About
Content Source: OztixSvavar Knutur, Icelandic song-poet and raconteur, returns to Australia following his 2024 Woodfordia Festival of Small Halls Tour where he also performed at Prot Fairy Folk Festival and National Folk Festival.
Svavar is a master storyteller and self professed publichealth troubadour whose hauntingly beautiful folk-infused songs explore grief, hope and redemption. Drawing inspiration from Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell, and other masters of the troubadour art, his emotive vocals weave humour into tales of the northern wilds. With his recent doublealbum Ahoy!, he continues a 15year musical odyssey through the storm ridden way of waves of the human heart.
Expect an intimate live experience: songs of darkness and light delivered with heartfelt wit, as Svavar Knutur never lets his audience sink into darkness without humorous stories and anecdotes to lighten up the moment. a night with Svavar will bring you to hell and back... smiling and laughing all the way, as Australian musician Pete Uhlenbruch puts it. Catch this Nordic troubadour on tour across Australia in FebruaryMarch 2026prepare for a night of raw emotion, laughter and unforgettable storytelling.
Website: www.svavarknutur.com
Live in Concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ao9IQWjDi0&list=RD7Ao9IQWjDi0
Svavar is a master storyteller and self professed publichealth troubadour whose hauntingly beautiful folk-infused songs explore grief, hope and redemption. Drawing inspiration from Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell, and other masters of the troubadour art, his emotive vocals weave humour into tales of the northern wilds. With his recent doublealbum Ahoy!, he continues a 15year musical odyssey through the storm ridden way of waves of the human heart.
Expect an intimate live experience: songs of darkness and light delivered with heartfelt wit, as Svavar Knutur never lets his audience sink into darkness without humorous stories and anecdotes to lighten up the moment. a night with Svavar will bring you to hell and back... smiling and laughing all the way, as Australian musician Pete Uhlenbruch puts it. Catch this Nordic troubadour on tour across Australia in FebruaryMarch 2026prepare for a night of raw emotion, laughter and unforgettable storytelling.
Website: www.svavarknutur.com
Live in Concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ao9IQWjDi0&list=RD7Ao9IQWjDi0