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It's almost Roots'n Boots time ! Again for the third time, this year we will cover again this small but amazing music festival that will take place in Loviisa, Ungerin on the 14th of July  For the occasion we have got to interview two bands that will be playing there, here is the first interview, we had a little talk with the Finnish country artist  Larry Peninsula. Hello, would you like to introduce yourself to the listeners ? Hello everyone! I'm Larry Peninsula, a country artist from Finland. I released my debut album "Country Music Only" in February.  I've been performing live and writing music for ten years. I'm a travelling musician, hopefully I'll get to play abroad more in the future. Is this your first time at Roots'n Boots ? If it's so how are you feeling about ? Yes it's my first time performing at Roots'n Boots. I'm really looking forward to playing at the festival and meeting new people. I hea...

Hi family and friends ! How was your weekend ? Ours was incredible, new and old friends visiting, new connections, new projects, life flows at full speed here at RQL. But surely one of the highlight of our fantastic weekend was the Saltbodan Radio, here at Laivasilta in Loviisa town. We broadcasted it live and sure enough it was great. We were all there, including our youngest helper James. The heavy rain of the day forced to move the event indoor, but it didn't change at all the usual good vibes and music. As always several DJs played different kind of music, from funky to hip-hop, but of course for us it was especially exciting the performance of the special guest JahVice, with whom we had a really interesting interview a few hours before ( the interview will be broadcasted next sunday, more details in the following days ). As always the last Saltbodan of the year it's bittersweet moment, since vibes are at their highest, but you know that it means the summer is coming to an ...

Hello RQL friends ! How are you ? It's the first day of summer and we're here with a very special guest, someone whose life and music can be of great inspiration:  Yeshe ! So thank you so much Yeshe for taking the time to have this interview with us ! Hello Yeshe, would you like to introduce yourself for our listeners\readers? I am a singer/songwriter, percussionist, playing 2 African melodic instruments, the Mbira Dzavadzimu from the Shona people of Zimbabwe and the Kamele Ngoni from the Bambara people of Burkina Faso and Mali. I was born in Germany, but left there at age 16 to discover the rest of the world. I still travel a lot but am now based in Byron Bay, Australia. -When did you start playing\singing? I used to sing in the school choir when I was young and also studied classical guitar back then. -When did your interest in African sounds begun? When I was 14 I started studying African drumming with world renowned Ghanaian master drummer Musta...