KK (musician)

For other musicians called KK, see KK (disambiguation).
This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Kristján.
KK
Birth name Kristján Kristjánsson
Born 26 March 1956 (1956-03-26) (age 55)
Genres Blues, folk
Occupations Musician, songwriter
Instruments Vocals, guitar
Associated acts KK Band, KK og Ellen, KK og Magnús Eiríksson

KK or Kristján Kristjánsson (born March 26, 1956) is an Icelandic blues and folk musician. The singer Ellen Kristjánsdóttir is KK's sister.

KK attended music school in Malmö, Sweden for four years and then played his way across Europe, returning to Iceland in 1990. He has been nominated for the Gríma Prize twice and has been awarded the Icelandic Music Prize twice.[1]

In 2007 he toured to Shanghai with Magnús Eiríksson ("Maggi") and Óttar Felix Hauksson in advance of the release of their next recording there and in Iceland.[2]

He composed "When I Think of Angels" and he and Ellen perform it in memory of another sister who died in a car crash in 2002. A video of them performing the song produced by the Icelandic Red Cross is used for Red Cross fundraising.[3] He and Ellen also perform Christmas music every year in Reykjavík.[4]

References

  1. ^ "KK á Gljúfrasteini", Mál og Menning 13 June 2009 (Icelandic)
  2. ^ Jóhann Bjarna Kolbeinsson, KK og Maggi til Kína: Kristján Kristjánsson og Magnús Eiríksson gefa út plötu á framandi slóðum", Morgunblaðið 16 February 2007 (Icelandic)
  3. ^ Resources, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, 2002.
  4. ^ KK and Ellen, Things to Do, VisitReykjavik.is, 2 December 2010.

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