Welcome to Nanna's Garden

Hey there, beloved High Five Club members and prospective members,

It's your friends at the Reykjavík Grapevine (Opens in a new window), popping back into your inbox with a hello and to bring you the latest reads from our mag and news from Iceland.

FROM THE MAG

New issue alert! There’s a fresh new issue of The Reykjavík Grapevine on the streets of Reykjavík and in select locations around the country right now! And when I say it’s “fresh,” I mean it. It’s a whole new design to bring the Grapevine into its 20th year. We love it.

Let us know what you think of our new look at grapevine@grapevine.is (Opens in a new window).

The cover star of the May 5 issue is none other than Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, who you may know from the multi-award-winning band Of Monsters and Men. Nanna dropped her debut solo album, How To Start A Garden, on May 5, a warm, beautiful and intimate reflection on life and solitude. Read Jóhannes Bjarkasson’s feature interview with Nanna now (Opens in a new window) — possibly while listening to How To Start A Garden (Opens in a new window) to really set the mood.

Other weekend reading from the Grapevine

• What Now? DesignTalks 2023 Addresses Global Issues (Opens in a new window)

• Embracing Her Power — We caught up with Diljá before she conquers Liverpool (Opens in a new window)

WATCH THIS

We’ve gone all in on Nanna this weekend, so once you’ve read the cover feature and streamed How To Start A Garden, sit back to watch the debut episode of our Sound On video series, where we speak with musicians about their process.

EXTRA! EXTRA! 

• Say it ain’t so! Björk was meant to bring her acclaimed Cornucopia home to Reykjavík in June for three nights of performances but they’ve all been cancelled. Here’s what we know (Opens in a new window).

• The coronation of King Charles III is happening right now. You know who’s there to take it all in? Iceland’s president and first lady (Opens in a new window).

LISTEN UP

There’s more releases this week than Nanna. We have new music from the likes of Sara Flindt, Torfi, döggur, LadieLex and more in our New Music Roundup. Read about (and listen to) the new music streaming at Grapevine HQ in our weekly new music dispatch (Opens in a new window). 

Have you streamed our weekly 66 Degrees of Sound podcast? Catch up on all the episodes right here (Opens in a new window) and stream our latest episode below.

That's it from us this week. As always, thanks for your support.

<3 Team Grapevine

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