ANNOUNCEMENT! We are taking a short break for a couple of weeks to revise and refresh. We'll be back very soon! In the meantime, listen to some old episodes and our Spotify playlist. See you in a couple of weeks and as always, be excellent to each other!

Welcome to  66 Degrees of Sound by The Reykjavík Grapevine, where Grapevine journalists Rex Beckett and Jóhannes Bjarkason (aka Jói) discuss the latest Icelandic music releases. Your one-stop shop for brand new Icelandic music, join us every Friday for the weekly roundup.

This week before we head into a short break, we discuss how this was supposed to be the Summer of George, listen to some dope new music from Ronja's new album, finally welcome Sævar Jóhannsson's album release, get a fresh hot one from newcomer Varna GL, and close out with a joyful explosion of pop-rock by Eurovision buddies Celebs & Dilja!

Episode tracklist:
ronja — hex-industry (off abyss0p3lagic, r. August 11)
Sævar Jóhannsson — Inhale (off Where The Light Enters, r. August 12)
Varna GL — QAARDULU (raven) (r. August 14)
Celebs feat. Dilja — Ég sé rautt (Unun cover) (r. August 15)

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This show is produced by The Reykjavík Grapevine and hosted and edited by Jóhannes Bjarkason and Rex Beckett.