associated_acts birth_place name background birth_date instrument genre article_title birth_name occupation
kk magnús eiríksson band , kk og ellen , kk og minnesota , united states kk solo_singer 26 march 1956 vocals , guitar blues , folk kk -lrb- musician -rrb-
 kristján kristjánsson musician , songwriter
kk -lrb- musician -rrb-

kristján kristjánsson also known as kk is an icelandic blues and folk musician .
his stage name is pronounced `` cow cow . ''
kk was born on march 26 , 1956 in minnesota , united states , but later moved to iceland with his family .
he attended music school in malmö , sweden for four years and then played his way across europe from 1985 until 1990 , when he returned to iceland .
he has been nominated for the gríma prize twice and has been awarded the icelandic music prize twice .
in 2007 he toured to shanghai with magnús eiríksson -lrb- `` maggi '' -rrb- and Óttar felix hauksson in advance of the release of their next recording there and in iceland .
in 2010 he played with his band at the world expo in shanghai , representing iceland .
since production of the closing episodes of sense8 , the american-produced , internationally cast and filmed science fiction drama from netflix that debuted in june 2015 , kk has contributed musically , and in an acting role , appearing in as supporting character `` gunnar , '' musician and father to principal character `` riley blue '' -lrb- `` riley gunnarsdóttir , '' played by tuppence middleton -rrb- .
