The lead singer and frontman of Scottish Rock band Gun Dante Gizzi joined Rory Auskerry for an interview on his Route 66 show last Sunday. Listen to our Track Of The Day as they discuss the band's new album 'Frantic', as well as the forthcoming tour - plus a new bonus single, their rockin' cover of the Hot Chocolate hit, 'Everyone's A Winner'. Also this week there are tracks from some of this year's British Blues Award winners and plenty of classic rock gold as well including tracks from Jimi Hendrix, The Jeff Healey Band, Travis Tritt, Bernie Marsden (pictured) and more.

Talking of great radio shows, make sure you tune in from 7pm BST tonight here to Blues on the Marsh and grab a listen to Aaron Curtis, Amanda Fish Band, Wily Bo Walker, Trevor Sewell, Todd Wolfe Band, Tad Robinson, BabaJack, Colin Linden, Savoy Brown, Long Tall Deb, MonkeyJunk, Shemekia Copeland, Paul Cox, Ramon Goose and Moudo Toure (The West Africa Blues Project) and the brand new release from John Mayall. Don't forget also that Albany Down (pictured) will be playing live on Radio Veronica's Countdown Cafe show here tonight 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!

Getting on the road has become an essential part of The Pineapple Thief's DNA. This is the third in the series of live downloads and was recorded at 'De Boederij' in the Netherlands during the 'Magnolia' European tour last November. Featuring 18 tracks and available in MP3, 24bit FLAC and 5.1 formats you can download the new live album here. Filmed during the Magnolia European Tour in 2014 - you can also watch the first in a series of mini documentaries giving you an insight to life on the road with The Pineapple Thief here. In the meantime you can listen to a montage from the new live album which is our 'Track Of The Day'.

In association with 1883 Magazine and Radio X, Natives will be headlining a gig at the Cargo, Shoreditch, tonight with support from Mono Club, Mowbeck and Lola Cove. The band will be celebrating the recent release of their single ‘Stop The Rain’ which is taken from their forthcoming second album. The record is heavily influenced by the band’s recent trip to Morocco, which inspired their huge tribal sound. Our Vid Of The Day of ‘Stop The Rain’ documents some of their journey. Following tonight's show the guys will be heading out on a full UK tour with MOTHXR.

A day later than scheduled (sorry Jim) - our latest Blues Club Podcast Track Of The Day has another two hours of non-stop 'Best in Blues with More Music and Less Chat' featuring Blues, Rock, R&B/Soul, Acoustic, Jazz, Swing, UK IBBA Presenters' Picks, New Releases and Classic Tracks. Music this week includes Joe Bonamassa, Lisa Mann, Jeff Beck, Little Boys Blue, Dusty Springfield, The Superhuman Band, Beki Brindle Scala, Paul Lamb, TBelly, Vargas Blues Band, Keb' Mo', Buddy Guy, Tommy Castro (pictured), Cherry Poppin' Daddies, The Hitman Blues Band, Guy Verlinde, Amanda St. John, RootBone, Kaz Hawkins Band, Corey Dennison Band, Honey Island Swamp Band, Philipp Fankhauser & Margie Evans, The Jackson Four, Rhythm Zoo, Markey Blue, Travellin Brothers, Ebony Jo-Ann Blackgold Griot, Blues Engine, Chaka Khan, Bridget Kelly Band, B. B. & The Blues Shacks and more.

RM is not the only big event taking place this week as last Sunday's Route 66 show was host Rory Auskerry's last before he gets married this weekend. Today's Track Of The Day sees the rockin' jock invent 'Jockémon' for the life of this week's show which is packed with top rockin' tunes and plenty of shout outs and jockin'! The WRC would like to wish Rory and Lizzy all the best on their rockin' jockin' future!

Not to be outdone by Ramblin' Man's stage timing's announcement - WRC Promotions have announced the running times for BluesRockFest at Leo's Red Lion Gravesend on Saturday 24th September: Born Healer 3pm, Blacktop Deluxe 3.55pm, Catfish 4.50pm, Robin Bibi (Acoustic in Main Bar) 5.40pm, Red Butler 6.25pm, Jack J Hutchinson 7.25pm, The Mentulls 8.25pm, Steve Nimmo Trio 9.30 - 11pm. Tickets are still available for £20 here or WRC members for £15 here.

The Replicants play the Jolly Farmers tonight at 7 Purley Road, Purley, Surrey CR8 2HA from 9.30pm - midnight and it's free entry! For all their future gigs - please go to their LastMinuteBandz page here.

The Blues Club Podcast eases you into 2016 with their New Year's Eve show featuring predominantly Blues but also Rock, Jazz, Swing, Zydeco, Singer Songwriters, some New Year tunes plus new releases and old favourites from Jim's CD collection! Therefore our first 2016 Track Of The Day features music this week from Tedeschi Trucks Band, King Solomon Hicks, Johnnie Johnson, Phily K, Larry McCray, Wilko Johnson & Roger Daltrey (pictured on our 2016 WRC Calendar), Gary Clark Jr., Anthony Geraci, Carlos Santana, Tim Aves & Wolfpack, Tape Five, Tas Cru, Dave Ferra, Lisa Marini, Sonny Landreth, Dr. Feelgood, Paul Cox, Lauren Housley, Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience, Steve Young, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, B. B. King, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings, Nick Nixon Band, Lil Ed & Dave Weld, King King, Dean Haitani, B. B. & The Blues Shacks and more.

"Def Leppard strolled into London's Wembley Arena heavily armed with their hits from the 80's and early 90's. Kicking off with 'Lets Go', 'Animal', 'Undefeated', 'Dangerous' and 'Love Bites' made the opening twenty minutes feel like one. Bassist Rick Savage and drummer Rick Allen hold a tight ship at the bottom end, while Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell (ex-Whitesnake/Dio) dual guitar attack compliment each other perfectly. Lead singer Joe Elliot delivers the hard rocking songs and ballads with ease aided by all the band's players contributing impressive harmonies. Phil Collen who plays shirtless with a six-pack at 57 years of age - certainly had the ladies around us 'wide-eyed'. Ending with 'Pour Some Sugar With Me' and encoring with 'Rock Of Ages' and 'Photograph' you got what you paid for!" Thanks to Geoff Carne for his thoughts on last Friday night's proceedings and today's Vid Of The Day is dedicated to Wrinkly The Silver who couldn't make the gig because of illness. Also don't forget about our photo gallery here.

"‘Alone in The Universe’ fares best when Lynne is more generous, when he can contrast the downcast sentiments of the lyrics with the effervescence of the music. After a rocky side 1, side 2 picks up considerably, thanks to light-speed ‘Ain’t It a Drag’ and the zero-gravity ‘I’m Leaving You’ which pays clear homage to Roy Orbison, one of Lynne’s contemporary’s in supergroup The Travelling Wilburys. Likewise, there are strong hints of John Lennon (who once described ELO as the "son of Beatles") present on 'All My Life', which is no surprise given Lynne's self-confessed Beatles fixation, which remains in full bloom here." Read the rest of Wrinkly The Silver's excellent Jeff Lynne's ELO CD review here plus see our Track Of The Day.

Hands up - yes from tomorrow we are taking another well earned sabbatical! Rest assured normal service will return but in the meantime if you want to find out what the WRC has got up to recently then watch out for our October bulletin e-mail that's gone out today with all the links you need re: the current goings on at Wrinkly Towers! Whether it's Wrinklystock, Merchandise, Gig Reviews, FREE Membership, New Bands, CD Reviews or our latest Gig Calendar - it's all there. And if you are not currently on our e-mail circulation list then please send us your details in the contact box below!