March 2020
Spring is in the air… so we’re getting our vans & bands ready for upcoming Spring/Summer….. tours.
Events in the pipeline: Roots In Het Park 2020, Buskerfestival 2020 (and yes we have confirmed an extra edition in another city) …. 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 Spring & Summer 2020 will be a blast.
Spotlight on the new additions for 2020:
Daniel Eriksen (NOR): Blues artist & slide guitarist
Matt Woods & the Natural Disasters (usa): full European tour, July-August 2020.
Caleb Caudle (USA): Americana, with a capital A! Booking May 2020, Belgian dates only.
Maurice Van Hoek (NL): indiefolk, Americana
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 touring Europe again in Fall & Winter 2020.
Tejon Street Corner Thieves (USA): outlaw blues & trash grass pionneers.
Winter tours are running smooth.
Fog Holler (USA) & Reverend Red (USA) had a great time on their European tours. We like to thank you all for the amazing support & hospitality.
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 Winter has never been busier before & of course we keep on working for all our others bands/musicians/venues/events…. too.
2020 Is getting booked. Feel free to check the list and get in touch if you want to book any of these bands.
ROOTSTOWN BUSKING TEAM
Available for events
100% Acoustic performances
J. AUBERTIN (FR)
FOLKSINGER/SONGWRITER
– FROM SOUL TO TOE –
JIM BOWS & THE FLYCATCHERS (CH)
Bluegrass, Americana, Roots & Folk (CH)
EVERYONE IS GUILTY (BE)
Available the whole year
Alternative Country, Dark Western
MAURICE van HOEK (NL)
Available for Belgium
Country/Americana from the NL
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 13 – May 7, 2020
Indie Folk Old-Timey Bluegrass
CALEB CAUDLE (USA)
Available for Belgium, May 2020
Americana
THE BIG SWAMP (D)
Available May 20 – 27 & events in 2020.
Delta blues. Southern Rock. Swamp Rock
TRIXIE & THE TRAINWRECKS
Now booking 2020
Vooodoo Rhythm based Trainwreck Blues
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
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.
DANIEL ERIKSEN (NO)
Available for Benelux July 2020
Mississippi delta blues, infused with New Orleans rhythms, gospel and boogie.
NICK DITTMEIER AND THE SAWDUSTERS (USA)
European tour August 2020
Americana, Country, Roots music
MATT WOODS & THE NATURAL DISASTERS (USA)
European tour August/September 2020
Americana, Country, Southern 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
PHILIP BRADATSCH (D)
Available for Europe
FOLK SINGER
JEFFREY HALFORD & THE HEALERS (US)
European Tour October/November 2020
Americana, roots with a blues/soul twist
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
Bookings for all these tours & bands are open.
Cheers, team Rootstown
Rootstown Bookings – www.rootstownbookings.com – bookings@rootstown.be – +32 495 53 53 08
