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 💥🌿
We just released our brand new Christmas EP - Jólatíð / Yuletide - featuring 3 Christmas songs. One of them, Himnablessun, is an original composition of ours and was commissioned by the National Public Radio in 2021 as the NPR station’s Rás 1 Christmas Song of the Year, and was premiered on National Radio on Christmas Day. We finally get to release it on our own, and included on the EP two other traditional Christmas songs deriving from the 18th and 16th centuries.
HERE you can have a listen to the EP Jólatíð / Yuletide on Spotify. Wishing you happy holidays!
We are in the process of editing and mixing a couple of favorite christmas songs that we will be releasing very soon on streaming platforms. But more recently, and to our immense pleasure, we just performed last weekend at the ASCENSION MMXXI FESTIVAL ICELAND, a 4-day eclectic experience with emphasis on Icelandic and international metal. What a community, what a line-up. We had an absolute blast and we we have to give praise to the organizers being able to organize a near flawless celebration of music despite the worldwide cituation.
We just came back from a lovely concert tour in the Netherlands, where we played three shows in Deventer, Lichtenwoorde and in Rotterdam, organized by our friends in Vox Interna and In Goede Handen. We also hosted a workshop in Lichtenwoorde, where we introduced Icelandic traditional music and some early and traditional music performances. Our final concert at the historic Pelgrimvaderskerk was then recorded and broadcasted by Dutch National Radio (NPO Radio 4). We have many beautiful souvenirs from the Netherlands, thankful to have met so many lovely people and new friends and we look forward to be back!
From the scenic Bergkerk, Deventer, 08.10.2021. Photography: Franck Ligtenberg
