22 Mar 2024

Listener request: A touch of Iceland in the Mackenzie

From Three to Seven, 3:15 pm on 22 March 2024
Farm land near Mt Cook, Canterbury.

The Mackenzie. Anne of Twizel remembers when a bit of Iceland came to visit. Photo: 123rf

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Hera Hjartardóttir, back home, with the fires burning in the background.  Photo: Supplied

This week's listener request came from Anne of Twizel, although it was a piece of Iceland she was after. Inspired by the fact Three to Seven this week was brought to you by the letter 'I' for that mid-Atlantic archipelago, Anne asked us for a song by the Iceland-born but (partly) Christchurch-raised Hera Hjartardóttir. Anne met Hera when she came to help teach music to local school children, tutoring students in songwriting and performance and even put on a concert with the kids. Thanks for sharing Anne.