Today Camden Rocks presents another Rock-n-Roll bonanza featuring Torchbearer + The Broken Bones Gentleman’s Club + Maziac + Two Pound Tea - all live at The Monarch between 4pm and 9pm. Meanwhile, also today, The Milk Men (Video Of The Day) will be taking to the Blues At Barleylands stage at 2pm at Barleylands Social Club, Barleylands Road, Billericay CM11 2UF. Finally, later tonight, 5-piece Berkshire and Hampshire based Classic Rock covers band Thickcut are live at The Lion Brewery Pub in Ash, Surrey, with a 9.30pm start and it's free!

HRH Prog 8 kicks off today over this weekend from 1pm to 11pm at the iconic and sold out Shepherd's Bush Empire in London. In fact, demand has been so high, that HRH are also staging a second Prog 8 weekend simultaneously at its HRH base, the O2 Academy in Sheffield, with exactly the same line up on opposite days. Wherever you are, its going to be awesome, featuring The Pineapple Thief (Track Of The Day), Gong, Uriah Heep, Caravan, Soft Machine, Hawklords, Krankschaft and many many more.

"By definition, a fifty minute set of Prog means five or six songs at most! So imagine my delight as we sat down in the afternoon sun towards the back of a packed Prog In The Park Stage as Menno Gootjes launched into, in my opinion, one of the great guitar solos of all time on 'Eruption' from 'Focus II/Moving Waves' - absolutely bliss. A bit like Trigger's broom, the part's have changed over the year's but the original heartbeat of Thijs van Leer on organ/flute and Pierre van der Linden on drums is still alive and kicking as evidenced on their classics 'Sylvia' and 'Hocus Pocus' but now with Udo Pannekeet on bass guitar replacing Van Leer's stepson Bobby Jacobs." That was our take on Focus when we last saw them at Maidstone's Ramblin' Man in July 2017, however, the last time we saw them in London was Camden's Underworld in March 2016 (pictured), and tonight the Dutch Proggers return to our capital city at Chelsea's Under The Bridge with special guest Chantel McGregor.

The Blues Club Podcast Track Of The 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. Music this week comes from Mike Zito, Coco Montoya, Beth Hart, The Reverend Shawn Amos, Dawn Tyler Watson, Reese Wynans, Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps, Delbert McClinton, Wille and the Bandits, Connie Lush, Arthur Adams, Miss Bix & The Blues Fix, Luther Keith, Blind Lemon Jazz, Laura Holland (pictured), Martin Harley, Ghost Town Blues Band, Dr. John, Doug Duffey, Grace Potter, Junior Watson, Larry McCray, Shaun Murphy, Jon Cleary, Charlie Wood & His Smokin' Section Band, Ronnie Earl, Dom Martin, Robert Cray, 24Pesos and more.

Marillion have released an album entitled 'With Friends from the Orchestra' to accompany their forthcoming thirteen-date UK tour, that begins at Liverpool Philharmonic on Friday 1st November, and concludes at London's Royal Albert Hall on Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th, and a track from the new album, 'Estonia', is today's Video Of The Day. With an extended line up of musicians joining Steve Rothery – electric/acoustic guitars, Pete Trewavas – bass guitar, backing vocals, Mark Kelly – keyboards, samples and effects, backing vocals, programming and Ian Mosley – drums, percussion, they will be playing songs spanning their 14 album-career with Steve Hogarth, lead vocals, lyrics, keyboards, guitars, percussion - who we recently had the pleasure of interviewing here - this year celebrating 30 years since joining Marillion. The shows will also feature the In Praise of Folly String Quartet plus Sam Morris on French horn and Emma Halnan on flute, featured on select numbers.

"The only problem I had reviewing this album, and it was a serious problem, is that I couldn't stop from repeating each song multiple, multiple times. It took a long time to get through the album, but thankfully to the excellent narratives (read the narrative for the song 'Sirens') of each song on this album(www.flightbrigade.com), and very late nights, I heard each song . . . multiple times! It really is my favourite album in years, it is excellent. I know we all have different perspectives; we hear differently but I would encourage you to listen to this album; you won't be disappointed." That was part of our take on Flight Brigade's 'Chased By Wolves' album released last month, and the Hampshire based seven-piece band of family members are playing London's O2 Academy Islingtontonight as part of their current UK October tour.

