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!

Praying Mantis released their eleventh studio album ‘Gravity’ in May last year, and the guys are back in their hometown tonight playing London's Tufnell Park Dome. After the positive reception afforded to the band's last studio release ’Legacy' in 2015, their latest CD saw the band return with another inspired, take-no-prisoners set. The album also saw Mantis retain the same line-up, with John Cuijpers (vocals) and Hans in't Zandt (drums) again contributing to the songwriting process. Alongside founder members Tino Troy, Chris Troy and Andy Burgess, they not only helped in the writing of the songs, but also in providing a new dimension in terms of sound engineering and overall production. A well established band of Melodic Hard Rockers formed in 1973, they spearheaded the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal movement of the late ’70’s.

Today's The Blues Club Podcast Track Of The Day has another two hours of non-stop Best in Blues and beyond with More Music and Less Chat, with New Releases and Classic Tracks featuring songs from Elles Bailey, Keith Howe (pictured), Walter Trout, Kyla Brox, Southbound, The Blues Spiders and many more.

So while HRH Metal III basks in the recent glow of Birmingham’s greatest Metal bash, the team at HRH are running a prize draw for next year’s event – and this is something worth checking out – this isn’t your regular free tickets or even balcony upgrades – this is so much more! HRH are giving away not just two Royalty passes for HRH Metal IV - but the Royalty Hotel to go with them! To win a Royalty Weekend for two at HRH Metal IV – including two nights at the Royalty Hotel - go here now - entries close 11am this morning so don’t hang around! HRH Metal IV will be shattering local windows again at the O2 Academy, Birmingham, over the weekend of 15th and 16th February 2020 – headliners Rhapsody of Fire, Equilibrium and Evil Scarecrow lead the line while Lord of the Lost, Skiltron, Xentrix and Psychostick plus over twenty more bands make the charge to take the home of Metal for the HRH cavalry.