Albany Down will be playing live on Radio Veronica's Countdown Cafe show here this Friday 28th August at 10pm UK time and 11pm in the Netherlands. This will be their first radio performance since their BBC sessions and is ahead of Albany Down's European tour in September. The guys promise a brand new song or two from the forthcoming album, so make sure you tune in and have a listen! Don't forget also that we announced that Albany Down are headlining our WRC Xmas Party! Guaranteed to be a great night and the best start to the festive season - tickets are now on sale here - £7 pre-event (including admin fees) or £9 on the door. Remember if you are a WRC Member then tickets are just £5 by emailing wrcpromotions@aol.com - what are you waiting for?

Last week's 'Route 66' show was both 10th and 16th in the Classic Rock and Blues Mixcloud charts respectively. So don't forget to tune in to Rory Auskery's broadcast here at 6pm tonight - which will include an interview with Dante Gizzi, bass guitarist from Gun plus their new single.

The brainchild of Andy Davies, the second 'Blues at The Woodlands' at the Woodlands Art Centre, Gillingham ME6 2DU takes place tonight with Joel Fisk and John Amor - our Video Of The Day! Why not support this new Blues/roots club offering first class live music every month? Tickets are £10 and doors open at 7.30pm. For more information call 0300 065 8210 or e-mail r&abrother@aol.com and don't forget that WRC members get £2 off the normal admission on production of a valid WRC members card.

All of us at the WRC were sad to learn of the following news posted on Larry Miller's Facebook page on Wednesday: "It’s with shock and great sadness that we are posting this statement. Recently, Larry Miller suffered a stroke and he is now undergoing an intensive rehabilitation programme. However, it’s too soon for anyone to know the full extent of Larry’s long term prognosis, but for the immediate future he is unable to perform. Please feel free to send any messages to Larry via e-mail at info@rockingtheblues.com or via Facebook. We will ensure they are communicated to Larry appropriately. In light of these circumstances, we would ask that you respect the privacy of both Larry and his family at this time. We will of course keep you updated of Larry’s progress." The WRC would like to take this opportunity to wish Larry (who can forget Bluesfest 2013) a speedy recovery. As a consequence of this terrible news, Southbound (see vid below) have stepped in to play with Loose Moorings (Vid Of The Day) at their Red Lion gig this Saturday 29th August.

The WRC first saw Gentlemans Pistols at High Voltage in 2011 corresponding with the release of today's Track Of The Day 'I Wouldn't Let You'. Four year's down the line and the band's third album 'Hustler's Row' is to due to be released worldwide via Nuclear Blast on 16th October. Vocalist and guitarist James Atkinson added "Hustler's Row is a cathartic journey through the last five years of my life. The album begins with questions of where my life is going and ends with me heading straight down Hustler's Row; on a turbulent voyage of the sweetest sufferings and the most inexpensive of thrills. The artwork is by John Pearson and it encapsulates everything I put across in the title track, that Hustler's Row is a place for freaks, losers, lovers and those searching for something more from life. So we invite you to join us on the Row." You can also pre-order the album on limited edition white vinyl here.

To finally round off our Ramblin' Man coverage - John Bull has kindly been in touch with another link to his site here which includes more photos of bands covered by him over the weekend. So if you are a fans of No Hot Ashes, Camel, Anathema, Haken, Pendragon, Messenger, Hayseed Dixie, Buck & Evans, Quireboys, Alcest (pictured), Versechorusverse and Jess & The Bandits - then please have a look! Also go here for Sunday's review and here for our Sunday photo gallery.

Route 66 is also literally heading down from Stockport to Wembley tonight for ZZ Top and Thunder as host Rory Auskerry is going to the gig with his brother Hamish. Naturally Rory played tracks from both bands in his latest show on Sunday night including a cool dedication to the WRC! Anyway today's Track Of The Day also includes brand new tracks from veteran music producer Mike Vernon and Orkney based Blues rockers, The Andrew Taylor Group plus birthday tracks for Mick Fleetwood, Jeff Beck, Ray Davies and Joey Kramer of Aerosmith. As Rory says - This is probably the best Rock & Blues show on UK radio. Must be worth a pint in The Blue Check Bar later Rory!

Today we start looking forward to Ramblin' Man and in particular next Sunday when most of the WRC will be attending. As usual it is difficult to choose which one of the seven bands on each of the three stages to see during the day (see itinerary). So playing devil's advocate we are going to go for the Classic Rock Stage first up at 1pm. Blues Pills (our Vid Of The Day) are a Swedish rock band, formed in Örebro in 2011, although they released their first album three years later. In 2011, half-brothers Zack Anderson (bass) and Cory Berry (drums), formerly of Radio Moscow, were in Iowa and met singer Elin Larsson, who was staying in California. Together they recorded two demo tracks and published them on YouTube, after which label 'Crusher Records' offered them a deal. The band toured Spain and France, where they met 16-year-old guitarist Dorian Sorriaux, whom they invited to Örebro and made a member of the band. The name of the band came from their friend, Jens Heide, who had a music blog called BluesPillz with obscure 60's and 70's underground music!

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!

All roads lead to London's O2 Academy Islington tonight to see legendary NWOBHM band from the late 70's - Diamond Head. Influencers of both Metallica and Megadeth, the band are supporting their self-titled and 7th studio album on a new tour having just released a promotional video of the awesome ‘All The Reasons You Live’ which is today's Track Of The Day. Watch out for a review and pics of tonight's gig shortly.

Today's Track Of The Day is all the more fitting given Lifetime Achievement award winner Pete Feenstra (sponsored by the WRC) recounts the recent Newark Blues Festival and of course the British Blues Awards. In this two hour special Pete plays tracks from both artists appearing at the event and in the honours list including Willie & The Bandits, Geoff Carne & The Hatz (pictured), Ian Siegal, Jack J Hutchinson's Boom Boom Brotherhood and Nine Below Zero.

With a Circus Maximus Underworld review and an interview to come - check out our gig photo gallery here which not also features pics of excellent support bands Memoreve and Gabriel but also a few pre-gig shots including our interview with guitarist Mats Haugen and keyboard player Lasse Finbråten.