Review: "Found the Magic Button"

In the current issue of KesKus monthly, DJ Pickney Tiger calls "Thee!" an "album that rocks, is full of drive and busting with groove. Somehow Andres has found the magic button, a press of which turns his music into relevant, enjoyable world class blues. If I didn't know the players to be Estonian, I would never believe it - so authentic and natural are all their moves, the slide guitar, the ramming riffs and the storming drums." 6/6, which in KesKus' terms stands for "a classic". Cheers! :)

Juudas Poster

Tõrva Show Moved To March 15th!

We have just been informed that Pubi Juudas has changed the date of Roundabout's upcoming Tõrva show with Sibyl Vane to March 15th. Which means there'll be one show in Tallinn at noon and another one in Tõrva (right across the country!) at midnight - and the band are now offering a free CD to any members of the audience who attend both gigs :)

Texas Honky Tonk Poster

Last Duo Gig This Saturday!

Andres Roots & Raul Terep will play the last of their duo gigs at the Texas Honky Tonk & Cantina on Saturday, March 1st - here's the opening number of their set at last week's Blue Icicle Festival in Pärnu:



By mid-March, we expect bassist Peeter Piik to have made a full recovery and to be back in action with Roundabout. 

Review: "An Excellent Example Of How It Should Be Done"

"If you like Earl Hooker, Tampa Red, Elmore James, Muddy Waters or the Rolling Stones, you will not want to miss this excellent album...Andres has managed to reconcile the diametric opposites of these quality musicians," writes the Croatian critic and blues DJ Mladen "Mike" Loncar in Soundguardian.com. "Traditional blues with a modern and modernist approach..."Three!" is an excellent example of how it should be done."

Thank you, Mike!

Tonight @ Volga!!!

Terep & Roots @ Blue Icicle last night. Pic by Üllar Kallau.

Tonight will be a very special night at the Volga in Tartu: first, you'll get to hear the fabulous MOduo, who'll be joined by Roundabout's Raul Terep on drums for a few numbers. Then, you'll get to witness the highly irregular duo set that Andres and Raul have perfected over the past two nights, playing with Finland's Devil Box at Underground and at the Blue Icicle Festival in Pärnu. And then - wait for it - Martin Eessalu of MOduo will join us for one last run-through of the "Three!" album material. One night only, no excuses - free entry for all!