More Tour Pics

Here's a few more photos from the German tour: Alte Utting in Munich on April 17th, by Thomas Söllner - and Mittendrin in Baierbrunn on April 18th, by Petra Bokowski.

 

Gigs in Austria & Germany This Week!

The solo tour in Germany and Austria starts in Salzburg this Thursday, April 16th and ends with a Berlin show next Saturday, April 24th - tickets for the latter are available HERE! Here are the dates:

Apr. 16 - Antiquariat Weinek, Salzburg, AT 

Apr. 17 - Alte Utting, München, DE 

Apr. 18 - Mittendrin in Baierbrunn, Baierbrunn, DE

Apr. 20 - Kunst Kreativ Kultur, Freilassing, DE

Apr. 22 - Mr. Brown, Weimar, DE 

Apr. 23 - Rock'n'Roll Villa, Strehla, DE 

Apr. 24 - Panda Platforma, Berlin, DE

April Gigs in Germany - and Austria!

 

Updated Tour Schedule #2!

 

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).

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!

 

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

 

RockTimes Review & Käbliku Festival This Weekend

Joachim 'Joe' Brookes reviews "Royal Spa Blues" in the German RockTimes webzine: ""Royal Spa Blues – Live From Temperance" by Andres Roots is a masterpiece of acoustic bottleneck blues. Andres Roots is a true discovery. Instrumental blues with slide guitar is so much fun." Danke schön! :)

You can read the whole thing HERE (in German)! And above, please find a list of German (and Latvian!) gigs confirmed for September.

Meanwhile, tomorrow - Friday, July 11th, 22:00 -  Andres Roots will be playing a set at the Käbliku Beer Camp & Rock'N'Roll festival near Põlva. Click HERE for the full festival line-up - two stages over two days! 

Photos from Baierbrunn

Last week's shows in Germany were great fun and Saturday's concert at Mittendrin in Baierbrunn truly a blast - here are a few photos from that night, by Petra and Boris Bokowski.

German Shows This Week!

Bavaria in April!

 

Gigs in England & Germany

The "Solo Pieces" tour continues this Saturday with two shows at the Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival, the Upton Blues Festival on Sunday afternoon, and a Monday night concert at the Temperance in Leamington Spa. Then on to Berlin and Potsdam in Germany - check out the dates below and links and details HERE! 

Meanwhile, here is a live clip from Andres Roots' last UK visit - filmed live at The Tolbooth in Stirling, Scotland on May 15th, 2024 by Dave Arcari, with audio mastering by Asko-Romé Altsoo.

 

...Yet More April Posters!

Last one for Berlin - and one for Viljandi! Photos by Leif Laaksonen and Indrek Illus.

German Tour Announced

Andres Roots will be returning to Berlin for four shows in April: Thursday, April 4th at Frollein Langner in Neukölln, Friday, April 5th at Herman Schulz Café in Friedrichshain, Saturday, April 6th at Panda Platforma in Prenzlauer Berg, and on Sunday, April 7th at Zimmer 16 in Pankow. 

Below are the posters for the first and last gigs, and yes - a second visit to Germany has also been confirmed for July, with shows at ARTliners in Berlin and Die alte Garage in Potsdam already in place for Wednesday, July 24th and Friday, July 26th, respectively. 

Poster photos by Leif Laaksonen, sidebar pic by Siret Roots from the February 1st show at Tallinn's Kidrakuur Kultuuriklubi.