Author: Scott Shigeoka
Potential Closure Of Downtown’s Music Venues: It’s About More Than Music
It’s Faktorý all over again. The buildings that house downtown’s booming music scene—venues like Húrra, Gaukurinn, Paloma and Dubliner—will likely…
Pólar Festival: Doing A Lot With Little
Stöðvarfjörður is a small (population 200) and stunning village in the East Fjords of Iceland. The village was once relient on…
Kaleo Are Privileged And Fortunate, Play The Blues, Have Escaped Iceland
In just three years, Kaleo went from playing small venues in Reykjavík to signing with Atlantic Records, legendary home to…
Saga Fest Wants You To Be Vulnerable
Last January, I was sitting near a cave with three Bedouin men in the Jordanian desert. There were no other…
LaFontaine: Randomly Encountering Success
LaFontaine was DJing at a school party when he had a chance encounter with Icelandic electronic music stalwart Addi Exos….