"A more Rocky feel was demonstrated on ‘Medicine Man’ (inspired by a music industry charlatan that the singer encountered, to her regret) and the big drum led groove of ‘Road I Call Home’ with its chunky chord motif. The evening closed with early recording ‘Howlin’ Wolf’ - a song inspired by Janis Joplin; musical inspirations clearly acknowledged. A superb performance that left the crowd happy and, judging by the long queue to meet the singer and buy some merch’ after the show, further consolidated her growing fanbase." Read the whole of Simon Green's Elles Bailey, The Lexington, London, gig review from last Tuesday here, plus check out Simon's Photo Gallery including support Lady Nada, here.

"Been So Long’ has that really early Quo (Yes, Status) style before they went out and out twelve-bar blues, whilst ’Stranger in Hell’ takes us down tempo with an open a beer and chill mode. ’Something On My Mind’ picks us up kind of Hillbilly in it’s manner, while the closing track ‘Went Out Walking’ rocks with the harmonica/filtered vocal only tune, cleverly bringing us to an end. While I may direct this to the mid-week Blues and Roots Club goers - it can easily be appealing any day or mood of the week. Get on it people!" Read the whole of Geoff C's Trevor Babajack Steger 'Sawdust Man' CD review here plus check out our Track Of The Day.

Was it really just over two years ago that The John Doe Trio (Video Of The Day) played some short acoustic slots throughout the day at our BluesRockFest at Leo's Red Lion, Gravesend, in September 2016? Now with their debut studio album ‘Stranger’ taking pride of place in many a CD collection and prestigious venues such as The 100 Club conquered, the band are going from strength to strength. Now fresh from their set on the "Introducing Stage" at Skegness in January, today at 2pm the band are taking to the stage at Blues At Barleylands, Barleylands Social Club Barleylands Road, Billericay, Essex CM11 2UF. The very best in modern British Blues!

Copenhagen’s Progressive, genre-crossing quartet Vola arrive at London's Islington Assembly Hall tonight after hitting the European road in February/March as main support to Haken, with the tour being opened by Bent Knee. The tour follows hot on the heels of last year's triumphant October-November tour with UK Tech-Metal band Monuments plus the release of ‘Applause Of A Distant Crowd,’ which came out last October on Mascot Records. The album is the follow up to 2016s ‘Inmazes’. Vola also play the Prog In The Park stage at Ramblin' Man Fair on Saturday 20th July.

We last saw Tyketto at last year's Stone Free Festival at the O2 Arena in June, and the band returned to London with an almighty bang at the O2 Academy Islington last Tuesday, as part of their 'Strength In Numbers 25th Anniversary Tour'. Anyway, with great support from Kane'd, check out today's Photo Gallery here from the gig courtesy of Mr. Rockrpix himself John Bull.

"The music is mainly Nu-Metal and Heavy Rock with powerful riffs, but with good melodies and it wasn’t long before the crowd were singing along. Not only are they headlining and selling out a major London venue, but are beginning to build a loyal fan base, and this could be the sign that Colt48 are on the way up." That was part of our take on Colt48's Borderline gig almost a year ago to the day, and the guys (Video Of The Day) return to London for a super intimate sold out show tonight at Islington's Hope & Anchor to celebrate the release of their new EP 'Negatives'. And not only is there great support from Stand Alone, Black Orchid Empire and an acoustic set from Jon Grayson, but every ticket sold gets an exclusive physical copy of the EP!

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, New Releases, Classic Tracks and much more, featuring Tommy Castro, Rick Vito, The Blues Spiders, Brenda Boykin, Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Reverend Shawn Amos, John Mayall, Lachy Doley, Seth Rosenbloom, Keith Howe (pictured), Benny Turner, James 'Buddy' Rogers, The Chris O'Leary Band, The Andy Tolman Cartel, Liza Ohlback, Wily Bo Walker, Ag Weinberger, JFK Blue, Rockit 88, The Jake Leg Jug Band, Walter Trout, Ruth Wyand & The Tribe Of One, Susan Santos, Elles Bailey, The Trevor B. Power Band, Glen Wright Blues, B. B. & The Blues Shacks and more.

British five-piece Rock ‘n’ Roll engine Piston continue a run of UK shows tonight at London's The Big Red in support of their recent single 'One More Day' - taken from their upcoming album later this year. Consisting of four members from the Midlands, greased with a vocal roar from the South, the band produce a fired up no-nonsense sound to be reckoned with! Piston have already appeared with various well-respected acts in the industry such as The Temperance Movement and Sebastian Bach and have filled venues throughout the UK with their raw sound and energetic performances. With free entry plus support from Red Thirteen and Thernic, why not go along and see for yourself tonight?

Rhapsody Of Fire hold a special position in the exciting and multi-faceted world of Heavy Metal. Like few other acts, the band from Italy stands for anthemic symphonic Metal presented with lots of speed, great pathos and technical refinement. At the beginning of their career in particular (at the time still under the shorter moniker of Rhapsody), their songs presented a mythical, album-transcending saga, such as 'Legendary Tales' (1997), 'Symphony Of Enchanted Lands' (1998) and 'Dawn Of Victory' (2000). Rhapsody Of Fire have now returned to the very strengths of those albums. Their latest studio recording 'The Eighth Mountain' released last month (see today's Video Of The Day), sees the band, consisting of Giacomo Voli (vocals), Alex Staropoli (keyboards), Roby De Micheli (guitars), Alessandro Sala (bass) and Manu Lotter (drums), combining spirited songs and epic chorus parts with lavish orchestral arrangements. At the same time, the album marks the beginning of a new, exciting saga that’s typical of Rhapsody Of Fire.

This Friday sees the global release of Gary Hoey's new Mascot Label Group album 'Neon Highway Blues' via Provogue. The album’s eleven tracks display Hoey’s confidence and assuredness alongside the freshness of someone who's still in the process of discovery and refinement. Hoey self-produced the album at his New Hampshire based home studio, while also enlisting friends Eric Gales, Lance Lopez, Josh Smith and his 17-year-old son Ian for guest appearances. 'Neon Highway Blues' will, of course, take Hoey back on the highways and byways for plenty of touring and playing, well, the Blues - and more. He can't yet predict where the next road will take him, but Hoey is confident it will be an adventure. In the meantime check out today's Track Of The Day - the lyric video For 'Your Kind Of Love'.

The UK's Lethbridge Owen release their debut record ‘Mind Over Matter’ on Friday 5th April. Described as a 70’s Fleetwood Mac with Eric Johnson on guitar, they are a powerful combination of incredible song writing filling with heart and emotion with world class musicianship. ‘Mind Over Matter’ encapsulates the perfect blend of traditional and modern music and is simply beautifully well crafted from beginning to end. Every song has its own story to tell and Kelly Louise Lethbridge and Jimmy Owen are very good at telling those stories, as testified by today's Video Of The Day - 'All We Have Is Hope’.

On today's WRC Award winning Rock On The Ridge Track Of The Day there's music from The Treatment, Wicked Stone, Massive Wagons, Freedom Hawk, Mark Morton, Avenged Sevenfold, The End Machine, Aranda, Airbourne, The Black Hands, Ryders Creed, Aviator Shades, Myke Gray (pictured), Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush, These Wicked Rivers, Bad Touch, Dogs of Peace, Xander and the Peace Pirates, Alter Bridge, Demon Hunter, Riverside and, on their Introducing Stage, two in a row from At The Sun.