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Björk on Iceland: "We don't go to church, we go for a walk"

Laura Barton, The Guardian, 16 November 2015

Björk used to walk across the tundra singing at the top of her lungs. John Grant left America for its rocky grandeur and Sigur Rós's music captures its isolation. What is it about the Icelandic landscape that hypnotises artists?

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