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Published January 20, 2016

T he nominees for the Nordic Music Prize have been announced, and the two seminal Icelandic artists are amongst them.

According to an announcement (http://bylarm.no/music/news/announcing-the-nominees-for-the-phono�le-nordic-music-prize-

2015/) posted on the prize’s website, Iceland is represented by two albums: Teitur Magnússon’s 27 and Björk’s Vulnicura.

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27 is the �rst album Teitur has put out as a part of his solo career – his previous musical incarnation, Ojba Rasta, was a reggae band

which enjoyed considerable popularity in Iceland. Nordic Prize organisers say Teitur is “naïve in a clever, deliberate way; disarmingly

melodic in his simple, tuneful songs that are all infused with thoughtful, direct lyrics”.

Vulnicura, Björk’s ninth LP of her solo career, was released a year ago today, and has enjoyed critical praise from around the globe.

Nordic Prize organisers describe the album as “like a dark-hued version of Joni Mitchell’s Blue, it’s almost unbearable in its emotional

honesty”.

This year’s winner of the prize will be announced on March 3. Stay tuned!

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