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CD Review: Valgeir Sigurdsson, “Draumalandid (Dreamland)”

Ann Logue July 8, 2010 0

Draumalandid is part of a full-on multimedia expose of Alcoa’s aluminum smelters in Reydarfjordur, Iceland. The company’s first plant was planned in 2002, built in 2005, and became live in 2007. The music is

Countries and Currencies

Ann Logue April 14, 2009 4

Different countries are…well, different. They have different laws and languages, funny stamps, and candy that you can’t get at home. We usually think that part of being a distinct country is having a distinct

Reykjavik Blues Festival: Mugison MP3s

Ann Logue April 14, 2009 0

In my last post from the Reykjavik Blues Festival, I mentioned that I really liked Mugison and that someone in the audience gave me one of his CDs. I meant to upload some MP3s,

Live Music: Reykjavik Blues Festival, 4/8/09

Ann Logue April 12, 2009 3

Wednesday was our last night in Iceland and the second-to-the last night of the Reykjavik Blues Festival. It was a great show to end on, too. Willie “Big Eyes” Smith was hot on harmonica,

NXNE: Reykjavik Blues Festival, Part 1

Ann Logue April 7, 2009 1

I’m a Chicagoan on a working vacation in Iceland, writing about the financial crisis for a hedge fund trade magazine and taking in geysers. When I realized that my trip would overlap the annual