
Imagine you're wading up to your waist in a cool, clean lake, soft sand beneath your feet, the evening sun bathing your shoulders, the joyous beats of a Finnish reggae band wafting over you and filling the nearby pine trees. This is a festival experience unlike any other... this is the Ilosaarirock Festival in Joensuu, Finland. Finland, being the particularly heavy metal driven country it is, has many quality music festivals during the year but Ilosaarirock can't be beat for its history (2011 will be its 40th anniversary), its gorgeous setting on the shores of a tranquil river, [...]