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Hear Mógil @ Womex
 Experimental jazz / world / folk troupe Mógil in collaboration with Kraumur Music Fund and Iceland Music Export will be playing at WOMEX (World Music EXPO -- the biggest folk festival in the world) in Copenhagen. They will perform at the Nordic Club stage at Koncerthuset at midnight on October 31st. The members of Mógil are Heiða Árnadóttir vocals, Hilmar Jensson guitar, Joachim Badenhorst clarinet/saxophone and Ananta Roosens violin...
Iceland Airwaves '09 Round-Up
 So Iceland Airwaves '09 is officially over. As always, it went off with a bang, as can be seen from the comprehensive coverage of the event by local and international media. Esteemed local magazine The Reykjavík Grapevine put impressive effort into covering the event this year, managing to review almost every single show - all but two, as it turns out. The foreign press were there in abundance too, generally having fun and writing about the overwhelming amounts of music and talent that Iceland has to offer. You can find some of the most prominent reviews from the event - local and international - after the jump.
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Krakow Concert + More
 Jóhann Jóhannsson played a special concert with the Krakow Sinfonia in the amazing Krakow Philharmonic Hall on the 22nd of October. The concert was part of the Unsound Festival and included material that has never been performed live before, new orchestral arrangements of older pieces as well as pieces from the albums "Fordlandia" and "IBM 1401, a User's Manual". Jóhann will play only two more international shows this year, in Belgium and France. Read on for dates...
Hildur Guðnadóttir / múm Activity
 Cellist, experimentalist and múm member Hildur Guðnadóttir will continue to tour North America with múm this winter. She will be opening a handful of shows on their tour with her solo material, and later in November will also tour with the astounding Fever Ray on their Finale Tour. Read more for confirmed tour-dates for múm and Hildur. Note that more dates will be added, so make sure you check www.hildurness.com/live/ for updates.
Sprengjuhöllin In Canada!
 Happy popsters Sprengjuhöllin were on the road again as of October 21. The band, which has two albums under it's belt, broke through in 2007 with the release of three consecutive singles that all went to the top of Iceland's harmonized radio play chart. The success was immediately followed by the LP 'Tímarnir okkar', which was produced by Valgeir Sigurðsson (Björk, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, múm) sold over 7,000 copies (a lot in Iceland!) and garnered much praise from critics.
Mammút Head To Europe
 Fans of post punk quintet Mammút will be exceptionally pleased to hear that they'll be bringing their angular, melodic sound to Europe throughout November. The band, whose 2008 album Karkari is still making a fuss around the world, will leave their native Iceland on the 30th of October and arrive back on the 30th of November. Along the way they'll play a host of shows in at least 7 countries, many of them in Germany where Karkari! will finally get a release through Rocket Girl / Rough Trade on the 13th of November.
Svavar Knútur German Tour
 Icelandic troubadour Svavar Knútur lead singer of Hraun is to tour Germany between 31st of october to 8th of November. His sensitive songs - dubbed as 'Fjord folk' by some - can be heard from Hamburg to Köln as well as many smaller towns around the country. The tour ends in Berlin on the 8th of November. The tour schedule can be found on Svavar's MySpace - and also after the jump...
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