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Independent Venue Week started yesterday and ends on Sunday 31st January and is a celebration of small music venues around the UK and a nod to the people that own, run and work in them, week in, week out. These venues give artists their first experience of playing live in front of an audience and for fans, somewhere to get up close to artists that one day, may well be playing stadiums and festival main stages. Supported using public funding by Arts Council England, Independent Venue Week brings together these venues along with breaking and established artists, promoters, labels, media, bloggers and tastemakers to create a nationwide series of gigs. These venues are the backbone of the live music scene in this country and Independent Venue Week wants to recognise all that they have done to create some of the most memorable nights of the past so they can continue to do the same in the future!

Let's face it - it hasn't been a great start to 2016 Rock-wise with the deaths of Lemmy, Bowie, Frey plus also this week Mott The Hoople drummer Dale Griffin. So all of us at Wrinkly Towers were sad to hear that our mates Shooter were also splitting - going out with a bang at their farewell gig at The Half Moon, Putney, London, on Thursday 3rd March here. Every cloud has a silver lining though as Shooter frontman Dom O'Riley is running the Fulham F.C. Craven Cottage 10k run on Sunday 14th February in aid of the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. So if you fancy supporting Dom then simply go here!

Believe it or not - our second gig of the day took place at the Elephant & Castle in Amersham, as we celebrated WRC member Darren King's 50th birthday! The surprise bash organised by Darren's lovely wife Liz was also attended by some of The Replicants - although they were able to relax and enjoy another Cover's band! Naturally, Darren was presented with a new WRC t-shirt to mark the occasion! Happy birthday mate!

Immortal Machinery are a Gothic Hard Rock trio from London. Formed only a couple of years ago, they are fast becoming known as a hard-working, relentlessly-gigging band with an intense and entertaining live show. As well as hosting many self-promoted gigs, they also have an album release, a UK tour and a Camden-based residency under their belts in a relatively short space of time. As well as their own music, their repertoire also includes crowd-pleasing classic covers from across the decades. Check out their LastMinuteBandz page here plus our Vid Of The Day!

2015 WRC Award nominees Rock On The Ridge also included some fellow nominees on their show, originally broadcast last Saturday night. Indeed Saturday's tweet from Bob and Jules duly promised "On the show tonight @blacktopdeluxe @bandsouthbound @QueenWillRock @IronMaiden @alterbridge @SHOOTERtheBand @deeppurple_off & more Ho Ho Ho". Anyway, listen to today's Christmas show Track Of The Day that has some great music including The Darkness and Greg Lake with lots of fun and even one of their mates drops in to join them!

Listen to today's Rock On The Ridge Track Of The Day as Dominic O'Riley from Shooter chats to Bob and Jules about music, life and how to be a pirate! The guys also give a plug for our WRC Xmas Party where Albany Down and Southbound will be getting ready to rock the iconic Horn in St. Albans in three night's time. So if you want to start your Xmas festivities off with a bang on Wednesday 2nd December - then this is the place to be! Advance tickets are still available here for £7 (including admin fees) and WRC members are reminded that they can purchase tickets for just £5 here. Anyway, all in all, music so good you will think Christmas has come early ... Ho Ho Ho!

As The Marshman quite eloquently put it: "Friday night's shenanigans are now on Mick's Cloud!" Therefore have a listen to our Blues On The Marsh Track Of The Day which includes: J W Jones, Mike Zito And The Wheel, Dove And Boweevil, Cotton Belly’s, Billy Gibbons And The BFGs (pictured), John Mayall, The Muggs, Walter Trout, Sassy Brown Band, Connie Lush, Ron Sayer And Charlotte Joyce, Beige Fish, Damned And Dirty, Robert J Hunter Band, Tommy McCoy, Mighty Bosscats, Omar And The Howlers, Jack J Hutchinson, Auld Man's Baccie, Chris King Robinson and Lewis Hamilton.

This week's award winning Blues On The Marsh show contains some of the finest Blooze music you'll find anywhere! Our Track Of The Day - originally broadcast by The Marshman last night - includes tracks from Danny Bryant, Auld Man's Baccie, Beige Fish, Fabrizio Poggi and Chicken Mambo, Leif De Leeuw Band, The Swinging Dice, The California Honeydrops, Wily Bo Walker, The Boom Band, The Blues Overdrive, Niece Blues, Henry Gray and Bob Corritore, Cotton Bellys, Blacktop Deluxe (pictured) - and ahead of his live appearance next week - tracks from Lewis Foreman and a special tribute to the late Allen Toussaint by Jon Cleary and Irma Thomas!

"Great album @chantelmcgregor! I'll be playing a couple more tracks this Sunday on @pure1078 Route 66 from 6pm" was the response from DJ Rory Auskerry on Friday to a tweet from our very own Wrinkly The Silver! Consequently our Track Of The Day is another live BluesRockfest track featuring 'Your Fever' from Chantel's new album 'Lose Control'. So don't forget to tune in here every Sunday - two hours of the very best in rock & blues music!

And talking of 'Bad Company' (only joking) - the Rock On The Ridge team will also be in attendance at The Shooter gig this evening to give the WRC their considered review on proceedings! Meanwhile Bob and Jules' Saturday night broadcast is in the can and is today's Track Of The Day. And as they added: "If you missed it it's here, our ears will thank you" - so sit back and enjoy a playlist that includes Hollywood Vampires, Broken Witt Rebels, Avenged Sevenfold, Chris Cornell, The Dead Weather, Loosehounds and Chickenfoot (pictured at Brixton Academy in January 2012).

British Blues Awards Independent Blues Broadcaster nominee Kevin Beale has a live phone interview with the similarly nominated Half Deaf Clatch here tonight on Blues on the Marsh at 7pm BST. And although he admits it's work in progress - the Marshman now also has a Blues On The Marsh website here - is there no end to this man's talents?

Following their storming set at the Iron Horse, Sidcup, on Saturday night - The Replicants not only have a new WRC website page here but they have also announced their Wrinklystock IV charity auction setlist here. Yes you can actually bid for your favourite song from the following covers listed here as the band have agreed to play the top twelve song bids in aid of our nominated charities. And to get the ball rolling The WRC have bid £15 for Jet's 'Are You Gonna Be My Girl' which is today's Vid Of The Day! Anyway, good luck and thanks for your support!