We first introduced you to Kat & Co. in April 2015 and the band have now released their long awaited second album 'Blues Is The New Cool' on Tone Trade Records. One of the most modern Blues act in England today, their music has been produced at the highest possible standards - their sound is unique, a combination of Pop, Soul, Jazz, Rock and Blues, something the critics already call Urban-Blues. Kat & Co. have performed with the likes of Lurrie Bell, Joe Louis Walker, Lil Jimmy Reed, Mud Morganfield and Paul Lamb and they have supported some of the best artists in the business from Charlie Musselwhite to Sugar Blue. Their line up is Kathleen Pearson: vocals, Francesco Accurso: guitars and vocals, Federico Parodi: keys, harmonica and vocals, Marco Marzola: bass and double bass and Nick Owsianka: drums and vocals. So check out today's Vid Of The Day - their animated video for their single 'New Spleen Blues'.

"Of course the bonus of going to see a particular band at a festival or a gig is that you often come away praising another band you have seen for the first time. Turn back the clock 12 years and the WRC went to see Caravan at The Whitchurch Festival and ended up seeing The Pineapple Thief’s very first gig – and as they say the rest is history. Although seeing them at numerous gigs since then – this was only the second time at a Festival. Despite the non-stop rain - a warm welcome of “Bruce….!!” greeted TPT frontman Bruce Soord as he, John Sykes (bass), Steve Kitch (keyboards) and Dan Osborne (drums) entered the fray." Is it really 18 months since we last saw WRC favourites TPT at Ramblin' Man? Well, we will put that right at the Islington Assembly Hall tonight - the icing on the cake being Porcupine Tree's very own Gavin Harrison guesting on drums!

Finnish kings of epic Melodic Death, Wintersun (Track Of The Day), recently announced their crowdfunding campaign that will start on Wednesday 1st March which will allow fans to secure their 'Forest Package' - also including their upcoming and third studio album 'The Forest Seasons' - directly from the band. With the collected amount, front man Jari Mäenpää plans to build his own studio that would finally allow him to record his long-awaited album 'Time II'!

Canadian Alt-Rock outfit Bleeker have released the brand new stripped back 2017 mix of their single ‘Highway’, taken from their brand new album 'Erase You', released today in the UK via Five Seven Music. The new version arrives as the band continues their rapid ascent as the #1 most added track at US Active Rock Radio. ‘Highway’ now also holds the #1 spot on the Canadian Active Rock Charts and was featured on both Apple Music’s ‘Best Tracks of 2016’ and Spotify’s ‘Best of 2016 Rock This’, while reaching over 2 million streams!

What better way to keep the cold at bay and warm the soul with a tour and Video Of The Day from the fiery Devilskin. Devilskin’s March UK tour with Sumo Cyco follows the band's hugely successful joint headline tour accompanying their friends Halestorm and Disturbed. To coincide with the tour Devilskin have unveiled the new video for 'Voices' taken for their second album 'Be Like The River', recently called “Devilishly Good” in Metal Hammer. And of course the WRC will be at Camden's Underworld to cover their London gig on Wednesday 22nd March!

The Blues Club Podcast Track Of The Day returns this week 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 Keb' Mo', John Mayall, Eric Clapton, Blacktop Deluxe, Bobby Rush, Joe Bonamassa, Toronzo Cannon, John Cee Stannard, Albert Collins, Robert Cray, Joanne Shaw Taylor (pictured), Starlite Campbell Band, Catfish, Bill Blue, Frank Bang and The Cook County Kings, Beth Hart, Melissa Etheridge, The Billy Seward Band, Peter Green and Friends, Brothers Groove, Gerry Jablonski Band, The Marcus King Band, Jo Harman, Thornetta Davis, Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado, Mike Goudreau, Lachy Doley, B. B. & The Blues Shacks and more.

In December 2011, Jack Russell’'s Great White (Track Of The Day) first bared its teeth with longtime bassist and friend Tony Montana— (nowadays on guitar), keyboardist—/lead guitarist Robby Lochner and drummer Dicki Fliszar. Recently the band released a sharp, soaring and slick new album 'He Saw It Comin', boasting the Bluesy Hard Rock stomp that made Russell and Montana icons in the first place. Rounding out the new lineup with Lochner and Fliszar and with the more recent addition of Dan McNay on bass, these musicians hit the studio to cut their official full-length debut. It taps into the Bluesy bombast and heavy energy of Russell’'s celebrated material, but it’'s a distinctly modern Metallic monster.

Swedish Power Metallers Manimal (Video Of The Day) are making their UK debut next month, playing six shows around the country in support of rockers Firewind. The band’s latest album 'Trapped In The Shadows' was released in late November 2015 and this is their first European Tour to come to the UK after a successful tour of Europe in 2016 with AFM label-mates Orden Ogan. AFM Records has released two full albums with the Gothenburg four-piece so far and their tour starts at the Audio, Glasgow next Wednesday 15th February and concludes on Tuesday 21st February at the Engine Rooms in Southampton.

We caught multi-talented performer Peter Donegan (son of the late chart-topping Lonnie) at Camden's Proud last September (pictured). Peter is now touring with the Lonnie Donegan Band, and will be appearing at Twickenham's famous Eel Pie Club, The Patch, 67 London Road TW1 3SZ tonight. Peter plays piano, guitar, mandolin, harmonica, banjo, as well as lead vocals, and has joined forces with the band that toured with the legend for the last 30 years. He has toured with Van Morrison and Crystal Gale and is currently producing a new solo album, recorded in Nashville, consisting completely of his own material, and will soon be recording his second album with the Donegan Band at Sugar Ray's Studios in the UK, using the same equipment that was used in the original Sun Records Studios in Memphis! Doors open at 8.30pm with music from 9-11pm. WRC members are reminded that they can use their cards to get discounted admission.

Original members of the legendary Melodic Hard Rock quintet Unruly Child (Vid Of The Day) have reunited to release a brand new album with Frontiers Music Srl entitled “'Can’'t Go Home”' on Friday 24th February. Marcie Michelle Free (vocalist - King Kobra, Signal), Bruce Gowdy (guitarist – - Stone Fury, World Trade) and Guy Allison (keyboardist - – Lodgic, World Trade, Doobie Brothers), together with the original band members from the first record, drummer - Jay Schellen (Hurricane, World Trade, Asia) and bassist - Larry Antonino (Pablo Cruise), comprise the lineup for this recording. With the return to the original line-up from their debut album, they have discovered that while time may pass, some things never change. In their case, that's a good thing. The future looks very promising for the return of Unruly Child!

British Blues Rock guitarist and singer/songwriter Ash Wilson chats to host Rory Auskerry on today's Route 66 Track Of The Day about his debut album 'Broken Machine'. There's also new tracks from Matt Andersen and the Rainbreakers plus classic tracks from Black Sabbath and the Rolling Stones, along with all the music news, and for birthdays in Rock, Rory spins Sheryl Crow, Michael Bolton, Mike Zito, Canned Heat and Queen!

As the WRC now hits 2,500 Twitter followers, we were recently included in a tweet from our friends at @3MsMusicUK notifying us of a special gig by 70’s cult band Sharks at London's iconic 100 Club tonight with support from High Treason. Sharks is a Rock band formed by Free bassist Andy Fraser and legendary guitarist Chris Spedding in 1973. Following the death of Andy in 2015, Sharks performed a series of tribute gigs and they have now reformed, including former Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook, and recorded a new album 'Killers of the Deep', released on the 3Ms Music label. Hope to see you there!