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Such an array of awesome talent adorns this week's Blues on the Marsh Track Of The Day. Tracks from Connie Lush, Danielle Nicole, Will Wilde, Vintage Trouble (pictured at BST Hyde Park), Will Johns, Jeff Healey, Walter Trout, John Clifton, King Edward, Lewis Foreman, Kris Dollimore, The Boom Band, The Stone Foxes, Ron Sayer and Charlotte Joyce, Mavis Staples, Robert Lucas, Sean Taylor, The Jimmys, Ramon Goose and Modou Toure, Randall Bramblett and The Tom Kilner Band await you!

The weekend kicks off tonight with Voodoo Room (see below), an exciting classic power trio, paying tribute to both Hendrix and Cream at The Red Lion, Gravesend. Alternatively you can join Mr.Rockrpix John Bull at the Shepherds Bush Empire tonight for The Wildhearts who will be playing the classic 'P.H.U.Q.' album in its entirety - and we still have a spare ticket if anyone wants to write a brief review to complement John's pics? Finally, if it's been a hard week then just sit back and listen to Blues On The Marsh here at 7pm tonight following Kevin Beale's well deserved 'Best Blues Radio Station/Show' award from Blues Matters! Nice one Marshman!

As well as our Website - don't forget the banter that's going on around the WRC through both our Facebook and Twitter accounts! At the last count we had over 350 Twitter followers and 491 likes on Facebook! If you can help us push that up to 400 and 500 respectively your support would be very much appreciated!

While the recent Greek elections were making the news headlines, Wrinkly Towers was delighted to receive our latest membership application from Crete! Although our latest membership offer of £3 tickets to see Blacktop Deluxe at The Fiddler's Elbow on Saturday 14th February, might still be financially prohibitive for Chris to fly over - but hey, £3 to see two great bands must be worth the effort of joining our FREE membership scheme - just for that alone! Welcome aboard Chris!

Our thanks to Wrinkly The Silver and his never ending connections for our 'Video Of The Day'. German based band Avantasia is a metal opera project put together by 'Edguy' singer/songwriter Tobias Sammet. The Avantasia show is usually three hours long and Tobias manages to bring in some amazing guest vocalists from all over the World, one of which in the past has been - you've guessed it - Bob Catley from Magnum!

Within an hour of the launch of our new site, Chris Rogers of Powys, was the first person to take up FREE WRC membership! If you want to join Chris and all the others and take advantage of offers such as discounted tickets to our forthcoming Aynsley Lister gig then simply go to our FREE Membership page.

Albany Down will be playing live on Radio Veronica's Countdown Cafe show here this Friday 28th August 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! Don't forget also that we announced that Albany Down are headlining our WRC Xmas Party! Guaranteed to be a great night and the best start to the festive season - tickets are now on sale here - £7 pre-event (including admin fees) or £9 on the door. Remember if you are a WRC Member then tickets are just £5 by emailing wrcpromotions@aol.com - what are you waiting for?

The brainchild of Andy Davies, the second 'Blues at The Woodlands' at the Woodlands Art Centre, Gillingham ME6 2DU takes place tonight with Joel Fisk and John Amor - our Video Of The Day! Why not support this new Blues/roots club offering first class live music every month? Tickets are £10 and doors open at 7.30pm. For more information call 0300 065 8210 or e-mail r&abrother@aol.com and don't forget that WRC members get £2 off the normal admission on production of a valid WRC members card.

Last week's 'Route 66' show was both 10th and 16th in the Classic Rock and Blues Mixcloud charts respectively. So don't forget to tune in to Rory Auskery's broadcast here at 6pm tonight - which will include an interview with Dante Gizzi, bass guitarist from Gun plus their new single.

Tonight Nazareth invade the Brooklyn Bowl, London, to give us all a little Hair of the Dog. At their peak, they were huge, selling vast quantities of albums and hit singles, pulling in enormous crowds to their shows all over the world. Like all the best bands, Nazareth came from humble roots. They formed in Dunfermline, Scotland, and played the Scottish clubs throughout the 1960’s in their original incarnation as The Shadettes. The name change to Nazareth came in 1970 and in 1971 the band moved to London to start what was to become a long and illustrious recording career. 2015 sees them back on the road featuring new singer Carl Sentance (ex-Geezer Butler Band and Krokus), standing proudly alongside founder member Pete Agnew (bass) and long time band members Jimmy Murrison (guitar) and Lee Agnew (drums).

All of us at the WRC were sad to learn of the following news posted on Larry Miller's Facebook page on Wednesday: "It’s with shock and great sadness that we are posting this statement. Recently, Larry Miller suffered a stroke and he is now undergoing an intensive rehabilitation programme. However, it’s too soon for anyone to know the full extent of Larry’s long term prognosis, but for the immediate future he is unable to perform. Please feel free to send any messages to Larry via e-mail at info@rockingtheblues.com or via Facebook. We will ensure they are communicated to Larry appropriately. In light of these circumstances, we would ask that you respect the privacy of both Larry and his family at this time. We will of course keep you updated of Larry’s progress." The WRC would like to take this opportunity to wish Larry (who can forget Bluesfest 2013) a speedy recovery. As a consequence of this terrible news, Southbound (see vid below) have stepped in to play with Loose Moorings (Vid Of The Day) at their Red Lion gig this Saturday 29th August.

The WRC first saw Gentlemans Pistols at High Voltage in 2011 corresponding with the release of today's Track Of The Day 'I Wouldn't Let You'. Four year's down the line and the band's third album 'Hustler's Row' is to due to be released worldwide via Nuclear Blast on 16th October. Vocalist and guitarist James Atkinson added "Hustler's Row is a cathartic journey through the last five years of my life. The album begins with questions of where my life is going and ends with me heading straight down Hustler's Row; on a turbulent voyage of the sweetest sufferings and the most inexpensive of thrills. The artwork is by John Pearson and it encapsulates everything I put across in the title track, that Hustler's Row is a place for freaks, losers, lovers and those searching for something more from life. So we invite you to join us on the Row." You can also pre-order the album on limited edition white vinyl here.