Search Results

Not only is 'Rock On The Ridge' the place for great Rock and Blues music every Saturday night from 8-10pm (UK Time) but this week they feature WRC Award winner and 2014 BluesFest star Robin Bibi. WRC members Jules and Bob always try to champion new bands and unsigned music on air - and if you have a band or tracks you would like to hear then why not drop them an e-mail or tweet them? We also hope to bring you the podcast of the show as our 'Track Of The Day' next week.

Not only did SIMO support Walter Trout's first appearance in London for his first full show in over two years since his life-saving liver transplant at a packed out Forum last Saturday - but midway through his set Walter invited Danny Bryant on stage for an all out jam! Not only that, but Danny, who we saw at Ramblin' Man this year, will be touring in the UK in February 2016 and his itinerary includes a WRC Promotions gig at Leos Red Lion, Gravesend, on Sunday 28th February! More info to come but in the meantime you can book your tickets here.

The Blues Club Podcast is back as our Track Of The Day with a varied selection of Blues, Rock, Soul, Jazz, Acoustic, UK IBBA Presenters Picks for November 2015, tracks from some artists that Jim and Malcolm have seen over the last week or two plus lots of new releases as well as some older classic tunes. Music this week includes Mike Zito, Tommy Castro, Lachy Doley, Blacktop Deluxe, Etta James, Blues Evolution, Ray Charles, Eamon Friel, B.B. King, Keb' Mo', Will Wilde, Lilly Martin, Lara and The Bluz Dawgz, The Knickerbocker All-Stars, Kevin Selfe and The Tornadoes, Brad Wilson, Altered Five Blues Band, Ronnie Earl, Chris Beard Band, Zora Young, Nikki Hilll, Mighty Mike Schermer, Lauren Housley, Half Deaf Clatch, Laura Rain and The Caesars, The Reverend Shawn Amos, Stolen Hearts, Billy F Gibbons (pictured), The Marcus King Band, Chris Yakopcic Music and more!

This legendary power-rock band made its electrifying debut at Woodstock, in the summer of 1969. Thirty-five years and millions of album sales later, the line up still included the whiskeyvoiced singer/guitarist, Leslie West, and the incomparable Corky Laing on drums when the WRC saw them at the Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford, in 2005. Another ten years down the line, and with West doing his own thing (watch out for news of a new CD release later this week), we're at the iconic 100 Club in London to see "Corky Laing plays Mountain" supported by our buddies The Rainbreakers and Born Healer. Watch out for a review and more of John Bull's pics over the next few days - but in the meantime take a look at our Vid Of The Day recorded last night.

The first time we saw Joanne Shaw Taylor was supporting Black Country Communion at the Shepherds Bush Empire at the end of 2010. Unlike BCC Joanne has obviously gone from strength to strength since! In May 2011 we saw her headline for the first time at the O2 Islington in May 2011 but admittedly missed her set at Ramblin' Man - hence our visit to the Jazz Cafe, Camden, last night for the second gig of her two night residency. Watch this space for a review and more pics - but in the meantime have a look at today's Vid Of The Day - taken live last night!

Nice to hear from our old mucker ex-Argent frontman John Verity who has recently remastered 'Zep It Up' which encaptures a couple of days spent recording these classics some twenty years ago! If you'd like to get hold of the new CD with JV having some fun with John Clark (drums), Dave Kinley (bass), ably assisted by Neil Gowland on acoustic and twelve string guitars then simply go here. Meanwhile JV's Band (see Our Vid Of The Day of their recent appearance at the Mold Blues & Soul Festival) are playing The Bear Club in Luton tonight at 8.30pm - expect plenty of Blues and even a bit of Argent and Zep maybe?

On the eve of The Rugby World Cup in Twickenham, The Eel Pie Club at The Patch, 67 London Road TW1 3SZ will tonight be featuring the legendary cult rock band Leaf Hound, led by original vocalist Pete French of Atomic Rooster and Cactus fame. The band are due on stage at 9.15pm (doors open at 8.30pm) and WRC members are reminded that they can use their cards to get discounted £10 admission. Leaf Hound was a product of the South-West London rock scene of the late sixties, which spawned the likes of Free and other Blues-rock acts. The current line-up of Leaf Hound is Pete on vocals, Luke Rayner on guitar, Pete Herbert on bass and Dominic French on drums.

You can now pre-order the official 3rd Annual Gravesend BluesRockfest DVD/CD here featuring both two video and two audio tracks from each of the six artists that appeared at the The Red Lion, Gravesend, Kent, on Saturday 4th July 2015. The beer was cold and the music, like the weather was hot! And if you were lucky enough to have been there, you would have seen today's Troy Redfern Band Vid Of The Day live! And if you were'nt there (why not?) - then why not buy it to see what all the fuss is about! Don't forget that WRC Members can also get 10% off by simply entering their coupon code!

Our Track Of The Day is dedicated mostly towards the nominees for this years British Blues Awards - playing a track from every category plus clips from some of the nominated artists who have been previously featured on Rory Auskerry's Route 66 show including Danny Bryant, King King,Chantel McGregor, Aynsley Lister, Joanne Shaw Taylor (pictured) and more. There's also music news, classic tunes from Thunder and Rod Stewart plus some really sloppy jockin' from Rory!

Because of the Summer holidays the bad news is that there is no Malcolm this week but the good news is this week's Blues Club Podcast has been released earlier and of course still features Jim! Today's Track Of The Day includes new releases, UK IBBA picks for August and of course Classic Blues & Rock, R&B, Soul, Jazz, Funk, Gospel and Americana! Phew!

"Day one of the High Voltage reincarnation after four long years now known as Ramblin’ Man Fair took the WRC to the Garden of England and Mote Park in the heart of Kent's administrative capital Maidstone to be exact. There is no doubt that High Voltage has been badly missed by us Wrinkly Rockers so there was a lot of fascination on how well this brand new event organised by The Rock Collective and TeamRock featuring Classic Rock, Progressive Rock and Country and Blues music would go.. Never missing a trick, the WRC (well AJ actually) had been in discussion with the organisers for some time and after some delicate negotiations the Club had been provided with some Press passes as well. So AJ, Wrinkly the Silver and photographer John Bull gobbled those up giving unlimited roaming capability. Very useful!! AJ was preoccupied with pre-birthday events so the Saturday posse consisted of Silver, Wrinkly the Biker and his mate Rob and of course John to take his usual superb photos." Go here for the rest of Wrinkly The Silver's review, here for our Saturday photo gallery plus have a gander at Video Of The Day from Sunday!

With all the great music we have witnessed during 2015 (see our Vid Of The Day) - it wasn't easy - but yes we have finally come up with our nominees here in this year's WRC Awards. Simply choose your favourite from each of the eleven categories provided 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!