Barlova!

Barlova in Tartu tomorrow: Tuesday, October 17! Facebook event HERE!

Photo by Jukka Juhola.

Pärnu Show Sold Out!

Tomorrow's Roots & Jokelin show at the Endla Jazz Club in Pärnu is officially SOLD OUT - but there's a good chance you can still get a ticket or two at the door, so you may want to come along anyway ;)

If not, the same duo will perform a free 60-minute set Saturday afternoon at the Haapsalu Cultural Centre! 

Photo by Leif Laaksonen.

 

 

More Reviews!

More reviews are coming in - and when it comes to "Vol. 12", "Led Zeppelin" and "Hawaiian style" still appear to be the keywords :)

In the May edition of the UK's Blues in the South, Ged Wilson calls Andres "a first class acoustic guitar player" and says the music is "reminiscent of the late Davy Graham... Bordering on Led Zeppelin 3 territory", with "a nice Hawaiian slide guitar style." Check out the full review (and why not subscribe to the monthly?) HERE. 

Over at Keys and Chords in Belgium, Philip Verhaege states that "Acoustic slide guitar as in the heyday of Delta Blues is the main focus here. And Andres really has it in his fingers." Read on (in Dutch!) HERE.

And last, we have the review that was actually published first, way back in March - in the Estonian weekly Nelli Teataja, Ülo Külm writes: "He grabs you from the suitably rousing opener "So It Is, Subhuti" and maintains an evenly professional level until the end."

Live Footage from Berlin

The Berlin mini-tour was a success - a big thank you to everyone, and watch this space for more! :) 

For now, here are the two livestreams: one from Friday night at ARTliners and the other the Rockradio.de webcast from Saturday's concert at Transformator Frohnau. 

Photo by Merit Kopli.

 

New Album Pre-Listening Party

Want to hear all of "Vol. 12" before it is released? Now you can - just click HERE to head over to Blues-Finland.com and push play!

The digital album will be released via Bandcamp and Fairmus on Friday, March 3rd, the CD will reach Estonian record stores a week later - on March 10th. To pre-order the CD and have it mailed out on March 3rd, e-mail your order direct to Roots Art Records via roots.ar.oy(at)gmail.com.

Photo by Matti Karhula.

Third Place in Song Contest's Band Category

"Solitaire" feat. Lorete Medne (LV) - one of the two songs by Andres Roots that made it to the Blues & Roots Radio's International Song Contest finals in the Duo/Trio/Band Category - has come third in the jury's Top Ten! Check out category winners HERE.

The above photo by Siret Roots dates back to 2012 and documents one of the rare live performances of "Solitaire", with Lorete Medne on vocals and Edgars Galzons (LV) playing the tuba.

Rapla Poster & Tickets

Tickets for the December 3rd show at Kultuuriklubi BAAS in Rapla are now available from Fienta!

Kadrina Poster

New Track and Tour with Steve Lury!

This week - three shows with Steve Lury (UK):

25.8 19:00 - Kultuuriklubi Salong, Tartu;

26.8 21:00 - Pubi 17, Võru;

27.8 20:00 - Alex Maja, Pärnu.

And here's a previously unreleased track from the archives, freshly mastered by Asko-Romé Altsoo: "Sofa Club Shuffle", an improvised number recorded live by Randal Randoja at the Buena Vista Sofa Club in Rakvere in 2017: