Press Kit – BEAT ROOT
Artist Email: beatroottheband@gmail.com
Booking Info Email : beatroottheband@gmail.com
Management Email: cartersengland@hotmail.com
Email: cartersengland@hotmail.com
Website: www.beatroottheband.com
T.V.
“Fame
Academy” BBC Final 20 2003
“X Factor” ITV Final 25 2014
UTV News - Live Song & interview
UTV News – Featured performer 2014
Featured Venues:
Wembley Arena - London UK
The Border Line – London UK
Café De Paris – London UK
The Cavern Club – Liverpool UK
The Blackheath Concert Hall – London UK
The Roxy – Glasgow UK
The Empire Music Hall – Belfast UK
The Forum - Tunbridge Wells UK
Lounge on the Farm Festival – Kent UK
The Bluebird Café – Nashville TN
The Ryman Auditorium – Nashville TN
The House of Blues – New Orleans LA
The Continental Club – Austin TX
The Viper Room – Los Angeles CA
SXSW Austin TX
Rock n Bowl – New Orleans LA
Café Negril – New Orleans LA
Little Long Horn – Austin TX
Bills Bar Fenwick Park – Boston MA
The Mercury Café – Denver CO
Money Plays - Las Vegas NV
Airplay:
BBC Ulster – Alan Simpson Show NI UK
U105 – Jonny Hero Show NI UK
Cool FM – Pete Snodden Show NI UK
Downtown Radio – George Jones NI UK
CityBeat - NI UK
BBC Radio Kent – Dominic King show UK
BBC Introducing - Hot Record of the week
Stephen Nolan Show – BBC Radio UK
Rocking Comedy Radio Show – Las Vegas NV
KUTX – Austin John Aileau show
PRESS:
Gary Barlow “ Andrea is an artist, a beautiful self penned song, I thought you put it
across really well, I was really hooked.” X Factor 2014
Robin Gibb “What a great voice, this young lady will go very far” Fame Academy
2003
Louis Walsh “ She is so different and definitely has her own niche”
Sharon Osbourne “ Such a talented lady, who will make heads turn with her music.
She has her own Niche, which is so important in today’s market. She is not a singer
she is an artist”
Lucinda Williams – “ This girl needs to cash this voice in, truly haunting” SXSW
Austin 2014
Wilko Johnston – “ Ben had my audience captured from the beginning, imaginary use of the
guitar and what a voice” Tunbridge Wells Forum 2013
Gino Washington - “ Ben is equipped with the roots of old blues running through his veins,
we need more young artists like this coming through” Tunbridge Wells 2014
Dale Watson – “ I love these guys, their original music catches you straight away with tight
harmonies and great musicianship what is not to love, they deserve to go far” SXSW 2014
Online Press Clippings
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BIO:
Both accomplished singer-songwriters in their own right, Ben Jones and
Andrea Magee make up the duo known as Beat Root. Both had released solo
recordings before meeting at a show in London in 2013. They were both there
for individual performances, and found that their musical chemistry was
unmatchable.
In February of the following year, they made their performing debut on a selffunded, self booked 3 month tour of the USA, taking their particular brand of
contemporary Blues/Folk from the West Coast to the East. They made waves at
an impromptu appearance at SXSW in Austin, TX, picking up a support slot
with Dale Watson, and winning a fan in the form of Lucinda Williams.
Jones and Magee incorporate elements of classic 60s Pop, Folk, Blues and
Rock n Roll to create an exciting, organic, honest sound, with no technical
jiggery pokery, relying instead on good old fashioned showmanship and
mastery of their craft to paint their musical pictures, with influences ranging
from The Beatles to Van Morrison. They call their sound Retro Roots.
They’re preparing their debut album at this time, recording in Austin, Tx, for a
late 2014 release independently.