Today, RÚV English Radio is in Eyrarbakki.
The house at Bakkastofa is where artists Ásta Kristrún Ragnarsdóttir and Valgeir Guðjónsson live; respectively. a writer, counsellor, visual stage director and storyteller, and a celebrated composer, lyricist and performer.
Valgeir is the creator of "Saga Musica" - https://www.sagamusica.com/ - a suite of songs inspired by and referencing Iceland's vast literary Saga history.
It is also a concert programme, performed in English, written and performed by Valgeir and produced by Bakkastofa.
You can hear many of the songs in original demo form here - https://www.sagamusica.com/listen
Darren met again with Valgeir, and Ásta Kristrún, to hear more about the project - and one of the songs.
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