Guðrið Hansdóttir

Way out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, between Iceland and Scotland, is a cluster of 18 small islands called the Faroe Islands. Thats where Gudrid Hansdóttirwas born and raised. Her music is a Lilith Fair-worthy blend of chamber pop and perky folk-rock and the past years she ́s been performing in Europe and USA.

Gudrid started singing at an early age and shared a high interest in Music. She loved going through her father’s vinyl records and she discovered great artists like Kate Bush, Dolly Parton, Jethro Tull and Jimi Hendrix. Her father was a highly skilled guitar player on the Faroes and on Gudrid ́s 14 year old birthday he taught her a couple of guitar chords and she started writing songs of her own and the rest is history. Gudrid has released 6 solo albums and is also a member of the popular electro pop duo BYRTA. Five years on from her last solo record, she has returned with a powerful, personal and emotional album titled “Gult myrkur”(Yellow Darkness).Gudrid has been performing and recording her own music since the millennium and has never shied away from beating her own path. On her new album she opens up an eerie universe of soundscapes illuminated by her warm, charismatic vocals, and by soft acoustics and light electronic rhythms. Gudrid ́s passion for poetry led her to the doorstep of Lív María Róadóttir Jæger, a Faroese poet who happily agreed to collaborate on the album. Lív invaluably contributes words to all nine songs.

Gult myrkur is a ray of light in darkness; with songs about daily life, about sorrow and loss and young love and happiness.The album was released April 2022. Guðrið is currently working on a new album which will be released in September 2023.