On Tour & In Print

After six shows in four days and two days off, Steve Lury and the band are back for the second leg of their Estonian/Finnish tour: 7.6. 10 p.m. Illegaard in Tartu, Estonia; 8.6. 11 p.m. Bar Edgar in Loimaa, Finland; 9.6. 1 p.m. Blues Picnic in Leppävirta, Finland, and 9.6. 5:30 Kaavi Blues in Kaavi. And that will be it.

Steve Lury @ Luscher&Matiesen in Tallinn. Phone pic by Andres Roots.

At the band's Luscher&Matiesen show in Tallinn on June 2nd, the line-up for the upcoming Ugriblues festival was announced: Black River Bluesman & Bad Mood Hudson (FIN), Famous Boogiemen (FIN), Devil Box (FIN), The Rude Grooves (EST/AUS), Aapo Ilves (EST), MOduo (EST), Rääma Blue (EST) and - yes - Andres Roots Roundabout (EST). The free festival will take place in Toompea on August 1.-4. and ARR are on August 2nd.

Andres' reviews of the new Jack White album and Mud Morganfield's debut are now online: the original English versions are available via Blueswebzine.com - Jack White and Mud Morganfield - and Finnish translations by Pasi Tuominen via Blues-Finland.com - Jack and Mud. Esa Kuloniemi's interview with Andres is due in the upcoming issue of Finland's Blues News magazine.