Hi everyone, finally, WIX have done the migration from the Old Forum to the New Forum. Only took 8 days for an action that warned "this may take a few minutes..." ffs, but anyway here we are. 1. The New Forum will be called that for a couple of weeks. The existing Forum will remain, but only as a backup should the New Forum have another bug that needs fixing. Then the old Forum will be removed and the New Forum renamed 'Forum'. 2. Although the New Forum will be up today, and posting and commenting live, there is a lot of work on the format to be done (which I hope to finish by Monday) so you may find yourselves a little confused by the layout for a day or two. 3. At this moment, we can't have Rooms within Rooms as we do with the old Forum, meaning there are currently 32 main Rooms (hence the work needed for easier navigation). We do hope WIX will remedy this soon. 4. Your existing membership should be automatically transferred over later this weekend. I say should because it's another WIX tool and let's be honest, they are pretty crap at testing. 5. Once you are in a Room, thankfully, posting, commenting and reacting to posts is pretty much the same as in the Old Forum. Apologies for this upheaval, it was NOT our doing, we were not consulted and didn't even have a warning it was happening. The layout options of the new Forum are basic compared to the old Forum but we're told, features will be added. From what I can see, the only real benefit of the new Forum is that it is integrated into the main Editor and is not an add-on applet like the old Forum was. In other words, when WIX make changes to the site editor, the formatting of the New Forum shouldn't damage the Forum as before. We will see. In the meantime, I am off to pour a rather large rum and get on with the under the hood crap... have a good weekend folks.

PLEASE NOTE WE WILL BE POSTING IN THE NEW FORUM! BRS 734 WIRED UP on June 4th 2025 at 7pm on RevolutionONE! So this week's line up is: • Album on the Week: The awesome 'WIRED UP' by JEFF PARIS! • Rock Blitz! This week, five songs from various artists, all singalonga, no interruptions. • First Look: The new song from Storm Kingdom!! • Gone But Not Forgotten! 5 bands or artists that should have been bigger than what they were! • Live at the BRS:  A replay of the live songs to finish the show that failed last week due to a technical hitch, with all the songs from UFO! Other bands and artists will include Iron Maiden, Edguy*, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Saxon, Queensryche, Metallica, Scorpions, Sweet, Molly Hatchet, Nightwish, Marillion, Marseille and many more! Can't be bad value for a show that!  I will see you on Wednesday 4th June 2025 at 7pm only on REVOLUTIONONE. See you then! *Left over from last week

On the station this week: • Tuesday at 12pm: Classical Corner • Tuesday at 8pm: Adventures In Music  is on a break at the moment, back in a few months. • Wednesday at 7pm: The Baron's Rock Show • Friday at 7pm: Playback Friday Presents: TBC. • Saturday: No Darkness & Chaos Show this week, Nick will be back on the 7th June. • Sunday at 7pm: No The Sunday Rock Show- Get your requests in by 7pm on Friday to srs.requests@outlook.com. for next week And if you want to join the schedule with a show yourself, please check out https://www.revolutionradio.online/rockdj

BRS 733 MAGIC! on Wednesday 28th May at 7pm on RevolutionONE! So this week's line up is: • Album on the Week: The awesome 'MAGIC' by GILLAN! • Rock Blitz! This week, five songs from various artists, all singalonga, no interruptions. • First Look: The new single from Rebecca Downes! The new song from Chantel McGregor AND the new song from Storm Kingdom!! • Gone But Not Forgotten! 5 bands or artists that should have been bigger than what they were! • Live at the BRS:  3 live songs to finish the show and this week, with all 3 songs from UFO! Other bands and artists will include Iron Maiden, Uriah Heep, SHY, Judas Priest, Star ONE, Joe Bonamassa, ELOY, Edguy, Fiona, Within Temptation, Lee Aaron, BB King*, Terry Newman, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Doris Brendel*, Saxon and many more! Can't be bad value for a show that!  I will see you on Wednesday 28th May2025 at 7pm only on REVOLUTIONONE. See you then! *Left over from last week

WE ARE NOW IN THE NEW FORUM! METAL MAYHEM 51: LET THEM EAT METAL! On Monday 2nd June 2025 at 7pm on RevolutionONE! Metal Mayhem returns to the regular schedule at last, and we're gonna get down and dirty with the likes of: Metallica, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, MSG, Dream Theater, Lord of the Lost, Anthrax, The Rods, Rosy Vista, Megadeth, Quartz, Ozzy Osbourne, Linkin Park, Servers, White Spirit, Lee Aaron, Accept, and more! Plus: • Metal Hits: 3 songs back to back with metal songs that were or are singles hits. • Focus On: A feature that has a focus on either a band or an album or indeed a movement. This show, we focus on Iron Maiden! • NWOBH Mayhem: One hour of NWOBHM bands and artists ! • Live Mayhem: A live session to end the show- this month featuring songs from AC/DC! See you at 7pm on MONDAY 2nd of June 2025.

