Soul Bag Review!

Christophe Mourot has reviewed the "Mississippi to Loch Lomond" and "Tartu Lockdown" albums for the French Soul Bag magazine: "Chicago blues, Mississippi blues, western swing... An incredible mix of sweetness and aggressiveness."

Read the whole thing HERE!

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!

Real Roots Café Review

Jaks Schuit has reviewed "Tartu Lockdown" and "Mississippi to Loch Lomond" in the Netherlands' Real Roots Café: "Two releases that deserve the label quarantine blues. The music on these albums is particularly nice to listen to and gives solace in these occasionally difficult times." 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."

Barikada & Bluesnews Reviews

Dragutin Matošević reviews "Tartu Lockdown" in Barikada.com in Bosnia and Herzegovina: "The sincerity of his messages expressed through the music without exception is easily recognizable. All these messages are understandable to us because Andres has an impeccable playing technique, and the sound of his guitars is almost close to human speech." Read the whole thing HERE!

Meanwhile, in the December issue of the German Bluesnews magazine, Dirk Föhrs reviews both 2020 releases, preferring the "traditional country and delta blues" of "Mississippi to Loch Lomond". This issue of Bluesnews also features a lengthy piece on blues artists on Bandcamp by Dirk Funke that includes an interview with Andres Roots. The magazine hits the streets on December 10th.  

Rapla Blues Club!

On Thursday, September 24th at 8 p.m., Andres Roots will play his last confirmed gig this fall at the Rapla Blues Club at Kultuuriklubi BAAS in Rapla (Tallinna mnt. 5), performing material from the two 2020 solo albums "Tartu Lockdown" and "Mississippi to Loch Lomond". The evening will also feature a quick Q&A session. Tickets are available HERE!