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CD Review: Valgeir Sigurdsson, “Draumalandid (Dreamland)”
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
Read More »Countries and Currencies
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
Read More »Reykjavik Blues Festival: Mugison MP3s
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,
Read More »Live Music: Reykjavik Blues Festival, 4/8/09
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,
Read More »NXNE: Reykjavik Blues Festival, Part 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
Read More »Bootleg City: Patty Griffin, Pt. 3
As I mentioned last week, an anonymous donor sent me disc two of Patty Griffin’s “Love From My Lips” bootleg after I whined on January 16 about not having a glitch-free copy to share
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