Nordic Folk Alliance 2022

We just came back home from a fantastic trip to Göteborg, Sweden, where we played at the Nordic Folk Alliance showcase festival and conference.

We went together with our talented colleagues and friends Svavar Knútur and Blood Harmony, with our label manager at Dimma, and with delegates from Iceland Music Export. We met so many amazing musicians and people working in the folk music industry in the nordic countries,made a lot of new friends and feel truly (truly!) blessed to belong to such a cool community. Many thanks to Icelandic Music Export for their support and part in creating this event 🔥❤️

New video out now!

Here is the first single “Stóðum tvö í túni” from our upcoming album “Bjargrúnir”.

Composer, Lyricist: Traditional

Double Bass: Alexandra Kjeld

Celtic Harp: Arngerður María Árnadóttir

Violin: Guðbjörg Hlín Guðmundsdóttir

Vocal: Lilja Dögg Gunnarsdóttir

Percussion: Matthias M.D. Hemstock

Video: Blair Alexander

Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer and Recording Engineer: Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir

Fourth album on the way

We have been doing a lot of background and preparatory work for the past weeks, namely in preparation for our new (4th) album BJARGRÚNIR, which will be out in May. The title of the album derives from Sigurdrífumál from the Poetic Edda (13th c.), and is one of the many magical runes that the valkyrie Sigurdrífa suggested to Sigurður fáfnisbani (Sigurd/Sigfried) that he learn in order to aid women in labour. The album is one big labour of love, celebrating Icelandic folk music and folk ballads, and in a way highlighting the female experience and inter-generational trauma. We can’t wait to present it to you all.

The first single will be out in April and more on that very soon (photo clue)…

Nordic Folk Alliance '22 here we come

We are really excited to be headed to Göteborg, Sweden, in April to represent Iceland at the Nordic Folk Alliance. We will be in quite wonderful company, and joining us from Iceland the beautiful Blood Harmony 🔥and Svavar Knutur 🌹 and delegates from Iceland Music and the Nordic Folk Music scene 💥🌿