On today's WRC Award winning Rock On The Ridge Track Of The Day there's music from The Treatment, Monster Truck, Alkaline Trio, The Brew, Red Sun Rising, Magpie Toes, Alice in Chains, Redemption, The Reaper, Bad Touch, Riverside, Stone Horses, The Fallen State, Leogun, Dunbarrow, Blue Oyster Cult, Mob Rules (pictured), The Underground Thieves, King Creature, Myles Kennedy, Shawn James, and on their introducing stage, two in a row from The Blue Stones.

If you needed proof that the revival of the classic 80'’s Hard Rock and Heavy Metal scene continues unabated in the 21st century, then you should have been at London's O2 Islington Academy last night to witness the awesome combination of Tracii Guns and Phil Lewis under the L.A. Guns banner. Excellently supported by the equally talented special guests Jared James Nichols and Stone Trigger, it was another night to remember. Anyway, with a review and a photo gallery to come, check out today's Video Of The Day.

Today's September 2018 WRC Bulletin looks forward to our September gigs including Shiraz Lane (pictured tonight), Jetboy, The Devon Allman Project, 10 Years, Joey Landreth, Bad Pennies, HRH Crows, Ocean Alley, Jawbone, Martin Turner, Sari Schorr, The Quireboys, Pretty Boy Floyd, Walking Papers, Big Boy Bloater, Mother's Cake, Airrace, IT, Kris Barras, The Second Sons, Alive & Dangerous, Kip Winger and Federal Charm plus we also look back at our August gigs including Carl Palmer's ELP Legacy, Roger Chapman Family & Friends, Zero UK, The Great British Beer Festival, Iron Maiden, RiZe Festival, Doomsday Outlaw/The Graham Bonnet Band and our Federal Charm, Mike Vernon & The Mighty Combo and Ben Poole CD reviews. And If you didn't receive our Bulletin then go to our WRC membership page here and simply fill out the membership form and we will be in touch!

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 featuring New Releases, Classic Tracks and much more. Music this week Includes tracks from Sari Schorr, The Weight Band, Frank Bey, Cash Box Kings, The Jeremiah Johnson Band, Southern Avenue, Boz Scaggs, St. Paul and The Broken Bones, Bruce Katz, Tape Five, Ruzz Guitar's Blues Revue, DC Blues, The Blues Spiders, The Achievers, Whitney Shay, Saverio Maccne, Sister Suzie, Eric Lindell, Léo Uoya, Brigitte Rios Purdy, Mike Vernon & The Mighty Combo (pictured), Steve West Weston, Tower of Power, Brooks Williams, Nick Steed Five, Brenda Boykin, Trampled Under Foot, Tom Hambridge, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, Johnny and the Headhunters, Midnite Johnny Band, B. B. & The Blues Shacks and more.

Following over a decade apart, Tracii Guns and Phil Lewis reunited under the L.A. Guns’ (Video Of The Day) banner and in October 2017 released one of the most praised albums in their catalogue with ‘The Missing Peace’. Landing on many international charts, the band’s fans evidently agreed with the critical consensus. A well received European tour that also displayed their rediscovered energy and enthusiasm resulted in the recent live album ‘Made In Milan’. The band return to the UK starting tonight at London's O2 Academy Islington for eight dates with special guests Jared James Nichols and Stone Trigger, who will be supporting at all non-festival shows.

Celebrated actor Phil Daniels (pictured) is best known for his role in Quadrophenia, EastEnders and in Blur’s 'Parklife' song and he will be performing at the premier of Britpop Classical, the opening act tomorrow at the brand new Cool Britannia Festival, which begins today at Knebworth – the stately home of Rock. Britpop Classical features some of the country’s best session musicians together with an amazing horns section and orchestra, all backing a spectacular array of vocalists including The Farm’s Peter Hooton performing 'All Together Now', Saffron from Republica with 'Ready To Go', Heaven 17’s Glenn Gregory covering Pulp’s 'Common People' and Daniels, of course, will close the set with Blur’s 'Parklife'. The Main Stage will be headlined tomorrow by Happy Mondays and on Sunday by Ocean Colour Scene. Other bands featured at the festival will be Feeder, Razorlight, Embrace, The Lightning Seeds, Peter Hook & The Light, Cast, Heather Small, Dodgy, Space, Toploader and The South.

