News & Project Updates

• Kalli/Karl Henry Releases New Album "Skuggablomin" Today

9/30/2022

- Broken Arrow artist KALLI releases his new album today, Skuggablomin ("Shadow Flowers").

Inspired by the Icelandic poet David Stefanson, Skuggablomin is Henry's first album in his native Icelandic language, and the first album he has released under his given name of Karl Henry.

This is Kalli's third album release, following the highly acclaimed Last Train Home (Icelandic Music Awards nomination for Album of the Year), and the more recent EP Escape Artist.

All songs and lyrics are by Henry, who also produces the album alongside special collaborator Arnar Gudjonsson (LEAVES).

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• Kalli’s “Road Trip” Featured Tonight on CW’s “Walker"

4/15/2021

- The single “Road Trip” from Broken Arrow artist KALLI will be heard tonight on Walker, CW Network’s crime-drama television series starring Jared Padalecki.

The show is a reimagining of the long-running Walker, Texas Ranger show from the 90’s and is now in its second season.

The song also features Broken Arrow artist KIRSTEN PROFFIT, who does a guest vocal in the song. “Road Trip” was also heard on TNT's Rizzoli and Isles series, and is also currently featured on Apple Music’s "Singer Songwriter" playlist.

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• Broken Arrow Artists Now Available throughout SAARC

7/1/2020

- Music fans throughout the SAARC union of countries in South Asia are now able to stream Broken Arrow artists.

Through a new deal with Broken Arrow Records' music distributor Orchard/Sony Music, audio/video streaming will be available in all SAARC countries via service provider AllSaints and all Oppo, Xiaomi and Vivo handsets. SAARC countries include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. All but India and Bangladesh now have Broken Arrow content for the first time. The deal with AllSaints also covers China.

With this, the great music of Broken Arrow's artists is now available virtually throughout the world. Check them out yourself at the Spotify playlist above, or anywhere fine streams are sold.

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• Kalli Releases Single Featured in New Film

4/6/2020

- Icelandic singer-songwriter KALLI has just released the new single "How Long",
a quiet, contemplative gem featuring Kalli on vocals, acoustic guitar and piano, and
Gudrun Palsdottir on upright bass.

"How Long" is a wonderful addition to Kalli's long list of singular, emotional and atmospheric tracks such as "Waterfalls", "Beautiful Son" and "Laurel Canyon", to name but a few. The track follows Kalli's latest EP Escape Artist, and the full-length Last Train Home, which was nominated for
Album of the Year honors at the Icelandic Music Awards.

"How Long" will be featured in the forthcoming documentary The Amazing Truth About Daddy Green, the latest effort from the Berlin Film Festival prize-winning director Olaf Johannesson. Kalli's work has been featured in numerous film and television projects, such as The Grocer's Son (César Award winner - France), and the Emmy Award-winning Criminal Minds.

The track was mixed and mastered by Arnar G (LEAVES), who also collaborated with Kalli on his most recent singles "Lost" and "My Bird".

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• Kalli's "Lost" Releases Today Worldwide

5/3/2019

- KALLI's new single "Lost" releases today around the world through Broken Arrow Music ,
his first release since the Escape Artist EP was released in 2017.

"Lost" also follows Kalli's last full-length album Last Train Home, which was nominated for
Album of the Year at the Icelandic Music Awards.

The Kalli & Katherine Hoyle penned song was recorded in his hometown of Reykjavik, & features Kalli on vocals, organ & guitar, plus Gudrun Hulda Palsdottir on background vocals.
Arnar Guðjónsson (Leaves) plays drums, bass, guitars, & synths, as well as co-produced the track with Kalli.

A lush, expansive song with building dynamics, energy & positive feel, Kalli says "Lost" is about
"transformation, change...letting go of the past & finding new ground."

Available worldwide wherever quality notes are found.

