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The David Sinclair Four (or to be precise - trio at that time) were memorably part of BluesFest 2014 (pictured). But did you know that, unlike the WRC editorial team, David is a also a distinguished music journalist not only writing for The Times but also contributing to Sky News such as on the recent death of David Bowie. Anyway in the latest edition of Classic Rock, Sinclair has penned an excellent article here on the 'year that built rock' which just goes to show that '66 was not all about England winning the World Cup!

And talking of great internet music, today's Black On Blues Track Of The Day features an all American lineup for you! This week's playlist features 55 Rose Street, David M’Ore, Anthony Charles & the Blues Dolphins, Big Al Carter, Big Joe Duskin, Brad Wilson and Georgie Bonds.

All roads lead to Leos Red Lion in Gravesend tonight as ex-Argent singer/guitarist John Verity (our Vid Of The Day) takes to the stage. Tickets to see the former 2012 WRC Award winner are still available on the door for £10 and JV and his band will be supported by The Unknown. Meanwhile JV was duly mentioned in despatches during Russ Ballard's interview with Mike Read at an 'Evening With Russ Ballard' at Leicester Square Theatre, London, on Wednesday night. Praise indeed and a good enough reason to get down to Leos tonight and see the man in action!

The Blues Club Podcast is back today with more Blues, Rock, Acoustic, new releases, new artist, new albums plus some classic and favourite tracks. Today's Track Of The Day includes music from King King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Bonamassa, Billy Hamilton and The Lowriders, Stevie Nimmo, Laura Rain and The Caesars, Keith Thompson, Bob Bates, Edmund Jeffery, Joyann Parker & Sweet Tea, Tommy Castro, Brothers Groove, Zora Young, Wily Bo Walker, Matt Woosey, Buddy Guy, Bill Blue Music, Rebecca Downes, Paul Carrack, Mike Brookfield, Muddy Waters, Clayton Doley, Kareña K (pictured), RB Stone, Jack J Hutchinson, Danielle Nicole Band, Angelo Palladino & The Street Hawks, Anthony Geraci B. B. & The Blues Shacks and more!

As promised the 2015 British Blues Award category winners were exclusively revealed by Richard Dunning on a very special Blues On The Radio show on Croydon Radio last night. Amongst the winners in the twenty-one categories were Alan Nimmo of King King (pictured and our Track Of The Day) plus our 2014 BluesFest headliner Aynsley Lister (our Vid Of The Day). Congratulations to everyone from the WRC and for a full list of category winners go here. Also please watch out for the BOTR Podcast which will be our Track Of The Day tomorrow!

Hands up those of you who used to twiddle your transistor radio knobs to listen to Radio Luxembourg in the 60's? Following the demise of the pirate radio stations at the end of the 60's, Radio Luxembourg was once again the only provider of popular music, well at least during the night. So the WRC were delighted to receive our latest membership application from Alfred in Bertrange, Luxembourg! Don't forget you can still fill out a form here to become a WRC member for life for FREE and we'll consequently send you a WRC members card which you can not only use to benefit from discounted WRC Xmas Party tickets but also other current members offers e.g. discounted venue tickets and merchandise - which we also hope to add to in the future.

Today's Video Of The Day not only features the winning 'Young Artist' in this year's British Blues Awards, but also another guitarist who came a highly commended third in the 'Bass' category! Yes we turn the clock back to the iconic 100 Club last year when we saw Laurence Jones and Roger Inniss (both pictured) - the vid testament to why these guys are held in such regard by their voting public. And talking of a well deserved third place in this year's Independent Blues Broadcaster category - tune in to The Marshman from 7pm BST here tonight for Blues On The Marsh.

The Blues Club Podcast is our latest Track Of The Day bringing you two more hours of non-stop "Best in Blues with More Music and Less Chat." This week there are new and pre-releases, UK Independent Blues Broadcasters Association (UK IBBA) Presenters Picks for September, Blues, Rock, Soul, Jazz, Acoustic and tracks from some artists who appeared recently at the Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival in Colne. Tracks include Angela Lewis Brown, Buddy Guy, Bob Malone, Robert Cray, Muddy Waters, Jack Hutchinson, John Mayall Blues, Richard Townend & The Mighty Boss Cats, Mick Kolassa, Katie Bradley, The Simon Kennedy Band, Trevor Sewell, Rebecca Downes, Dove and Boweevil, Jo Harman (pictured), Kyla Brox, Jon Cleary, Half Deaf Clatch, Reverend Raven, Slinky & P'tit Loup, Blue Swamp Band, Big Gus and Swampadelic, The Chris O'Leary Band, Todd Wolfe Band, Charles Wilson, Andy Broad, Lara and The Bluz Dawgz and B. B. & The Blues Shacks!

"Despite it being my **th birthday – it was a case of drat and double drat given the rain plus the anticipated problems with ‘Operation Stack’ as Wrinkly The Elder and I set off down the M20 on Sunday morning. Given Saturday’s good weather and the excellent WRC twitter coverage from both Mr. Rockrpix and Wrinkly The Silver – it looked like Sunday was going to be a hard act to follow. But hey-ho - we had already planned our itinerary for the day’s proceedings with our website countdown the week before and things were looking even better as we easily managed to park up in a side road close to the entrance. As the WRC crew consequently gathered together under the protection of the beer tent - life didn’t appear so bad after all - until Wrinkly realised that the two pints of Pimm’s in his round set him back £23.60. Ouch! Go here for the rest of AJ's review, here for our Sunday photo gallery plus have a gander at our Seasick Steve Video Of The Day from the Sunday!

"On the face of it, the next act, Nicky Moore and Danny Kyle had been unfairly placed between power Rock Blues acts. One steel guitar and one voice versus all that Blues Rock? No contest, you might think. An open invitation for the audience to drain away. Not a chance of that with the voice of Nicky Moore, a voice of ten normal mortals, and Danny Kyle's intricate guitar work. From the opening number, 'Fruitpickers' Blues', through the title track on their unparalleled new album, 'TheWhale And The Wa'ah', the pair won over the crowd. Nicky's voice is a beast in Blues terms, a finely honed power tool that once fronted metal acts Samson and Mammoth. It can still cut through steel. Encore calls came thick and fast and Nicky played favourites from his fine band, Nicky Moore's Blues Corporation, to great applause." Today's Track Of The Day is our official Wrinklycast of that memorable day which includes music and interviews from all the bands of the which the official DVD/CD (our Vid Of The Day) is still available from our merchandise page here.

Big Wolf Band (today's Track Of The Day) are an exciting and powerful 5 piece Blues band from Birmingham who perform a mixture of originals written by front man and guitarist Jonathan “Big Wolf” Earp as well as their take on a few classics. Influenced from an early age by listening to old records of Blues legends such as Pete Green, Albert Collins, Freddie King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, BB King, Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher, Jimi Hendrix and many more - his love for the Blues began. Their news single 'Stop Right Now', originally recorded back in 2014, has been reworked, remixed and mastered by industry legend Jon Astley who has produced, recorded and mastered some the greats of our time like Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, The Who and many more!

So how many WRC members are going to the New England Blues Summit weekend taking place at Cape Cod Resort & Conference Centre from today? Indeed, the WRC were tagged on Facebook by USA WRC member Dave Riley late last year about the event which includes Friday headliner Samantha Fish and Saturday headliner Joe Louis Walker (today's Vid Of The Day) - who won Contemporary Blues Male Artist at the 37th Blues Music Awards recently - the fifth Blues Music Award of his career and the third time he has won Contemporary Blues Male Artist - the first one was in 1988!