Mike Andersen is a Dane by birth, but when it comes to his music, he’s got an American heart with a deep blues beat. He grew up immersed in old-school blues and soul, and as a young man he became a roots-music master. Since the early 2000s, Andersen’s voice and guitar have spoken loudly across cultural and geographic borders. Whether he’s dipping into rough-and-ready blues rock, slipping a little ’60s R&B flavor into the mix, or adding jazzy swing to a bluesy ballad, he strikes just the right balance between grace and grit, so that you feel it as intensely as he plays it.