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the christmas cd is called "med osk um gledileg jol". there are 11 songs I made to icelandic Christmas poems, some of them quite old and kind of puts one back to the old days and tells us the way people use to celebrate Christmas back in the old days when Iceland was younger. then there are poems about old icelandic myths about the old troll "Gryla" whom is believed to be an awful, scary witch whom likes the taste of naughty kids! and there are poems about here 13 sons, whom like to play all kinds of tricks on people, very naughty boys they are. grylas husband is called "Leppaludi", he sits by her bed now and waits for her to rise to life again,you see she dies if the kids are nice... and she´s been dead for some time now, the kids over here have been so nice for so long! one poem is about the Bethlehem star whom led the three wise men to baby Jesus. below is a rough translations of the song titles and the names of the poets
song poem
The Star Bjarni Marino
Candlelight Jakobina Johnson
Christmas Orn Arnarson
Little Child Bjarni Marino
A Poem About Gryla Johannes ur Kotlum
The 13 tricksters (Grylas sons) Johannes ur Kotlum
17th century poem about Gryla Author unknown - traditional
The Christmas Baby Johannes ur Kotlum
Around Christmas Bjarni Marino
Christmas Night Einar Bragi
Christmas Booze-up Grimur Thomsen
Musicians:
Viola: Eyjolfur Alfredsson
Tabla, percussion: Steingrimur Gudmundsson
Bass: Birgir Bragason
Darbuka: Marteinn Bjarnar Thordarsson
Harmonica: G.G. Gunn
Ocean drum: Adda
Piano, flute, vocals, w-30 Roland, vibraphone, Rams-horn, accordian, drum: Me
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