Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It is a bright cold day in Reykjavik, sun streaming through her dormer window, when Ólöf Arnalds proclaims: “I ...

The Reba McEntire-hosted television special is set to feature artists like Marc Anthony, Halle Bailey, Michael Bublé, Kristin Chenoweth, Laufey, New Edition, Brad Paisley, Carly Pearce, the Radio City ...

Björk has celebrated her 60th birthday by detailing how proceeds from a previous single have helped bring lawsuits against the Icelandic State. READ MORE: Björk: “First you create a universe with ...

It's Saturday night in Reykjavik, the final night of Iceland Airwaves festival, and Mexican singer-songwriter Silvana Estrada is playing to a stunned crowd at the Reykjavik Art Museum. Backed by a ...

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 ...

The conference is underway: panels on “keeping it weird yet global,” an artist named Rakel everyone has their eye on, and Björk, very casually in the audience for a panel on creativity. The sun sets ...

The list of accomplishments by Sigur Ros, Iceland’s most successful band of all time, keeps growing, 31 years after its then-teenaged members first came together in Reykjavik. It includes: appearances ...

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 ...

As Christianity triumphed in country after country in its march across Europe in the first millennium, the Nordic countries remained resistant to its allure. Christianity did eventually take over in ...