Ólafur Arnalds' album some kind of peace is the most impactful record I've heard this year. The album, centered around Ólafur's melodic piano sounds, is packed with passion but generates an aura of ...

Icelandic composer Olafur Arnalds has been described as a contemporary composer and synthesist, but that doesn't adequately reflect the alchemy of modern and traditional that he is able to blend on ...

Ólafur Arnalds has teamed up with Ella McRobb, a new artist he found while scrolling on social media, on a new single titled "and we'll leave it there...". "and we'll leave it there..." was created by ...

Amid a global pandemic that has put the world to a halt, Islandic composer Olafur Arnalds arrives with some kind of peace, his most ravishing work to date. Arnalds has always been a thoughtful artist ...

Ólafur Arnalds had a cold knot of dread in his stomach when he flew to Cork to say farewell to his friend and musical collaborator Eoin French – aka Talos – shortly before his death, last August. “He ...

It's as if the pianos were haunted. Somewhere about midway through this Tiny Desk, as Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds performed on his electronic keyboard, two upright pianos were playing lilting ...

The major label debut from Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds begins and ends on a familiar note, with bookend tracks flaunting his signature blend of stately electronic ambience and classical ...