Tallinn Pics

Yesterday's Monday Jazz/Esmaspäeva Jazz show at the Horisont restaurant on the 30th floor of Swissôtel Tallinn was a blast - here are a few photos by Karl Artur Kangur. Next up: Hämeenlinna on Friday and Lappeenranta on Saturday!

Next Week: Tallinn, Hämeenlinna, Lappeenranta

Not really a tour but nevertheless, there are three gigs coming up next week: Esmaspäeva Jazz at Swissotel Tallinn on Monday 18th in Tallinn, Estonia, Albertin Kellari on Friday 22nd in Hämeenlinna, Finland and Carlos Ravintola on Saturday 23rd in Lappeenranta, Finland.

The tickets for the Tallinn show are almost gone - at the time of writing, there are 7 seats still available: click HERE to get yours now!

All three concerts are acoustic, but here's some electric footage that has just surfaced on YouTube: playing in front of the Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art store in Clarksdale, Mississippi during the Deep Blues Festival in October 2019. Filmed by Jeff Eaton. 

Finnish Tour Recap

Last week's Finnish tour with Ismo Haavisto was a blast. In his review of the Tampere Down Home Kivi concert that kicked off the shows, Jyrki Kallio calls the duo "a union blessed in heaven and on Earth".

Of Andres Roots' solo set, he writes: "The tunes were completely different from traditional blues, but they were so dynamic and inventively playful that even the blues purists in the audience got really into it, let alone those with broader musical tastes. Many modern guitarists (even in the blues) are in the habit of dressing up their playing in strange additional equipment and electronic sounds, but while there's nothing wrong with that, Andres' (all too) brief set proved that just a man (or a woman) and a guitar can be more than enough when the musician is truly a master of his or her instrument."

The photos on this page are by Leif Laaksonen - full gallery HERE! To see Jyrki Kallio's pics, read the rest of his blog and watch the videos he filmed, please click HERE! Here's one of Jyrki Kallio's videos: 

 

And here's a a brief clip from the next night at Seinäjoki's Kultainen Kulaus - the tune is "Little Boy Blue" by Robert Lockwood Jr., whose birthday it was on Sunday: 

Ismo & Andres also appeared at a Rauma Blues festival club night at Brummi in Rauma. In April, Andres has two more Finnish gigs coming up: Albertin Kellari in Hämeenlinna on the 22nd and at Carlos in Lappeenaranta on the 23rd. Before that, though, he'll be appearing at Esmaspäeva Jazz at Swissôtel Tallinn on April 18th - the tickets are going going fast, so click HERE to get yours now!

Esmaspäeva Jazz

The tickets for the April 18th, 2022 Andres Roots concert in the Esmaspäeva Jazz/Monday Jazz series in Tallinn are now available - click HERE to get yours!