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Árstíðir

Árstíðir

They covered a 800-year-old song. It went viral on YouTube. Of course.

July 7, 2015Music

The great recession of 2008 began with the collapse of Iceland’s economy and we have a couple of Icelandic musicians to offer their unique perspective. Karl James Pestka and Ragnar Ólafsson are members of Árstíðir; a band that came together right as the 2008 crisis began.

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