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, played by Ryan Koons
Steindór Andersen & Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson - Móðurjörd, Mansöngur úr Núma rímum
Lækurinn by Spilmenn Ríkínís
Ó mín flaskan friða by Ylja
Alla hrinda hörðum by Ríma

Find Ríma on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/artist/1j5YvVtDt6OHbJooKVqZm9?si=BP8GTlXARq6HmU8aQmv-Jw

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