It was great to hear that one of John Verity's tracks was used in the HBO series 'Sharp Objects' - recently shown on Sky Atlantic in the UK. The series, featuring Amy Adams in the lead part was an instant success and the inclusion of JV's version of 'I'd Rather Go Blind' (today's Video Of The Day) was featured in Episode 2 and is taken from the 'It's A Mean Old Scene' album originally released back in 2012. The track is also to be included in a CBS Records album featuring music from 'Sharp Objects'. Following the release of JV's latest album 'Blue To My Soul' towards the end of last year, JV is always on the road, with his next stop this Sunday 2nd September at the Leeds Bradford Guitar Show on the ScottDixon stand (10am 'til 4pm) and then later at Barnoldswick Music & Arts Centre at 8pm.

Gary Grainger is the latest addition to next year's Durham and Cleethorpes Blues, Rhythm & Rock Festivals that take place on Saturday 15th June and Sunday 16th June respectively. With Mungo Jerry and the Connor Selby Band already on the bill, many people know Gary as the British Blues Award winning host of The Blues Show on BishopFM. But Gary’s interest in Blues goes back a long way, influenced by radio shows of Alexis Korner & Mike Raven. Gary’s current acoustic set includes a mixture of traditional & modern Blues tunes and also includes songs not so much from left field, rather from the West Coast – of the USA. Gary features songs by bands such as Little Feat, Grateful Dead, the Allman Brothers - & ZZ Top!

Album title of the year, anyone? Helion Prime (Track Of The Day) and their mascot - the mighty Saibot - return with their sophomore effort ‘Terror Of The Cybernetic Space Monster’ tomorrow. The album consists of nine brand new tracks - with the seventeen minute monster title song marking a stunning finale. The Sacramento (California) based Power Metal band’s new piece of work was mixed and mastered at LSD studio by Lasse Lammert (known for his work with bands like Alestorm and Gloryhammer). Helion Prime continues their theme of blending science fiction with science fact. This album will mark the first time the full band line up is joined together on a release. This also marks the debut of Sozos Michael on vocals with Jason Ashcraft (rhythm guitar), Chad Anderson (lead guitar), Jeremy Steinhouse (bass guitar) and Alex Bosson (drums). The cover art was once again done by Marc Whisnant, who was already responsible for the artwork of the band’s self-titled debut album, which was released via Divebomb Records in early 2016 before AFM Records signed the band to a worldwide deal and re-issued 'Helion Prime' almost exactly a year after its initial release. The press hailed the album as a breath of fresh air in the Power Metal scene and called it one of the most innovative Power Metal records in a long time.

It's been a long time since we brought you news from our mates Walkway. Well at the end of last month they released the official lyric video for 'Leap Of Faith', which was created and edited by Lee Waters and is today's Video Of The Day. The track was written by Chris Ready, James Ready and Ross Griggs, and is taken from their last album 'WWIII'. Alternatively, if you want to catch the guys in the flesh, so to speak, they are headlining The Oddfellows Pakefield Real Ale Festival this Sunday 2nd September at 4pm.

This week's Blues On The Radio Podcast Track Of The Day is devoted to female vocalists. So enjoy music today from Kyla Brox (pictured), Katie Bradley, Rebecca Downes, Broken Levee & Lindsay Hannon, Sari Schorr, Laura Holland, Aretha Franklin, Connie Lush, Elles Bailey, Ruby & The Revelators, Yoka & The SugarBeats and Lisa Mann.

The festival season rolls on, with the announcement of the official running times for this year's Whitby and Clitheroe Blues, Rhythm & Rock Festivals that take place on Saturday 13th October and Sunday 14th October respectively. With doors opening at 1.30pm, Southbound kick off proceedings at 2pm, followed by Catfish at 3.10pm, Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion at 4.25pm, Stevie Nimmo Trio at 5.40pm, Chantel McGregor at 7pm and Corky Laing at 8.30pm.