Folksongs (CD)


Þjóðlög / Folksongs / Volkslieder (JRCD018)
– Guitar Islancio 

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The CD is available at the following stores

ICELAND
Plötubúðin, Trönuhraun 6, Hafnarfirði – WEBSTORE
Lucky Records, Rauðarárstígur 10, Reykjavik – WEBSTORE
Smekkleysa, Hverfisgata 32, Reykjavik – WEBSTORE
12 tónar, SkólavörðustígUR 15, ReykjavIk – WEBSTORE
Penninn Eymundsson, Hafnarstræti 91, Akureyri

GERMANY
Pankebuch, Berlin – WEBSTORE
Hrímnir, Frankfurt – WEBSTORE

14 folk songs from Guitar Islancio’s previous albums and a previously unreleased recording of “Á Sprengisandi – Riding over the Desert” by Sigvaldi Kaldalóns.

  1. Góða veislu gjöra skal – A Merry Feast Shall Now Be Made
  2. Krummi svaf í klettagjá – The Raven Slept in a Ravine
  3. Þorraþræll – Close of Winter Hardship
  4. Vísur Vatnsenda-Rósu – The Rhymes of Vatnsenda-Rósa
  5. Kindur jarma í kofunum – Sheep are Bleating in their Pens
  6. Hættu að gráta hringaná – Stop Crying Now, My Dear Girl
  7. Á Sprengisandi – Riding over the Desert
  8. Vísur – Rhymes
  9. Guð gaf mér eyra – God Gave Me Ears
  10. Krummi krunkar úti – Outside Cronks the Raven
  11. Stóð ég úti í tunglsljósi – As I Stood in the Moonlight
  12. Dýravísur – Animal Verses
  13. Ólafur liljurós – Olafur Lilyrose
  14. Sæll Jesús sæti – All Hail Sweet Jesus
  15. Sofðu unga ástin mín – Sleep My Tiny Dear

Björn Thoroddsen, Gunnar Thórdarson and Jón Rafnsson founded the trio Guitar Islancio in 1998. They have devoted themselves to folksongs that people have played and sung through the centuries. Folksongs are an inseparable part of cultural heritage that the trio approaches attentively and respectfully. While performing the songs, the threesome improvises. Simple tunes take on a modern nuance that is at once Icelandic and international. The trio has been very popular. It has performed at concerts and music festivals in many parts of the world.

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