Static Roots Festival 2017
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Line-up
Line-up for Static Roots Festival 2018
Fri. 13 July & Sat. 14 July 2018
Zentrum Altenberg, Oberhausen, Germany
(check out our YouTube line-up playlist here)
Anthony da Costa (Nashville, TN, USA)
The Stephen Stanley Band (Wolfe Island, Canada)
Charlie Whitten (Nashville, TN, USA)
Prinz Grizzley and his Beargaroos (Bregenz, Austria)
Hannah Aldridge (Muscle Shoals, AL, USA)
The Midnight Union Band (Kilkenny, Ireland)
Donald Byron Wheatley (London, UK)
Bennett Wilson Poole (London & Oxford, UK)
Terra Lightfoot (Hamilton, ON, Canada)
SUSTO (solo) (Charleston, SC, USA)
Cordovas (Nashville, TN, USA)
Cordovas We have been working on this one for almost six months now and we are extremely happy to announce the last act for the line-up of the Static Roots Festival 2018: the amazing Cordovas from Nashville, TN, USA, will play the headlining show on Saturday, Jul 14th! It was SUSTO (solo) Susto is a disease of the soul that has its origin in Latin America. Imagine it as some kind of soul death or the loss of the soul. It’s said, that sufferers are walking shells of their former selves. But the good news is there is a cure! Terra Lightfoot TERRA LIGHTFOOTPress shots / Album cover. Hamilton, ON. June 27, 2017Photo by Dustin Rabin. 2766 She plays a mean lead guitar, her voice is remarkably powerful, bluesy & soulful, and with her terrific band Terra Lightfoot will go down like a storm at the Static Roots Festival 2018! Bennett Wilson Poole This is simply too good to be true: a couple of weeks ago I got a copy of the yet to be released debut album by Bennett Wilson Poole. Blown away by the first listen, these guys sound like the British Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young! And Donald Byron Wheatley When good friends Del Day (Ark PR, Big City Lights) and Danny George Wilson (Danny & The Champions Of The World) founded their record label Mayden Voyage Recording Company, I never doubted they'd be putting out great music. And what a cracker their first two releases have The Midnight Union Band Willie Meighan. The Boss. A legend in the Irish Music scene, organiser of the Kilkenny Roots Festival, owner of Rollercoaster Records (Kilkenny) - "the happiest little record shop in the world", one of the kindest and gentlest person you could ever hope to meet. When this Hannah Aldridge For her debut album "Razor Wire" (2014) she was described as Muscle Shoal's own "Americana princess". With her 2017 album "Gold Rush" and tons of raving reviews, she ended up in many best-of-lists and it seems she might have climbed the throne. We are very much looking forward Prinz Grizzley and his Beargaroos At the Kilkenny Roots Festival 2017 an Americana band from Austria was the talk of the town. Americana from Austria? Well, who would have thought. Beautiful, soulful Americana music, excellent songwriting, fantastic musicianship, a compelling voice even yodelling at times. Welcome to the Static Roots Charlie Whitten Earlier in 2017 when promoting a show with Cale Tyson & band, Cale’s guitar player Juan Solorzano talked about another of his musical activities and highly recommended to check out Charlie Whitten from Nashville, TN, USA. Bought Charlie Whitten’s 2014 album “Hey Love” and instantly fell in love The Stephen Stanley Band Their album "Jimmy & The Moon" instantly won us over. Top songwriting, killer melodies, jangling guitars, amazing harmonies, some straight rockers, some beautiful ballads. At the same time Stephen Stanley's "The Troubadour's Song" became my farewell song for the great Willie Meighan. We can't wait to Anthony da Costa The brilliant Anthony da Costa (Nashville, USA) has been writing songs since the age of 10 and playing professionally since 13. In 2007 (at the age of 16), Anthony became the youngest winner ever of both the Falcon Ridge and Kerrville Folk Festival songwriting competitions. He has
News
Im April 2018 Newsletter von Blue Rose Records erhält das Static Roots Festival 2018 eine Top-Empfehlung: "Die 2. offizielle Ausgabe dieses mit Americana-Künstlern aus Europa und Nordamerika vollgespickten Festivals glänzt wie bereits im Vorjahr mit einem klasse Line-Up und wird von uns ganz dick empfohlen
