New Track, Old Tricks!

The day before Christmas, Andres Roots had the chance to try out the new Fender Highway Parlor in the studio with a medley of old tricks - reaching all the way back to Bullfrog Brown's 2006 "Uncooked" EP. 

Check out the resulting track below: 

Looking Back on 2025

  

2025 saw 44 live performances by Andres Roots: 12 concerts in the UK, 12 in Germany, 8 in Estonia, 5 in Latvia, 5 in Finland, and 2 in Ireland. Festival appearances included the Howth Roots & Blues in Dublin, Ireland (his first Irish gigs!) and Käbliku Beer Camp & Rock'N'Roll in Põlvamaa, Estonia. Other highlights in a year that started with a sold-out night at the Endla Jazz Club in Pärnu, Estonia were sets at the Mid Wales R&B Club in Brecon, UK (his first show in Wales!) with Dave Arcari, at the original Black Sabbath manager Jim Simpson's Henry's Blueshouse in Birmingham, UK, at the East Riding Theatre in Beverley, UK (Songlines review HERE!), at the Mittendrin in Baierbrunn, Germany (where he is set to return in April!) - and at a parliamentary reception at the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany.

"Royal Spa Blues - Live from Temperance" was released in February, attracting favourable press from Holland to Brazil. It was included among the Independent Blues Broadcasters Association's 'Album Picks of the Month' and subsequently reached #2 in the IBBA monthly airplay chart in the UK, also spending 2 months in the Top 20 of the Collectif des Radios Blues airplay chart in France. Blues in Britain covered the March launch show at Temperance with Dave Arcari in their May issue and in September, ran an additional joint interview with the two gentlemen. The live track "Tango Walk/Springtime Blues" appeared on RnR Magazine's July/August covermount CD, and the Blues in the South webzine put Mr. Roots on their cover in August - ahead of his second UK tour that took him to the South Coast of England. You can read that interview HERE!

In 2026, Andres Roots will be celebrating both his 50th birthday and his 30th anniversary as a performing artist, so there will be more than a few gigs - around Estonia and Finland, naturally, but also in Germany in April and in England in July. Check out the first confirmed stops in the schedule HERE! The first shows of the year will be at Sindi Seltsimaja on January 16th and at Võru Bluusiklubi on January 24th - but be advised that tickets for Andres Roots' March 23rd appearance in Tallinn's Esmaspäeva Jazz concert series are already available HERE.

 
A big thank you to all of you for your continued support - Happy Holidays & a Better New Year to everyone!

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Photos by Peter Mirolo (Howth), Janine Escher (Berlin), Margaret McDonald, Leif Laaksonen and Siret Roots (the Blues in Britain story), and Paul Burgess (Beverley).

Live Clips from Genklubi

Here's two short clips from the December 12th Genklubi benefit - featuring a Fender Highway Parlor AND a Boney Toes Stomp Box!  

Last Gig of 2025: Genklubi

The last show this year comes on Friday, December 12th at Tartu's own Genklubi and will be part of Genklubi's big thank you party for those who have donated towards the club's upcoming renovation. The list of performers goes on forever and the word is that if there's space enough inside, you can still get a ticket at the door - the Facebook event is HERE.

Here's a music video that was filmed at Genklubi back in 2019.

Tour Pix, Pt. 3

...and here are the last of the September tour photos, by Siret Roots: Die alte Garage in Potsdam with Pan Salmenhaara, and AlteKita in Berlin-Schöneweide!

 

Tour Pix, Pt. 2

Here's a few photos by Siret Roots from Mastul in Berlin-Wedding, PView in Berlin-Steglitz, Alter Schwede in Berlin-Wedding, and Ick koof mir Dave Lombardo wenn ick reich bin in Berlin-Mitte. Still more to come!

 

Tour Pix, Pt. 1

Here's a few photos by Detlef Stein from Zimmer 16 in Berlin-Pankow, by Pan Salmenhaara from Madame Claude in Berlin-Kreuzberg, and by Elīna Joniņa from Valhalla Lounge in Sigulda, Latvia. More to come!

 

September Tour!

