Name: RAKEL
Start: 2026-05-29T20:00:00+00:00
Location: Óðinsgata 2, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland

Friday, May 29th
RAKEL
doors 19:30 / show 20:00
2500kr / 2000kr students / pay what u can
Rakel Sigurðardóttir hefur verið partur af íslensku tónlistarsenunni í þónokkur ár. Tónlist hennar hefur reglulega ratað á
vinsældarlista hér á landi, hún komið fram og ferðast um heiminn með fjölmörgum þjóðþekktum tónlistarmönnum og
hljómsveitum.
Árið 2025 gerði hún plötusamning við útgáfufyrirtæki Ólafs Arnalds, OPIA Community og gaf út plötuna ‘a place to be’. Platan
hefur hlotið mikið lof bæði á Íslandi sem og erlendis, en platan hlaut t.a.m. Kraumsverðlaunin 2025 og tilnefningu sem plata
ársins á Íslensku tónlistarverðlaununum í ár. Rakel hlaut einnig verðlaun sem flytjandi ársins á Íslensku tónlistarverðlaununum.
--EN--
RAKEL is an Icelandic artist working in song, memory, and atmosphere. Her music folds together voice, field
recordings, and emotion into layered compositions that feel both intimate and expansive. Since her debut EP Nothing
Ever Changes (2021), she has become a quietly singular presence in the Icelandic music landscape.
Her debut album a place to be (released October 2025 via OPIA Community) marked a defining moment in her work.
Co-created with Danish producer and longtime collaborator Sara Flindt, the album is part diary, part landscape,
shaped by the acoustics of real places: her family’s farm in Hrútafjörður, Sara’s Copenhagen dorm room, and a
studios of friends around Iceland and Denmark. Birds, clocks, breath, strings, soft synths, the creak of a floorboard,
nothing is too small to become part of the composition.
The album was met with wide critical acclaim, earning nominations for Album of the Year and Song of the Year, and
establishing RAKEL as one of the most compelling new voices in Icelandic music. In 2026, she was awarded
Performer of the Year, further cementing her reputation as a captivating live artist.