Iceland remains one of the most mysterious and wonderful places on planet earth, so it's no surprise that some of the world's best music is also emerging from there. Between the huge success of Sigur ...

Just over 60 miles from the Arctic Circle, in the northern climes of Iceland, lies the town of Akureyri. While it may be a bit hard to pronounce, Akureyri is fast becoming known as the Arctic Abbey ...

Iceland Airwaves, billed as “the world’s most northerly new music showcase,” is also one of its best. Founded in 1999, the event has grown from a one-off in a Reykjavik Airport hangar to a sprawling, ...

America's fascination with Iceland is a relatively new phenomenon. Beginning with the explosion of Björk and The Sugarcubes onto the international scene in the late 1980s, Iceland's rich musical ...

Inside a top-floor recreation room at the Elliheimilið Grund, a retirement home for the elderly in downtown Reykjavík, the 25th annual Iceland Airwaves festival officially kicked off on Friday, ...

The music of Icelandic band Sigur Ros is hard to describe. The critics have tried, comparing it to ice floes drifting across the water and a hang glider riding the breeze to the edge of the sea.

After taking a year off to regroup, Rock Music Menu was back at Iceland Airwaves, kicking off the month of November in the Icelandic capital city of Reykjavík and wondering exactly why missing the ...

A Google search this week for the name of the Icelandic rock band Sigur Ros with the word "ethereal" came up with 396,000 results. So clearly that's the place to start when describing the band. It ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Icelandic post-punk group GRÓA has returned with their new single “Cranberry” via ...

Worm Is Green is yet another dreamy, atmospheric band from Iceland, though it distinguishes itself by hailing from the small fishing town of Akranes, not the big city. But even that doesn't stop the ...