Rototom Sunsplash 2012 | 19 European Reggae Festival

Rototom Sunsplash Launch Party in Barcelona

web@rototom.com (Rototom Crew) — Fri, 25 May 2012 08:29:45 +0000

Today, May 31, we will celebrate a big party in Barcelona, organized by The Bus and the Sunsplash, with performances of Johnny Clarke, Zion Train and various sound systems like Leones Humildes, Urtica Sound, Dance Crasher and dj Karlixx.

The big final of the European Reggae Contest 2012

web@rototom.com (Rototom Crew) — Mon, 28 May 2012 09:28:11 +0000

The big final party of the European Reggae Contest 2012 will take place on June 1 in Undine (Italy), organized by HomePage Festival in collaboration with Rototom Sunsplash. There, it will be decided which is the best emerging Reggaeband in Europe. You can watch and listen to it live on www.rototomsunsplash.com or www.reggaecontest.eu.

The fight against drugs

web@rototom.com (Rototom Crew) — Mon, 28 May 2012 08:47:45 +0000

On Friday, June 1, the gathering "Lotta alla droga: i danni collaterali" will take place in Udine in order to reflect on the collateral damages of the politics in the fight against drugs which are enforced in the world and concretely in Italy. Leading judges, lawyers, senators and many more who are directly involved in the topic will participate.

Earl Gateshead

web@rototom.com (Rototom Crew) — Wed, 30 May 2012 09:00:00 +0000

Earl Gateshead is famous for his large activity in a lot of clubs in London and for its glorious collection which reaches from the Jamaican Rhythm & Blues up to nowadays. His career as deejay started in 1979 and currently Earl is selecter and head of the Trojan Sound System, the official sound of the mythical Trojan Records. Through this sound with its sessions all over the world the sound of this fundamental English lable is spread to the public.

Natty Bo

web@rototom.com (Rototom Crew) — Tue, 29 May 2012 08:38:31 +0000

Natty Bo is the singer of the ingenious Top Cats, one of the best ska bands in Great Britain, and also of Ska Cubano, internationally known for the combination of traditional Jamaican music with the Cuban culture.

Welcome to the Sunsplash, professor Bauman

web@rototom.com (Rototom Crew) — Thu, 24 May 2012 09:01:01 +0000

It is an honor to announce the presence of Zygmunt Bauman at the next Social Forum, one of the great international thinkers of the last century and awarded with a Prince of Asturias Award, among others.

The Wailers: 50 years of history

web@rototom.com (Rototom Crew) — Tue, 22 May 2012 09:09:35 +0000

2012 is the 50th anniversary of the foundation of The Wailers, without a doubt the most important band of the entire history of Reggae. In the year 1962, characterized by Jamaica's great euphoria after ceasing to be a colony of Britain and the independence proclamation, something else was happening: