lovely sentiment from a Catalonian fan Martin (from Big City Lights UK) lives in Barcelona, Spain, and will be attending the Static Roots Festival for the third time this year. This is what he wrote after receiving his Static Roots Festival
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"Brilliant lineup" Ah, this feels like an international stamp of approval coming from the mother of all European roots festivals, the mighty Kilkenny Roots
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One Eleven Heavy no longer part of the Static Roots Festival lineup Unluckily and due to circumstances out of our control, One Eleven Heavy are no longer joining us at Static Roots Festival after cancelling their European summer tour 2019. Instead we have just added the fabulous Dutch Americana-Soul band Dawn Brothers to the line up 2019. Bring your dancing boots, will
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AdTicket logo Static Roots Festival tickets have now been added to AdTicket's webshop. If you don't want to buy via PayPal, you can now easily buy tickets through the AdTicket site. Click here for the german AdTicket site or here for the international AdTicket
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"Beseelt und beschenkt von diesem Festival gehen wir nach Hause" Insbesondere die Cordovas begeisterten Frank Schwarzberg vom ROADTRACKS Magazin (Foto: Klaas Guchelaar) Frank Schwarzberg vom ROADTRACKS Magazin berichtet in der Printausgabe #53 über das Static Roots Festival: "Static Roots Festival 13./14.07.2018, Oberhausen, Zentrum Altenberg Dies ist sicher das nachhaltigste Festivalerlebnis des Jahres. God is in the details, heißt es, und Dietmar Leibecke, Hauskonzert- und jetzt Festivalveranstalter aus Passion, hat ein Händchen dafür. Vom catering bis
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Static Roots Festival supports Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Static Roots Festival supports Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) help people worldwide where the need is greatest. They are usually the first who come to help in disaster areas or war zones - and they are the last to go. From 2016 to 2018, Static Roots Festival has raised almost 12.000 EUR in support of MSF and we
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In his radio show "Tell The Band To Go Home", Jeff Robson travels to Germany for a preview of the Static Roots Festival 2019. During the second hour of the show, Jeff plays songs by John Murry, Don Gallardo, Joana Serrat and Joe Nolan. "Tell The Band To Go Home" - Logo Check out the podcast here: http://tellthebandtogohome.com/2019/01/30/podcast-jan-27-2019/ Playlist: Terra Lightfoot – NFB – Every Time My Mind Runs Wild – CDN Ben de la
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"Mit dem STATIC ROOTS FESTIVAL - DA WEISS MAN WIRKLICH, WAS MAN HAT, Americana-, Country- und Roots-Music mit allen Ablegern vom ALLERFEINSTEN." Das ROADTRACKS Magazin veröffentlichte im Januar 2019 in seiner Onlineausgabe ein Review von Autor Volker Ebert über das Static Roots Festival 2018: "Sonnenschein, Autobahn und gute Laune begleiteten uns auf den Weg in die ehemalige Zink-Fabrik, das jetzige Kultur-Zentrum Altenberg. Da brauchen wir nicht mehr fragen: Wo ist das denn? Die Americana-, Country-
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Finally available on Spotify and Apple Music We've shared our playlist on YouTube for the last couple of years but are now also available on Apple Music and Spotify. Check out our playlists on your favourite device and feel the pre-Static-Roots-Festival-excitement setting
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== hard tickets == Hooray - the first batch of limited hard tickets has been sold out this weekend! Thanks so much for your love, trust and support that most of you have placed in us. You've already ordered your tickets before the final announcement of the festival line up. This embodies your trust in us. And it clearly shows us, Static Roots Festival is more than just a line up. The artists are of
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Die Tageszeitung "junge Welt" - Logo Mit ein wenig Verspätung berichtet die Tageszeitung "junge Welt" in der Ausgabe vom 10. Januar 2019 über den Auftritt der Cordovas auf dem Static Roots Festival 2018: "Die Formation aus Madison bei Nashville, Tennessee treibt das Spiel mit den Versatzstücken des Southern Rock auf die Spitze. Die Harmonien sind ein Traum, und wie der Liedgesang anhebt: bruchlos, und doch überraschend – wie bei Surfern, die in die Welle hineingleiten,
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Songpickr - check out his blog and playlists by clicking the picture Check out this great recommendation by the fabulous Songpickr (his blog and playlists are a great source of inspiration): "If you are based in Europe and love Americana, I highly recommend the fantastic Static Roots Festival in Oberhausen in July. The festival is still relatively new but already has an enthusiastic fan base of music lovers and gets lots of praises from all sides. The concept developed out of
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"Americana vom Allerfeinsten" - "in dieser Qualität in Deutschland wohl einzigartig" Eher durch Zufall stießen wir auf diesen wunderbaren Beitrag über das Static Roots Festival im musiker-board.de. Chinaski, gib Dich zu erkennen, damit wir uns für die Blumen bedanken können: "Das Static Roots-Festival in Oberhausen (13. & 14.07.2018) findet in diesem Jahr zum dritten Mal statt und bietet an zwei Tagen eine Auswahl internationaler Acts aus dem Bereich Americana, die in dieser Qualität wohl einzigartig
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Alex Roger (Barcelona, Spain) picture gallery Alex Roger from Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, took some great pictures at the Static Roots Festival 2018. Check out these two galleries: Alex Roger - artist shots Alex Roger - miscellaneous
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Bennett Wilson Poole named ‘Best Band of 2018’ in Americana-UK’s end of year poll Bennett Wilson Poole @ Static Roots Festival 2018 (picture by Klaas Guchelaar) Their first ever gig in Germany at the Static Roots Festival 2018 was simply phenomenal. Now the readers of the Americana-UK named Bennett Wilson Poole the "Best Band of 2018" with Runners-up like Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Darlingside, Curse of Lono or 3hattrio: "Well it’s been a
