And talking of supporting small music venues, tonight the Tuesday Night Music club host Storm Warning - lauded by the press as one of the best and classiest, contemporary Blues bands in the UK. They play top quality original Blues songs and make Blues covers their own with ex-Mick Ralphs Band Son Maxwell on vocals, guitarist Bob Moore, Ian Salisbury on keys, Derek White on bass (Larry Miller band) plus ex-Mick Clarke drummer Russ Chaney. So why not head on down to The Tuesday Night Music Club at the Hooley Village Club, St. Margaret's Road, Hooley Village, Coulsdon, Surrey, CR5 3RB and don't forget to tune into mein host Richard Dunning's Croydon Blues On The Radio show here beforehand from 5pm!

More bands have been added to an already very impressive Ramblin' Man line-up of Whitesnake (pictured at Wembley in December 2015), Europe, Airbourne, Thin Lizzy and Black Stone Cherry. New names Joining the fun at this year's event over the weekend of the 23rd and 24th July - held again at Mote Park, Maidstone - include Ginger Baker, Inglorious (our Vid Of The Day) and The Zombies (Track of The Day)!

The collaborative extravaganza that is Supersonic Blues Machine will release their debut album ‘West of Flushing, South of Frisco’ on 26th February on the Provogue/Mascot Label Group. At the heart of it is bassist/producer Fabrizio Grossi, guitarist/singer Lance Lopez and drummer Kenny Aronoff as well as a host of guests of the highest calibrer; ZZ Top’s Billy F. Gibbons, Warren Haynes (Gov’t Mule/Allman Bros Band), Chris Duarte, Eric Gales, Walter Trout and Robben Ford. As well as being the latest band on our 'Introducing ...' page, SBM are also our Track Of The Day!

Red Butler are the third band to be added to the 2016 BluesRockFest bill taking place at Leo's Red Lion, Gravesend, on Saturday 24th September. Alongside headliners The Stevie Nimmo Trio and 2015 WRC Award winners The Mentulls - Red Butler (Vid Of The Day) have Just won the second UK Blues Challenge and will represent the UK at the 2016 European Blues Challenge in Italy! Remember that Earlybird Tickets are on sale now for a limited time here for £15 (instead of £20). WRC Members only pay £15 - so why not head off here to sign up for free. Don't forget to check back soon for announcements on the other exciting bands we have lined up!

Votes flooded in yesterday for our nominees (see todays Vid & Track Of The Day) in this year's WRC Awards - a day which recorded record hits for our website. If you have not voted yet, then simply choose your favourite from each of the eleven categories provided here and hit the vote button. You have until midnight 31st December to make your choice and only one vote per category per e-mail address is allowed - so there. So what are you waiting for? Spread the good news and make sure your favourite band gets the votes it deserves!

Despite Wrinklystock 4 (featuring T.Rextasy and The Replicants) at The Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford, this Saturday being a sell-out - you can still help us raise money for our nominated charities by donating a raffle prize, buying raffle tickets at £1 a strip or by buying an official programme (£2). We have already raised £265 through our Replicants set list auction - so if you would like to add to this tally simply get in touch with us through the contact box below. Thank you for your support!

"The blues? Yo' mean Sat'day night music played by no-good folks who don' wan' work in the fields? Preachers, they calls it the devil's music." Those words are spoken by a character in Fat Man Blues, a new novel by Richard Wall, and are typical of Richard's attempt to get under the skin of the Blues. He uses a lot of colloquial language like this in doing so, and pretty successfully. Since a review copy came in, which is also being curated into what is becoming the British Blues Exhibition, the book has been around, getting itself seen on the British Blues scene. To read more - go to Blog Of The Blues here.

With a review to come, today we have some excellent pics here from Mr. Rockrpix himself - John Bull - from Diamond Head's gig at London's O2 Academy Islington last Sunday night. The band are supporting their self-titled and 7th studio album on a new tour and our photo gallery also includes pics of support bands KilliT and New Device!

Celebrating the 'Greatest Hits Live' release from ZZ Top, today's Route 66 Track Of The Day plays two tracks from it. Also on host Rory Auskerry's show originally broadcast on Sunday night are new tracks from Devon Allman, Blacklist Union, Status Quo, Eliza Neals, Aynsley Lister and Ritchie Dave Porter plus classics from Jerry Lee Lewis, The Faces, BB King and U2. There's also this week's birthdays in Rock, the music news and there is the odd mention of a certain radio award...

It's now just 39 days and counting to this year's BluesRockFest at Leo's Red Lion, Gravesend, on Saturday 24th September. Today we not only focus on Born Healer who we introduced you to in June 2015 - but we also turn our attention to Born Healer's sponsor - The Blackfen TRADER! The launch of the Blackfen TRADER just under twenty three years ago not only gave the opportunity to feed the passion of two lifelong friends to cut their teeth in music journalism, reviewing local gigs, particularly at The Woodman in Blackfen, Kent, in their monthly ‘Caught Live’ column - but it has also banged the drum for both local small businesses and its local community. And just a reminder that if you become a WRC member here for FREE - you not only get all the associated privileges of being a member - but you can also still buy your BluesRockFest ticket for £15 instead of £20!

Today we're again playing catch with our Track Of The Day - The Blues Club Podcast originally broadcast on the last day of August. And of course it's worth waiting for as its another two hours of non-stop Best in Blues with More Music and Less Chat featuring tracks from The Cadillac Kings, The Blues Brothers, Wily Bo Walker, Dr. John, Albert Castiglia Band, Professor Longhair, Beth Hart, R.D.Olson, The King Brothers, Bobby Rush, Mary Jo Curry, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Al Lerman, Buddy Guy, Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne, Phily K, Little Boys Blue, Anthony Geraci, Gary Hoey, Tullie Brae, The Hitman Blues Band, Muddy Waters, Dan Bubien, Thornetta Davis, Devon Allman, Aynsley Lister (pictured), Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado, B. B. & The Blues Shacks and more.

"Their set started with a couple of explosive Rock numbers that demanded everybody’s attention, and soon had the audience tapping along to the beat. They then showed their softer, more sensitive side by performing latest single 'Towers', with its powerful guitar and authentic Blues twang, which also made the most of Andy’s smooth yet sharp vocals. The raw energy of 'Surrender' raised the pace again, setting the scene for the accelerating rhythm and passionate vocals of 'Close To Nowhere'. This song’s repetitive guitar and drum riff were cleverly used to build up to the explosive chorus, a fitting finale for Cortes’s set: as it finished the roaring applause was inevitable." Read the rest of Big Ian's Cortes Tooting Tram & Social review plus a few pics here.