The nominees for the 2018 Billboard Music Awards have been revealed and our American WRC correspondent Rick Menniti is rightly over the moon. Yes The Revivalists have been nominated for best Rock song for 'Wish I Knew You' - today's Video Of The Day. We've followed the guys on their way up the ladder and the band have tough competition in Imagine Dragons, Linkin Park ft. Kiiara and Portugal. The Man. You can see the full list of nominations here.

Traditionally held in Ilfracombe, this year over the weekend of 9th-11th November they are relocating the Blues Rhythm & Rock Festival just 17 miles down the road and crossing the border into North Cornwall to Penstowe Manor, a really tasteful intimate venue near Bude. To match such a phenomenal set of musicians including Focus, Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado and Wishbone Ash, the venue itself and location of the festival had to be just as impressive. Situated in a beautiful part of the country, set in private grounds, the holiday resort has a wide range of self catering accommodation and facilities that include two bars, restaurant and take away, indoor heated swimming pool, on site gymnasium, coffee shop and an amusement room!

Today’s Black On Blues Podcast Track Of The Day is dedicated to the memory of Deborah Coleman, an American Blues artist who sadly died this month aged 61. Music this week includes Allman Goldflies Band, Blues Corp, Bluff City Backsliders, Eric Bibb & JJ Milteau, Freddie Pate, Hardchargers and Johnny Drummer.

Norwegian melodic Rock queen Issa (Video Of The Day) is back with her fifth studio album 'Run With The Pack' released last Friday. As with her past releases, the new record is a dream come true for melodic Rock fans with its huge sounding vocals and soaring melodies. This time around, Issa has partnered with Italian producer and keyboard wizard Alessandro Del Vecchio to mix things up, also bringing in Simone Mularoni of Italian Progressive Metal giants DGM to play guitar and Andrea ToWer Torricini (Vision Divine) and Marco Di Salvia (Kee of Hearts) holding down the rhythm section. Revolution Saints frontman and drummer Deen Castronovo (also ex-Journey) also performs a duet with Issa on the song ‘Sacrifice Me’.

In support of their new album 'Here Come The Runts' released at the beginning of February, AWOLNATION have recently embarked on a headlining tour in Canada and the States before crossing the pond for a European/UK run throughout the month of April which stops off at London's Scala in King's Cross tonight. Serving as a follow up to the platinum-certified debut album 'Megalithic Symphony', and 2015’s 'Run', which included US No. 1 hit ‘Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)’ as well as Top 5 tracks ‘I Am’ and ‘Woman Woman', AWOLNATION’s third undertaking sees Aaron Bruno once again at the helm producing, writing and recording the new studio album.

House of Lords singer James Christian has a long standing reputation as a fine songwriter and producer in his own right. His first solo album, ‘Rude Awakening’, was originally released in 1994 and is still highly regarded by fans of AOR. Following the return of House of Lords in the early 2000’s, he released another classy effort in ‘Meet The Man’ (2004), which featured the songwriting of AOR luminaries such as Stan Bush and Judithe Randall as well as his then House of Lords bandmates Chuck Wright and Lanny Cordola. Almost a decade later he stepped back onto the scene with ‘Lay It All On Me’. The brand new ’Craving’ (today's Track Of The Day), released last Friday, is his fourth solo record and another beautifully crafted melodic Rock release as well as strong personal statement from this mature artist and performer. The album features songwriting contributions from Tommy Denander, Chris Pelcer, Jimi Bell, Clif Magness, Alessandro Del Vecchio, Richard Hymas, Charlie Mason and Jeff Kent.

"The exceptional ‘Bad News’ raised the roof! A monumental rocker and huge crowd pleaser. Another worthy Quo classic written solely by Rhino from the ‘In Search Of The Fourth Chord’ album. This was also Rhino’s first lead vocal on a Quo album. The Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band cover ‘Old Time Rock & Roll’ was rattled through with passion and vigour. Leading seamlessly on to the quirky and amusing ‘My Name Is Stan’, a fast tempo Rock epic that gets everyone singing along to its anthemic chorus. “My name is Stan, I am the man, top dog you understand, I lick my balls because I can, don’t mess with Stan the man”. Profound lyrics if ever there was! This quality track is from the ‘Rhino’s Revenge II’ album." Read Steven C. Gilbert's Rhino's Revenge review from last Friday night's gig at London's Half Moon in Putney here, plus check out today's Video Of The Day.

Today is Record Store Day 2018 - the one day of the year when over 200 independent record shops all across the UK come together to celebrate their unique culture. Special vinyl releases are made exclusively for the day and many shops and cities host artist performances and events to mark the occasion. Thousands more shops celebrate the day around the globe in what’s become one of the biggest annual events on the music calendar. Although there’s only one Record Store Day a year, work carries on throughout the year to celebrate independent record stores by spotlighting exclusive releases, events and special news. For today's 2018 RSD events and participating stores go here.

Explosive Brighton based Heavy Rock trio The Rocket Dolls released their new full length new studio album 'DeadHead' earlier this month (see today's Track Of The Day) and the band are currently on the road for UK live dates including London's Dublin Castle in Camden tonight. Featuring just the right amount of melody with straight up hook laden driven riffs combined with curveballs when you least expect them, 'DeadHead' is a must hear album for 2018. Relentless in their approach, The Rocket Dolls have taken the Rock mould, smashed it, and then meticulously pieced it back together again to deliver a fresh contemporary collection of music that combines the best bits of Heavy Rock, Grunge, Punk and Pop smart sensibilities. It's clear the band have spent time wisely crafting their second album, as it's a monster!

"Casually taking the stage Whitfield Crane and the gang burst into life with a fantastic sound much missed by their loyal fans – 16 whole years suddenly burst out as if it were only played the week before and they hadn’t been away at all! Still the crush was on as a great mixture of songs came bursting through the small gap in front of me as fans were pushed, moshed and generally climbed on in a effort to get the smallest of touches of Whitfield. A powerful voice and fantastic spot on performance from the rest of the guys (including the female session drummer) gave us an absolute humdinger of a night to remember ending with 'Everything About You'. That was part of Wrinkly The Silver Fox's take on Ugly Kid Joe at Camden's The Underworld in June 2012 (pictured) and the guys return to London tonight at the Shepherd's Bush Empire.

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, UK Independent Blues Broadcasters Association Presenters' Picks and much more. Music this week Includes tracks from Buddy Guy, Beth Hart, Errol Linton, The BluesBones, Leny's Girl, Richard Townend & The Mighty Bosscats, Sweet Bourbon, George Shovlin & The Radars, The Tim Woods Band, Philipp Fankhauser, Mud Morganfield, John Verity Band, Birds of Chicago, Danielle Nicole Band, Kathy Murray & the Kilowatts, Curtis Salgado, Fran McGillivray Band (pictured), Ben Reel, Billy Thompson, Joyann Parker, Yoka & The SugarBeats, Archie Lee Hooker, Rockwell Avenue Blues Band, Susan Williams, The James Hunter Six, Breezy Rodio, Freddie Pate, Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps, Guitar Jack, Wily Bo Walker, Sue Foley, Billy F Gibbons, B. B. & The Blues Shacks and more.

With their unique mixture of genres like Indie, Post Punk and Gothic, The Exploding Boy have made a name for themselves in respective scenes. The Swedes provide another taste of their new and fifth album 'Alarms!' - due to be released on Friday 18th May - with their second single 'The Day' (today's Video Of The Day) - all about the world we live in and that the terror and the threats will never bring us down - what you destroy, we will rebuild!