Pleased to report that thanks to it being our Track Of The Day last week (of course) last Sunday's Route 66 podcast reached the heady heights of number 9 in the Mixcloud Blues Charts! So we suppose it's only appropriate that Rory Auskerry's broadcast tonight here on Pure Radio 107.8FM at 6pm will be a British Blues Awards special! And don't forget that voting closes here on Monday 31st August so don't leave it too late!

As the saying sort of goes - no Jam today but Jam tomorrow! Yes it's a first for the WRC as we see the 'Modfather' Paul Weller (see Track Of The Day) supporting who else but The Who at BST tomorrow. Widely considered to be one of the UK’s greatest song writers, he has just released his second best of compilation ‘More Modern Classics’ with a new album due in 2015. Weller has had a lifelong relationship with The Who, citing them as an early influence, covering their songs whilst in The Jam and playing with both Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey at Teenage Cancer Trust shows.

"On a hot summers day in the midst of a line-up featuring guitar driven Rock and Blues sat the name ‘Little Devils’. To some who had not previously seen them they may have appeared the odd one out, but then that’s what Little Devils' are all about. Refusing to be slotted into a genre, yet dragging the Blues kicking and shouting onward they actually appeared today to revel in their difference." Read the rest of Mr. 'Blues On The Radio' Richard Dunning's BluesRockfest Little Devils Band review here.

The bad news is that Rock On The Ridge is off the airwaves on Saturday. But the good news is that this is because Bob and Jules will be Rockin' out at BluesRockfest plus interviewing all the superb bands for a future show plus our special forthcoming BluesRockfest Wrinklycast! And the news gets even better as today's Track of the Day is ROTR's storming broadcast from last Saturday featuring amongst others Rainbow, Broken Witt Rebels and Voodoo Sheiks (pictured).

Sadly Wrinkly Towers understands that The Marshman will not be attending BluesRockfest this year! That's the bad news - but the good news is that Kevin Beale's Blues On The Marsh show is on air tonight here at 7pm on Channel Radio! No doubt Kev will also be doing us proud by playing a few BluesRockfest orientated tracks in his playlist!

The Treatment; the critically acclaimed Cambridgeshire Hard Rock band start their 14-date 'Generation Me' UK tour on Wednesday 27th April at The Waterfront in Norwich. The tour which includes special guests The Amorettes, will also see The Treatment play shows in Birmingham, Cardiff, Oxford, Portsmouth, Leeds, Wolverhampton, Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle, Glasgow, Manchester, Nottingham and Leeds - ending at London's O2 Academy Islington on Friday 13th May. We first caught the guys at High Voltage in 2011 and the tour dovetails the recent release of The Treatment’s third studio album 'Generation Me' (Vid Of The Day) which is the first to feature new lead singer Mitchel Emms and new guitarist Tao Grey.

Today's Blues On The Marsh Track Of The Day - originally broadcast on Friday night - includes a couple of tracks from BluesRockfest's Catfish! Don't forget there are still a few remaining Earlybird Tickets on sale here for £15 (instead of £20) which takes place at Leo's Red Lion, Gravesend, on Saturday 24th September. The Marshman's playlist also includes: They Call Me The Chief, Gerry Jablonski Band, The Blues Bones, Lenny Lawrence, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Kyla Brox, Rebecca Downes, Queen Delphine and the Crown Jewels, Kentucky Headhunters featuring Johnnie Johnson, Chuck Berry, Half Deaf Clatch, Guy King, King Size Slim, Katie Bradley/JetTricks, Kaz Hawkins Band, Mighty Sam McClain, Tommy Castro and Andres Roots.

Just a final reminder that classic Rock Covers band 'The Banned' are playing the Holland Sports Club in Hurst Green tonight. Get yourself down there and 'Keep Music Live'!

We're all still buzzing after the first live music event by the British Blues Exhibition took place at the Proud Camden, London, on Thursday night. With Blues dancers and music from The Laura Holland Band, The Saiichi Sugiyama Band and Pete Brown - co-lyricist with Cream - it turned out to be a highly entertaining and original night. Anyway, please find our photo gallery here with a review waiting in the wings.

Well our proposed pre-show musical play list came in at 1 hour 57 minutes according to Rock On The Ridge co-host Jules - no doubt some of you thankful there would be less talking and more good music. Following a pint to steady the nerves in a local hostelry around the corner from Ridge Radio's Caterham studio - AJ and Col met up with WRC Award winner Bob half an hour before he went live on air! Anyway, watch out for the Track Of The Day podcast in the coming days which included the well deserved presentation of ROTR's 2015 WRC award, the WRC story and a few poignant stories and tracks. Artists to be included in part 2 (watch this space) are featured today as our Vid Of The Day and Track Of The Day. The WRC would like to thank Bob & Jules for their hospitality - keep up the good work guys!

And talking of Leo's Red Lion - is it really over a month ago that John Verity and his band blew the bloody roof of the place! Anyway, JV's latest album 'My Religion' will be available for pre-order in a couple of weeks - a CD first, then a vinyl double album soon thereafter. There are 10 new tracks on the CD version, with 4 extra bonus tracks on the vinyl version - in a gatefold sleeve. Watch this space for updates, but in the meantime a taste of the artwork is pictured.

All roads lead to Leo's Red Lion, Gravesend, Kent, tonight as Danny Bryant's 'Blood Money' UK tour comes to an end. Tickets will be available on the door and support is from Red Butler who recently won the second UK Blues Challenge and will represent the UK at the 2016 European Blues Challenge in Italy! Understandably there have been some great shows already - packed in like sardines and swinging from the rafters in Edinburgh plus Danny and Stevie Nimmo jamming in Elland and if you haven't had a chance to buy the album yet, check out our our album review here. See you there!