Ásgeir

Ásgeir will perform at the Big Band Café in Hérouville-Saint-Clair on 19 September 2026. A singer-songwriter from Iceland, he delivers a pared-down folk-pop in which voice, words and melody move in step. First revealed by Dýrð í dauðaþögn and its English version In the Silence, he has, across albums such as Afterglow, Bury the Moon/Sátt and Time On My Hands, fashioned a language that blends acoustic guitars, understated keyboards and restrained rhythms.

On stage, Ásgeir favors an intimate format: a gentle vocal timbre up front, spare arrangements, and songs in Icelandic and English that establish a hushed atmosphere. His songwriting, now more personal, probes relationships, time, hope and nostalgia with an organic energy that allows the songs to breathe. Between a folk inheritance and contemporary inflections, his influences range from Leonard Cohen to more electronic pop, never exaggerating the effect. Expect a set in half-light, woven from signature tracks and more recent selections, where every nuance counts.