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During the RQL SummerTour we got the chance to interview and meet many artists. Each of them left us feeling extremely good, happy but most important with a piece more to add to our cultural luggage. Life is a journey where we never stop learning.  Today in the occasion of the release of their new album "The next generation", available in every digital store and available on a physical copy on their website ( here ). We are happy to host here on our website the amazing Harrison Stafford from Groundation, with whom we got the pleasure to have a short but awesome interview right after their show in Rototom Sunsplash. We hope you will enjoying reading it, as much as we enjoyed recording it ;). Hi! We never had the pleasure to meet before, would you like to introduce yourself to our listeners? -Sure ! My name is Harrison Stafford, singer of Groundation. Groundations is a group which has been around for 20 years. We have done about 9 albums and its roots...

Rototom Sunsplash was the lat stop of the RQL SummerTour. We can’t say that the “depression post festival” didn’t hit us, cause we will be lying.  The 25th edition of the festival that gather over 200.000 people from over 60 countries from all over the world was simply the best way to end our tour. Even tho it was only our second time in Rototom this one has been the best one, and we will keep the memories from this edition till the end.  Everything was simply great and everyone was so nice from the security to the staff, from the stage technicians to the artists.  The last two nights have been filled with love, dance, and a fantastic line up.  Night 6 started with the Spanish Green Valley, and there couldn’t have been a better way to start the day, the band itself is a hit of positivity, sending out messages of love and happiness. Followed by the Italian wave made with one of the  biggest Italian reggae artists Africa Unite & Train to R...

In its 25th years of activity, one of the main feature of Rototom has been spreading love.  Love trough music, love in welcoming any kind of guests from older to younger, with all kind of different abilities. Love thrugh respecting nature. This year Rototom decided to show love throwing an helping hand to Proactive Open Arms. So far in 2018 more than 1500 people lost their lives in the Mediterranean Sea, many of which were children, many of which were parents. The NGO working between Lybia and Italy have it worse, being both countries committed in the inhuman behaviors of blocking NGO boats, closing their harbors and denouncing NGO volunteer workers.  Rototom people gathered in the social forum to listen to Leticia Cabo Lozano, Manuel Blanco, Ivan Prado, Miquel Ramos and their brave and heartbreaking stories, to say NO to all this, to show that this year motto "walking together" is real and it means that we are marching together along with our most unfortunate broth...

Rototom Sunsplash is an ever moving, ever dancing collective being. Thousends of cells, the Rototom people, breath together and make it alive year after year, now for 25 times. It seems there's no rest for the red gold green people. But ... but if you make an effort to have a walk in camping site around 8:00 am, when the die hard have finally returned from the last happenings in the festival area, you will enjoy an unbelieveble silence, broken only by some very small kid chatting. The peace after the storm. Day 3 and 4 have been full of interesting things and musical guests. Just to mention a few highlights:  the Skatalites, energy and pure ska-fun who lighted up the night on the main-stage area, with people crazily dancing on and off stage; Tiken Jah Fakoly and Jah Shaka on the 18th ; Kabaka Pyramid, Andrew Tosh with the Peter Tosh tribute band, Skarra Mucci on 19th . And workshops, art, children at play and circus and delicious food. If Rototom Sunsplash didn't exist, we sur...

Sun and rain took turns blessing the second day of  Rototom 2018. As this year's motto says ''25 years walking together'' either in the festival and in the camping place everybody seems to be in constant motion, walking from place to place, form activity to workshop to finally dance the day ( and the night ! ) away once the sun goes down. In the windwhirl of things available here some of yesteray's highlights ( beside the music of course). At 16:00 in the Reggae University we had the chance to see 'The Harder they come', followed at 18:00 by the conference 'Who jump the gun' Violence in Contemporary Jamaica. After these two interesting  but kind hard sessions, we  enjoyed  innocence and colors in the Magico Mundo, enjoying the kids playing together despite the different languages ( kids are always the greatest teachers !) and in the Zona Urbana-Skate Park where older and younger together could experiment with Parkour with the super kind crew wh...

Last year was out first year in Rototom Sunsplash, the biggest European reggae festival. When we left the gates of Rototom we made a promise to ourself that we would come back to the festival the year after as well. Well after many kilometers here we are ! Same place, same vibes a year after.  The 25th edition of the festival that brings together every year thousands of people, from different countries, different backgrounds, different lives with only a thing in common : the love for the music and life, has officially started yesterday.  Even if it was the first day we can say it has started pretty well, with music from 9 different stages, a very interesting reggae university conference with Koffee, circus and also a percusion parade.  Julian Marley (which we got to interview so stay tuned) was the first name for the Main stage, and was followed by the great Cocoa tea ft Koffee and to end the incredible night for the main stage Ben Harper !  ...