BRS 732 WE ARE STRONG on 21st May 2025 at 7pm on RevolutionONE! (with added Trooper) So this week's line up is: • Album on the Week: Over The Edge Deluxe Edition by Hurricane!. • Rock Blitz! Part 1: This week, five songs from various artists, all singalonga, no interruptions. 5 top choices from The Trooper! • Rock Blitz! Part 2: This week, five songs from various artists, all singalonga, no interruptions. 5 top choices from The Baron! • LSO Rocks! Two classic rock songs given the symphonic treatment! • Live at the BRS:  3 live songs to finish the show and this week, with songs from Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy and UFO! Other bands and artists will include Deep Purple, Saxon, Led Zep, Hear n Aid, Doris Brendel*, Marshall Tucker Band, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Rebecca Downes*, Rolling Stones, Voodoo Vegas, Iron Maiden, and many more! Can't be bad value for a show that!  I will see you on Wednesday 21st May 2025 at 7pm only on REVOLUTIONONE. See you then! *Left over from last week

On the station this week: • Tuesday at 12pm: Classical Corner • Tuesday at 8pm: Adventures In Music  is on a break at the moment, back in a few months. • Wednesday at 7pm: The Baron's Rock Show with added Trooper this week! • Friday at 7pm: Playback Friday Presents: The THREE AMIGOS Show. • Sunday at 7pm: The Sunday Rock Show- Get your requests in by 7pm on Friday to srs.requests@outlook.com. And if you want to join the schedule with a show yourself, please check out https://www.revolutionradio.online/rockdj

For the next couple of weeks, you'll see a new menu Item for a while called 'GROUPS'. This is the brand new, fully integrated WIX replacement for the Forum engine we've been using for the last few years. The formatting of the replacement will most likely take me a few days to sort, as will importing all our historical posts from the Forum. However, once that is complete we'll delete the old 'Forum' from the Menu and rename the 'Groups' to 'Forum'. If you want to play around with the new system once it's up, please feel free to do so. In the meantime, the giyz will put the links up for their live shows as they also begin the transition to using the new system as there may be an overlap from the old to the new over the next fortnight or so. Thanks!

On the station this week: • Tuesday at 12pm: Classical Corner • Tuesday at 8pm: Adventures In Music  is on a break at the moment, back in a few months. • Wednesday at 2pm: The Wednesday Supplement! • Wednesday at 7pm: The Baron's Rock Show • Friday at 7pm: Playback Friday Presents: TBC. • Saturday: No Darkness & Chaos Show this week, Nick will be back in June. • Sunday at 7pm: The Sunday Rock Show- Get your requests in by 7pm on Friday to srs.requests@outlook.com. And if you want to join the schedule with a show yourself, please check out https://www.revolutionradio.online/rockdj

Kids today can never understand the delight of a gatefold cover (let alone a double album!). For example, the album 'Silent Cries & Mighty Echoes' by ELOY, is musical heaven. Produced in 1979 the sound can stand up to anything recorded today. But the icing on the cake is the cover. Gloriously disturbing, you had to take it out of the rack and look at it. THEN you discovered it was a gatefold and opening it up you had a front and back that looked like this: and an interior that looked like this: Everything about this album SCREAMED quality. And the vinyl itself was heavy, solid, truly physical. I was sold on this album before I had even played it. And when I did, my 14 year old ears gave my brain enchanting visions of a humanity reaching beyond the confines of its Earthly origins and becoming something both wonderful and terrifying. What gatefold album did you buy that blew you away- not just musically, but everything, the entire package!?

BRS 731ROCK IS THE WORD! on Wednesday 14th May at 7pm on RevolutionONE! So this week's line up is: • Album on the Week: The debut album from Giuffria. • Rock Blitz! This week, five songs from various artists, all singalonga, no interruptions. • Gone But Not Forgotten! 5 artists that should have been bigger! • LSO Rocks! Two classic rock songs given the symphonic treatment! • Live at the BRS:  3 live songs to finish the show and this week, with three songs from Iron Maiden! Other bands and artists will include Deep Purple, Saxon, Led Zep, Stampede, Mainneaxe, Doris Brendel, Joe Bonamassa*, Dare, Rage, Rebecca Downes, 38 Special, Asia, Voodoo Vegas, Nightwish, and many more! Can't be bad value for a show that!  I will see you on Wednesday 14th May 2025 at 7pm only on REVOLUTIONONE. See you then! *Left over from last week  Note: Marshall Tucker Band will be in next week's show as I seem to have lost the entire Marshall Tucker Band set from Studio A. Luckily its on Studio B so I'll go get it at the weekend.

