Held in the stunning surroundings of Catton Hall, Bearded Theory’'s Spring Gathering, Derbyshire’'s award-winning family-friendly festival, returns this year for its 12th successive year, once again taking place over the late May Bank Holiday weekend. The full line-up sees Indie legends Suede headline the Pallet stage on Friday 24th May whilst Saturday night is topped by legendary British Rock band The Cult and Sunday is closed by founding member of the E Street Band Stevie Ray Zandt’'s Little Steven & Disciples Of Soul. They are joined on the Pallet stage by a first class roster of acts, including newly reformed 90's Indie icons Doves, Birmingham’'s Editors, Oh Sees, The Sherlocks, The Wildhearts, Steel Pulse, Reef, Hollie Cook, Mad Dog Mcrea, Dreadzone, Easy Star All-Stars and many more! The Woodland is headlined on Friday night by Punk legends Stiff Little Fingers, on Saturday by Scottish Indie-Rockers Idlewild and Jamaica's premier Ska band The Skatalites will close proceedings on Sunday night. Now complete, the festival line-up boasts more than 200 acts across nine stages over four days

"Staying at the Indigo stage, we are treated by the appearance of Tyketto, the five-piece Rock band from New York. Fronted by former Waysted singer Danny Vaughan, they are another extremely professional act entertaining the crowd with what was, by their standards, a far more funky set than you would expect. As Vaughan quips during one of the funkier jams between bassist Chris Childs and guitarist Chris Green, "This has turned into a Barry White medley!" Vaughan is another hugely entertaining front man and the band seem to just be the most relaxed people having a good time playing what they love. Which pervades to the growing audience, Finishing with their anthemic 'Forever Young' the crowd warmly applaud them off the stage before rushing to see the closing act on the Orange stage, The Bad Flowers." That was our take on Tyketto at last year's Stone Free Festival at the O2 Arena last June, and the band return to London tonight at the O2 Academy Islington as part of their 'Strength In Numbers 25th Anniversary Tour'.

Another week gone and another Blues On The Radio Track Of The Day! Once again it brings you an hour jammed with great music including Reese Wynans, Walter Trout, Kelly's Lot, Gary Hoey, Ruth Wyand & The Tribe Of One, Petri Matero Group, Elles Bailey, Northsyde, AG Weinberger, Big Joe Shelton, Li'l Chuck The One Man Skiffle Machine, and of course, ahead of their show tonight at The Tuesday Night Music Club, The Comrades Club, Coulsdon CR5 2N, The Hitman Blues Band (pictured).

Elles Baileyis back on the road she calls home as she stops off at The Lexington in London tonight - a chance to experience her unique voice and amazing new material, in Elles’ natural habitat!Over the past three years, Elles has arrived on the scene and single-handily built an International following by constantly touring, and promoting herself and her blend of Blues and Country fuelled Americana. Bailey recently released her double A-side single 'Wild Wild West'/'What's The Matter With You' taken from her second album 'Road I Call Home', which was released last Friday. Elles has also confirmed that she is to play at Ramblin’ Man Fair on Sunday 21st July alongside Beth Hart on the Blues stage!

The Hitman Blues Trio featuring Russell 'Hitman' Alexander play the Bull's Head, 337 Lonsdale Road, Barnes SW13 9PY tonight, in a joint Bull's Head/Eel Pie Club production. Alexander from New York City is a larger than life Bluesman who writes excellent songs and creates unique versions of Blues standards. He's the real deal with a striking, charismatic personality, playing superb modern Blues, and his rich, powerful voice is reminiscent of the great John Fogerty. Hitman has music in his blood being the son of New York jazz scene vibes player Ray Alexander, and in the US, The Hitman Blues Band have been nominated for the Blues Grammies, as well as being one of the finalists in the Memphis International Blues Challenge. Doors open at 7.30pm with music from 8pm to 10.30pm.

Once again, we bring you the latest Captain's Video Rock Show which is today's Track Of The Day. His mission: to get Rock music back into mainstream music again with wall to wall Rock videos from new and established bands. Episode 11 includes Shiraz Lane, Dan Reed Network (pictured), Slaughter, Tyketto and Lionville - and if you would like your band featured on the show then simply e-mail us your permission and we will let the Captain know.

