Emiliana Torrini

Icelandic singer/songwriter Emilíana Torrini first made her name in the late '90s with a beguiling mixture of folk, electronica, pop/rock, and trip-hop that garnered comparisons to enigmatic vocalists of the era like Kirsty Hawkshaw and Björk. 1999's Love in the Time of Science gave Torrini her first international exposure, and a prominent soundtrack appearance on 2002's Lord of the Rings film The Two Towers compounded her visibility. Her output over the coming years, though, signified a thoughtful and wide-ranging artist unwilling to be pigeonholed. From the low-key, mostly a...