Var Gallery Presents: Hildur Höglind & Pat Byrne

Doors: 7:00pm Show: 8:00pm

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Hildur  Höglind is a musician and songwriter from Sweden, who has received  several prestigious awards and toured both domestically and abroad. She  has also had success in national and international music competitions,  such as P4 Nästa, Independent Music Awards and Songland (Sweden) as well  as been praised by music blogs and magazines in Sweden and  internationally. After having released several EPs and singles, it is  finally time for Höglind to put out her first full-length album  ”Matters” in the beginning of the summer and along with that bring her  music to the US. It's clear that the lyrics are the focal point of  Hildur’s work, but the melodies are not far behind; sometimes ethereal  and serene, sometimes intense and fierce. Ideas, love, death and art  inspire her songwriting and she delivers her songs with great presence  and invites the audience to share in the stories behind her writing.  Don’t miss the opportunity to experience her music live! ”The music  becomes dreamlike, alluring and embracing, Hildur’s voice clean and  pure, but with something distinctive...” - Music Magazine LIRA

Following his 2021 Into The Light album, Byrne delivered strong new  works in 2022. His unmistakable voice and cinematic lyrics continue to  touch our universal humanity. Supported by legendary musicians from  Emmylou Harris’s band he presents another gem with “Only a Man”.  Recorded at The Next Waltz with Bruce Robison and band, “Until it Isn’t”   is a gorgeous rendition wistfully recalling lost love. Byrne’s  December 2022 release, “Feels Like Living”, makes palpable the working  musician’s struggle and uncertainty, underpinned by a nostalgic  arrangement of strings and harmonium. Into the Light, recorded at the  Sound Emporium studio in Nashville, takes the listener on an emotional  journey with lyrics both touching and agonizing - heightened by Byrne’s  dynamic vocal style.