Reggae Music At The Arctic Circle. Iceland's Airwaves Festival
Arctic Soul - Where Everything is White Except the Music Salka Sól (l), Gnúsi Yones , and his partner Steinunn Jóns - photo by Andrew Weir By Stephen Weir / Caribbean Camera ( Reykjavík, Iceland) —- You get off the plane, suck in the super clean air, and get your bearings. Everything is white. The white tipped mountains. The flecks and traces of snow in the air. And then there are the people. Draco Malfoy white blond hair. Bright alabaster skin. Perfectly coiffured and impeccably dressed (except for the industrial strength snow boots). Salka Sól by Stephen Weir Iceland is the last place in the world you would expect to hear the soulful sounds of Jamaican reggae. AmabAdamA have been writing and performing Arctic Reggae for the past five years, and their music is as pure Irie as the driven snow. Gnúsi Yones , his partner Steinunn Jóns and their best friend Salka Sól have been performing in Iceland and England for over ten years and have taught a