Rewind back to late January, and allegedly a Black Cab protest that caused gridlock in London, that consequently delayed the arrival of two members of support band Big River for their gig at the iconic 100 Club in Oxford Street. Despite this, two members of the Ryk Mead Band jammed with the Big River duo present, until the other two members of Big River finally arrived. On a cold and very wet night, the Tuesday Night Blues faithful were rewarded with a great gig with further outstanding sets from both headliner Aynsley Lister and indeed, The Ryk Mead Band (pictured), who proved that they are not only a Blues band, but by definition, a lot more. A Stunning Power Blues, Jazz, Rock trio, check out today's Video Of The Day, taken from their latest album 'Me & The Blues', released in October last year.

Today, thanks to Bruce Biege, we have our Photo Gallery here of the inaugural Chelsea Blues, Rhythm and Rock Festival that took place at London's Under The Bridge last Saturday with headliner's Martin Barre's Jethro Tull, special guest Chantel McGregor, The Stevie Nimmo Trio, Bourbon Street Revival, Deep Blue Sea and JFK Blue.

"Following the catchy and very un-German 'Rules Are Meant To Be Broken', Cheri's two trusty backing vocalists left the stage, to be replaced by her Toxic Gold bandmate/vocalist Helen Hurd for a final rocker. So if you like traditional roots music together with contemporary, catchy and smokey sounds and distinctive and seductive powerhouse vocals, then why not get along and check out Toxic Gold at The Hope & Anchor, Islington, this Thursday 4th April?" That was part of our take when we saw Cheri Lyn support Erja Lyytinen at London's 100 Club last Tuesday, and tonight the blonde powerhouse vocals of Cheri (Track Of The Day) and Helen Hurd return to London at Islington's Hope & Anchor, as they host Toxic Gold 2, another night of Rock and Blues, with four great bands. See you there.

As part of his Wishbone Gold Spring Tour, ex-Wishbone Ash bass guitarist and vocalist Martin Turner (today's Video Of The Day) will be playing tonight at The Eel Pie Club, The Patch, 67 London Road, Twickenham TW1 3SZ. Fresh from their 2017/18 shows which have featured Wishbone Ash's seminal albums, 'Argus', 'There's The Rub' and 'Wishbone Ash' in their entirety, Turner and his band return to the concert stages to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the formation of the original Wishbone Ash to perform another classic album - 1976's 'New England'. Doors open at 8.15pm with music from 9-11pm. WRC members are reminded that they can use their cards to get discounted admission.

Robert Randolph and the Family Band (Video Of The Day) will release their new studio album, 'Brighter Days' on Friday 31st May via Provogue/Mascot Label Group. Robert Randolph grew up playing sacred steel music – basically gospel played on pedal steel guitar – and began taking his joyous, Gospel-infused music out to clubs and into the world. When it was time to record 'Brighter Days', after releasing the Grammy-nominated album 'Got Soul', Robert chose to work with producer Dave Cobb. Cobb is best known for his work with new Country stars like Chris Stapleton, Sturgill Simpson, Brandi Carlile, and Jason Isbell. 'Brighter Days' is a full dive back to Randolph's Gospel roots, effortlessly mixing it up with Blues, Soul, Funk and the unmistaken sound of the pedal steel guitar. Robert Randolph makes the instrument weep, wail, scream and holler! Highly recommended for fans of furious slide guitarists like Sonny Landreth, Derek Trucks and the almighty Duane Allman.

Birmingham born John Lodge, legendary bass player, songwriter & vocalist of The Moody Blues, will headline the Birmingham Night of Stars Charity Show at the Symphony Hall on Friday 12th April. The show will be hosted by comedian Jasper Carrott and as well as Lodge, Carl Palmer (ELP, Asia & Atomic Rooster) will also perform. Jasper will also host a Q & A with John and Carl. The event is in collaboration with the Westside Business Improvement District, DIS –and proceeds will be going to Birmingham Children's Hospital Charities and Westside Charitable Endeavour, dedicated to recording the area’s historical attributes. Lodge will perform an hour long set of favourite solo and classic Moody Blues songs including 'Isn’'t Life Strange' and 'Ride My Seesaw'. This Show is part of Lodge’'s solo UK '10,000 Light Years' tour, whilst Carl Palmer's 20-minute set will feature classic tracks including 'Nut Rocker' and 'Fanfare For The Common Man'.

