bits and pieces from the northern island.
Reykjavík Winter Lights Festival (Vetrarhátíð) is starting tomorrow. From Thursday to Sunday, the festival will host many different recreational and cultural happenings, including art exhibitions, film screenings, live music and so much more. The opening ceremony with Mayor Jón Gnarr will take place officially tomorrow evening at the Hallgrímskirkja and the festival will be going … Read the full article →
Cheyenne is a retired rockstar. He lives in a big mansion in the suburban Dublin with his wife. He is bored, depressed and maladjusted. When his father, whom he has not spoken to in thirty years, is on his deathbed, he travels to New York to attend his final moments. Gaining unexpected insights on his … Read the full article →
Græna Ljósið, in collaboration with Alliance Française and the French and Canadian Embassies in Iceland, presents Frönsk Kvikmyndahátíð (French Film Festival) 2012. This film festival devoted to French films takes place every year between the end of January and early February. The 2012 edition will be hosted at Háskólabíó in Reykjavík from January 27 to … Read the full article →
Ólöf Arnalds and Skúli Sverrisson performed in a special concert at Café Flóra in Reykjavík on December 21 to celebrate the winter solstice and the upcoming festivities. Most of the pieces performed by the duo for the occasion are part of the latest effort by Iceland’s songstress, Ólöf Sings, which was released last November as … Read the full article →
On Saturday, I took it easy and had the best time at Kex Hostel, with Kippi Kaninus, whom unfortunately I could not appreciate in-venue the nigh before due to conflicting schedule. However crowded, Kex maintained a cozy ambiance that harmonized well with the music. Listeners were enraptured by the pervasive sound and the musicians, without … Read the full article →
Day three of Iceland Airwaves was highly fulfilling, probably our festival’s climax. Day three started for us with Bedroom Community & Friends at Kaffibarinn. Nadia Sirota & Valgeir Sigurðsson played together four music pieces; one of the compositions, the most temperamental and also the one I personally enjoyed the most, was Valgeir’s own creation (hint: … Read the full article →
Hard to believe, but for Airwaves day two we had an agenda. In the afternoon, we moved our legs in direction of Kaffibarinn for Bedroom Community & Friends off-venue event. We had a really good time with Michael Wookey, singer, song-writer and multi-instrumentalist, an artist whose music we were not familiar with. He let us … Read the full article →
Day one of Iceland Airwaves was kind of relaxed, so we took our time to wander about a lot, even if rain was hitting hard. We traveled back and forth from Harpa to the city center and enjoyed the smell of the drenched city at night. Apart from Nasa, venues were not super-full and, overall, … Read the full article →