```json
{
    "title": "The music of Iceland",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2008/02/03/the-music-of-iceland/",
    "datePublished": "2008-02-03",
    "dateModified": "2022-04-15",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "I don't often (ever) talk about my musical taste. It is unremarkable for the most part, with flights into madness and impulsiveness. Lately, I have discovered Icelandic music. Mainly Sigur…",
    "author": "spierzchala",
    "publisher": "Performance Zen"
}
```

# The music of Iceland

![image](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg)

I don't often (ever) talk about my musical taste. It is unremarkable for the most part, with flights into madness and impulsiveness.

Lately, I have discovered Icelandic music. Mainly Sigur Ros, Mum, Apparat Organ Quartet, Aniima, and (of course) Bjork. Apparently Icelandic music is all the rage, with people trying to understand how such a small country can produce such a wide range of artists.

These artists provide a soothing background to my jangled, often confused, mental state. I played it as I slept while I was on my latest trip, and while I was on the plane returning from Chicago.

However, my deep feelings and desire to visit Iceland has its roots back in my very early teens. A Hardy Boys mystery and a Clive Cussler novel brought it to my attention. It's a nation of extremes, of wonder, isolation, and survival.It is among one of the few places I feel I have to visit at least once in my life. I cannot explain this desire. Perhaps it is the latent Viking in me.

But the music draws me as much as the place does.