Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Árni Jóhannesson, born May 9th 1996 in Tórshavn, is a multi talented Faroese musician. He is a great guitarist, bassist and singer.
Árni is the bassist in the Faroese free-jazz ensemble, GØ, and the lead singer in the Tórshavn based blues-inspired, alternative, funk-rock band, PUNJAB, releasing their debut album, “The Flying Elephant”, in 2015, winning 2 Faroese Music Awards.
PUNJAB is: Árni Johannesson – lead vocals, Matthias Kjølbro – tenor saxophone, Tórður Dam Jacobsen – drums, Kristian Pauli Ellefsen – piano/keyboards, Kári Ellingsgaard – bass and Robert Bjarnason – guitar
GØ is: Ólavur Gaard – guitar, Kristian Pauli Ellefsen – piano/keyboards, Árni Johannesson – fretless bass and Hjørtur P. Háberg – drums.
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