Árný Margrét
Margrét performing at the Winnipeg Folk Festival
Background information
Birth nameÁrný Margrét Sævarsdóttir
Born (2001-05-07) 7 May 2001 (age 22)
Ísafjörður, Iceland
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Guitar
Years active2018–present
LabelsOne Little Independent Records
Websitearnymargret.com

Árný Margrét Sævarsdóttir (born 2001), known better by her stage name, Árný Margrét (also stylized Arny Margret), is an Icelandic musician.[1] In October 2022, she released her debut album they only talk about the weather.[2]

Early life

Árný Margrét Sævarsdóttir was born and grew up in Ísafjörður, Iceland, and started learning the piano at an early age and later the guitar.[3][4] After graduating high school in the fall of 2020, she moved to Denmark to attend a folk school and practice music. Due to COVID-19 lockdowns, she was unable to return to school for the spring semester and she moved back home to Iceland.[5]

Career

Margret's first official performance was in 2018. In 2021, she signed with One Little Independent Records.[6] She released her first single, "Intertwined" with the label in December of that year.[7] In January 2022, she debuted her second single, "Akureyri".[8] She released her debut EP, intertwined in February 2022.[9][10] Her first full-length album, they only talk about the weather, was released in October 2022.[11][12] During the summer of 2023, she performed weekly in the TV show Sumarlandinn on RÚV.[13]

Discography

  • they only talk about the weather (2022)

EPs

  • intertwined (2022)

Singles

  • "Interwined" (2021)
  • "Akureyri" (2022)

References

  1. ^ Sylvía Rut Sigfúsdóttir; Frosti Logason (1 June 2021). "Eitt best geymda leyndarmál íslenskrar tónlistar fannst á Ísafirði". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  2. ^ Þorsteinn Hreggviðsson (17 October 2022). "Árný Margrét - They Only Talk About the Weather". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  3. ^ "rkisefnið persónulegt í bland við áhrif frá umhverfi og veðri". albumm.is (in Icelandic). 27 January 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  4. ^ Halla Ólafsdóttir (7 February 2022). ""Þetta er það sem ég kann vel – og elska að gera"". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  5. ^ Viets-VanLear, Tasha (2022-10-18). "Arny Margret is on the rise | Interview". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  6. ^ Elma Rut Valtýsdóttir (28 October 2021). "Magnaður flutningur Árnýjar Margrétar í Hallgrímskirkju". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Listen to Arny Margret -Intertwined". Folk Radio UK. 2021-12-02. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  8. ^ Elma Rut Valtýsdóttir (27 January 2022). "Tónlistarundrið Árný Margrét frumsýnir myndband við glænýtt lag". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  9. ^ Milligan, Shaun (2022-02-26). "Arny Margret - "intertwined"". Everything Is Noise. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  10. ^ Farrell, Margaret (2022-03-03). "Arny Margret Walks Us Through Her Comforting Debut EP intertwined Track by Track". FLOOD. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  11. ^ Milligan, Shaun (2022-10-20). "Arny Margret - "they only talk about the weather"". Everything Is Noise. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  12. ^ Hendicott, James (2022-10-28). "Arny Margret". Europavox. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  13. ^ Júlía Aradóttir (9 July 2023). "Árný Margrét syngur við vestasta fjörðinn við Ísafjarðardjúp". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 July 2023.