Volcanic Ash Continues to Suspend Air Travel
Stranded airline passengers are sleeping on cots at airports across Europe as flights have been canceled for a second day due to a vast plume of ash spewing from an erupting volcano in Iceland....
View ArticleMost European Airports Set to Re-Open
European officials are set to lift flight restrictions over much of the continent starting Tuesday morning. Small areas will still be designated no-fly zones, but the agreement promises to end the...
View ArticleLimited Flights In and Out of Europe Today
As flights slowly resume across Europe today, passengers are beginning to get closer to home."The situation today is much improved," Brian Flynn, deputy head of operations at the Eurocontrol air...
View ArticleAirlines Hit Hard as Flights Resume
Planes are gradually reentering the skies over Europe today. The Associated Press reports that Germany's air traffic controllers have said they are reopening the country's airspace. London's Heathrow...
View ArticleNew Ash Cloud Grounds Flights in Scandinavia
Most of Northern Europe's airports are open for business today. But there is some trouble in the skies this morning over Scandinavia. The Associated Pressreports that a new cloud of volcanic ash has...
View ArticleVolcanic Ash Grounds More Flights
Volcanic ash still gushing from an Icelandic volcano that first erupted three weeks ago is threatening to halt flights over Europe once again.The Associated Press reports that aviation officials in...
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Postcards to the Internauts
Greetings from sunny (I’m not kidding, the sun never sets) Iceland! I’m spending my days at Valgeir Sigurðsson’s Greenhouse Studios, where, to my surprise, June Hammered! guest host Bruce Brubaker is...
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Musical Surprises Await in Iceland
SKÁLHOLT, ICELAND -- The Skálholt Cathedral stands on a low hill, visible for miles across the rugged landscape of Europe’s most sparsely populated country. The site of a music festival? In Iceland,...
View ArticleNordic Affect's 'Raindamage'
How many clichés have you heard about Icelandic music? Whether your tastes tend towards the breathtaking sounds of Sigur Ros, the midnight sun jangle-pop of Tilbury, the blistering fury of Misþyrming...
View ArticleMusic From Iceland
Classical music came late to Iceland, but it has exploded in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. We’ll hear leading Icelandic composers like Anna Thorvaldsdottir, who is the Kravis Emerging...
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