Sónar Reykjavik announces more names for the 2017 winter festJanuary 24, 2017 - 17:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Sónar Reykjavik have announced more names for the 2017 winter festival, Gigwise reveals. Set by the harbor in the beautiful Harpa Concert Hall, newly announced Giggs and BBC Sound of 2017 nominee Nadia Rose will perform at the event in February. The new names join the likes of Fatboy Slim, Moderat, Sleigh Bells, De La Soul, B. Traits and many more, who will take to the stage in Iceland. Now in its fifth year, organisers say the event "celebrates its striking contrasts" and that the lineup "combines some of the most celebrated names from the world of electronica alongside cutting-edge underground artists who are shaping the genre’s future." New addition Nadia Rose, the rising star of grime and cousin of Stormzy, went in at number 5 on the BBC Sound of 2017 list. The 23 year old rapper was joined in the top 5 by Rag 'N' Bone Man and winner Ray BLK. Sónar Reykjavik will take place over four stages at the Harpa venue, which is described as one of Europe's most unique performance spaces. The three day festival will take place February 16 - 18. Related links: Top stories Paris Center Pompidou Musée National d’Art Moderne will host the screening of Sergei Parajanov’s "Triptych" on December 15. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |