Hawkwind, Sari Schorr, Jack Broadbent and Steve Hackett, plus our Mike Zito, Collateral and Dan Reed NetworkCD reviews, but we also look forward to our January gigs including Savoy Brown, Ben Poole, Francis Dunnery's It Bites, Sonny Landreth, Bernie Marsden, The Aristocrats and Aynsley Lister. Don't forget that if you ever want to contribute a gig or CD review to our website then please get in touch!

"Three Bands, Three Decades, Three Classic Albums - we are going to party like it’s 1989! Earlier this month, London's O2 Shepherds Bush Empire celebrated some of the best Rock music from the 80's - Gun playing 'Taking On The World', FM doing 'Tough It Out' and Dan Reed Network finishing off with 'Slam'. A 10-date national tour, this suggested rather excellent value for money and a bit of an early Christmas present to myself! But this wasn’t starter, main and pudding, this was much more three roast turkey and stuffing dinners, so to fit all this fine dining into one evening, we kick straight off at 7pm. That’s barely enough time to change into my leather jacket after work and grab a quick pint before the dry ice and the opening chords of Gun and ‘Better Days’!" Today read the whole of Chris Bourlet's take on the Big 3-0 Tour featuring the Dan Reed Network, FM and Gun(Video Of The Day) at The Shepherd's Bush Empire in London on Wednesday 11th December here, plus check out our updated Photo Gallery here, courtesy of some more brilliant pics from Rockrpix.

Just a penultimate heads up, that if you have not voted here yet in our 2019 WRC Awards, then you have just two days left to cast your vote for each of the bands nominated in our eleven music categories. Pictured alongside is IT, winners of our 2017 WRC Best Prog Performance Award, and next year the guys are appearing in a triple headline Prog event with The Dame and The Gift at the Old School House Venue in Barnsley on Friday 28th February.

Our final Rock On The Ridge Track Of The Day for this decade is a special show of Christmas Rock featuring Status Quo, Eagles, Greg Lake, Queen, Wizzard and more, plus live in the studio, special guests, Mr. Rockrpix himself - John Bull, and his son, Jamie, of Jamie and the Jets fame (pictured).

Imagine you could send your latest favourite Rock record on a journey through time and into the past - what would it sound like? That's exactly what A Life Divided had in mind when creating their new album 'Echoes', due to be released next month on Friday 31st January (Video Of The Day). After German radio hits, an award for the best newcomer from one of the biggest German radio stations, tours with Apocalyptica and Eisbrecher, as well as sold out headliner club tours, their blend of Rock music with electronic elements, consisting of vocalist and songwriter Jürgen Plangger (also guitarist for Eisbrecher), guitarist Tony Berger (ex-Lacrimas Profundere) and bass player Tobias Egger, as well as songwriter Erik Damköhler, are well known across all scenes.

"So did Miles Showell achieve any improvement with the tools of the iconic Abbey Road studios? Well it helps to have such rich material to work with in the first place and you already know that I am pretty much sold on these albums, but yes, to my great listening pleasure, the two new CD's in shiny boxes do sound brand new. Every note is crystal clear, there is no background hiss. On the track ‘I’m So Sorry’ from the first album, you can hear every note from the piano intro, you are almost in the room with them." Today read the whole of Chris Bourlet's review of Dan Reed Network's self-titled debut and much celebrated second album ‘Slam’ here, which have been totally remastered and released a couple of months ago, plus check out our Track Of The Day.

Over the last couple of weeks we have showcased the runners and riders in our 2019 WRC Awards, so just a heads up if you have not voted here yet, that you now have just three days left to cast your vote for each of the bands nominated in our eleven music categories. Pictured alongside is Stone Broken, winners of our 2017 WRC One's To Watch Award, and you can join the Broken Army next year when they play Download on Saturday 13th June.

Brighton-based, high-energy Roots, Folk and Americana band, Noble Jacks recently released the brand-new lyric video for 'This Is Real’, which is today's Video Of The Day, and is taken from their 10-track second album ‘Stay Awake’. The band have been touring relentlessly throughout 2019, strengthening their profile and reputation, and at the end of last month they completed their UK Autumn tour - including an incredible sold-out London show at The Black Heart in Camden. The Jacks’ Will Page has also been nominated for the UK Instrumentalist of The Year award in the UK Americana Awards 2020.

Today's Track Of The Day is Johnny Casino's take on the great Chris Bailey/Saints song 'Ghost Ships', the first single taken from upcoming new album 'Vibrations, Yours And Mine' which is set for release early next year. Harking back to his heartland, it's a deep and soulful Rock track that oozes Roots, Blues and a tinge of Acoustic Country. Johnny (John A Spittles) is the founding member and songwriter of the great Australian Rock 'n' Roll band Asteroid B612, Philadelphia PA´s Johnny Casino´s Easy Action and the rotating lineup that is Johnny Casino and the Secrets (featuring the who's who of Australian Rock 'n' Roll).

Over the last couple of weeks we have showcased the runners and riders in our 2019 WRC Awards, so just a heads up if you have not voted here yet, that you have just four days left to cast your vote for each of the bands nominated in our eleven music categories. Pictured alongside is Bernie Marsden, winner of our 2018 WRC Best Blues Rock Award, and you can see Bernie next month at London's Under The Bridge on Friday 24th January.

"Openers Novatines bring youth and energy and new music. Headliners Sweet bring skills, experience and a damn fine back catalogue of tunes that have serenaded a part of our lives from yesteryear. You can’t make memories like these. You live a Sweet gig rather than experience it. It’s a nostalgic euphoria. Man of the night is Andy Scott, the architect of much of the Sweet back catalogue. Resplendent in his long white hair, and jovial midriff, he reminds me of a certain gentleman seen around this time of year." Today read the whole of Mother's take on Sweet and The Novatines at The Islington Assembly Hall in London last Wednesday here, plus check out our Photo Gallery here.

The final category in our 2019 WRC awards, today we turn our attention to Best Rock Performance. First up are The Meat Puppets (pictured) who we saw at London's ULU in June. Our second nominee is Rival Sons who we caught in early November at the O2 Academy Brixton in London and thirdly Tesla (Video Of The Day) at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire in June. Finally, our last nominee is the Dan Reed Network who also played London's Shepherd's Bush Empire a couple of weeks ago. So there you have it - if you want to cast your vote for one of these outstanding Rock bands then simply go here!