Guðrið Hansdóttir

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Guðrið Hansdóttir (2008 in Tórshavn)
Guðrið Hansdóttir at the 38th Bardentreffen 2013 in Nuremberg

Guðrið Hansdóttir [ guːrɪ ˈhansdœtːɪr ] (born October 6, 1980 in Tórshavn , Faroe Islands as Guðrið Hansen ) is a Faroese singer ( singer-songwriter , rock , folk ) who was named Singer of the Year there at the end of 2007.

Life

Guðrið Hansdóttir is the daughter of Louisa and Hans Carl Hansen. Her father is a well-known guitarist in the Faroe Islands who played in local bands such as Straight Ahead and Streingjasúpan . In 2007 she adopted the Faroese name Hansdóttir as an artist after her father's first name (Hans' daughter). She is a trained educator at the Teachers' University in Iceland.

Guðrið Hansdóttir writes her own songs and sings in English and Faroese . Her songs are about unhappy love, life, weather and loneliness on the isolated and stormy islands. In terms of clothing in the 1980s, her music is reminiscent of Jethro Tull and Kate Bush . Other influences include The Cardigans , Kent , The Carpenters, and Jeff Buckley .

She made her debut in 2005 at the Prix ​​Føroyar as a singer and guitarist in the reggae band pH 5.5 . After the band split up, she founded the rock band Isadora & The Rebels in January 2006 and appeared as a guest singer on Petur Pólson's album Koma (still under the name Guðrið Hansen). Since January 2007 she has been playing as a solo artist under her own name. The debut album Love Is Dead was released in 2007 and was in the Faroese charts for a long time. In 2006 and 2007 she performed on the G! Festival and the summer festival in Klaksvík . In 2008 she was at the Spot Festival in Århus, Denmark.

The newspaper Sosialurin nominated her as the best Faroese singer in 2005, 2006 and 2007. At the third attempt, she was surprisingly instead of Eivør Pálsdóttir .

In June 2009 her second album The Sky Is Opening was released . It received excellent reviews and was very well received by the public.

In 2013 she founded the electro-pop duo Byrta [ ˈbɪʃta ] together with Janus Rasmussen from the Icelandic-Faroese band Bloodgroup . Her songs are exclusively in Faroese.

Guðrið Hansdóttir is also involved in the newly formed vocal quintet Kata , which reinterprets some of the forgotten Faroese folk songs.

In 2016 the solo album Painted Fire was released , on which she sings mainly in English.

Discography

Solo albums

  • 2007: Love Is Dead ( TUTL )
  • 2009: The Sky Is Opening (TUTL)
  • 2011: Beyond The Gray (Best! Entertainment)
  • 2014: Taking Ship (Best! Entertainment)
  • 2016: Painted Fire ( TUTL )

Albums with Byrta

  • 2013: Byrta (TUTL)

Albums with kata

  • 2016: Tívils døtur (TUTL)

Web links

Commons : Guðrið Hansdóttir  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Eirikur Lindenskov: Guðrið Hansdóttir er besta songkvinna. In: portal.fo . December 28, 2007, archived from the original on February 29, 2008 ; Retrieved January 14, 2016 (Faroese).
  2. ↑ Guðrið Hansdóttir (FO). In: gfestival.com. G! Festival, July 17, 2007, archived from the original on February 22, 2014 ; accessed on January 14, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Kata (FO). Retrieved July 20, 2017 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Hansdóttir, Guðrið
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hansen, Guðrið
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Faroese singer
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Tórshavn , Faroe Islands