Faroe Islands Review:
A Quick Overview Of Current
Information And Links - All About The Faroe
Islands.
Music News 8 feb 2010:
Synarchy Releases Two New Songs On MySpace
Music News:
Faroese heavy metal band Synarchy who's motto is:
"Live and breathe for the Metal" just posted the
demos of two of the featured songs from the upcoming
album "Scars of Gratitude" up on Myspace! The
12-track album is currently being mixed and mastered
at Hansen studios in Denmark.
Read articles:
Unkown Newcastle new boy Joan Simun Edmundsson has
been backed to make an impact on Tyneside. Faroe
Islands starlet Edmundsson is understood to be
arriving on loan at St James’ Park from his local
club B68 Toftir until the end of the season with a
view to a permanent move. And Faroe Islands’
national coach Brian Kerr believes the 18-year-old
forward can earn a long-term stay in the North East.
Read more at:
www.sundaysun.co.uk/sport
Lonely Planet prizes the Faroe Islands
Links:
Quote: "The proud, stoical Faroese character has
been forged from Viking blood, Christian piety,
Scandinavian openness and an awe for the humbling
nature that’s all around. Few communities this small
are so alive with art and the Faroes’ incredibly
vibrant music scene is nothing short of astonishing.
So even if the weather proves uncooperative, this
self-assured little demi-nation is likely to
surprise and delight even the most cynical
traveller." Read more at:
www.lonelyplanet.com/faroe-islands
Update Saturday 6 Feb 2010:
Pre-selections to Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Music News:
Tonight is the big night - both in Denmark and in
Iceland - where the final pre-selections will take
place!
Denmark: Jens Marni - Gloria
Listen to Jens Marni Hansen sing the song Gloria
- the Faroese participant in "Melodi Grand Prix" the
Danish pre-selection to determine the country's
representative at the Eurovision Song Contest in
Oslo in May 2010..
Watch Jógvan Hansen sing the song One More Day -
the Faroese participant in "Sřngvakeppni
Sjónvarpsins" the 2nd semi-final at the Icelandic
pre-selection to determine the country's
representative at the Eurovision Song Contest in
Oslo in May 2010.
Music News:
Jens Marni is one of the ten participants of Dansk
Melodi Grand Prix which will be held this Saturday.
The Faroese singer took some time to talk to
Escdaily about his participation, his career, his
future and of course Eurovision.
Read Articles:
Quote from an Article on the website Opposing Views
> Society > Animal Rights: "The recent video
depicting the slaughter of long-finned pilot whales
in the Faroe Islands was misleading in terms of
impact and incorrectly asserted that this was a
"rite of passage" for the island's teens."
Music News:
Sheila Doki of Metalholic.com conducted an
interview with guitarist/vocalist Heri Joensen of
Faroese Viking metallers TÝR before the band's
January 22, 2010 concert at Ridglea Theater in Fort
Worth, Texas as the support act for KORPIKLAANI.
Watch the chat in two parts
HERE.
Eurovision Song Contest 2010 preselection in
Iceland:
Jógvan Hansen speaks to esctoday.com
Music News:
In anticipation of the final of Söngvakeppni
Sjónvarpsins 2010, Iceland's pre-selection to
determine the country's representative at the
Eurovision Song Contest, esctoday.com provides
interviews of all six participants competing for the
honour of representing Iceland in Oslo. The national
final will be held this Saturday, February 6th. The
series of interviews kicks off with Jógvan Hansen.
Find out what he had to say:
www.esctoday.com
Read Blogs:
Un Blog dedicado a la difusión de la cultura Feroesa
en Castellano. Mariano González Campo (Murcia, 1968)
es licenciado en Filosofía Pura por la Universidad
de Murcia, B.Ph.Isl. en Filología Islandesa por la
Universidad de Islandia y titulado en lengua y
cultura feroesas por la Universidad de las Islas
Feroe. Ha realizado estudios de Antropología y
Arqueología en las Universidades de Murcia, Granada,
Gotlandia e Islandia. Visite su blog aquí:
cuadernoferoes.blogspot.com
Fishing Dispute Heats Up
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Articles:
The conflict between Canada and Denmark is heating
up over the northern shrimp. Federal Fisheries
Minister Gail Shea has blasted Denmark for alleged
overfishing by the Faroese and Greenlandic fleet in
international waters off the coast of Newfoundland,
which "sets a dangerous precedent that could impact
conservation of the species," the Canadian
government said in a statement last week.
