Culture and Living | Iceland Monitor | Mon 3 Nov 2014 | 13.57 GMT

Off-venue at an old people's home

Anna Margrét Björnsson

Júníus Meyvant is the artist name of Unnar Gísli Sigurmundsson, a singer-songwriter from the Westman Islands. Catch him play what he calls folk pop with a soulful feel at the Iceland Airwaves music festival which begins on Wednesday.

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