Norwegian singer/songwriter Atle Pettersen and rapper Rex were recently in Iceland to shoot a music video at Atlantic Studios in the Asbru Enterprise Park. Continue Reading

Icelandic musician Mugison, full name Örn Elías Guðmundsson, has been named Westfjordian of the Year 2011 by people in his native Westfjords region. In 2011 he released one of Iceland's best ever selling albums and gave a string of free concerts. He is also widely known for being a nice guy. Continue Reading

The Icelandic singer Björk this weekend announced that she will take her latest show, Biophilia, to New York. Continue Reading

Today is the thirteenth and final day of the Christmas festival in Iceland and what better way to celebrate than with more bonfires and fireworks? Continue Reading

People love a freebie -- especially when it is a concert by one of Iceland's biggest contemporary music stars. After "selling out" of free tickets to his concert at the 1,600-seat Eldborg concert hall at Reykjavík's Harpa concert and conference centre, Mugison added two other free concerts, which also "sold out" in record time. Now the artist has announced five more free concerts elsewhere in Iceland before Christmas. Continue Reading

A fundraising campaign has kicked off in Iceland to collect money for the Faroe Islands' search & rescue organisation, which worked extremely hard to protect lives and property when the islands were recently ravaged by a hurricane-force storm. Continue Reading

Former Clash bassist Paul Simonon has revealed that he spent two weeks in a Greenlandic jail earlier this year after he was arrested while working as an undercover activist with Greenpeace. Continue Reading

The Iceland Symphony Orchestra will go on strike from Thursday if its members cannot agree a new pay deal. Continue Reading

Biophilia, the forthcoming studio album from Icelandic singer Bjork, is being premiered on all Icelandair flights as part of its in-flight entertainment system. Continue Reading

Over 3,000 people ran down the streets in their underwear earlier this week in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Some are asking whether the attention-grabbing protest was inspired, in part, by the Icelandic band FM Belfast. Continue Reading