Read moreThe pre-sale of limited hard tickets for the Static Roots Festival 2019 has already started. Get an early-bird-ticket now and safe on extra cost: https://staticrootsfestival.com/home/tickets/ P.S.: become a member of the Static Roots Festival friends and supporters group over on Facebook and get all the updates from there: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1151532058239968/ The first batch of ticket orders has already been sent out - thanks for all the early
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The first announcement for the line-up of the Static Roots Festival 2019: the fantastic Luke Tuchscherer will be rocking out the big stage with his great band! Luke Tuchscherer (pronounced Tuck-Shearer) is an acclaimed British singer/songwriter based in New York City, USA. A couple of years ago, an amazing British Alt.Country/rock band caught our attention, The Whybirds, where Luke was one of the songwriters in the band. We were following his career since and were
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Portrait series taken by photographer Anthony Griffin from Dublin, Ireland, at the Static Roots Festival 2018. Anthony Griffin - SRF 2018 -
Read morePhotographer Anthony Griffin from Dublin, Ireland, took a great picture series of miscellaneous shots at the Static Roots Festival 2018. Check out this great gallery: Anthony Griffin - SRF 2018 -
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Static Roots Festival 2018 - picture series by roadtracks magazin (click on the picture to head over to roadtracks.net) Hannah Aldridge The Stephen Stanley Band The Midnight Union Band Terra Lightfoot SUSTO Anthony da Costa Charlie Whitten Hadley McCall Thackston Bennett Wilson Poole Prinz Grizzley & His
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In the latest edition of Brent Jensen's podcast "No Sleep Til Sudbury" called "The Incredible Stephen Stanley", Stephen Stanley praises his time at the Static Roots Festival "the best two days of music in my life". Thanks, Stephen - it means a lot! During the interview Stephen not only talks about the Static Roots Festival, but also talks about great artists like David Corley, Prinz Grizzley, Shane Joyce and his The Midnight Union Band: Find
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Check out our instagram account with some smashing pictures from Static Roots Festival 2018, taken by Klaas
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Ein weiteres Review für das Static Roots Festival 2018 hat die Westzeit veröffentlicht: "Als Fazit lässt sich sagen, dass sich das Static Roots 2018 als erste Adresse für die Standortbestimmung in Sachen Americana in unseren Breiten erwies." Zu finden im Web:
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Check out this great podcast by Jeff Robson on UMFM.com's radio show Tell The Band To Go Home: "Back live after 2 glorious weeks in Europe and still floating on a wave of peace, love, and rock ‘n’ roll after the almighty Static Roots Festival." Playlist: Jonathan Byrd & The Sentimentals – Under the Belly of the Night – single Anna Tivel – Dark Chandelier – Small Believer Jonathan Byrd – Poor Johnny – You
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"Magic bubble" Hadley McCall Thackston about the Static Roots Festival Listen to this great interview with Stephen Stanley and Hadley McCall Thackston on James Hodder's Tin Can Review radio show on Resonance
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Declan Culliton from LonesomeHighway.com with a great and detailed review about the Static Roots Festival 2018: The promoter's "...one objective is to bring people together to enjoy quality music in an environment where artists and punters mix, share a drink and good food, talk music and put aside the worries of their worlds for a few short days. He achieved that and much more at what we accurately described last year as a ‘’boutique festival’’.
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Another great review with amazing pictures coming in from The Netherlands. Klaas Guchelaar says: "You can’t find a better festival with a friendlier bunch of people!" Click on the graphic to see the full
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"Allein die Vorstellung und das Wissen, dass in Deutschland ein echtes Americana Festival heranwächst, ist großartig, für sowas muss man sonst immer ins Ausland reisen." Ein großartiger Blick zurück auf das Static Roots Festival
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Declan Culliton from Lonesome Highway on DublinCity.fm radio with an enthusiastic look back at the Static Roots Festival
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Ullrich Maurer von Gaesteliste.de blickt zurück auf das Static Roots Festival 2018: "Innerhalb von gerade mal drei Jahren hat sich das Static Roots Festival, das jeweils im Juli im Zentrum Altenberg in Oberhausen stattfindet, zur ersten Adresse für Americana-Fans aus praktisch ganz Europa gemausert. Der internationale Zuspruch hängt unter anderem damit zusammen, dass das Festival aufgrund seiner Historie eng mit dem irischen Ort Kilkenny verbunden ist, wo jährlich ein Americana-Stadtfestival stattfindet, auf dem der Festivalmacher,
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We've got the best audience in the world! At the Static Roots Festival 2018 we have been collecting money for Doctors Without Borders / MSF. We gave away posters, postcards, badges, tote bags and gym bags for a donation. All in all our wonderful audience donated 945 EUR - that's simply brilliant! Thank you VERY much indeed. But that's not all: our good friends Evi and Frank from the fabulous burger truck Burger & So.
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Unter dem Titel "Fröhliche Musik amerikanischer Bauart im Zentrum Altenberg" veröffentlicht die NRZ Oberhausen am 16. Juli 2018 einen wunderschönen Rückblick auf das Static Roots Festival 2018: Bennett Wilson Poole waren "...Ein opulentes Vergnügen, das mächtig in die Beine ging. Was sich später auch bei den bärtigen Herren der „Cordovas“ aus Nashville fortsetzte, die zu knackigen Beats ganz harmonisch ihre Version aktueller „Americana“-Sounds präsentierten. Worüber sich die irischen Fans ebenso freuten wie Gastgeber Dietmar Leibecke,
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