Birth name Kristjan Kristjansson Role Playback Singer Full name Krishnakumar Kunnath | Name Kristjan Kristjansson Spouse Jyothy Krishna (m. 1991) Movies Dashavatar | |
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Associated acts KK Band, KK og Ellen, KK og Magnus Eiriksson Albums Moment, Humsafar, KK: Best of Me Similar People Sunidhi Chauhan, Pritam Chakraborty, Shreya Ghoshal, Shaan, Vishal Dadlani Profiles | ||
Exclusive interview kk traces his journey and career path
Kristján Kristjánsson also known as KK ([kʰauː kʰauː] ) is an Icelandic blues and folk musician.
Contents
- Exclusive interview kk traces his journey and career path
- Personal life
- Singles
- Solo
- KK Band
- KK and Magnus
- KK and Ellen
- References
KK was born on March 26, 1956 in Minnesota, United States, but later moved to Iceland with his family. He attended music school in Malmö, Sweden for four years and then played his way across Europe from 1985 until 1990, when he returned to Iceland. He has been nominated for the Gríma Prize twice and has been awarded the Icelandic Music Prize twice.
In 2007 he toured to Shanghai with Magnús Eiríksson ("Maggi") and Óttar Felix Hauksson in advance of the release of their next recording there and in Iceland. In 2010 he played with his band at the World Expo in Shanghai, representing Iceland.
KK appeared as supporting character "Gunnar", an Icelandic musician that is the father of Tuppence Middleton's character, on the Netflix series Sense8.
Personal life
The singer Ellen Kristjánsdóttir is KK's sister. He composed "When I Think of Angels" and he and Ellen perform it in memory of another sister who died in a car crash in 1992. A video of them performing the song produced by the Icelandic Red Cross is used for Red Cross fundraising.
Traditionally, KK and Ellen perform Christmas music every year in Reykjavík.
Singles
Solo
KK Band
KK and Magnus
(at times, credited as KK og Magnus Eiríksson)