In the frigid North Atlantic Ocean between Norway and Greenland lies Iceland, an island nation of only about 300,000 souls. Two-thirds of Icelanders live in and around the capital city of Reykjavik, ...

Singer-songwriter Olof Arnalds has one of the most distinctive voices around — only in part because she's from Iceland and usually warbles her folk-flavored tunes in her native Nordic tongue, a ...

This week on All Songs Considered, hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton go on a haphazard musical journey across the globe to share their favorite new discoveries. Manchester's The 1975 start things off ...

The island nation of Iceland has roughly the same land area asKentucky, but only some 320,000 inhabitants —- or a little morethan twice as many as Escondido. And when an Icelander becomes an ...

On Ólöf Arnalds’ stunning first two albums, 2010’s Vio og Vio and Innundir Skinni, the Icelandic trobairitz unfurled winding streams of childlike vocals in her native tongue. For her third, Sudden ...

Iceland Review: Your sound on that album is acoustic, folksy and quite unique. Is that a style you’re going to stick with? ÓA: When I was making and writing the songs I wasn’t thinking in styles. That ...

Blogger Scott McDonald, who covers music in San Diego for a few different publications and is the editor of the Eight24 blog, is the latest addition to SoundDiego's editorial team: Before her recent ...

Like Joanna Newsom’s early work, Icelandic folkie Ólöf Arnalds’ output has so far comprised little more than delicate acoustic picking and high-pitched vocals. But on fourth album ‘Palme’, the 34-year ...

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Hear "Oceans," the new collaborative track between Ólafur Arnalds and Ry X, premiering exclusively on Billboard Dance. By Katie Bain Some electronic music hits you with beats so grimy that you feel ...

For a country of just 319,000 people, Iceland continues to exhibit a prolific musical streak. Sudden Elevation is the one-time Múm member’s third album, and it’s a release more deliberately honed for ...