Last month, Left Hand Solution (Video Of The Day) released through their original Swedish Massproduktion label, an updated version of 'Through The Mourning Woods' - a sweet nightmare that combines sounds from their early Doom days and Goth elements of their later days which puts it all in a new context. Formed in 1991, they released three albums and toured Europe, USA and Canada and made a large impression with their unique take on Doom Metal for more than ten years. What made LHS so special was their combination of hard riffs, dark melodies and Mariana Frykman’s dark and beautiful voice. Being one of the early Metal bands with a female vocalist, their influence has been largely overlooked but their cult following has continued to grow. Later this year, there will be another release from the band - a compilation of previously unreleased tracks.

"There was just time for one encore, 'This Ain't Rufus', from the latest album, and if you closed your eyes you could just imagine Chuck Berry jumping around on the stage to this one, although when I opened them, my abiding memory was Paul Ronney's head poking out of the dressing room door with a drink in his hand! Once again, this literal larger than life performer had truly rocked the Blues, with his trademark dirty strat Roots and R&B, totally complemented by his humorous lyrics and banter. Yes, we were insanely happy!" That was part of our take when we last saw Big Boy Bloater & The LiMiTs at Camden's The Black Heart in September last year, and the guys return to London tonight at the iconic 100 Club.

Savage Messiah release their new album, 'Demons', on Friday 17th May via Century Media, and their first single taken from the album, ‘Under No Illusions’, is today's Video Of The Day. The track is an explosive blend of frenzied riffs with anthemic choruses melded together to form an intense, Melodic Metal rocket. 'Demons' is Savage Messiah’s fifth studio album and sees the band deliver a fresh new sound that will infect ears and conquer minds. To celebrate the release, the band will also be playing three headline shows in Manchester, London and Glasgow in May. The band will also embark on an extensive 23 date European tour supporting Symphony X, which includes a date at London’s Electric Ballroom on Thursday 6th June.

Norwegian Rock band Pristine's fifth album 'Road Back To Ruin' is due for release on Friday 19th April via Nuclear Blast. The album marks a point of evolution as well as diversification in their sound, but despite the newly introduced variety this record is still unmistakably Pristine. Tromsö native Heidi Solheim, the driving force behind the band - plus the core of the band - Espen Elverum Jacobsen (guitar), Gustav Eidsvik (bass) and Ottar Tøllefsen (drums) - fuse musical as well as lyrical variety on all eleven songs that incorporate a wide variety of styles and influences with a great mutual musical understanding. Studio guests Anders Oskal and Hansi Enzesperger also add a unique flourish in the form of a Hammond Organ. May and June will also see the band bring back Rock to the clubs with their Road Back To Ruin Tour, but in the meantime check out their first single from the album, 'Sinnerman', which is today's Track Of The Day.

Some serious Blues heavyweights hit The Red Lion, Gravesend, on Saturday 12th July 2014 - an amazing old school venue with one of the best sound systems you have heard! One of the stars was Robin Bibi (Track Of The Day and pictured) who is playing Blues At Barleylands today at 1pm. Words cannot describe what a fantastic day BluesFest was, also featuring headliner Aynsley Lister, Moore & Kyle, The Mentulls, Absolution, The Laura Holland Band, David Sinclair Trio, The Damo Fawsett Band and The Tea Project. And If you didn't make it in 2014 then there is still a DVD available here, comprising of 18 great videos plus a bonus CD of 9 quality tracks.

With their debut album, ‘Leave Before The Light’, being released yesterday, 2019 looks to be a big year for rising Rockers At The Sun, who have also released the brand-new video for their single, 'Only A Fool' (today's Video Of The Day). Formed in 2016, Harry (vocals), Kieron (guitars), Alex (bass), Chet (guitar) and Craig (drums) spent a year honing their skills on the live circuit before heading into the studio to record their new album late last year. With a driving but melodic sound, At The Sun believe in writing songs people can move to, combining big riffs with big rhythms and singalong choruses. With UK festivals lined up for 2019, along with a UK tour supporting the album that includes London's Black Heart on Friday 12th April, there's no excuse not to journey to see these guys in their natural habitat: live!