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Laufey

Laufey is a popular Jazz artist from Iceland, born on .

Laufey Lín Bing Jónsdóttir is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. She spent much of her childhood traveling between Reykjavík and Washington, DC, where she learned to speak English with barely a trace of an accent. Inspired in part by her mother, a classical violinist, she took up piano and cello early on, but it was her father’s collection of Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday albums that spoke to her on a deeper level. “I’m definitely very influenced by composers like Ravel and Chopin . Popular albums include "A Very Laufey Holiday: The Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town Edition", "A Matter of Time", "A Night At The Symphony: Live at the Hollywood Bowl", "Bewitched: The Goddess Edition", "Bewitched", "A Night At The Symphony" and "Typical of Me EP".