| Bullfrog Brown Tour Scotland 17 April 2009 Estonia’s Bullfrog Brown will begin a 5-gig tour of Scotland on Saturday, April 18th with an appearance at the Bellshill Music Festival in Lanarkshire followed by shows in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and the Isle of Bute. Arranged with the help of Glasgow’s Buzz Artist Management and the Estonian Embassy in London, this will be the alt.blues band’s second visit to Scotland. With the Embassy’s support, Bullfrog Brown will also be appearing at the Tower Blues Club in Blackpool and at the Bob Dylan Acousticfest in Manchester this August – however, the five Scottish dates are the last chance to catch the duo line-up which recorded “Mother River Delta”, the celebrated 2008 EP declared “Best European Release” by Canada’s Blues Underground Network. “In May, we will start work on our next album as a trio with bassist Peeter Piik – he has contributed to many of our previous recordings and has finally agreed to join us full-time, which we are very happy about,” says vocalist Alar Kriisa. “Right now, however, we are mainly excited about Scotland – we had such a great time there in 2006!” The artists joining Kriisa and guitarist Andres Roots for some of their Scottish dates include Dave Arcari, Son Henry, and Mike Smith – all of whom have appeared in Estonia at Bullfrog’s invitation in recent years. 18.04 Bellshill Music Festival, Lanarkshire (+ Rab Noakes, Swing Guitars, Tam Stevenson, Jimmy Conquer & Frank Henry) 23.04 The State Bar, Glasgow (+ Dave Arcari) 24.04 Whistlebinkies, Edinburgh (+ Lee Patterson) 25.04 The Moorings, Aberdeen (+ Dave Arcari, Son Henry, The Last Divide) 26.04 The Rothesay, Isle Of Bute (+ Mike Smith, Acousticrat, Gurf Morlix) Bullfrog Brown - The Story Combining contemporary, dylanesque lyrics with funky, slide-driven Delta Blues themes and a Jim Morrison-meets-Tom Waits delivery, vocalist Alar Kriisa and guitarist Andres Roots have ensured steady rotation for their songs on blues radio shows on four continents since 2005, while their busy live schedule has taken the little band from Tartu, Estonia to festivals and clubs in Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, France and the UK. Originally founded as a trio with harpist Ullar Kart from the ashes of the award-winning blues-rock outfit Green Bullfrog Kriisa and Roots led before 2003, Bullfrog Brown became a duo in 2008, with veteran British harpist Steve Lury guesting occasionally. Recorded in 2008 and released this February, “Bullfrog Brown with Steve Lury” marked a reunion with Green Bullfrog bassist Peeter Piik - having contributed bass and mandolin to several Bullfrog Brown recordings over the years, Piik officially joined the band in April 2009, with a CD by the current trio slated for release this autumn. In 2006, Bullfrog’s “Uncooked” EP was nominated for the “Deed of the Year” award in the group's hometown and a track from the CD included as the only post-1971 and non-American recording in the “History of Slide Guitar” programme on Radio Melibokus in Germany. In 2007, Bullfrog Brown became the highest ranking blues band in ubl.com's Ultimate Band Competition, placing 6th in a 2-year race with thousands of international pop, rock, and hip-hop acts – a mere fortnight before picking up the first prize from the Blindman’s Blues Forum showcase. Described as “huge stage presence and a superb band” by British radio DJ Dave Raven, Bullfrog Brown’s live performances have been broadcast on national television in Estonia and in Lithuania, most recently as surprise guests on the Estonian Eurovision finals programme. The promotional video for “Build Me A Statue”, shot in Greenwich, London by Andy Wicks, has even popped up on MTV Estonia. As critics alternate between “more real than the real thing” (René Malines, “Virus de Blues”) and “all of this punk rock blues experimentation has finally been perfected” (Eric Gebhardt, “Blues In London”), Bullfrog Brown feel equally at home backing Mississippi blues legends such as Honeyboy Edwards and rubbing shoulders with the likes of Sweden’s Deltahead at alt.blues events. With their 2008 duo EP “Mother River Delta” declared Best European Release by Canada’s Blues Underground Network, Bullfrog Brown stand as the best-known Estonian act on the blues scene. Festivals played include: Le Blues Autour du Zinc, France (2009); Puistoblues, Finland (2006); Augustibluus, Estonia (2003-2008); Bliuzo Naktys, Lithuania (2005, 2008); Floating Cockroach Alt.Blues Festival, Finland (2007, 2008); Fontaine Festival, Latvia (2008); Savonsolmu Beach & Blues Party, Finland (2007); WRA InterContinental Resophonic Guitar Festival, Czech Republic (2005); Kaavi Blues, Finland (2007); Nordic-Baltic Harmonica Festival, Estonia (2008); Bluza Krustceles, Latvia (2004); Fiesta de la Guitarra, Estonia (2006); Soodoma Rock, Estonia (2004); Tallinn Music Week/Jazzkaar Showcase, Estonia (2009) Back to Main Contact: admin (a) blues-finland.com © 2006-2009 Blues-Finland.com / BluesWebzine.com |
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