Here we go then: one show in Potsdam, Germany, seven in Berlin, and one more in Sigulda, Latvia:

Sept. 19 - Die alte Garage, Potsdam, DE + Pan Salmenhaara (FI)

Sept. 20 - Mastul, Berlin-Wedding, DE

Sept. 21 - SonntagsMusikCafé Alte Kita, Berlin-Schöneweide, DE

Sept. 22 - Pview, Berlin-Steglitz, DE 

Sept. 23 - Zimmer 16, Berlin-Pankow, DE - TICKETS!

Sept. 24 - Alter Schwede, Berlin-Wedding, DE

Sept. 25 - Dave Lombardo Bar, Berlin-Mitte, DE 

Sept. 26 - Madame Claude, Berlin-Kreutzberg, DE + Pan Salmenhaara (FI) 

Sept. 27 - Valhalla Lounge, Sigulda, LV

NB! This Sunday's Schöneweide show is an outdoors matinee from 3pm!

More posters/banners here:

 

 

German Tour Approaching!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eight back-to-back concerts in Potsdam and Berlin, and then one in Sigulda, Latvia - September's going to be busy!

Sept. 19 - Die alte Garage, Potsdam, DE + Pan Salmenhaara (FI)

Sept. 20 - Mastul, Berlin-Wedding, DE

Sept. 21 - SonntagsMusikCafé Alte Kita, Berlin-Schöneweide, DE

Sept. 22 - Pview, Berlin-Steglitz, DE 

Sept. 23 - Zimmer 16, Berlin-Pankow, DE - TICKETS!

Sept. 24 - Alter Schwede, Berlin-Wedding, DE

Sept. 25 - Dave Lombardo Bar, Berlin-Mitte, DE 

Sept. 26 - Madame Claude, Berlin-Kreutzberg, DE + Pan Salmenhaara (FI) 

Sept. 27 - Valhalla Lounge, Sigulda, LV

 

August Tour Pix

The August tour in Ireland and England was a blast, starting with the Howth Roots & Blues Festival at The Summit Inn and The Harbour Bar in Dublin, and continuing with The Lamb Surbiton in London, Bournemouth Brewery in Bournemouth, Caroline of Brunswick in Brighton, The Royal Oak in Tunbridge Wells (a last minute venue change!), and Madison Heights in Maldon - the latter with Tim Aves, Richard Townend & Co. Here's a few photos by Siret Roots.

 

Ireland/England Tour This Week

The Ireland/England tour starts this week - here's the updated tour poster (with the London/Kingston date added). And don't forget to check out the cover interview in Blues in the South and the track on RnR Magazine's covermount CD...!

 

London Show Announced + New Live Track!

A London show has been just added for August 10th, so the upcoming tour in Ireland & England will proceed as follows:

Fri 8 Aug DUBLIN Howth Roots & Blues Festival @ The Summit Inn
Sat 9 Aug DUBLIN Howth Roots & Blues Festival @ The Harbour Bar
Sun 10 Aug LONDON The Lamb Surbiton 
Tue 12 Aug BOURNEMOUTH Bournemouth Brewery
Thu 14 Aug BRIGHTON Caroline of Brunswick
Fri 15 Aug TUNBRIDGE WELLS The Green Duck Blues Club
Sat 16 Aug MALDON Madison Heights w/ Tim Aves, Richard Townend

The YouTube link above is to an audio track recorded live by Matthew Devenish/Paul Jones of Mu-Mu Audio on the Acoustic Roots Stage of the Upton Blues Festival - St Peter and St Paul's Church in Upton-upon-Severn, England on July 21st, 2024. Mixed & mastered by Asko-Romé Altsoo at White Room in Tartu, Estonia, with cover art by Siret Roots. You can download the track for FREE on Bandcamp - just click HERE!

Blues in the South Cover Story

Just released, the August issue of the UK's Blues in the South monthly features Leif Laaksonen's photo of Andres Roots on the cover and an in-depth interview by Ian McKenzie inside. 

Click HERE to place your free subsciption and HERE to download the current issue in .pdf format!   

Ireland/England Tour Approaches!

 

More Käbliku Pics

...And a few more photos from Käbliku Beer Camp & Rock'n'Roll festival, this time by Taimo Arume.