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• Kalli Releases New Video + Calico Releases New Album

10/20/2017

- Icelandic singer/songwriter KALLI has released a stunning new video for the title track of his new album Escape Artist. The video is the first full-length from the new album, which is Kalli's third solo record and first album release in almost six years. His last album Last Train Home was nominated for Album of the Year at the Icelandic Music Awards. Also from the new album is a
lyric video for the first single My Bird.

The video features a montage of incredible outdoor footage shot primarily in pre-dawn light throughout northern Iceland by Norwegian film director Darri Thorsteinsson. Kalli celebrates the new album release & video with a live appearance at the upcoming Iceland Airwaves Festival,
in Reykjavik, Nov. 4.
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- Southern California's Calico the Band featuring BROKEN ARROW artist KIRSTEN PROFFIT, has released their second album Under Blue Skies. The album features the song Break Your Heart (a Proffit composition), which has already been featured as the opening song in the new Tom Sizemore film Calico Skies.

Calico is currently on tour with a recent appearance in Nashville at the Americana Music Awards.

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• Kalli Releases New Album Escape Artist Today

8/8/2017

- BROKEN ARROW MUSIC and KALLI the former lead singer and songwriter for Reykjavik’s Without Gravity, will release Escape Artist, his first new album in over six years, on August 8. The 6-song EP is a return to the lush, atmospheric soundscapes reminiscent of his Icelandic homeland, from his last release’s exquisite sojourn into Nashville’s Americana stylings.

Kalli’s previous album Last Train Home (Broken Arrow / Smekkleysa) took the unexpected creative path from Reykjavik to Nashville, where he teamed with some of the town’s best musicians to release an album to widespread acclaim, culminating in a nomination for “Album of the Year” at the Icelandic Music Awards (eventual winner was Sigur Rós front man Jónsi’s solo release Go). The album had the distinct feel one might musically expect when influences from northern Iceland meet America’s front porch.

But Escape Artist fully returns Kalli to his homeland, and to working with longtime collaborator/producer Arnar G. (Leaves). The duo’s magic was first realized on Without Gravity’s recordings, then solidified with Kalli’s debut solo album While the City Sleeps.

As with all of Kalli’s releases, Escape Artist showcases his beautiful vocals and mystical sonic imageries which distinguish and elevate his songs beyond the norm. But here these elements are well moved forward.

The title track and “Head in the Clouds” are grand, muscular music beds juxtaposed beneath Kalli’s intimate vocals. “The River Wild” wonderfully follows its namesake’s natural transitions from peaceful movements to tumbling currents, and back again, throughout the journey.

“Stars in my Pocket” and the lead single “My Bird” showcase Kalli’s continued mastering of the hushed beauty first heard in Without Gravity: sparse, quiet reflections within mesmerizing, musical atmospheres. These are the tracks that give the listener Kalli’s best. Showing the strength of his arrangements, “My Bird” further shines as an instrumental: The album’s coda is a good example of why Kalli’s talents have also been utilized in over 14 films and television shows, including Emmy Award-winning Criminal Minds, City State, and French César Award-winner
The Grocer’s Son.

Escape Artist shows Kalli in a warmly-welcomed return home to Iceland, and yet another push against his own boundaries. It is music to the eyes and ears.

Available: Apple Music / Spotify / Amazon / Deezer

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• Kalli Releases New Single "My Bird"

6/6/2017

- KALLI's first single from the forthcoming album Escape Artist was released worldwide today. "My Bird" is Kalli's first new release since "Road Trip" hit back in February of 2013.

"My Bird" is vintage Kalli. Lush vocals over an atmospheric sonic template that takes one on a journey around and within the aural peaks of his homeland of Iceland. The songs quiet opening steadily leads into a stronger flow and continues, gaining strength long after the vocals have stopped, reminding of the river Kalli so often sings about and reassuringly revisits here.

Kalli's new EP Escape Artist will be released this summer, and will be his first release since the highly acclaimed
Last Train Home, which among other accolades was nominated for Album of the Year at the Icelandic Music Awards.

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• Kalli Touring the U.S., Recording New Material

10/19/2015

- Icelandic singer/songwriter KALLI has scheduled an extended U.S., visit to tour and record new material for his upcoming release. Tour dates will primarily be on the west coast during October - November, with some east coast dates in late November.

