Episode 45 - THE HISTORY OF ICELANDIC MUSIC: FOLK AND RÍMUR
Our new Icelandic music history show continues on The RÚV English Podcast service today. Music journalist Lydia Athanasopoulou joins Darren to take a look and a listen to the history of Icelandic music, through a different genre each week. In future weeks we will explore choral, pop, classical, the "golden oldies" of the 50s and 60s, Icelandic indie, and much more. (And yes - Eurovision too!) Today we examine folk music - and the very particular form of music called rímur - in Iceland. Tracks played on today's show: Uppi í háa hamrinum býr huldukona by unknown performer Stóðum Tvö Túni…
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