On the station this week: • Tuesday at 12pm: Classical Corner • Tuesday at 8pm: Adventures In Music  is on a break at the moment, back in a few months. • Wednesday at 7pm: The Baron's Rock Show • Friday at 7pm: Playback Friday Presents: A Sunday Rock Show from May 2024. • Saturday at 7pm: The Darkness & Chaos Show- SPECIAL! Artists I've Seen Live! • Sunday at 7pm: The Sunday Rock Show- Get your requests in by 7pm on Friday to srs.requests@outlook.com. And if you want to join the schedule with a show yourself, please check out https://www.revolutionradio.online/rockdj

Tonight's Playback Friday which goes out around 7pm is a replay of BRS 713, from the 1st of January 2025. Enjoy!

BRS 730 VICTORY DANCE on Wednesday 7th May at 7pm on RevolutionONE! So this week's line up is: • Album on the Week: The awesome 'Rumours' by Fleetwood Mac. • Rock Blitz! This week, five songs from various artists, all singalonga, no interruptions. • TIMETRAX: To mark the 80th Anniversary of VE Day, 10 songs about War & Peace! • Live at the BRS:  3 live songs to finish the show and this week, with songs from Humble Pie, Outlaws and Molly Hatchet! Other bands and artists will include Iron Maiden, Uriah Heep*, SHY, Judas Priest, Star ONE, Joe Bonamassa*, ELOY, Edguy*, Fiona, Within Temptation*, Lee Aaron, Black Sabbath. Saxon and many more! Can't be bad value for a show that!  I will see you on Wednesday 7th May2025 at 7pm only on REVOLUTIONONE. See you then! *Left over from last week

The Wednesday Supplement 316 May The Force Be With You on May 14th at 2pm on RevolutionONE! The Wednesday Supplement is now going out fortnightly on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays. On this edition we have: • 2pm to 4pm: Rock Club with the likes of Sari Schorr, Survivor, Thunder, Iron Maiden, ELOY, Alan Parsons Project, Lion, YES, Magnum, Black Sabbath, Saga, Voodoo Vegas, Rebecca Downes and more! • 4pm to 530: The Zone • Includes: The Hothouse of Dr T Morrow Part 9 by Paul Limb, and including exclusive artwork by me inspired by the songs! • Beginning... Star Wars A New Hope the original radio serial! • Movie Matinee- Star Wars! By John Williams. • Pop Blitz (left over from last week) • 530pm: Going to the Darkside! An epic slice of rock from Pink Floyd! It's going to be EPIC! See you at 2pm on Wednesday the 14th May! Only on RevolutionONE!

On the station this week: • Tuesday at 12pm: Classical Corner • Tuesday at 8pm: Adventures In Music  is on a break at the moment, back in a few months. • Wednesday at 7pm: The Baron's Rock Show • Thursday at 7pm: The 3 Amigos! Join The Baron & the Trooper as we introduce our newest DJ, Brian 'Black Dog' Day! • Friday at 7pm: Playback Friday Presents: BRS 713 from 1st Jan 2025. • Saturday at 645pm: The Darkness & Chaos Show- no show this week, but back next Saturday with a SPECIAL! • Sunday at 7pm: The Sunday Rock Show- Get your requests in by 7pm on Friday to srs.requests@outlook.com. And if you want to join the schedule with a show yourself, please check out https://www.revolutionradio.online/rockdj

BRS 729 WEDNESDAY NIGHT'S ALL RIGHT FOR ROCKING! on Wednesday 30th April 2025 at 7pm on RevolutionONE! So this week's line up is: • Album on the Week: The awesome 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' by Elton John. • Rock Blitz! This week, five songs from various artists, all singalonga, no interruptions. • Gone But Not Forgotten! 5 artists that should have been bigger! • Versions: Same song, same band but which one is best??? • Live at the BRS:  3 live songs to finish the show and this week, with songs from Magnum, Supertramp and Below The Surface! Other bands and artists will include Iron Maiden, Uriah Heep*, Praying Mantis*, Judas Priest, Tygers of Pan Tang*, Twister*, Juliet's Not Dead*, Doris Brendel, Joe Bonamassa*, Dare, Edguy, Icon, Foreigner, Gary Moore, Within Temptation, Rage, Rebecca Downes and many more! Can't be bad value for a show that!  I will see you on Wednesday 30th April 2025 at 7pm only on REVOLUTIONONE. See you then! *Left over from last week

