In 1995, as the release of her third album ‘Post’ drew near, Bjork was still reeling from the maverick, surprise success of ‘Debut’ – a record that established her unique voice after the demise of her ...
"Canonball" is a segment on Bullseye that gives us a chance to take a closer look at albums that should be considered classics, to find out what makes them great. This time, Margaret Wappler makes the ...
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 ...
In terms of success, Björk’s career has always been characterized by periods of ebb and flow, an inevitable consequence of experimentation. While “Post” (1995),“Homogenic” (1997) and “Vespertine” ...
FREUD WOULD HAVE A field day with the songs of Bjork. Every sound undulates with unconscious emotion, every lyric seethes with suppressed thought. From the industrial maw of synthesizers mowing ...
This has not been the best week for Bjork. Her highly anticipated (not to mention contentious) museum retrospective, curated by Klaus Biesenbach, opened at the Museum of Modern Art this week. The ...
The phone rings, revealing not just a call from a new number — but one from a new country as well (at least for me). So, I answer my first-ever call from Iceland and hear a wonderfully familiar voice ...