Online Culture Pick: JFDR Performs In Greenpeace’s Action All Areas Festival

Forget wellies and cramped tents – this year we’re enjoying festival season from the comfort of the sofa. Ever-enchanting Icelandic songstress, JFDR, will be taking centre stage this weekend in a free virtual festival, Action All Areas, organised by Greenpeace.

We’re long-time JFDR fans here at the Grapevine. Earlier this year she released a haunting new album, New Dreams. The recording radiates an understated power, pairing naive but graceful vocals with hyper-poetic lyrics.

Greenpeace would normally be preparing for a summer of festival collaborations, but in the light of the coronavirus pandemic, the organisation has decided to bring their environmental message to music-lovers via the internet. Alongside a star-studded line-up of performers and DJs, they’ll be encouraging attendees to take action with Greenpeace and they’ll be hosting a series of cooking shows encouraging ‘better’ eating for yourself and the planet.

JFDR will be performing at 17:55 on Saturday June 20th, all you need to do is head on over to actionallareas.org.

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