Hansdottir, Gudrid
Beyond The Grey
Finally available on vinyl! Way out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, between Iceland and Scotland, is a cluster of 18 small islands called the Faroe Islands. That is where Gudrid Hansdottir was born and raised. Her music is a Lilith Fair-worthy blend of chamber pop and perky Folk-Rock. The past years she was performing in Europe and USA. Gudrid started singing at an early age and shared a high interest in Music. She loved going through her fathers vinyl records and she discovered great artists like KATE BUSH, DOLLY PARTON, JETHRO TULL and JIMI HEDNRIX. Her father was a highly skilled guitar player on the Faroes and on Gudrid 14 year old birthday he taught her a couple of guitar chords and she started writing songs of her own. In 2007 at age 26, Gudrid finally released her debut album ,Love is Dead" which featured old and new songs. It was well received by critics and the same year she won the award ,Best Female Artist" at the Planet Awards (Faroese Music Awards). After her fi rst album Gudrid performed in Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Germany with great success. Her selfreleased second album, ,The Sky Is Opening", quickly became a bestselling CDs in the Faroe Islands and was awarded the Faroes Planet Awards Album of the Year. ,Beyond The Grey" is her newest output with a mix of Folk/Alternative and Indie