Hot on the heels of yesterday's news about Saxon headlining their bigger better Friday show - we now hear that WRC favourities Bad Touch (pictured) and The Fallen State will be both appearing on Ramblin' Man Fair's awesome Rising Stage over the weekend of 29th and 30th July at Mote Park in Maidstone!

Visceral Canadian rockers The Wild! have confirmed the release of their storming debut album '‘Wild At Heart’', produced by Mike Fraser (AC/DC, Aerosmith, Jimmy Page, Metallica, Van Halen), as a digipak CD, download and stream on Steamhammer/SPV on Friday 17th February. The Wild!, a vital, organic four piece who hail from Kelowna, British Columbia, take the gritty authenticity of the Delta Blues, speed it up with a reckless Punk Rock attitude, and then roll all that up into a Southern Rock cigarette. The band were nominated ‘Best New Rock Band’ at the 2015 Canadian Radio Music Awards, after their debut EP ‘'GxDxWxB’', (which stands for ‘God Damn Wild Boys’), crashed into the top five of the Rock Chart, leading to major Canadian tours with Airbourne, Buckcherry, Godsmack, Korn, Monster Truck, Rise Against and Sebastian Bach. For a first taste of this irresistible rock concoction, check out the explosive Stuey-Kubrick-produced Vid Of The Day for ‘'Ready To Roll’', the first single to be taken from the album.

Today's Black On Blues Track Of The Day features Bruce Mississippi Johnson, Adam Norsworthy, John Cee Stannard & Blues Horizon, Jimmy Bowskill & Carlos De Junco, Saturday Night Fish Fry, Ron Thompson and Carl Weathersby.

After the storming and the very successful Friday night at last year's Ramblin' Man Fair - they've realised they needed a much bigger stage this year! So with that in mind, Ramblin' Man are opening up the main arena at 4pm on Friday 28th July and welcome back the legends of Heavy Metal Mr Biff Byford and Saxon (pictured at Ramblin' Man in 2015) who will headline their all new Friday at The Fair! And they will be joined by Last In Line featuring Def Leppard's Vivian Campbell and ex Dio drummer extraordinaire Vinny Appice plus the voice that is the Graham Bonnet Band of Rainbow, the Michael Schenker Group, Alcatrazz and Impellitteri fame!

On today's Blues On The Marsh Track Of The Day, originally broadcast on Friday night, you can listen to Yuri Apsey, Andrew Jr. Boy James, John T Bone Taylor, Skinny Blue, Gaetano Letizia, Kerrie Lepai, The Depravity Brothers, Danny Walsh Band, Francesco Piu, Bruce "Mississippi" Johnson, Ronnie Baker Brooks (pictured), and a huge slice of cake for Mr. Stevie Marriott who would have celebrated his 70th birthday tomorrow.

The latest band to be showcased in our 'Introducing .....' feature are Stoinky (Vid Of The Day) a 4 piece originals funky Indie live band based in Kent. Indeed the guys are gigging at a ticketed event on Saturday 25th March in the Courtyard at 159 High Street, Rochester, Kent ME1 1EH. With all proceeds going to Kent Autistic Trust, there are three areas playing the best of live music, house, dance and trance music until 3am. Live music starts at 2pm and stops around 9pm with the DJ's playing on!

Adrenaline-fuelled alt-rockers Where Fires Are have released their new single ‘I’ve Got The Time’ (Track Of The Day), taken from their brand new EP 'One Four Six One'. Combining huge guitar riffs with melodic hooks ‘I’ve Got The Time’ is a stadium-sized rock anthem, bursting with power and driven by frontman Robbie’s striking tones and harmonic vocals. The track has already seen support from both Kerrang Radio and Amazing Radio. A veritable whirlwind on stage, Where Fires Are have secured slots at some of the UK’s biggest festivals including Reading and Leeds, Tramlines, Live at Leeds, Kendal Calling and Willow Festival while establishing an ever-growing loyal fan-base across the country. In support of the new EP, the band are heading out on the 'One Four Six One' UK tour next month, kicking off on Thursday 2nd February at Edinburgh’s Bannermans, taking in London’s 93 Feet East on the Wednesday15th before concluding in their home town at Brudenell Social Club on Friday 24th.

Today's Vola Vid Of The Day is another brilliantly crafted animated video for their brand new single ‘Emily’ from their stunning debut album 'Inmazes', out now via Mascot Records. Just like their previous videos, this was created in-house, this time by the bands bass player Nicolai Mogensen and his girlfriend Anne Nørkjær Bang. At times futuristic, the music of Vola has references to Tech-Prog and Pop as well. 'Inmazes' was mixed by Asger Mygind and mastered by Jens Bogren of Fascination Street Studio. Bogren worked with Opeth, Katatonia, Soilwork, Amon Amarth, Symphony X, Paradise Lost, Devin Townsend, Fates Warning and Arch Enemy, amongst others.

Tickets are now on a sale to see the WRC sponsored charity concert ‘Magic - a kind of Queen & a kind of ELO’ at the Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford, on Saturday 18th November at 7.30pm. Following the success of the Monster’s Of Irish Rock featuring Limehouse Lizzy and U2 Tribe at last year’s ‘Wrinklystock 5’ - ‘Wrinklystock 6’ stars Magic, a tribute to two of the greatest British Rock bands of all time - Queen and The Electric Light Orchestra - together in one fabulous show! Tickets can be purchased here for a bargain £22 or from the MJC Box Office on 01322 291100.

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 Lachy Doley, Catfish, Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion, Jo Harman (pictured), The Smoke Wagon Blues Band, Aynsley Lister, Keith Thompson, Red Butler, John Mayall, JW Jones, Tas Cru, Sharon Lewis, Colin James, Mississippi Heat, Dr. Feelgood, Mike Goudreau, Mike Zito, Melissa Etheridge, Mick Pini, David Bromberg Quintet & Band, Ash Wilson, Tom Craig and Soul Patch The Jimmys, Jon Gindick, Peter Karp, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Jim Koeppel/Dust My Blues Band, B. B. & The Blues Shacks and more.

Following the roaring success recently of four back-to-back sold-out dates at The Gramercy Theatre in New York, The Magpie Salute have announced their debut UK performance at London’s Under The Bridge on Wednesday 12th April. Formed by Rich Robinson, the guitarist and co-founding member of The Black Crowes, The Magpie Salute is an exciting new band bringing together two other key members of Crowes fame, guitarist Marc Ford and bassist Sven Pipien, alongside members of Rich Robinson's own band; drummer Joe Magistro, keyboardist Matt Slocum and guitarist Nico Bereciartua. The Magpie Salute also boasts a fine cast of vocalists, including lead singer John Hogg (Hookah Brown, Moke), former Crowes singer Charity White and background singers, Adrien Reju and Katrine Ottosen. The band will be performing songs from The Black Crowes catalogue as well as solo material from Rich and Marc.

World renowned guitarist Eric Gales is back with his new studio album 'Middle of the Road' (featuring collaborations with Gary Clark Jr & Lauren Hill), out on Friday 24th February via Provogue/Mascot Label Group, and he has just released another brand new track from the upcoming album - 'Change In Me' - today's Vid Of The Day. 'Middle of the Road' is Eric Gales' fourth album on Provogue/Mascot Label Group and his most expressive album yet. The deeply personal and reflective record echoes where Eric is in his life right now, allowing him to open himself up and to really flourish.