Today on A Box of Toys, we journey to “the land of ice” to look at how isolation of island nations and smaller musical communities has led artists to adapt other forms to their own context and borrow from original folk music to create innovative musical creations. Specifically we turn to Iceland, where following the Women’s Strike of 1975, a new era of widespread change and creative energy was ushered in, helping to birth a long list of artists such as Björk.
photo: Norris Niman