Iceland, an island country of 388,000 residents that has provided dramatic backdrops for Game of Thrones and the Star Wars film saga, has benefitted substantially from its move 14 years ago to ...

As it happens, there’s a country that often seems to specialize in arty, off-kilter music — Iceland. Ever since the Sugarcubes emerged as what we used to call “college rock” darlings in ...

With over 100 artists, Iceland Airwaves is the festival for adventurous travelers wanting to discover music and culture in a unique way. Iceland Airwaves 2023 Review: Andy Shauf, Blondshell Sound ...

Fans enjoy one of the shows at this year's Airwaves Music Festival in Reykjavik, Iceland. Birta Ran Bjorgvinsdottir/Iceland Airwaves. It was Atlason's idea—a way to fête the recent 50th ...

The EBU will discuss a call from Iceland’s public broadcaster to ban Israel from Eurovision in its upcoming meeting of the ...

If you love music, enjoy the outdoors and you’re looking for your next big adventure – Iceland Airwaves is the place to be.This year, some 8,000 festival goers descended on Reykjavik for ...

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 ...

Taste of Iceland in Nashville is a three-day cultural festival (June 26-28) celebrating Icelandic culture, with a focus on ...

The 2025 edition of Iceland Airwaves has unveiled its first wave of artists set to perform in Reykjavík, Iceland, in November. The list sees a wealth of emerging names, such as Domino signees Fat ...

Amid this Nordic cacophony is a man known as Iceland’s George Martin – a producer and composer whose long tenure in Icelandic music (his band Todmobile just celebrated their 35th anniversary ...

Konstantine Vlasis never imagined that a single track on a Sigur Rós album would lead him to studying the ice on Iceland's highest peaks.

Iceland's small population — roughly 300,000 — gives the island a tight-knit vibe that translates itself readily to the music scene. Cities like Boston and New York have populations that dwarf Iceland ...