Finland This Week: Lahti & Kouvola

The Bottleneck Guitar Trendsetters will hit the road this week: slide guitarists Jim Roberts (USA), Ismo Haavisto (FIN) and Andres Roots (EST) with Matias Partanen (FIN) on drums will be appearing at the Juuri ja Juuri Roots Music Festival in Lahti on May 6 (showtime: 8 p.m.) and at Pub 23 in Kouvola on May 7 (showtime: 3 p.m.).


Meanwhile, the "Roots Music" LP is still #3 in the charts:

1 (2) Arvo Pärt “Lapsepõlve lood”
2 (1) Eeva Talsi & Juhan Aru “Vähemalt täna”
3 (3) Andres Roots “Roots Music”
4 (8) Jäääär “Jäääär 25”
5 NEW Kadri Voorand Quartet “Armupurjus”
6 (6) Reket “Tuule tee”
7 NEW PJ Harvey “The Hope Six Demolition Project”
8 (7) Iggy Pop “Post Pop Depression”
9 (4) Curly Strings “Üle ilma”
10 (5) Trad.Attack! “Ah!”

The April 28 blues history lecture and concert in Pärnu were a blast - here's a few photos by Leif Laaksonen: