Feldberg - Dreamin'

Feldberg is one of the greatest bands I got to know in Iceland. The wonderful and talented duo Einar Tönsberg & Rósa Birgitta Ísfeld both have very nice voices. Rósa has an uique souly voice and Einar has a very soft voice. The name of the band is a mish mash of their lastnames. Feldberg is a quite young band (2009). Einar already produced albums with his solo band Eberg in Scandinavia and Europe since 2004. His music is also very nice. You can describe it as dreampop and it is comparable with The Postal Service. Listen a song here. Rósa also sings in another band, called Sometime, about which I will post a blogpost later. Dreamin' is nominated as the best song of 2010 by the IMA (Icelandic Music Awards). For me Feldberg also revives memories about my time in Iceland. Dreamin' is played in the airplanes of Icelandair before the plane takes off. Another song of them "Don't Be a Stranger" was the song you got to hear when you were calling somebody, it was like the "waiting tone". Enjoy these songs, you are going to love it!

Lay Low - By And By

This is the song I heard when I entered the plane to fly for the very first time to Iceland. The overwhelming moment, filled with joy, excitement and curiosity to finaaallllly go to the country of elves and trolls... And then, I heard Lay Low. From that moment on this memory is linked with this country music of Lay Low. So now you know why I needed to start this blog with By and By, you can compare it with the feeling which evokes when you are on your way to get into a crazy rollercoaster ride. I was by the way on a plane of Icelandair. It's not the cheapest airline to fly to Iceland, but the facilities you have or worth their money. Every customer has his own little entertainment touch-screen. So the moment you enter the plane, you can already discover Iceland through their national music, movies and read all information about everything the island offers. Lay Low is not that famous (international). Her real name is Lovísa Elísabet Sigrúnardóttir. And just like Björk, she doesn't look Icelandic at all. She has a Sri Lankan father and an Icelandic mother. It is possible you know her from her support act of Emilíana Torrini's tour in 2009 or of the Monsters and Men concerts in 2012.