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After two consecutive new Jethro Tull album releases in 2022 and 2023, a new studio record, ‘Curious Ruminant’, will be released on Friday 7th March consisting of nine new tracks of mostly full band music varying in length from two and half minutes to almost seventeen minutes, of which the second single, ‘The Tipu House’, is today's Video Of The Day, directed by Costin Chioreanu. Described by legendary frontman Ian Anderson as a song of aspiration in adversity, amongst the other musicians featured on the album are former keyboardist Andrew Giddings and drummer James Duncan, along with current band members David Goodier, John O'Hara, Scott Hammond and, making his recording debut with the band, guitarist Jack Clark.

For fans of Long Distance Calling, Psychonaut and Russian Circles, offering yet another glimpse into their highly anticipated debut album, scheduled for digital and physical release early this year, Alternative/Post-Metal/Prog trio, Astreyane, have released their instrumental third single, 'Vertigo', that's also today's Video Of The Day. Expect a captivating fusion of intensity and Progressive elements as the French outfit continue to refine their distinctive sound. mixing percussive drums, guitar with stormy riffs and clear clean sounds, heavy and melodic bass, dark piano and heroic samples, vacillating between power, softness and violence, offering an immersion in an imaginary atmosphere, with cinematographic and interstellar inspirations.

Having drawn critical comparisons to the likes of MC5 to Grand Funk Railroad to Dr. Feelgood, Blues-influenced Hard Rock outfit RJ Archer & the Painful Memories released their ten-track third album, 'The Cost of Loving Crisis', at the end of last month, through Spotify, Apple, Bandcamp and all the usual haunts, of which this Cambridge four-piece's album track, 'Barbara', is also one of today's six of the best 'Sunday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Beauty In Chaos, Post Death Soundtrack, The Vice, Lay Of The Autumn and The Browning.

Today's latest Live From Progzilla Towers All Request Podcast Of The Day includes music by Circus, City Boy, The Flower Kings, Gentle Giant, Army Of Moths, Blood Incantation, John Foxx, Freeze The Fall, Jack Lancaster & Rick Van Der Linden, Pendragon, Hanabie., The Prophets Of Zarquon, Discipline, John Greaves, Peter Blegvad, Lisa Herman, The John Irvine Band, The Orb and Supertramp (pictured).

Today's latest 2023 WRC Award winning Blues Club Podcast Of The Day, has another two hours of non stop Best in Blues and a bit of this and that, with More Music and Less Chat, featuring Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado (pictured), Billy F Gibbons, Tomislav Goluban, Jethro Tull, Robert Cray, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Tommy Castro, Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse, Meat Loaf, Kat Riggins and many more.

Las Fenestras is a brand new Roots Rock project featuring vocalist, songwriter, World Music master percussionist, drummer and session musician Simon Webster, lyricist and WRC award winning broadcaster Pete Feenstra and multi instrumentalist and innovative Indie producer and recording artist Craig Marshall aka Audio 54, and last month they released their debut single, ‘Cuban Son', of which this song that sees World Music meet Latino Blues, is also one of today's six of the best 'Saturday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Beyond Frequencies, Kelsey Michael, Limbonauts, Blessed Child Opera and Nightblade.

A suite of 14 short stories traversing genres and emotions, blending rich Folk and ethnic influences with Electronic rhythms, revered pianist and one half of Iamthemorning, Gleb Kolyadin, releases his new Kscope solo album, 'Mobula', on Friday 28th February, of which the second album single, ‘Dawnlight’, is today's Video Of The Day. His first album fully conceived and produced in the UK following his relocation two years ago under a Global Talent visa, it’s a Sci-Fi-inspired odyssey that captures the spirit of grace and exploration, embodied by the album’s titular oceanic creature.

Formed in Brooklyn in 2013, Clouds Taste Satanic, the meld riff-dominated Stoner Rock quartet with Heavy Doom, Dark Psychedelia, Spacy Interludes and epic finales, today release 'Birmingham 2024', the first in a series of “Live in Studio” full-length records, recorded at Hellfire Studios in Birmingham in May, coincidentally this very same week that Ozzy Osbourne has announced the final reunion of Black Sabbath in England's second city this July, of which this Post-Doom Instrumental Metal New Yorkers album opener, 'Collision (Part III)', is also one of today's six of the best 'New Releases Friday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further similarly timed album releases today from Ecce Shnak, Black .44, The Yets, Juliet's Not Dead and Tumbleweed Dealer.

With another Rock Revival show due to be broadcast tonight at 8pm UK time on Meridian FM, last week's show is today's Podcast Of The Day, that saw WRC Award winning Jules and Bob with a playlist that included Ratchet Dolls, Sons Of Silver, Austin Gold, Geordie, Billy F Gibbons, Leadfeather (pictured), Massive Wagons, Heart, Blue Murder, Those Damn Crows, Mammoth WVH, Iron Maiden, Neil Young, Aerosmith, Saints of L.A., Whitesnake, Bad Rain, The Drills with Phil X, Led Zeppelin, Shaman's Harvest, Candlebox, Bastion Rose and Sons Of Texas.

Blues-Rock titan Joe Bonamassa and Rock legend Sammy Hagar have teamed up for an electrifying new single, 'Fortune Teller Blues', of which this powerhouse collaboration blends Bonamassa’s searing guitar work with Hagar’s unmistakable vocals, delivering a high voltage track steeped in grit and mystery, is today's Video Of The Day. A Blues-drenched tale of fate and deception, the track unfolds like a smoky backroom confession, with its simmering tension amplified by a driving beat and deep, brooding riffs that channel both Bonamassa’s mastery of Blues guitar and Hagar’s Rock-and-Roll swagger.

As well as being a prolific solo musician and a graphic novelist, next month, cult, critically acclaimed Scottish Indie-Rock four-piece Attic Lights (on hiatus) frontman, Kev Sherry, releases his highly-anticipated forthcoming album, 'Wrath Of Can', via Witchworld Records on Friday 14th March, and Kev's first album single, 'Everything A Mother Could Want', that takes inspiration from Indie artists like Margaret Glaspy, Kurt Vile and MJ Lenderman, is also one of today's six of the best 'Thursday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from SweetBeast, Push Puppets, Circu5, Lord Sonny The Unifier and Neànder.

Even on a cold Monday night in London, Rockabilly royalty and legendary Stray Cats bassist, Lee Rocker, proved his swagger remains untouchable as his band stormed into 229 Great Portland Street, double bass in tow, and delivered a masterclass in Rock ‘n’ Roll showmanship, so see today not only Ivan De Mello's review and photos including support band The TR5's, but also watch today's 'Stray Cat Strut' Video Of The Day, filmed on the night.