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 ...

Cellist Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir is from the once-isolated island country of Iceland, a land of ice and snow and geothermal power and awesome music. In this episode, Sæunn tells the unique history of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about great music, mobile-centric tech and related trends. Tastemaker music festival Iceland Airwaves has come a long way ...

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 ...

Iceland is a tiny Nordic island in North Atlantic — most people know that. In fact, plenty of young people, particularly on the east coast, have even visited this sliver of lush land to experience the ...

Iceland stays in the headlines again this week. After reaping the benefits of being accidentaly featured in a tourism campaign for Rhode Island last week, this week, the country is grabbing everyone's ...

Ásgeir Trausti finds himself in a rather curious situation. There's a buzz around him as a 'new artist', but he released in his home country of Iceland in September 2012. He's destined for huge things ...

For years now, Mammút have been one of the bands to watch in Iceland's music scene. Having started over 10 years ago -- then an all-female trio, a rarity in Iceland at the time -- when all of them ...

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 ...

An episode of the popular TV series West Wing featured a storyline about the music of Iceland. Alex Van Oss uses that fictional depiction to tell the story of the real music of Iceland. An example is ...