We're blessed with some amazing blues-rock artists at the moment, and I mean specifically here in the UK. Our excellent US blues rock cousins aside, we can quote the likes of Rebecca Downes, Chantel McGregor, King King, Xander & The Peace Pirates, Tom Killner, and many many more. And now we can add one more blues rock duo to the roll call. Not that Doris Brendel and Lee Dunham are completely new of course! Doris has been making music for decades, and her partnership with Lee goes back a long way as well. But as a duo, they have mostly produced experimental, prog type albums that I am sad to say we here at RRO had not come across (don't worry, we're on it now!), but we've played songs from Doris here and there in the 15 years we've been around in one guise or other. Then a month or two ago, Doris sent us a couple of songs from an album she promised would be a 'surprising turn' to a blues vibe, bringing her dusky Elkie Brooks style vocals and Lee's 'I can turn my axe to anything' excellent guitar playing to something they just, apparently, felt the need to do. And boy, are we glad that they did do just that. 'Big Blue Sky' is an album that draws on many blues motifs, including that blend of blues and proper late 60s/early 70s soul music that shines across many of the tunes on offer here. But, and here's what's key, they then take those motifs and add a modern blues-rock edge to the proceedings, delivering a unique experience. It's not the out and out blues-rock of King King, nor is it the old blues guitar style of say a BB King, but the album delivers tunes that are cheeky and flirty on one end of the spectrum- Slow Wifi Weekend & Cold Coffee Blues for example, and seriously soulful on the other- Red Letter Blues and Today's The Day as examples of that. In the middle of the spectrum there are nods to old style blues, guitar blues, blues rock and all updated to a modern sound and musical presentation. I've had the album on rotation since I got back this morning and I can see three of us here on Revolution Radio playing songs regularly across our shows- The Baron (aka me), The Trooper and our newest DJ Black Dog. But I am nabbing Red Letter Blues, Satin Row, Hold On, Today's the Day and Big Blue Sky first for my shows! There's no point in being the boss if you can't have some perks! Now, earlier, I compared Doris's vocals to Elkie Brooks, and it's a comparison that's been given by other reviewers over the years. But Doris has a voice that has more melody, more range, able to sing rock and prog and pop and blues without seeming to struggle at any time, and it simply drips with soul on the excellent 'Red Letter Days', singing over a gorgeous guitar riff and under-current solo from Lee. And the inclusion of a piano/keyboard loop that is straight out of that start-of-the-70s soul sound (y'know, artists that were recording somewhere between 60s Motown and mid 70s funk eras) is sheer genius. It may well be my favourite song on the album. And the album is full of great songs. It would also be criminal not to acknowledge Lee Dunham's beautiful and versatile guitar work on this album, whether it's the guitar blues riff of 'Satin Row' or the soulful clean note picking in 'Red Letter Days' or the more traditional blues motif on 'Today's The Day', this is a man who clearly knows his guitar. If you're looking for a great modern blues album, then look no further. 'Big Blue Sky' is out now from Sky-Rocket Records in digital, CD and vinyl formats and you can get it from https://dorisbrendel.com/store ! You won't be disappointed. X: (13) Doris Brendel (@DorisBrendel) / X LI: linkedin.com/in/doris-brendel-817aa916 F: https://www.facebook.com/doris.brendel

On the station this week: • Tuesday at 12pm: Classical Corner • Tuesday at 8pm: Adventures In Music  is on a break at the moment, back in a few months. • Wednesday at 2pm: The Wednesday Supplement • Wednesday at 7pm: The Baron's Rock Show (with added Trooper). • Friday at 7pm: Playback Friday Presents: TBC. • Saturday at 7pm: The Darkness & Chaos Show Then Comes Silence Special • Sunday at 7pm: The Sunday Rock Show- Get your requests in by 7pm on Friday to srs.requests@outlook.com. And if you want to join the schedule with a show yourself, please check out https://www.revolutionradio.online/rockdj

THE THREE AMIGOS ON MAY 1ST AT 7PM ON REVOLUTIONONE! Join the Baron and the Trooper as we introduce our newest Rock DJ, Brian "Black Dog" Day for a set that includes 60 minutes each of great tunes ranging from Rainbow, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Guns & Roses, Van Halen, Black Sabbath, YES, SAHB, Lynyrd Skynyrd and loads more, as well as find out more about Brian's new show Black Dog's Thursday Rock Show, starting soon! That's 'The Three Amigos' on May 1st at 7pm, only on REVOLUTIONONE!