The Reykjavík Blues Society is hosting a blues program on Reykjavík Culture Night, featuring the bands Singletons, CC Fleet Blues Band and Ungfrúin góða og búsið.
Where: Björtuloft
When: August 23 from 1pm - 3pm
For whom: All interested in blues music
Admission is
free and all are welcome while space permits.
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM
Singletons
The band Singletons plays blues and blues rock with power
and softness as appropriate. Hannes Birgir Hjálmarsson, vocals and guitar,
Gunnar Örn Sigurðsson, guitar, Steinar Björn Helgason, drums, Árni Björnsson,
bass and Ragnar Ólason, piano.
1:55 PM - 2:25 PM
The CC Fleet Blues Band
The CC Fleet Blues Band, hails from Reykjavik, Iceland. With
a repertoire that spans from the Delta blues of the American south to the
electric blues of Chicago, keeping the blues alive. Jón Ingiberg Jósteinsson,
vocals and guitar, Gunnar Örn Sigurðsson, guitar, Jakob
Viðar Guðmundsson, bass, Jóhann Vilhjálmsson, drums and Ragnar Ólason, piano.
2:35 PM - 3:05 PM
Ungfrúin góða og búsið
A six-piece band that plays rockin' blues. Kristjana Þórey
Ólafsdóttir, vocals, Árni Björnsson, guitar, Aðalsteinn Snorrason, guitar,
Helgi Georgsson, keyboards and vocals, Jón Bjarki Bentsson, bass and Skúli
Thoroddsen, drums.