UPCOMING EVENTS:
DJÄSS – 15th anniversary concert at Salurinn Concert Hall in Kópavogur on March 5th
– tickets available at Tix
– read more about DJÄSS
Two new releases from JR Music:
Tilbrigði um Gunnar Þórðarson
– DJÄSS & Björn Atle Anfinsen
Double Vinyl (JRLP027)
CD (JRCD028)
Released in December 2025.
11 songs by Gunnar Thórdarson in jazz arrangement
Read more about the album here
Friday Night @ Hringbraut
– Björn Thoroddsen (JRCD029)
Released in January 2026.
During the Covid lockdowns a wave of digtal creativity was flooded over the world. No gigs for musicians made them stay at home and some of them moved their magic to the internet. With his garage-studio and a smartphone as a video recorder, Bjorn started a stream on Facebook. “IT´S FRIDAY NIGHT AT HRINGBRAUT” Bjorn´s catchphrase before introducing friends to the show – people heard it and tuned in. On his 43rd album, under the influence of becoming viral on social media during these strange times mentioned above, Bjorn releases these recordings with the help of Jón Rafnsson on bass and Sigfús Örn Óttarsson on drums.
Nice and relaxed versions of eight well known songs and two originals.
A release concert and concerts all over Iceland will be announced soon.
Previous releases:
Jól í stofunni / Christmas in the living room – Thor Breiðfjörð
– Vinyl / LP (JRLP026)
– CD (JRCD015)
New album by Kristjana Arngrímsdóttir – her fifth album, “Ég hitti þig / I met You”, including her own compositions with lyrics written by 6 Icelandic poets.
Released by JR Music on CD and LP/vinyl
Available in Icelandic music stores and web-stores.
Read more about Kristjana
Guitar Islancio played a concert at Kaldalón/Harpa Concert Hall on February 16/2023 on the occasion of the trio´s 25 years of collaboration.
Special guests; Jonas Knutsson from Sweden and Unnur Birna (vocal and violin) and Fúsi Óttars (drums) from Iceland
DJÄSS played at the JAZZ BALTICA festival in Germany on June 25 last year.
You can watch the whole concert here
JR Music has released a vinyl record
with 12 songs from Guitar Islancio´s previous CD´s
….. read more
A new DJÄSS CD and Vinyl containing 8 new original songs
New name!
Hot Eskimos has changed the trio´s name to DJÄSS – www.djass.com
The CD “Songs from the top of the world” is now also available as a Vinyl record
JR Music has released the book
“Icelandic Folk Songs, arranged by Guitar Islancio”. The book has sheet music for 22 Icelandic folksongs with chord diagrams for the guitar and piano. The poetry text under the melody indicates which part of the song is the original folksong and which part is Guitar Islancio’s addition. The users are therefore not restricted to the trio’s arrangement, which provides a source of ideas about the arrangement of the music. Also, this is not just a book of sheet music . You will also find a lot of lore about the songs in the book. It virtually covers everything known about the songs and their likely origin. In addition, all the poems are full-length. The book, therefore, gives you copious information as well as value as a keepsake …. more
“Folksongs”
14 folk songs from Guitar Islancio’s previous albums and a previously unreleased recording of “Á Sprengisandi – Riding over the Desert” by Sigvaldi Kaldalóns. …. read more
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