On today's WRC Award winning Rock On The Ridge Track Of The Day there's music from Ugly Kid Joe, Dead City Ruins, Crobot (pictured), Ryders Creed, Broken Empire, Scott Stapp, Fozzy, Deadland Ritual, L.A. Guns, The King Lot, The Gasoline Gypsies, Uriah Heep, Sunday Brave, The Brew, Wolftooth, Aaron Buchanan & The Cult Classics, Red Sun Rising, Tax The Heat, The Underground Thieves, Empyre, Disturbed and on their Introducing Stage they have two in a row from Black Tree Vultures.

"The lyrical content of their songs are self -confessional and packed with raw emotion as you would expect from this genre. This gives the album a self-cathartic feel, but I would be interested to see if Tate could make more political/satirical observations about the world around her, which may develop in later material. Musically, the bassist, Becky Baldwin has a punchy urgency in her playing and an animated stage presence characterised by a swirl of head-banging hair. At one point the band break into a rendition of the Stooges ‘I Want to Be your Dog’ which kicks off an impromptu mosh-pit, and it’s palpably clear that the energy on stage has permeated into the room." Read the whole of Ivan De Mello's Hands Off Gretel, Nambucca, London, gig review from last Thursday here plus check out today's Video Of The Day.

Today's Track Of The Day is another Blues On The Radio Podcast filled with music from Trevor Sewell, Giles Robson, The Primitive Noise Band, Sugar Queen, Lethbridge Owen (pictured), Big Daddy Wilson, Andy Knight & The Remedy, Mike Ross with Elles Bailey, Joakim Tinderholt and, of course, both Tamara Stewart and Sean Taylor, ahead of their show at The Tuesday Night Music Club, The Comrades Club, Coulsdon CR5 2NF tonight.

"Sari announces it’s the last song and intros the band - well done chaps - and gives a shout out to the promoters Gig Cartel for putting the tour together. The song is 'Valetina', another of the highlights from the 'Never Say Never' album. Not that there’s any lowlights, the album is all killer no filler - as has been this set. There’s a line in the song “Welcome the latest great pretender to the stage” Well, Sari’s no pretender, she’s the real deal and leaves the stage tonight with some happy new fans." That was part of our take when we last saw Sari Schorr (pictured) supporting King King at London's Koko in February and Sari is back headlining tonight at The Beaverwood Club, Beaverwood Road, Chislehurst, Kent BR7 6HF with special guests The David Sinclair Four.

"It's been good fun with you folks" as Lyytinen spoilt us with a mouthwatering Mississippi Delta Blues medley. "Robert Johnson eat your heart out. How about this girl from Finland?" she added as her pink slide guitar proceeded to orchestrate some obligatory foot tapping and hand clapping from her enthusiastic faithful. It was time then for another Finnish language masterclass as we all counted down to in Finnish (yes, seriously) to the final song from her set, the unusual time signature of the head banging 'Rocking Chair' - another from 'Stolen Hearts' - essentially a true Blues track with trademark in yer face slide guitar plus a nice grooving riff and vocal, before finishing off the night with an excellent encore/cover of Hendrix's 'Crosstown Traffic', with Erja also playing a green kazoo! On a night of real Blues Rock quality, not quantity, Lyytinen once again proved that she is not only the Goddess of the slide guitar, but also has the voice, charisma, banter and looks as well. And if you made the mistake of missing Erja on tour, do console yourself by getting 'Another World' when it's released later this month. You won't be sorry!" Read the whole of AJ's Erja Lyytinen, Blues Engine and Cheri Lyn 100 Club, London, gig review from last Tuesday here plus check out Bruce Biege's Photo Gallery here.

As well as Wrinklystock 8, today's April 2019 WRC Bulletin looks forward to our April gigs including Sari Schorr, The Brew (Track Of The Day), Glossii, JD Simo (pictured), Suzi Quatro, At The Sun, John Lodge, Eden's Curse, Papa Roach, Flight Brigade, Airrace (Video Of The Day), Superfecta, Joe Bonamassa, Collateral, Monster Truck and Storm Warning. We also look back at our March gigs including Lynne Jackaman, Bernie Marsden, Elles Bailey, Tyketto, Tommy Emmanuel, Rod Argent & Colin Blunstone, Flight Brigade, Colt48, Henrik Freischlader, Erja Lyytinen and the Chelsea Blues Festival plus our Trevor Babajack Steger and Elles Bailey CD reviews. Don't forget that if you ever want to contribute a gig or CD review to our website then please get in touch!