Iceland Airwaves announces first wave of artists for 2026 festival
Iceland Airwaves has announced the first wave of artists set to perform at the 2026 edition of the popular Icelandic music festival, including The Str...
Music streamed 1.2 billion times in Iceland during 2020
According to RUV, Icelanders streamed music 1.2 billion times during 2020, as shown from data provided by the Icelandic Association of Record Publishi...
Composer Gudnadottir nominated for the 2017 Harpa award (Video)
Icelandic cellist and composer Hildur Gudnadottir has been nominated for the 2017 Harpa award with her score for Balthasar Kormakur’s fea...
Artist salary in 2017 – 1606 artist applied, 391 received
The annual artist salary was made public yesterday. Each fall artists in Iceland sit down and go over the year a head of them, make a plan for the yea...
Music for Divers – New release
A new debut album released by Möller Records has just seen the light of day, Music for Divers is an ode to filmmaker Jaques Cousteau, an album by solo...
Summer of music around the country
Summers in Iceland are short and Icelanders like to make the most of them by touring the island and enjoying the nature. Coming up next weekend is the...
Speculations about the Icelandic music scene – A conference
Iceland is known for nature, the volcanoes and the hidden people but that’s not all, a remarkable amount of popular music manages to reach a global au...
Fifth Tectonics Reykjavik Music Festival – Harpa Concert Hall
The fifth Tectonics Reykjavík Festival takes place in Harpa Concert Hall on April 14 and 15, 2016.