Temperance Nights & Howth Pics

Here's a slightly closer look at the Arcari/Roots story from this month's Blues in Britain, with pics by Margaret McDonald, Leif Laaksonen, and Siret Roots.

Below are some cool pics from last month's Howth Roots & Blues Festival in Ireland, by Peter Mirolo.

Pipeline Magazine Review & Tour Dates

Norman Darwen reviews "Royal Spa Blues" in the summer issue of Pipeline Instrumental Review: "Estonian guitarist Andres Roots (his real name) plays excellent, skilful, mainly blues-based acoustic instrumentals and he has built up a growing audience for his music in the UK. He is worth checking out if you get the chance - he has appeared here fairly regularly in recent years."

With that in mind, here's a detailed list of such "chances" for Irish and UK residents this summer (photo by Siret Roots):

Fri 8 Aug 7pm DUBLIN: Howth Roots & Blues Festival @ The Summit Inn + Ben Reel
Sat 9 Aug 4pm DUBLIN: Howth Roots & Blues Festival @ The Harbour Bar Garden Stage
Tue 12 Aug 8pm BOURNEMOUTH: Mardi Blues Club @ Bournemouth Brewery
Thu 14 Aug 8pm BRIGHTON: Caroline of Brunswick
Fri 15 Aug 8pm TUNBRIDGE WELLS: The Green Duck Blues Club @ The Green Duck Events Space & Bar
Sat 16 Aug 7:30pm MALDON: Madison Heights + Tim Aves, Richard Townend  

Tickets are currently available for the Tunbridge Wells and Maldon shows: click HERE for the Green Duck Blues Club and HERE for the acoustic night at Madison Heights!

August Tour Posters!

The August tour of Ireland and England is coming together nicely - meanwhile, here's a few posters: