Big River is the idea of Gravesend Guitarist Damo Fawsett, after playing a last minute gig with his old cohorts in The Chosen Few, his passion for Blues music resurfaced. Then upon seeing Vintage Trouble on TV, he realised that the Blues is well and truly alive and reaching a whole new generation of fans! No stranger to the WRC, having played at Bluesfest 2014, Damo began his search for like minded people and after a Dartford rehearsal studio session, Big River was born! Joining Fawsett in the band is Adam Bartholomew on vocals, who Damo tells us can out-soul Paul Rodgers and scream like Glenn Hughes in the next breath! Luke Calvert is on Drums, praised by Damo as "technically brilliant and all the while lays down a flawless groove" plus Ant Wellman on bass who was previously with the Reagan Browne Band and currently tours all over the UK and Europe with The Lambrettas - "a style of Jaco Pastorius and Andy Fraser - he was the perfect choice to lay down the bottom end" adds Damo. Big River has a seriously powerful sound all of their own and cover Blues tracks from all eras from Hendrix and Free through to modern bands like Rival Sons and Vintage Trouble - with the image to match. Big River will be one to watch and they hit the road from December 2015.

WRC Promotions are delighted to announce that the extemely talented Southbound will be supporting Albany Down at the WRC Xmas Party at The Horn Reborn in St Albans on Wednesday 2nd December. Two quality bands for just £7 in advance (including admin fees) here - £9 on the door and only £5 for WRC Members - just e-mail wrcpromotions@aol.com to reserve your members ticket. Only last week Southbound (our Track Of The Day) appeared at The Red Lion in Gravesend and received great reviews. Bob & Jules from Rock On The Ridge were also there (thanks for the great pic Bob) but ROTR will be back on the airwaves here at 8pm tonight or alternatively if you're looking for a gig then why not go along and see Bad Pennies at the East Malling BeerFest - details here.

"On a high he could have left the stage then but, no - he’d saved the best to last. Now was the time to really unleash and demonstrate why his guitar playing has been so highly praised (as if he hadn’t already!). Voodoo Chile is always a bit of a crowd pleaser but it perfectly fits Troys style and he attacks it with diving and soaring runs as that slide shoots up and down the fretboard. Many have tried, but not many can really make this song their own - Troy Redfern does just that, and with style." That was Richard Dunning's take on the Troy Redfern Band at this year's BluesRockfest and that particular live track is today's Track Of The Day! Watch out for more live tracks to be released from all the bands on that memorable day in July plus how you can buy the DVD/CD!

Our first Track Of The Day in August is last night's Blues On The Marsh show! Kevin Beale is back with very special guest Toby Barelli aka King Size Slim talking about his brand new forthcoming album. Also on the show you'll hear Martin Harley and Daniel Kimbro, The Blues Spiders, Blues Issues, Bobby Messano, Reverand Raven and The Chain Smoking Altar Boys plus a run through of this weekends Uckfield Blues Festival, with tracks from David Migden and the Twisted Roots, Andy Twyman, Red Butler, Will Wilde, Ben Poole and Nigel Bagge!

After a three week absence you'd think there'd be plenty for The Marshman to play - given the IBBA Chart for June (pictured)! Anyway our Track Of The Day is Kevin Beale's Blues On The Marsh show from last night including Angela Lewis Brown, Dave Hunt, Big Daddy Wilson, Guy Tortora, Lazer Lloyd, Malaya Blue, Mississippi Fred Mcdowell, Pete Gage, Phillip Fankhauser, Rob Berry, Regina Bonelli, Robben Ford, Sir Jay and The Blues Orchestra, Sonny Landreth, Stacy Jones, Sugaray Rayford, TBelly, The Doors, Willie Dixon and a brand new release on Black'n'Tan by Doug MacLeod plus a whole host of other goodies!

There’s no doubt that the Brooklyn Bowl is impressive but the hybrid of it being both a gig venue and a bowling alley (although the bowling stopped when the band came on) resulted in a hundred and fifty or so punters being lost in the periphery of chairs and tables – with no one being up front and personal with the band. Despite this – if you were looking for Led Zeppelin’s greatest hits performed with professionalism and passion then HOTLZ ticked all the right boxes. The guys had played the Bowl before a few months back and apparently the increase in numbers on the night reflected how well they went down last time. Read the rest of AJ's Hats Off To Led Zeppelin review here, go to the picture gallery here plus also see our 'Video Of The Day!'

If you missed Bob & Jules' excellent Rock On The Ridge show on Saturday night then don't dismay as it's our Track Of The Day. Their latest podcast pulls no punches - with Rock of the highest order including Five Finger Death Punch, Sons Of Texas, Blindstone, Sevendust, Joe Bonamassa, Mindriot and Apocolyptica. ROTR - the WRC salute you!

With its 're-incarnation' Ramblin' Man on the horizon in July - was it really nearly four years ago since High Voltage and today's 'Video Of The Day'? Yes Blues titan Joe Bonamassa joined classic rock legends Jethro Tull on the Prog stage for Locomotive Breath after Joe's set with Black Country Communion - remember them? As it happens, Joe’s first tour as a solo opening act, in support of his debut album, was for none other than – Jethro Tull! Unfortunately there's no Joe but there is Ian Anderson at Ramblin' Man - and it's still not too late take advantage of our offer to save WRC members the cost of their booking fee e.g. £5.50 on a £60 ticket. Go here for ticket information then simply contact us below with your ticket requirements and we will get back to you. And it's also not too late to become a WRC member - simply fill out a form here and we'll subsequently send you a WRC members card.

All the way from Alabama, USA, the Tuesday Night Music Club welcome Debbie Bond and "Radiator" Rick (Vid Of The Day) to Hooley Village Club, St. Margaret's Road, Hooley Village, Coulsdon, Surrey, CR5 3RB tonight! Debbie recently made it to the front cover of Blues in Britain and another simply unmissable night is in prospect - so make sure you're there!

Our third WRC gig in four days and the standard was still very high! Last night we got a bargain two for one at London's iconic 100 Club with headliners Tommy Castro & The Painkillers plus acoustic support from Sari Schorr & Innes Sibun (see today's Vid Of The Day). Respectively, both the American Blues, R&B Rock guitarist and singer, and the Blues Hall of Fame singer and songwriter, entertained a very appreciative audience. Watch our for a review, an interview and more pics shortly.

To be honest. tonight is the very first time that the WRC have seen Iron Maiden live as they headline Download's 'Lemmy Stage'. If it's as good as their last album 'The Book Of Souls' then we are in for a treat. Also on the WRC itinerary today are The Franklys (pictured), The Temperance Movement, Halestorm, Disturbed and Saxon.

Following on from our recent news that Vape Pod were our very first BluesRockFest band sponsor - we're delighted to announce that our mates at The Blues Club Podcast are our second band sponsor - kindly supporting headliner Stevie Nimmo! So what better way to celebrate this than by featuring Stevie as our Vid Of The Day and the latest Blues Club Podcast as our Track Of The Day? And just a reminder that BluesRockFest at Leo's Red Lion is on Saturday 24th September and there are still a few remaining Earlybird Tickets on sale here for £15 (instead of £20).