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Ričardas Laginauskas of Katedra: “We Succeeded Because I Truly Believed in What I Was Doing”

The Lithuanian heavy metal giants Katedra have been flashing across my musical radar for nearly half my life—probably since 2005, when I first saw them live at the “Roko naktys” festival. I screamed “Mes jėga” (“We are the force”) at the top of my lungs, banged my head, and danced with the crowd to theirContinue reading “Ričardas Laginauskas of Katedra: “We Succeeded Because I Truly Believed in What I Was Doing””

Žymantė Kupčiūnė: growing up in 2000s Šiauliai wasn’t for the faint of heart

As a girl from a post-Soviet block in the south of Šiauliai, who spent her teenage years living in a very different reality compared to what the current teenagers experience, I can definitely claim that growing up in Pietinis – the southern district of Šiauliai – wasnt for the faint of heart. I’m not sayingContinue reading “Žymantė Kupčiūnė: growing up in 2000s Šiauliai wasn’t for the faint of heart”