Kalli will be working with some of the same talent from his last solo album and Broken Arrow/Smekkleysa release Last Train Home, which among other accolades received a nomination for Album of the Year at the Icelandic Music Awards, and was Album of the Week with a 9 out of 10 star review on national Radio 2 Iceland.

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• Tonight! Kalli's "Road Trip" on TNT Hit Rizzoli & Isles

3/17/2015

- KALLI's latest single "Road Trip" featuring KIRSTEN PROFFIT will be heard on the Rizzoli & Isles episode "Family Matters" tonight on the national TNT network.

Iceland's Kalli was joined by fellow Broken Arrow artist and southern California's Proffit to deliver a beautiful song, quietly reminiscing to one another across the ocean, and will be used in the show where Korsak thanks Angela for giving him confidence.

Rizzoli & Isles follows a long list of movie and television song placements for both Kalli and Proffit, including Criminal Minds and City State for Kalli and Nashville and Friday Night Lights for Proffit.

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• Kalli's "Road Trip" To Air on Rizzoli & Isles (TNT)

12/11/2014

- KALLI's latest single "Road Trip" featuring KIRSTEN PROFFIT will be heard on an upcoming Rizzoli & Isles episode on the TNT network.

Iceland's Kalli was joined by fellow Broken Arrow artist and southern California's Proffit to deliver a beautiful song, quietly reminiscing to one another across the ocean, and will be used in the show where Korsak thanks Angela for giving him confidence.

Rizzoli & Isles follows a long list of movie and television song placements for both Kalli and Proffit, including Criminal Minds and City State for Kalli and Nashville and Friday Night Lights for Proffit.

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• BAMM Releases "Nothing At All" Official Video for Kalli

11/22/2013

- The official video of “Nothing at All,” the majestic lead track to KALLI's solo release Last Train Home, has been released by Broken Arrow. The video was produced by Joseph Zamjahn, Neil Kelly, Doug Hetzler, and Nikole Rivera, and executive produced by Christopher Potter. The video was painstakingly & wonderfully shot in stop-motion format “on location” in Emeryville, CA.

• Calico the Band Forms with Kirsten Proffit, Jamie Wyatt and Manda Mosher

6/4/2013

- Broken Arrow artist KIRSTEN PROFFIT has teamed up with fellow southern California singer-songwriters MANDA MOSHER and JAMIE WYATT in forming CALICO THE BAND. Calico derives its name from "California Country" - style music and features all three on vocals and guitars. Proffit and Mosher both have been solo artists with multiple releases and Wyatt was most recently lead singer of the AMERICAN BLOOMERS. A full album release is on the way as well as a full west-coast tour swing.

• Kalli & Kirsten Proffit Team Up for a 3:00 "Road Trip"

5/15/2013

- Icelandic singer-songwriter KALLI has released his first U.S. single with a little help from southern Californian KIRSTEN PROFFIT. "Road Trip" is a beautiful journey joining together voices and feelings from distant shores, with sentiment that crosses all borders. Released worldwide by Broken Arrow.

• BAMM Releases "Last Train Home" From Iceland's Kalli

3/23/2013

"Overall a stunning piece of work" - Never Enough Notes

- In a unique partnership, Broken Arrow and Icelandic record label Smekkleysa have teamed up to re-release and market the album Last Train Home, the second solo disc from gifted Reykjavik-based artist KALLI. The album was nominated for Album of the Year at the Icelandic Music Awards, and received a 9 out of 10 star rating from national radio station Ras 2 Radio. The album has gone on to receive rave critical reviews and is noteworthy for the collaboration of Iceland's ethereal singer-songwriter and a host of Nashville A-list session players.

Kalli also had previous success with the band WITHOUT GRAVITY and has had numerous songs included in award-winning movies such as City State, Failure to Launch, The Grocer's Son (César Award Winner-France) and in TV shows such as the lauded Criminal Minds.