Read more here:
www.nationalpost.com. Or here:
www.vocm.com
Update Sunday 31 Jan 2010:
A Scottish Painter In Love With The Faroes
Read Blogs:
Jan Pattison is from Scotland and a Graduate from
the painting school of the famous Glasgow School of
Art. She has developed a love of the unique
atmosphere and scenery in the Faroes. Jan and her
half Faroese husband Peter have a summer house in
Eiđi where she has a studio and can fulfil her dream
of frequent visits to the Faroes working on her
paintings. View more of Jan's paintings here:
www.janpattison.co.uk
Update Saturday 30 Jan 2010:
Most Scenic Stadiums In The World
"The Faroe Islands Premier League (Vodafonedeildin)
is home to some of the most spectacular stadium settings
in the entire world. Here are a few scenic stadium
pictures and videos from the first and second divisions
of the Faroese leagues." This particular one is the
football team EB Streymur's football field. Read more at:
www.thebesteleven.com
Dutch Writer researches In The Faroe Islands
Read Blogs:
Threes Anna is a writer and director from the
Netherlands who works in three fields; literature, film
and theatre. In January and February 2010 she's in the Faroe Islands
to do a research for a new novel. You can follow this
trip in a series of weblogs here:
www.threesanna.com.
Update Friday 29 Jan 2010
Faroese Band Onion Tree in the Semifinals of TBNS - The
Best New Song In The World
Music Scene: The song "Solitude" by
the Faroese band Onion Tree has reached the semifinals in
the international song contest: The Best New Song In The
World
Photo Safari: Peter Pattison is an Scottish Photographer who lives in
the UK but has a summer house in the village of Eiđi on
the island of Eysturoy. His Faroese mother met a Scottish
soldier during World War II and they became a family.
Pattison is a graduate of Glasgow School of Art, and
handles private and commercial photography commissions.
Go to
Peter Pattison's Faroe Photo Album
Read Articles:
Los Angeles Times > Travel Section: The Pilot Whale In
The Living Room - by Catherine Watson "The magazine (National Geographic Traveler) called them
"authentic, unspoiled and likely to remain so." But to
outsiders like me, one tradition doesn't fit the image.
Call it the whale in the living room, or the grindadrap,
the periodic harvest of long-finned pilot whales." Added
to the article are also some beautiful photos of the
Faroe Islands.
Music News:
Listen to an interview with Anna Nygaard from the
Danish X-Factor Show in The Danish Radio Station The
Voice:
http://www.thevoice.dk/vagn-op/4604-anna-fra-x-factor
- It's in Danish, of course, so you might not
understand, but you can also hear Anna give a sample of
her absolutely wonderful singing talent!
Front Page:
Added a little game. Check your
geographical knowledge of the Faroe Islands.
Go to the game.
Update Sunday 17 Jan 2010:
The Middle Of Nowhere
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Added
Iceland Review, 2007: The Faroe Islands, The Middle of
Nowhere - by Sara Blask Perhaps old news but nevertheless an interesting read:
"Caught in the North Atlantic between Iceland and
Norway, the Faroe Islands may mean “sheep islands,” but
take a road trip and you'll realize there’s more to this
archipelago than its name reveals."
In November 2007
National Geographic Traveler Rated The Faroes:
The Most Unspoilt
Islands
in the World
In 2007
the magazine National Geographic Traveler appointed a panel of 522 travel experts
to rate 111 island communities in
the world.
The result was published in the November issue the same year.
The lost world found in the Faroe Islands
The
Faroe Islands
came out as the best, most unspoilt and most attractive
islands in the world – ahead of the Azores, Bahamas, Hawaii and
other fantastic island destinations.
But why would 522 travel experts choose these almost unknown
windswept and supposedly quite rainy islands in
the middle of nowhere as No. 1?
See for yourself.
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