Live EP "Rainy Day in Rio"

Here's a 4-track live souvenir from Roihuvuoren Rio in Helsinki, Finland, recorded exactly one month ago: "Rainy Day in Rio"! 

It was the last gig of the June mini-tour and the only open air show on that trip, which naturally meant the heatwave was instantly replaced by cold, rain and wind. But the audience was brave, the venue supplied everyone with blankets, and the whole thing ended up being recorded - the wind and the birds, the dogs barking and the kids shouting. And incidentally, of the four tracks that made it onto the EP, two feature a Boney Toes Stompbox, made from Rimu and Jarrah bearers sourced from an 1800's Ballantynes Shop in Timaru, New Zealand. 

Recorded live at Roihuvuoren Rio in Helsinki, Finland on June 6th, 2026 by Viljami Valldén, with special thanks to Juuso Paaso and everyone at Rio. Mixed and mastered at White Room in Tartu, Estonia by Asko-Romé Altsoo. Cover photo by Matti Suuronen. Design by Siret Roots.  

Download the digital EP HERE! 

"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.! 

New Track with Red Mouth & Jantso Jokelin!

A new vocally, harmonically and lyrically enhanced recording of "Minor Gripes" has just been released by the international trio of Andres Roots (EST), Red Mouth (USA) & Jantso Jokelin (FIN) - for full lyrics & digital downloads, click HERE!

 

Vocals - Eric "Red Mouth" Gebhardt; harmonicas - Jantso Jokelin; guitar - Andres Roots. Written by Andres Roots. Vocals recorded by Alexander Bowling & Luke Wright at Mystery Sound Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, USA. Harmonicas recorded by Jantso Jokelin in Helsinki, Finland. Guitar recorded by Jaan Tamm, mixed & mastered by Asko-Romé Altsoo at White Room in Tartu, Estonia. Cover design by Siret Roots. For more Red Mouth, click HERE!

New Track & Pärnu Show

A new studio recording featuring Red Mouth (USA) on vocals and Jantso Jokelin (Finland) on harmonica has been released via Bandcamp - hear "Something in the Evening" below and download the two different mixes HERE!

Meanwhile, the October 5th show at Mulks in Viljandi was great fun and another concert at the Endla Jazz Club in Pärnu has just been announced for November 5th - 3 tracks recorded there during Andres Roots' last appearance there in October 2019 ended up on the "Mississippi to Loch Lomond" live album. Get your tickets HERE!

 

"House Arrest 3" Available Now!

The third and most probably the last installment in the lockdown home recordings series, "House Arrest 3", is now available on Bandcamp: to listen and/or purchase, just click HERE!

Bandcamp Special on May 1st!

Bandcamp is again waving their fees on Friday, May 1st to help artists impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic - that means all the money you spend on Bandcamp tomorrow will go directly to the musicians. With all gigs cancelled from March through June, Andres Roots is one of those musicians - his Bandcamp page is HERE. You can download his entire Bandcamp catalogue of three EP's, one compilation and nine albums for 50 euros - that's a 40% discount! Just click on an album and choose "Buy Digital Discography" - or go with any one track or title ;) Thank you!

House Arrest EP!

A new EP of home recordings released today - download HERE! "House Arrest" features four tunes recorded last week and played on a 3-string fretless Hobo 63 cigar-box guitar, with the signal split between ZT Lunchbox & Ampeg BA-112 amps. Mastered by Asko-Romé Altsoo, cover photo & design by Siret Roots.

Free Live EP with James Dalton & Les Wilson

Released today as a free download via James Dalton's bandcamp page, "Tartu Jämm" features the jam at the Sügisjazz festival concert at Genialistide Klubi from September 19th, 2019 with James Dalton (USA) on vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica, Andres Roots on electric guitar and Les Wilson (UK) on percussion. Click HERE to listen and download! Concert photos below by Siim Neerut.

"Loch Lomond" on Spotify!

