Reykjavík Grapevine - 10.08.2012, Blaðsíða 55

M U SI C
concerts & nightlife in August
14 TuE
Bakkus
21:00 DJ Katla
Café Rósenberg
20:00 Robert the Roommate
with Kristjana Stefáns and
Svavar
Den Danske Kro
22:00 Live music
English Pub
22:00 Live music
Hemmi Og Valdi
22:00 Heiladans Knútur+
Kaffibarinn
22:00 DJ Set – Ívar Pétur with
múm
Lebowski Bar
22:00 Live DJ
Prikið
22:00 DJ Anna Brá
15 WED
Bakkus
21:00 Einar Sonic
Den Danske Kro
22:00 Live music
English Pub
22:00 Live music
Hallgrímskirkja
12:00 Schola cantorum concert
Hemmi og Valdi
10:00 Paper Beats Scissors
Kaffibarinn
22:00 Óli Dóri
Kaffitár Café
20:30 Tango Milonga
Lebowski Bar
22:00 Live DJ
Prikið
22:00 Dungeon Massive
16 THu
B5
22:00 Troubadours
Bakkus
21:00 Narko Nilkovsky
Café Haiti
20:00 Melancholica Music
Festival
Café Rósenberg
20:00 Hljómsveitin
Den Danske Kro
22:00 Live music
English Pub
22:00 Live music
Faktorý
22:00 DJ KGB (downstairs)
22:00 Snorri Helgason and Pa-
per Beat Scissors (upstairs)
Glaumbar
0:00 DJ Krúsi
Harpa - Kaldalón
17:00 Pearls of Icelandic Song
Hemmi og Valdi
22:00 RIX
Hressó
22:00 Góðgerðarfimmtudagar
Flass 104,5
Kaffibarinn
21:00 HúsDJús - Óli ofur
Lebowski Bar
22:00 Live DJ
Prikið
22:00 DJ Addi Intro
Vegamót
23:00 Jónas
17 FRI
Austur
22:00 DJ Gunnar
B5
22:00 Resident DJ
Bakkus
23:00 DJ Pilsner
Café Rósenberg
20:00 Ljótu hálfvitarnir
Den Danske Kro
22:00 Live music
English Pub
Reykjavík Is Totally Jazzed For This...
The Reykjavík Jazz Festival
Harpa, Norræna hús, Iðnó, Café Rósenberg, Ingólfstorg, Faktorý
August 18 - 1 September
Varied prices
In the last couple of weeks in August, venues across the capital will be presenting
talented musicians young and old, known and unknown, for the FIH Jazz Depart-
ment’s Reykjavík Jazz Festival. The events range from a few free short sets by
talented, promising artists (20 August, Norræna hús) to gigs featuring Guðmundur
Pétursson’s Elaborat (21 August, Faktorý) and keyboard player and composer Jakob
Frímann Magnússon (25 August, Harpa).
If you are a fan of jazz this is an essential two-week event to put in your calen-
dar. If you’re not familiar with the genre, what better way to introduce yourself to it
than a few gig at a local bar? You can find a detailed event and venue schedule at
http://reykjavikjazz.is/ and you can buy tickets to certain events at www.midi.is and
www.harpa.is.
On Aug. 20, jazz singer Deborah Davis will perform at the Harpa, no doubt
giving a performance to remember. Deborah, a native of Dallas, Texas, has opened
for fellow singers Diana Ross, Alicia Keys and Macy Gray, but also non-strictly-jazz
acts including Z.Z. Top, Bon Jovi, Santana and Chicago. She’s clearly left an impres-
sion on those who hear her, because her reputation led her to perform for the likes
of former U.S. president Bill Clinton and other dignitaries.
She’s done her rounds at the venues, too, having performed in numerous New
York jazz clubs. You’ll likely be able to hear it in her voice; her performance will
leave you wistful for the bygone era of the smoky jazz lounge, if that sort of thing
is your bag. She channels some of the perennial greats, those artists who laid the
foundation for jazz, with her performances of “Please Send Me Someone To Love”
by Percy Mayfield and “The Very Thought of You” by Ray Noble. If you’ve been
hankering for a lounge-like jazz performance and Iceland hasn’t been dealing it out
in big enough helpings, check out Deborah Davis at the Harpa. Hopefully she won’t
break all of the Harpa’s windows on the high notes. EB
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