"LIVE" Is Live!

 
The 10-track 10" vinyl album "LIVE" has now been officially released - and the music is also available digitally on Bandcamp, Spotify, YouTube, etc. etc. etc.! 

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! 

Real Roots Café Review

"A great introduction to his music and a beautiful acoustic live album," writes Ronand Valstar about "Royal Spa Blues" in Real Roots Café - the oldest American roots music blog in the Netherlands. 

"Andres breathes Fahey's atmosphere through his intense playing. Where Fahey based his music mainly on American folk and folk songs, Roots does the same with American blues, but just as you think that's all you will find there, a folk melody floats through...

"The arrangements and the idiosyncratic interpretations are deeply lived and sensitive. Instrumental, but so expressive that words spring from your imagination as if of their own accord... It is wonderful to hear how he lifts the blues a bit towards the sun."

 Read the whole thing HERE - in Dutch!

Todo Dia Um Blues Review from Brazil

Yes, the first-ever review from Brazil is in, and you can read the whole thing HERE! The title is "Andres Roots: Estonian Blues That Echoes Around the World", and among other things, Osmar Santos Junior writes:

- "Roots’ new live album "Royal Spa Blues" captures the artist at the peak of his musical expression."

- "His career is a lesson in how music can cross cultural and geographical boundaries while remaining faithful to the raw emotion of the genre."

- "An artist who honors and reinvents the blues... His music speaks directly to the soul."

- "More than a virtuoso guitarist, Roots is a true bluesman." 

Muito obrigado! :)

 

RnR Magazine Review

In the May/June issue of RnR Magazine, Morgan Hogarth reviews Andres Roots' "Royal Spa Blues - Live from Temperance" CD, writing: "In addition to self-penned gems such as 'Jook Jones' and 'Tango Walk' he covers Hendrix with 'The Wind Cries Mary', The Beatles on 'Come Together' and traditional blues on the excellent 'Station Blues Medley'. But while his interpretations of such tracks are creatively arranged and well worthy of inclusion, the real highlights of the setlist are his original numbers, particularly '4am Hot Dog', 'Legacy Blues' and 'The Wagon Swing'."

Album & UK Tour

The "Royal Spa Blues - Live from Temperance" CD is now available from Bandcamp and assorted Estonian record stores. And what follows next is this:

 

Album Release & Highway Blues Interview

The official album launch at the University of Tartu Library Music Department was a success - the release date is February 25th, so on Tuesday, the CD should become available at a variety of record stores in Estonia, as well as on the Andres Roots Bandcamp page. 

On February 26th, Andres will be chatting to Al Lundy, live on his Highway Blues show on Nebraska's KZUM 89.3 FM - click HERE to tune in online!

Finland This Weekend!

On Friday, Feb. 7th, Andres Roots will be playing his first-ever show in Lempäälä, Finland - at Siipisaluuna. Click HERE for the FB event!

On Saturday, Feb. 8th, he'll be back in Tampere, Finland - this time at Sisko ja sen Veli. Click HERE for the FB event!

And here's another live clip from the upcoming "Royal Spa Blues - Live from Temperance" album!

 

IBBA Presenters' Album Pick for February!

The UK Independent Blues Broadcasters Association has selected Andres Roots' upcoming "Royal Spa Blues - Live from Temperance" album as one of the 'IBBA Presenters' Album Picks of the Month' for February 2025, along with albums by Trevor Babajack Steger and Ben Tyzack - check it out HERE!

Thank you very much! :)

Live from Temperance - Video!

This summer's Temperance gig was also filmed, so here's two tracks from the upcoming "Royal Spa Blues" live album: "Tango Walk" and "Springtime Blues"!

Live from Temperance!

Recorded on July 22, 2024 at Temperance in Royal Leamington Spa, England, the acoustic live album "Royal Spa Blues" will arrive on CD on February 25, 2025 in time for the next UK tour! Recorded by Adrian Gains, mastered by Asko-Romé Altsoo, cover photo & design by Siret Roots - watch this space for updates!

Bman's Blues Report Review

Bman's Blues Report in Arizona, USA has just published a review of "Mississippi to Loch Lomond": "A strong set of acoustic style blues tracks from one of today's strongest slide players /.../ A perfect balance of traditional and contemporary acoustic and slide blues influenced music."

 

And: "One of my favorite tracks on the release is Legacy Blues with it's traditional structure and sweet slide phrasing. Roots has a real nice hand and works this track just right." Read the whole thing HERE!

Twoj Blues Reviews

Both "Mississippi to Loch Lomond" and "Tartu Lockdown" are reviewed in the current issue of Poland's Twoj Blues magazine. Robert Lenert compares the former to Ry Cooder's "Paris, Texas" soundtrack while noting "the great sound of the instrument, virtuosity, well-presented themes and great musicality". Of the latter, he states: "Recording full-size albums of instrumental music performed on one instrument is a real challenge. Andres Roots did it like no other. Please pay close attention to this guitarist. He is an extraordinary artist."

Blues Blast Review

John Mitchell reviews "Mississippi to Loch Lomond" and "Tartu Lockdown" in the American Blues Blast Magazine: "There is plenty of opportunity to appreciate Andres’ skillful playing on an all-original program in Clarksdale... Andres varies the pace well, moving from the uptempo “In The Dark” to the reflective “Build Me A Statue” which sounds like a classic Delta blues slowed down to quarter speed." Read the whole thing HERE!