Ólöf Arnalds

It's easy to see how remarkable Icelandic singer Ólöf Arnalds has drawn such distinguished fans (including Björk and Jonathan Richman). Her playing is full of soft, insistent little plucks and strums, and her clear, high voice recalls Joanna Newsom; but where Newsom is all fairy-tale mystery, Arnalds conjures something more ancient-seeming. Having recently released a covers EP, Arnalds will be showing off here material from a forthcoming album of English-language originals.