The 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, […]
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Jeff 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
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A tip of the hat to a total legend The always excellent Kilkenny Roots Festival was the biggest inspiration to finally initiate the Static Roots Festival. To me Willie Meighan, one of the organisers of the KKR, has become the
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Yay! Static Roots Festival 2018 has finally been scheduled for Friday 13th and Saturday 14th July 2018. A look ahead to summer 2018. The summer of the FIFA (mafia) Football World Cup 2018 in Russia. There’s been football on the
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Big thanks to the folks at KREATIVKRAFTPREIS for nominating “Raumfahrtzentrum Saarner Kuppe” and the “Static Roots Festival” in the category “K2 – impressive events and performances”. Let’s have a look at the history: The “Static Roots Festival” goes back to
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“Static Roots Festival View: sun-drenched A German industry museum with a cobbled courtyard was a charming setting for an unusual feast of rock, country and soul. Day One was ruled by a storming show from Peter Bruntnell and band, followed
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Am Montag, den 19.06.2017 lief beim Internetradio rockradio.de die Juni-Ausgabe der BLUE ROSE RADIO SHOW mit Blue Rose-Labelmanager und Hobby-DJ Edgar Heckmann. Edgar präsentierte diesmal wieder Songs aus aktuellen CDs aus dem breitgefächerten Americana-Bereich wie etwa Gov’t Mule, Little Steven,
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“Schaun mer mal wie lange dieses kleine phantastische Festival noch ein Geheimtipp bleibt” “STATIC ROOTS FESTIVAL 09. und 10.06.2017 Oberhausen – Zentrum Altenberg Wir machten uns auf nach Oberhausen, nicht in das Centro, nicht in das Gasometer, sondern in eine
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What a fantastic gesture Burger & So’s Evi & Frank decided to donate 1 EUR of each “Static Roots Burger” sold this year to our Ärzte ohne Grenzen campaign. Today we received 350 EUR from Evi & Frank and we
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“If roots music is your thing, look out for this festival next year. It really is The Business.” Thanks for the lovely review of the Static Roots Festival, Ken Beveridge!. And thanks for publishing it on Blabber’n’Smoke, Paul Kerr! Blabber’n’Smoke:
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Amazing pictures and a very lovely review were just published yesterday by Klaas Guchelaar. Read more on his blog at http://www.kjguch.com/2017/06/17/static-roots-festival-2017/
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Excellent review from the guys over at LonesomeHighway.com: “The success of any festival is all about knowing your audience when considering your line up and in this regard Static Roots got the mix absolutely spot on. With the large contingent
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“Wieso eigentlich gibt es bei uns – anders als z.B. in den Niederlanden – kein Festival für Freunde handgemachter Roots-Musik bzw. warum sollen sich diese auf anderen Festivals “ihre Musik” mit allerlei unpassenden anderen Stilrichtungen teilen? Diese Frage stellte sich
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We’ve mentioned before, you have been an incredible audience at the Static Roots Festival 2017 (Oberhausen, Germany). And you were also very generous: when donating for Static Roots Festival posters and tote bags, you guys fed the piggy bank
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What a brilliant weekend Static Roots Festival 2017 was! We had the time of our lives. Thanks to Jeff Robson (Tell the Band to Go Home) for being the most fabulous presenter, thanks to Michael Langewender (Tonetoaster Records) for managing
Auch die Ruhrbarone berichten über das Static Roots Festival hier: https://www.ruhrbarone.de/peace-love-rocknroll-2-static-roots-festival-in-oberhausen/143384
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Just like last year when we collected money for Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) we would like to keep the spirit alive. So this year we will sell tote bags and festival posters and pass all proceeds to
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In ihrer Radiosendung HappySad auf radioeins berichtet Christine Heise heute Abend ab 21 Uhr über das Static Roots Festival: “Festivals wohin das Auge schaut… und eines findet am Wochenende in Oberhausen statt: zum zweiten Mal heißt es dort Peace, Love
“Das Static Roots Festival im Zentrum Altenberg kann man als Hommage an Wohnzimmerkonzerte betrachten. Bands aus USA, Irland und Kanada am Start. Oberhausen, deine Festivals: Normalerweise spült dieses Stichwort die großen Sausen in die Gehirne der hiesigen Musik-Anhänger. Dabei gibt
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Our friends from Burger & So have created a Static Roots Special Burger – it’s available all week long, especially at the Static Roots Festival this weekend . They will also provide vegetarian and vegan options. Find their full menu
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Just twelve days until Static Roots Festival 2017! And it’s Sunday, time for another playlist with one song per act. I’m actually so in love with this line-up, it’s going to be a brilliant weekend: David Corley – The Joke
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Unter dem Titel “Ansteckende Begeisterung” berichtet die Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung am 25. Mai 2017 in einem wunderbaren Text über das Static Roots Festival. Danke für das Interview an Robert Gerlings!
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Jeff Robson from Winnipeg, MB, Canada, who will be the presenter at the Static Roots Festival 2017 (Jeff already presented Leeroy Stagger’s gig at Static Roots Festival 2016), did a sweet little pre-view of the festival on his amazing radio
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In his highly recommended radio show “Mike Richie on Sunday” on Celtic Music Radio, Mike played songs by Erin Rae & The Meanwhiles and David Corley and recommended the “cracking lineup” of the Static Roots Festival. You can listen to
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Another Sunday, another playlist with one song per act. Check out some great music here: David Corley – Down With The Universe Peter Bruntnell – Here Come The Swells John Blek & The Rats – Funeral Home Nadine Khouri –
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[column_half] Friday, 9 June 2017 18:00 doors 19:00 David Corley 20:20 Peter Bruntnell 21:40 John Blek & The Rats [/column_half] [column_half_last] Saturday, 10 June 2017 14:00 doors 14:30 Nadine Khouri 15:40 Jack Marks 16:50 Erin Rae & The Meanwhiles 18:00
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Just recently I got interviewed by Paul Kerr from Glasgow, Scotland. Paul is a great music blogger/journalist and his blog Blabber’n’Smoke (“A Glasgow view of Americana and related music and writings”) is a great find for all kinds of Americana
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We just set up a new Static Roots Festival YouTube playlist with one song per act. I’d definitely go to a festival with these amazing acts 😉 David Corley – Easy Mistake Peter Bruntnell – By The Time My Head
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Wunderbare und für mich teilweise ganz neue Musik gab es zu entdecken in der Mai-Ausgabe der Sendung “Songs to play” von Marcus Bäcker. Ab 1:39:09 spielt Marcus “Dead Friends” von John Blek & The Rats, die in diesem Jahr sowohl
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Now that’s what I call some absolutely unexpected compliment: AMAs Nashville, Kilkenny Roots Festival and Static Roots Festival voted as three best festivals of 2016 by the great folks from LonesomeHighway.com: “Nobody loves a music Festival more than us folks
