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In 6 years of RQL it never happened that we missed out on Rototom Sunsplash, but I guess there is a first time for everything, of course due to the current situation with the Covid pandemic was obvious that many (basically all of them) events, festivals and gigs would have been cancelled, and while all this made our summer weird and sad, it fills us up with joy to know that there are already plans for the next editions, it gives us something to look forward, and we can't wait to live again those festival vibes that only few festivals in the world can give you.  The 27th edition of Rototom Sunsplash, will take place always in Benicassim from the 16th to the 22nd of august 2021. We are happy to see that Toots & The maytals, Barrington Levy, Julian Marley, Inna de Yard and Morodo have been re-confirmed and that some names such as Koffee, Hempress Sativa and Alborosie have been added to the line up. Below you can find the whole list for the first line- up announ...

Hello People ! Still a few months to go before Rototom Sunsplash will start again, so why not bringing it closer by sharing a nice interview from last year's edition ?!  Here we are with the interview we had with Julian Marley, yes one of the legend Bob Marley's son. Fun fact : Julian has been the first artist coming from outside Finland we interview, during his europen tour in 2016, in Sweden ; is fun to look back and see how far we have come.  So here it is ! Enjoy !  Bless Julian ! How were the vibes tonight ? Great vibes ! Overwehlming vibes of joy ! Was this your first time here in Rototom ? -It was the first time here in Spain, we played already in Rototom when it was in Italy. How it was to perform again in Rototom after such a long time ? -I enjoyed it like any other time. I played some new songs and it was so nice to see people react to them. We met two years ago after your gig in Stockholm. What happened since then? Have y...

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 !  ...

Greetings to you all dear RQL106 friends ! How are you today ? Here everything is more than fine, an exciting new week is about starting and I can't wait to see what it holds for us. Today I have the great honor to host one very talented and humble young man, Addis Pablo, son of the late legendary Augustus Pablo. I had the great joy to see him live in Stockholm, sharing the stage with Julian Marley, an amazing experience for everyone there. But here you go lovely friends .... Greetings Addis, would you like to introduce yourself for our listeners and readers ?   Yes I am Addis Swaby son of Horace Swaby AKA Augustus Pablo I play the melodica produce and perform. You're an amazing melodica player. When did you start playing ? Since your father was such a great musician, was it natural for you to follow his footsteps ? I Started playing around the age 15 or 16 seriously, now am 27 so yea it was natural in the sense I have a love for the sound of my father, it...

Hello lovely friends ! How are you ? We're really busy these days, happily busy I'd say with so many great events we've been involved in and in the next days you'll see all the evidences on this web-site, but now, today, we're here to give you another gem from our adventure in Sweden: the interview with Julian Marley ! After the show Gaia and I have been reached by the two super kind and professional tour menagers Isabelle Messer and Marco Palian. Both of them were very caring with us and took us under their wings, guiding us in the back stage. At that point we were really worned out by three days of traveling and the whole day spent hanging around the venue, and we were also quite worried about the rest of our family waiting outside for hours ( Sweden has strange age limits for concerts ... ). So we just sat on the stairs with all our gear on our lap looking quite patetic probably. At that point the band arrived. Owen Dreadie Reid, the bass player, stopped in fron...

Sometimes dreams do come true. A few weeks ago our small, indipendent yet stubborn and enthusiast radio station was dreaming to have a written interview with Julian Marley for our web-site. So I contacted Julian Marley publicist, with very little hope in my heart for a positive outcome, considering what a huge name he is in the reggae and music world. At my surprise just the following day I had the kindest answer from the lovely and super professional Diane Podlock. She asked me for more details about how we usually showcase interviews and artists and finally she not only agreed on sending him my questions, but she also sent us a few songs for our playlist. Time went by and Julian was touring Europe in a tireless schedule that left him with very limited time for answering a written interview. That's when we thought that maybe we could just go to see his Stockholm show to write an article. So I wrote again to Diane and she immediately told me that we would have been their guests  to...