Bára Grímsdóttir is regarded as one of the best traditional singers in Iceland: She grew up surrounded by folk songs, sung by her parents and grandparents at the family farm Grímstunga in Vatnsdalur. She is specially interested in the old rímur and kvćđalög styles of song, and is a well respected composer and arranger.
Chris Foster is singer and guitar accompanist; he grew up in Somerset in the south west of England, where he first heard and started singing folk songs. Since 2000, Bára and Chris perform together traditional Icelandic music: Both sing and play the two traditional Icelandic stringed instruments, fiðla and langspil, and other instruments, such as kantele and guitar. You can listen to their music on myspace.

Chris tells about folk music in Iceland: "The Icelandic tradition is unusual in that there wasn't instrumental dance music until it came in during the 19th century along with accordions and fiddles etc. from Denmark, so the main feature of Icelandic folk music is unaccompanied song. But it would be worth pointing out that as far as we can tell, both langspil and fiðla were used for accompanying singing and they died out as the other instruments started to come in during the 19th century, before any recordings could be made."

At the Nordic Harp Meeting 2010 in Gjøvik, they gave an overview of the Icelandic folk tradition and showed how the traditional material can be sung and arranged on various instruments.

At the NHM 2011 in Broby, they can give a workshop which goes more in detail about selected singing styles of Iceland:
a) Tvísöngur: a unique singing style where two voices sing in parallel fifths, sometimes crossing each other. This workshop will obviously be focused on singing, but Bára & Chris will work in some opportunities to play a bit (for all levels of ability).
b) Rímur, sagnadans and other story songs: Rímur are very long narrative songs, divided into sections with different verse patterns and melodies. For intermediate level and upwards, although complete beginners can always join in the singing element, and Bára & Chris can always suggest simple arrangements to play on the spot.