The post Björk Is as Vibrant as Ever on the Moving, Earthy Fossora appeared first on Consequence. Aside from her unmatched ability to constantly and successfully reinvent herself, one of Björk’s ...

Björk Guðmundsdóttir was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1965, the daughter of an electrician and an activist. She was something of a child star in her home country, releasing her first album as simply ...

Björk is the first artist that should come to mind when you think of eccentricity and outer worldly creativity. There’s a reason why the Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and ...

Midday on a Monday in Iceland’s capital of Reykjavík, Björk walked into a coffee shop and gave me a riddle. Just that morning, our interview had been rescheduled to an hour earlier than originally ...

A common and somewhat worn-out refrain from the world of political art is that an artist gives voice to the voiceless. But in the latest work from Icelandic musician and artist Björk, it’s quite ...

Despite the steady increase of physical music purchases (thanks to vinyl’s growing popularity), streaming is here to stay. Several recording artists, songwriters, and producers have aired out their ...

Björk shared another preview of her upcoming LP Fossora Thursday with “Ancestress,” a track inspired by the singer’s late mother, Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir, who died in 2018. “On my new album, fossora, ...

Would it surprise you to learn that the new Björk album is full of birds chirping, keyboards gurgling, and the consonant “s” being treated in much the same way a pasta maker treats semolina? Or that ...

In 2018, a confluence of Icelandic singer Björk's birthday and a night of drag gave birth to an epic, anti-consumerist annual event: Björk Friday. This year, on the stage of the Clinton Street Theater ...

The Icelandic visionary’s 10th studio album can be thorny and intense, but it finds hope across generations. By Jon Pareles No way around it: “Fossora,” Björk’s 10th studio album, can be heavy going, ...