This is part of a series of “Island Songs” put together by Ólafur Arnalds on a seven week journey across Iceland, in collaboration with music teacher and organist Dagný Arnalds. I posted the first song here. This is the second.

Having been completely blown away by Sigur Rós at Glastonbury recently – a live experience that hasn’t really left me yet – I have to ask: what is it about Iceland that inspires so much beautiful – minimalist – music?