The "Loch Lomond Blues" EP is now available digitally across various platforms - click HERE to hear it on Spotify! Below, there are a few posters for this weekend upcoming events - showtime 19:00 in Tallinn on Saturday and 17:30 at the Muuga manor in Lääne-Virumaa on Sunday.

Radio Interview & Valga Concert

Early this morning, Raadio Elmar interviewed Andres Roots about how he got started on the guitar, his first bands etc. - you can hear and download it HERE! Meanwhile, don't forget to come to the first show of the year in Valga this Friday!

"Roots Music" Available Digitally!

The upcoming vinyl compilation "Roots Music", celebrating Andres Roots' 40th birthday & 20th anniversary as a performing artist, is now available for downloading - a few weeks ahead of the LP release! That means iTunes, Amazon, Spotify etc. 

Catch Andres Roots live & in person at the Lääne-Viru Central Library in Rakvere this Thursday, March 10 6 p.m.!

"Trad.alt.blues" In Stock!

The CD edition of "Trad.alt.blues" is out and in the stores, at least in Estonia, and it's also digitally available now via Amazon, iTunes, Deezer etc. The day before the release, Kuma Raadio's Andres Põllu did a 30-minute phone interview with Andres Roots about the record and proceeded to play and discuss the whole album track by track on his "Üheplaadilaulud" show, using descriptions such as "Bo Diddley meets The Shadows" (yes, that would have been "Pärnu Hambone"). With Raul Terep currently out of the country, there aren't any Roots & Terep gigs scheduled before September - but there will be some then, and a tour of Finland is also being booked for February 2015...

    






















Tonight, however, Andres Roots & Peeter Piik will be jamming at Power Camp 2014 in Annimatsi, Otepää - the annual American cars event where the Bullfrog Brown story started 14 years ago.  

Christmas News

All right, as it's nearly Christmas and everybody and his cousin are flogging their albums 24/7, let's get it over with - here's what critics have said about the latest Andres Roots Roundabout release "Three!":

"An absolute must to discover...the best instrumental album in years." - Rootstime (Belgium)

"Takes what you thought about the Blues to a whole new level." - Blues Underground Network (Canada)
 
"A creative album full of surprises." - BluesMagazine (The Netherlands)

"A joyous album fit for dancing." - Soul Bag (France)

"One of the most entertaining and versatile instrumental albums... and not just for guitar players." - Wasser-Prawda (Germany)

"The blues of Andres Roots are always a joy to hear." - Muusika (Estonia)

And you can find it on iTunes, Spotify etc. or order a hard-copy version here: international orders / local orders. Thank you and Merry Christmas! :)

News: Gigs in Scotland!

But first, a quick update on the "Three!" album: it made 'CD of the week' on "een uurtje van NiX"/ EnschedeFM in the Netherlands while Andres ended up as 'artist of the month' in the Estonian fashion magazine "Mood". In Germany, the "Wasser-Prawda" webzine calls the album "one of the most entertaining and versatile instrumental albums... and not just for guitar players." And Andres' lengthy live interview for Estonian national broadcasting's classical music station Klassikaraadio can be heard and downloaded here for another week.

OK: the real news is that on Wednesday, September 11th, Andres Roots, Steve Lury and Peeter Piik will play a show at the Slouch in Glasgow with Craig Hughes, followed by three nights at the Shetland Blues Festival: September 13th in Unst, 14th in Vidlin, and 15th in Lerwick. That is the "most northerly blues festival" in the UK, as close to Norway as it is to Scotland, so don't miss this! :)

   

Website Updates!

Photo by Leif Laaksonen, design by Siret Roots.

An updated Roundabout stageplot, this print-out A3 tour poster and hi-res pics of various line-ups are now available for promoters and the press under "contact". 

"Someplace Nice" on German Compilation

The title track of our recent Steve Lury single "Someplace Nice" was released today as part of the German webzine Wasser-Prawda's 5th anniversary collection vol. 1. 

 

To get that free digital sampler which features Blues, Rock & Americana from all parts of the world, one simply has to subscribe to the pdf-magazine here - and that too is free of charge!