Þórir Georg is one of my absolute favourite artists of the last decade. He first came to my attention when I bought his album from him at the till of 12 Tónar without realising he was the artist until he picked up his guitar and played an in store set moments later. That intimate set, […]
Borko! Borko! Borko! He has the beard of a freedom fighter and a fine line in Bobby McFerrin quotes. Oh, and talent, and charm… Borko, or Björn Kristjánsson as he can also be known is one of those figures on the Icelandic music scene he is likely to turn up at any point, He has […]
Every year I go through every single band playing at Iceland Airwaves and make sure I've listened to them all. As I've said before this is largely pointless as given the choice I will generally head straight for the nearest bunch of Icelandic musicians. For Iceland Airwaves 2012 I have listened to them all, […]
BOOM! As they say over at the official Iceland Airwaves website, the off venue programme has indeed dropped. This is exciting news, the final piece in the jigsaw. If, somehow, you have arrived here as an Airwaves newbie, still unsure of what an 'off venue programme' might be, then be happy. It means several things […]
We're a week into October, and just over 3 weeks away from Iceland Airwaves 2012 the greatest music festival in the world, so the preview starts here. This blog will shortly leap into full swing. The interviewing season is well under way, a little slower than some years but I'm into double figures now – […]
Now that is worth celebrating. And by celebrating I obviously mean turning on this blog for the first time in months – I am red faced with shame. Anyhow, it's a wonderful album, some songs will be familiar from the last couple of year's live shows and the rest are just as great. I guess […]
No, not the space people thingy – I couldn't care less about that. The great venue/club/jar of memories in Reykjavik. News emerged a few days ago of plans to take down the wonderful NASA venue and turn it into yet another hotel. If there's one thing Reykjavik has a hell of a lot of it's […]
This list was compiled from 84 votes. 27 different records got some love, Iceland is truly full of wonderful music-makers and some lovely fans too. Here's our best of 2011 list… 1. Sóley – We Sink 2= FM Belfast – Don't Want to Sleep 2= Björk – Biophilia 4= Sin Fang – Summer Echoes […]
Thanks to everybody who took part. I've counted up 84 music-loving votes. I've checked and I've double-checked my maths. 27 different records (including a couple of E.P.s) received some love – I guess that underlines the breadth of talent around right now in Iceland. In a shock (!) development, 12 records have made it into […]
So here's the plan. You lovely fans of Iceland, music and therefore Icelandic Music email me at markollard AT googlemail.com with up to 5 of your favourite albums of the year by Icelandic artists. We'll have a deadline of Monday December 19th, then I'll do some sums and report back on the top ten and […]