Mounted high on the wall in Elín Hall’s Reykjavík kitchen is a pair of white horns, picked up from a Red Cross thrift store in the city. They’re a nod to her grandfather, who once shot a reindeer by ...

Pop star Daði Freyr is perhaps Iceland’s brightest export right now. While his appeal is broad enough to represent his country in the Eurovision Song Contest, his style packs a quirky, left-field ...

Icelandic jazz-pop singer Laufey might only be 25 years old, but her songs of love, hope, betrayal and heartache evoke an era much older that, without feeling dated. In a show lasting about an hour ...

To that end, Iceland Airwaves holds its place as a tastemaker event, platforming breakthrough acts from both sides of the ...

This music festival will restore your faith in humanity - 5/5 With mostly emerging acts from over 20 countries, Iceland ...

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 Grammy Award-winning singer and musician had rigorous classical training. Now she's making music that crosses genres: "I've been inspired by... Laufey was an 'odd fish' in native Iceland. Now ...

With a range like Etta James and millions of fans on TikTok, Laufey is the biggest voice to come out of Iceland since Björk.

For years, singer and musician Laufey knew she wanted to be a performer but struggled to find an audience. The child of an Icelandic father and a Chinese immigrant mother, Laufey sometimes felt out of ...

"I was ready to do anything to get my voice to be heard," she says. "I knew that the first step to that was trying to get out of Iceland and see if ... perhaps my voice would resonate more in the big ...