December 2019
Here we are again with some great news for all you music lovers & fans.
Fall had an amazing start with some great concerts, touring bands, news and announcements of upcoming tours.
Events in the pipeline: Rootstown Tribute Night , Rootstown Winter Rumble, …. more info soon
We also took our time to listen to all the great bands who sent us their music and info. We already know Winter, Spring & Summer 2020 will be a blast.
New additions for 2020:
Nick Dittmeier & The Sawdusters (USA): Americana, roots with a country twist. Full European tour in August 2020.
Old Salt (INT): Americana where a bit of New Orleans meets a bit of Appalachian and European folk.
Jesco (NL): raw folk & roll with a bluegrass touch
Jeffrey Halford & The Healers (USA): award winniing blues/roots musician, touring with full band in Fall 2020
Dead Bronco (USA): black folk, dark roots touring all over Europe, constantly. Get in touch for avails.
Trixie & the Trainwrecks (UK/GER): Voodoo Rhythm Trainwreck Blues
Van Goat (USA): ragtime swing jazz surf punk rock&roll, had an amazing 1st European tour and are looking to come back in July 2020.
Everyone Is Guilty (B): alt. country/dark western, recorded their album with Slim Cessna & Dwight Pentacost, the short film about their visit to USA got invited for Festival De Cannes. New album will be recorded early 2020, with Slim Cessna producing it.
Steering Ships With Empty Bottles (USA): one of the best ‘landlocked sea shanties duo’ on land will be touring Summer 2020.
Jim Bows & The Flycatchers (CH): bluegrass, Americana, folk will be on the EU roads in December.
Pinebox Serenade (USA): folkgrass veterans are back with some new music and will be touring Europe in JUne 2020.
Tejon Street Corner Thieves (USA): outlaw blues & trash grass pionneers.
2019:
Summer & Fall tours were amazing. Thanks for all the support. We’re currently on the road with some Winter tours.
Willy Tea Taylor has been on the road for more than 6 weeks (2 weeks in Scandinavia and 30 days in mainland Europe). J. Aubertin had a great tour in November and is now focussing on 2020. Halloween demanded us to bring Jo Carley and the Old Dry Skulls back on the road, they are happy they pleased y’all with their voodoo folk&roots. The Big Swamp as well as Trixie & The Trainwrecks (US/UK) had a great FALL tour and we already started booking 2020. Jim Bows & The Flycatchers will be on the road for the 1st time with Rootstown. Later this Winter we’ll bring Fog Holler (USA) & Reverend Red (USA) on the road.
We are also very happy our new project, Rootstown Busking Team, is getting a decent amount of response. We’re looking forward to have more of these 100% acoustic showcases soon.
I guess Fall has never been busier before & of course we keep on working for all our others bands/musicians/venues/events…. too.
2020 Is getting scheduled now too. Feel free to check the list and get in touch if you want to book any of these bands.
EVERYONE IS GUILTY (BE)
Available the whole year
Alternative Country, Dark Western
JESCO (NL)
Available the whole year
Folk ‘n’ Roll, from Delta Blues to Punk to American Folk.
FOG HOLLER (USA)
European tour January/February 2020
Mysteriously lonesome, hard driving bluegrass from the San Francisco Bay Area.
REVEREND RED (USA)
European tour January/February 2020
Americana, Folk-Rock, Cow-punk, Alt. Outlaw Country.
JO CARLEY AND THE OLD DRY SKULLS (UK)
European tour March/April/May 2020.
Combines the voodoo rhythms of 1930’s ska, and the blues with old-timey vaudeville cabaret!
SHOVELIN STONE (USA)
European tour April 15 – May 3, 2020
Indie Folk Old-Timey Bluegrass
TRIXIE & THE TRAINWRECKS
Euro-tour in May 2020
Vooodoo Rhythm based Trainwreck Blues
THE BIG SWAMP (D)
Available May 20 – 27 & events in 2020.
Delta blues. Southern Rock. Swamp Rock
SHOTGUN SAWYER (USA)
European tour Summer 2020
Hard-punching, head-banging, toe-tapping, knee-slapping, hand-clapping blues with a stoner twist
STEERING SHIPS WITH EMPTY BOTTLES (US)
European tour June 2020
Landlocked Sea Shanties
PINEBOX SERENADE (US)
European tour June 2020
Dark Folk Americana Bluegrass
HYMN FOR HER (USA)
European tour Summer, 2020
Hillbilly Blues Rock
DEAD BRONCO (US)
European Spring/Summer tour 2020
Black Folk, Dark Roots
THE FREEBORN BROTHERS (PL)
Scandinavia/UK/Europe July 2020 (festivals & clubs)
GYPSY-HOBO-TRASH-GRASS
VAN GOAT (USA)
European tour July 2020
Swing. Ragtime. Southern Jazz. Surf.
NICK DITTMEIER AND THE SAWDUSTERS (USA)
European tour August 2020
Americana, Country, Roots music
HEATHEN APOSTLES (US)
European tour September 2020
Southern gothic outlaw country and dark roots music
TEJON STREET CORNER THIEVES (US)
European Tour October 2020
Outlaw blues and Trash-Grass Pioneers
OLD SALT (US/BE)
European Tour October/November 2020 & February 2021
Americana, where a bit of New Orleans meets a bit of Appalachian and European folk
JEFFREY HALFORD & THE HEALERS (US)
European Tour October/November 2020
Americana, roots with a blues/soul twist
J. AUBERTIN (FR)
FOLKSINGER/SONGWRITER
– FROM SOUL TO TOE –
JIM BOWS & THE FLYCATCHERS (CH)
Bluegrass, Americana, Roots & Folk (CH)
Bookings for all these tours & bands are open.
Cheers, team Rootstown
Rootstown Bookings – www.rootstownbookings.com – bookings@rootstown.be – +32 495 53 53 08