Today's latest Rock On The Ridge Track Of The Day features music from Goodbye June (pictured and Video Of The Day), Junkyard Drive, The Cold Stares, The Blue Stones, We Three Kings, Hollowstar, Palace Of The King, The Fallen State, Sons Of Apollo, Take The Day, Alter Bridge, Hammer Down Hard, Soundgarden, Thin Lizzy, Jack J Hutchinson, Revival Black, The Wicked Jackals, The Nile Deltas, The Black Hands, Blacktop Mojo, Trident Waters, Black Coffee, and on their Introducing Stage, two in a row from The Blinders.

"Simo then changed his guitar, exclaiming "we love it, yeah, baby Blues" - cue more grimacing from JD and more boots jumpin' from Andraleia on 'Temptation', another from 'Off At 11', before the brilliant, new, riff ridden fire of 'Higher Plane', with another great vocal from Simo, simultaneously putting his pedal to the metal and making his cry bay squeal on its manic outro. And talking of fire, proceedings were literally getting hotter, as the sweat from JD was dripping on to the stage, so why not turn up the heat with a brilliant take on Isaac Hayes' funky 'Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic', with the remarkable Simo managing to sweep the guitar spectrum with sounds ranging from Jan Akkerman to The Who. Amazing." Today read the whole of AJ's JD Simo gig review here from London's The Underworld in Camden on Tuesday 15th October, plus check out our Photo Gallery here and our interview here.

Following the release of her third full-length album 'Solutions', which dropped in July on Night Street/Interscope Records, GRAMMY Award-nominated artist K.Flay completes her UK leg of her The Solutions Tour tonight at London's Heaven before heading off to Europe, including Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Berlin and more. 'Solutions' arrived as a breath of fresh air in this somewhat bleak climate, as K.Flay found catharsis in these arduous times, with the acclaimed album consequently being highly praised internationally.

Recently signed to a worldwide deal with Golden Robot Records, today's Video Of The Day of Canadian Rockers The Jailbirds is their huge, fuzzed up, classic rocker 'Black Madonna’, taken from their recently released 'The Black River' EP. Featuring Grunge and glamour and a Southern tinge collide with Classic Rock roots, the power trio – consisting of the intricate guitar work and powerful vocals from Myke Penney, the sludgy bass lines of Liam Hills, and the pounding drums of Eric Parent – have over the last three years performed extensively across Ontario demonstrating, both in the studio and on the stage; they’re a band you simply must hear! Through the course of only four songs, The Jailbirds have established themselves as one of the most promising up and coming independent bands Canada has to offer with a sound that is equally rooted in the Rock and Roll of today as it is in that of the 70's and 80's.

With a review to come, Chicago's JD Simo stopped off at London's The Underworld in Camden last Tuesday night, the penultimate night of his current European tour, and we had the pleasure of interviewing JD before the gig, which is today's Track Of The Day. Anyway, listen to our interview here recorded before the gig, where amongst other things we discussed former band Simo, JD's knee, his European and forthcoming US tour, being away from home, recording 'Off At 11' and his next album, his band, pipe smoking, Duck Dunn, Tommy Emmanuel, The Royal Festival Hall, Cindy Walker, The Grateful Dead, Holiday's and Guitar Clinics.

Today's latest Blues On The Radio Track Of The Day includes music from Marco Cinelli & Danny del Toro, Mike Zito & Joe Bonamassa, Dom Martin, The Magpie Salute, Myles Goodwyn, Connie Lush, Ghost Town Blues Band, Malone Sibun, Martin Harley (pictured), When Rivers Meet, Elles Bailey, and a track each from Robert J. Hunterand Sugarman Sam, ahead of their double header at The Tuesday Night Music Club, The Comrades Club, Coulsdon CR5 2NF tonight.