"It’s likely Blackberry Smoke will never entirely break free of the Lynyrd Skynyrd comparisons attached to the dueling guitars/keyboards sound they traffic in. Still, there is stylistic room to roam. Songs such as the tough, sinewy riff heavy title track, the Bad Company/Brit rock inspired opening 'Waiting for the Thunder' with its crashing drums, greasy riffs and arm-waving chorus, the grinding rocker 'Ought to Know' and blue collar anthem 'Working for a Working Man' are some of the hardest, most powerful tracks in Smoke’s studio history. All of these sound tailored made for the live shows without a doubt." Check out the whole of Wrinkly The Silver's Blackberry Smoke 'Like An Arrow' CD review here plus see today's Vid Of The Day.

The 10th BCMA Awards (British Country Music Awards) were held at the Heston Venue nr. Heathrow, London last weekend. Jess & The Bandits - who the WRC photographed at both last year's Ramblin' Man and at The Borderline - won both the Entertainer of the Year and Group of the Year. 2016 marked the band’s debut headline tour, another summer of festival appearances and the release of a deluxe edition of their debut album, which once again entered the Official Country Charts Top 20.

This week's Route 66 Track Of The Day includes an interview with Bad Touch (pictured) lead singer Stevie Westwood. The band release their second studio album ‘Truth Be Told’ at the beginning of December and a couple of tracks on the album have been remixed by the legendary Rolling Stones engineer and co-producer Chris Kimsey. Also on the show - Classic Rock hits from Saxon, Molly Hatchet, Fastway and Canned Heat plus host Rory Auskerry also brings you music news and this week's rockin’ birthdays.

A big WRC thank you to all of you that made a bid in our U2 (Vid Of The Day) song auction - with an excellent £150 going to our nominated charities. Our Wrinklystock V countdown still continues today with just 25 days to go to our 'Monsters Of Irish Rock' at the Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford on Saturday 26th November which sees headliners Limehouse Lizzy continue to keep the spirit of Thin Lizzy alive. With now just 55 tickets left - make sure you order your tickets now priced £22 here in order that you don't miss out plus don't forget our Wrinklystock V t-shirts on sale here.

Today's November 2016 WRC e-mail Bulletin not only looks forward to Wrinklystock 5 in just 26 days time, but we also look ahead to November gigs from Terry Reid, Blues Pills, Queen Extravaganza, Beth Hart, King King and Airbourne. Phew! We also look back at our October gigs including Diamond Head, An Evening For Jack, Brit Floyd, Robin Trower, Nickelback, Bad Company, Amor & Fisk and Broken Witt Rebels plus new CD reviews of Aynsley Lister, Eric Johnson, GT's Boos Band and Halfway To New York. Remember just go here to sign up for FREE membership where you can get discounts on selected gigs and merchandise! And if you are not currently on our e-mail circulation list then please send us your details in the contact box below!

Today's Track Of The Day is the 2015 WRC Award winning Rock On The Ridge show originally broadcast on Saturday night. So sit back and listen to Tygers Of Pan Tang, Creed, Illustr8ors, 21 Octayne, Glenn Hughes, The Irontown Diehards, The Greasy Slicks, Buckcherry, Royal Bliss, Austin Gold, Captain Crimson, The Black Marbles, Jack J. Hutchinson, Diamond Head (pictured), Thrice, Federal Charm, Nothing More, Avenged Sevenfold and on their introducing stage BluesRockFest's John Doe Blues Trio.

"Whispering Bob Harris returned to his '70's BBC stomping ground by introducing Eddie Reader who sang 'My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose' followed by Paul Young with Clem Clempson on guitar and Corky Laing on drums on 'Born Under A Bad Sign'. The first big hitter of the evening was 'White Room' with Terry Reid on vocals, supported by Chris Spedding, Mo Foster and of course Mick Taylor playing that classic guitar solo on his Les Paul. Jack's granddaughter Maya Sage was also on backing vocals - who also later sang later 'Out Into The Fields' accompanied by Gary Moore's son Jack! If there was ever a song that epitomised the roots of both Brown and Bruce it has to be 'Politician'. Pete's passion and delivery in a red fiery shirt left you in no doubt of his political persuasion - a song centred around the '60's Profumo scandal - this time performed with Neil Murray on bass and Bernie Marsden on guitar. Superb." Read the rest of AJ's 'An Evening For Jack' review from last Tuesday's Shepherd's Bush Empire gig here plus see our photo gallery here and our Vid Of The Day!

This week's Black On Blues Track Of The Day features Lol Goodman, Broken Witt Rebels, Jim McCarty & Friends, Honey Island Swamp Band, Bad Touch, Simo (pictured), Rik Emmett & Resolution 9 (Vid Of The Day), The New Groove, King King and Blue Touch.

With a review to come - today check out our photo gallery here from Saturday night's London O2 Arena BluesFest gig which not only featured Bad Company's return to the UK for the first time in four years on their ‘Swan Song’ tour but also support from Richie Sambora and Orianthi.

It's Halloween - so avoid a nightmare as midnight tonight is the last chance you have to bid here in our U2 Tribe song auction - with a minimum so far of £90 going to our nominated charities. And our Wrinklystock V countdown continues today with just 27 days to go to our 'Monsters Of Irish Rock' at the Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford on Saturday 26th November which sees headliners Limehouse Lizzy continue to keep the spirit of Thin Lizzy alive. With just 57 tickets left - make sure you order your tickets now priced £22 here in order that you don't miss out plus don't forget our Wrinklystock V t-shirts on sale here.

Last night's London O2 Arena BluesFest saw Bad Company return to the UK for the first time in four years on their ‘Swan Song’ tour. Original Bad Company members Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke showed that you 'Can't Get Enough' of these guys with support also from Richie Sambora and Orianthi. Anyway, watch out for a review and more pics shortly but in the meantime check out today's Vid Of The Day.

Another WRC landmark was passed last week as we achieved Twitter follower number 2,000 - and they are not all betting companies either - we assure you - ha ha! Recent WRC Twitter activity from 'An Evening For Jack' included a retweet by 'Whispering' Bob Harris (pictured) that we were included in plus a like from Inglorious frontman Nathan James as the WRC solved the tweet thread "Who was the young bloke with the amazing, Robert Plant type voice who was brilliant at #aneveningforjack in #London?"