Biography
Bára Grímsdóttir is regarded as one of the best traditional singers in Iceland: She grew up surrounded by folk songs, sung by her parents and grandparents at the family farm Grímstunga in Vatnsdalur. She is specially interested in the old rímur and kvæðalög styles of song, and is a well respected composer and arranger.
She plays the two traditional Icelandic instruments, fiðla and langspil, and also the Finnish kantele. Since 2000, Bára performs traditional Icelandic music together with Chris Foster in the duo FUNI.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.