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 6pm 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!

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!