Read moreJust recently we did an interview with Declan Culliton from LonesomeHighway.com. From the introduction: "With the summer festival season looming and given the quality of events on offer, it’s time to make those difficult decisions of which ones to consider. Unfortunately, with the exception of Kilkenny Roots, there are not
Read moreThank you so much - the limited hard tickets are sold out now. Online tickets (e. g. print at home) are still available through AdTicket here. Day tickets will become available soon. Watch this space
Read moreNow that the lineup for the Static Roots Festival 2018 is completed, it's time to have a look at the first YouTube playlist for this year's event. We've compiled a great few songs into this playlist and hope you'll enjoy it: Anthony da Costa - Go Steady The Stephen Stanley
Read moreWe have been hard at work getting the lineup for the Static Roots Festival 2018 completed. With yesterday's latest addition to the lineup, the fabulous Cordovas from Nashville, TN, USA, we are now ready to get into the details with scheduling, logistics, accommodation, backline, marketing etc. Hard ticket sales went
Read more1Tickets for Static Roots Festival 2018 are on sale now. We have a limited number of hard tickets available via PayPal and "print at home tickets" via AdTicket. Day Tickets will become available after the timetable for the Static Roots Festival 2018 has been finished. Find the tickets here:
Read moreIn today's edition of his Blue Rose Radio show, Edgar Heckmann (Blue Rose Records) presents Hannah Aldridge (amongst other acts) and points out to her performance at the Static Roots Festival 2018 (German only): See also:
Read moreOffer valid until January 21st 2018: For those who haven't booked accommodation yet: the NH Hotel Oberhausen just around the corner from the festival area offers a "Pop-up Days" deal which means: free breakfast. This will save you around 25% on a double room. Offer valid until January 21st 2018!
Read moreSandy Fyfe from Perth, Scotland, about Static Roots Festival 2017 Aw, we always love to hear from you, what you think about the Static Roots Festival, because we are putting lots of energy and passion into making this festival a great experience for musicians and fans alike. Here is what
Read moreThe wait is almost over. Starting from today we will be announcing the first acts for Static Roots Festival 2018. It's going to be a great international lineup, seems we'll have a few Nashville based acts. There will be songwriters, rockers, country and folk acts. Everything will be set for
Read moreJeff Robson (Tell The Band To Go Home / umfm.com) about the Static Roots Festival 2017 Sorry for posting this podcast a wee bit late. Must have forgotten in the post-Static-Roots-Festival euphoria this summer. Jeff Robson, host of the fantastic radio show "Tell The Band To Go Home" on umfm.com
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About
2016 has seen the inauguration of the Static Roots Festival at Zentrum Altenberg in Oberhausen (Rheinland), Germany.
The festival 2016 was a great success. With Leeroy Stagger (Canada), The Wynntown Marshals (Scotland), John Blek & The Rats (Ireland), Malojian (Northern-Ireland), Meena Cryle & The Chris Fillmore Band (Austria), The Midnight Union Band (Ireland), and Anna Mitchell (Ireland) it was a great line-up. And if Daniel Romano (Canada) had entered the correct address into his GPS the crowd would have enjoyed him as well.
There was an international audience with guests from Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland, The Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Canada, and Germany, of course.
The festival got some great online reviews on its Facebook page and the web (find a german one from gaesteliste.de here) and two radio shows airing 30 – 60 minutes reports about the Static Roots Festival. (here is a link to the podcast of the Canadian radio show “Tell The Band To Go Home“ with Jeff Robson from Winnipeg).
Edgar Heckmann from Blue Rose Records, Germany, also attended the festival. His german radio show about the Static Roots Festival is available here.
In combination with the 2016 festival a fundraiser campaign for Doctors Without Borders/MSF was set up and raised a total of 9.050 EUR.
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