** PLEASE NOTE: This show will take place at our alternative home for the evening: ST PANCRAS OLD CHURCH, Pancras Road, Camden Town, London NW1 1UL. Doors open 7.30pm. Music starts 8.15pm. **
HAFDIS HULD is an Icelandic singer/songwriter with an international fanbase and a loyal following in her home country. Her album Vögguvísur (Lullabies) is the most streamed album of all time in Iceland holding the nr.1 spot in 2020, 2021 and 2022 and Hafdis’ Spotify streams have reached 60 million. Hafdís started her music career as a 15-year-old with electronic band Gus Gus, after touring the world and releasing two albums with the band she moved on to work with UK based FC Kahuna with whom she co-wrote and sang the chill out classic Hayling. In 2006 her first solo album won best pop album at the Icelandic music awards and ever since she has focused on her solo career releasing a total of 9 albums and touring in Europe, America and China. Hafdis is a born storyteller with a magnetic stage presence and is often referred to as a natural stand-up comedian. Her live shows seamlessly move between beautiful songs and entertaining tales of her life in Iceland. She lives in an old pink farmhouse outside of Reykjavik with her long time music collaborator/husband Alisdair Wright, their two young children, a fat cat and two dogs. In the garden are the chickens and the recording studio where they are currently finishing her next album.
“I love her voice and I love her.” – Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2
“Bittersweet, slightly bonkers and decidedly swoony”- Time Out
“Sublime- charismatic story-telling pop of the highest quality.”- Clash magazine
“Weirdly wonderful” – London Evening Standard
“As unexpectedly playful as she is sweet. Huld is the real deal.” – Scandinavian Music Journal
“Hafdis paints a stunning picture of a magical land”- Jamspreader
“Her gentle folksy melodies are heart melting” – The Scotsman
