Iceland News News Iceland » Music: Iceland’s Music Scene Continues To Punch Above Its Weight
In this piece we explore why Iceland – an island nation with only 360,000 residents – continues to deliver a truly impressive slew of talented and successful bands and artists year after year. Guest ...
News Iceland » Music: The World of Icelandic Music | New exhibition at Harpa Concert Hall
Experience the extraordinary story of Icelandic music in a new exhibition by the main entrance of Harpa Concert Hall. How did a nation with hardly any instruments for centuries come to produce artists ...
News Iceland » Music: Iceland Wants to Be a Destination Spot for Recording Music. A 25% Refund Doesn’t Hurt
The Nordic country's Record in Iceland program builds on film-industry incentives in quest to become "creative hub in the middle of the Atlantic." By Alexei Barrionuevo Earlier this month, jam band ...
News Iceland » Music: Why This Icelandic Music Festival Should Be Your Next Wellness Retreat
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Anna Haines covers wellness, style and beauty. With therapeutic classical music, access to natural wonders untouched by tourism, ...
News Iceland » Music: Iceland Airwaves Might Be The Most Restorative Music Fest Of 2025
Initially launched as a one-off event in an airplane hanger back in 1999, Iceland Airwaves, the world’s most northern music festival takes place each year in downtown Reykjavík. This year the fest ...
News Iceland » Music: Ingrooves Expands to Iceland With Alda Music Acquisition
"We strongly believe in the future of the Icelandic music scene," said UMG's Frank Briegmann. By Billboard Staff Break out the brennivín! Ingrooves Music Group announced on Monday a push into Iceland ...
News Iceland » Music: What Iceland’s Tight-Knit Music Community Can Teach Us
Recently the magical fairytale land that is Iceland has been making a quite a name for itself on the international scene, but it's been producing some incredibly successful musicians for years. Here ...
News Iceland » Music: Ásgeir, and Other Icelandic Music Acts that Are Better than Of Monsters and Men
Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson is set to be the next internationally known band from Iceland, following in the footsteps of Björk, Sigur Rós, and Of Monsters and Men. He rewrote and recorded his 2012 debut ...
News Iceland » Music: World Music's Global Reach
PRI/ The World's Global Hit - Iceland Learn more about Marco Werman's role as radio reporter for The World on public radio, and listen to streaming audio of his interviews with bands Hudson Wayne and ...
News Iceland » Music: How three Holocaust era Jewish refugees built Iceland’s classical music scene from scratch
Iceland’s prime minister closed the borders to Jews, but three men who slipped in changed the country’s history. This city in the autumn of 1935 was a small fishing port of corrugated-iron houses ...