A brand new category last year - won by Black Country Communion's 'BCC IV' - today in our 2018 WRC Awards, we switch our attention to the nominees in our Best Reviewed CD - namely Federal Charm (pictured) for 'Passenger', Sari Schorr (Track Of The Day) for 'Never Say Never', The Bad Flowers for 'Starting Gun' and, finally, Bad Pennies (Video Of The Day) for 'Songs From The Medway Delta'. With just two days to go, please cast your vote including our other ten categories here.

Just three categories to go now as today we focus on our nominees in our Best Prog Performance in our 2018 WRC Awards. At the start of July we saw the Von Hertzen Brothers at Maidstone's Ramblin' Man Fair, and then just five days later we took in Roger Waters' 'Us And Them' tour at British Summer Time in London's Hyde Park (Video Of The Day). Meanwhile, more recently, in October, we saw Steve Hackett at The Royal Festival Hall and The London Palladium, where we also saw King Crimson (pictured) a month later. So there you have it - if you want to cast your vote for one of these superb Prog bands then simply go here!

New Wave Of British Heavy Metal legends Raven release an extraordinary live album, ‘Screaming Murder Death From Above: Live In Aalborg’, on Friday 18th January on Steamhammer/SPV. The album contains 11 pure crack-shot Heavy Metal live cuts recorded at Raven’s massively acclaimed concert in Aalborg, Denmark, in November 2017. On fire and blissfully unaware that the gig was being recorded, John Gallagher (bass, vocals), Mark Gallagher (guitars) and Mike Heller (drums) put in one of the best performances of their lives. This was all the more amazing given the setback that occurred to the band in the spring of 2017. Shortly before the start of their US tour, Raven’s long-standing drummer Joe Hasselvander suffered a heart attack, putting an end to his active music career. After a few temporary replacements, it was quickly decided that Heller (Fear Factory, Malignancy) would be their new drummer.

Today's Track Of The Day is one of the many festive interviews that Geoff Carne & The Hatz did recently about their latest release 'Christmas Time'. Listen as Geoff chats to Kev Castle on Nottingham Hospital's Radio about the band, who have incidentally already announced two gigs for next year - The Old Star, Uttoxeter, at 9pm on Friday 22nd March and The Carlisle, Hastings, at 5pm on Easter Monday 22nd April.

Today's Blues Club Podcast Track Of The Day is another two hours of non-stop Best in Blues and beyond with More Music and Less Chat featuring music from BB King, Boz Scaggs, Allman Brothers Band, Smokey's King Shufflers, The Marcus King Band, Trudy Lynn, Van Morrison, Wily Bo Walker (pictured), Victor Wainwright and The WildRoots, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Peter V Blues Train and many more.

As the Christmas festivities start to come to an end, our attention switches not only to New Year celebrations but also our 2019 gig calendar. So make a note of the forthcoming Tuesday Blues itinerary (pictured) that takes place at London's iconic 100 Club beginning with headliner's Crow Black Chicken, Born Healer and Vincent Flatts Final Drive on 22nd January followed by Aynsley Lister, Ryk Mead Band and Big River the week after.

The eighth category showcased in our 2018 WRC Awards is One's To Watch. Our nominees include Carousel Vertigo who we saw at London's Water Rats in March and City Of Thieves (Video Of The Day) who also played just up the road at The Big Red in July. The third nominee is Gorilla Riot who we first saw at Ramblin' Man Fair at the end of June and then again more recently, supporting Dan Patlansky at London's O2 Academy Islington. The final nominees are Collateral who have just announced a gig at Camden's The Black Heart in London on Thursday 7th February (pictured). With just four days to go until voting closes at midnight on New Year's Eve, make sure you vote here now!

Multi-Award-winning American Blues guitarist and singer-songwriter Samantha Fish has added an extra date at the Sage 2 in Gateshead on Tuesday 7th May to her UK May tour. The tour coincides with Samantha’s new studio album to be released in early 2019 which is the follow-up to her critically acclaimed 2017 albums 'Belle of the West' and 'Chills & Fever'. After launching her recording career in 2009, Samantha quickly established herself as a rising star in the contemporary Blues world. Since then, the charismatic young singer-guitarist-songwriter has earned a reputation as a rising guitar hero and powerful live performer, while releasing a series of acclaimed albums that have shown her restless creative spirit consistently taking her in new and exciting musical directions.

Following the release of his latest studio album 'Anytime You Need Me' and its consequent tour, international Blues/Rock/Soul guitarist, singer and songwriter Ben Poole has announced the second leg of his 'Anytime You Need Me' tour in February 2019. The tour kicks off on Thursday 31st January at The Maltings in Farnham and finishes on Saturday 16th February at The Leopard in Doncaster.

Next in our 2018 WRC Awards, we turn our attention to our nominees in the Best Festival category. Firstly, we look back to a sunny weekend at the end of June/beginning of July when we took in Maidstone's Ramblin' Man Fair (see The Connor Selby Band Video Of The Day), which was held a fortnight after London's O2 Arena Stone Free Festival (see our Aaron Buchanan & The Cult Claassics Track Of The Day). And just two weeks before Stone Free, we took in our third nominee, London's Camden Rocks, whilst our final nominee - Hard Rock Hell XII (pictured) was held at the beginning of November - thankfully under cover! So there you have it - if you want to cast your vote for one of these awesome festivals then simply go here!

Here's hoping that you all had a rockin' Christmas Day as the festivities continue with today's Video Of The Day and Blink 182's 'Boxing Day'. Meanwhile today's Track Of The Day is Blues On The Radio's The Great Escape Volume 3 - one of the nominees in our 2018 WRC Awards Best Radio Show category that also includes Rock On The Ridge, The Blues Club Podcast (pictured) and Black On Blues! Remember - if you want to cast your votes then simply go here!

The big day has finally arrived, so today tune into our Rock On The Ridge Track Of The Day where Bob and Jules and some special WRC guests discussed and listened to the runners and riders in this year's 2018 WRC Awards here. Remember - if you want to cast your votes then simply go here! In the meantime, check out our festive Video Of The Day and have a happy Christmas and a peaceful 2019.