The Faroe Islands Podcast

18/07/2024

When you’re in the best place in the world, sometimes all you can do is gush.

18/07/2024

A gorgeous way to start the G! Festival.

17/07/2024

It's G! Festival time again, and we're talking to the festival's musical director to learn more about the acts performing this weekend.

07/07/2024

New Podcast, we talk to Brimheim about her career and how she went from considering retiring from music to having her face on busses in Central Copenhagen.

03/07/2024

New podcast coming out tomorrow. On it, we'll announce our imminent return to the Faroes (spoiler alert) and the launching of our latest fundraiser (double spoiler alert). Here's the link to the fundraiser, stay tuned for the podcast.

It happened quickly, but here we are. After some uncertainty and … Matthew Workman needs your support for The Faroe Islands Podcast: Don't Call It A Comeback!

31/05/2024

We're back. New podcast episode is out now. It's about Faroese art and why such a tiny country creates so much of it.

24/12/2023

A favorite Christmas song of ours, especially this year. Happy Christmas.

Performance from Alletiders Juleshow 2023 on TV2 Danmark

11/12/2023

New Podcast: We talk with Elin Brimheim Heinesen about her new album, her father's poetry, and his impact on Faroese culture.

This week, we offer a very special episode of the podcast. We talk to Elin Brimheim Heinesen about her new album, which is a collaboraion between Elin, musicians, composers, and arrangers in three different countries, and Elin's late father Jens Pauli Heinesen. Elin has set some of her father's poem...

02/12/2023

New Podcast! We catch up on some unfinished business, and then go to a church and struggle to describe music.

On this episode, we launch our 16th season of the podcast by tying up some loose ends from our last show, then we head to a church and struggle to describe some absolutely gorgeous music. If you want to see the highlights of the football (soccer, for all you Americans out there) match, you can watch...

29/11/2023

Sakaris has gone yacht rock on his latest single, and we’re here for it.

Official lyric video of SAKARIS performing “Things Could Be Better”.Things Could Be BetterI've got companyPeople loving meRoof above my head at all timesWind...

26/11/2023

It’s Christmas time in the Faroes.

12/10/2023

A new article about our friend Joel Cole:

American/Faroese artist offers a unique perspective on the immigrant experience in his new exhibition “Identity”

09/08/2023

New Podcast: It's all about history happening right now. We'll talk about KI Klaksvik's amazing run in Champion's League qualifying, the first ever flights to the USA from the Faroe Islands, and the rebirth of a once buried river in the center of Torshavn.

On this podcast, we talk about history being made, both big and small. We start with a bried update on the remarkable rise of KI Klaksvik in the Champion's League qualifying rounds. They've already dispatched teams from Hungary and Sweden, and now stand poised to knock out a team from Norway. They'v...

07/07/2023

Time is running short. We’re heading to the Faroes to record more episodes, and we still need your help. If you’re able, please visit our gofundme page and show us some love.

Last year, quite by accident, we took you to the Faroe Islands during the dark… Matthew Workman needs your support for Faroe Islands Podcast: Remain in Light

06/07/2023

New Podcast: We preview some of the music at this year's G! Festival and generally get excited about next week's celebration of music and culture and all things awesome.

On this podcast, we talk about the 20th edition of the G! Festival. We'll hear some of the artists who will perform in Gota next week, and hear about the amenities and atmosphere you can expect at the three-day celebration of music. After that, we'll hang out in a hotel lobby like we're Duke Fame (t...

22/06/2023

New Podcast: It was once an abandoned salt silo on Suduroy, now it's a performing arts center. We'll tell you how that happened, and hear some music in this unique space.

On this episode, we visit an old salt silo on Suduroy that has been converted to a performing arts center. We'll hear our impressions of the place back in 2010, when it was abandoned and in pretty rough shape. Then we'll see how it's been transformed into what it is today. There will be music. There...

08/06/2023

New Podcast: We talk about Faroese music, subsea tunnels, and our 2023 fundraiser.

On this episode, we talk to Glenn Larson who heads up Faroe Music Export (FMX). We talk about the music scene in the Faroe Islands, the challenges of promoting music from a remote country, and how this Norwegian ended up living in the Faroe Islands. Also, we stand in a big parking lot where we can s...

08/06/2023

New podcast coming out soon. On it, we announce this year's fundraiser. If you can, please toss a couple of coins in the digital tip jar...

Last year, quite by accident, we took you to the Faroe Islands during the dark… Matthew Workman needs your support for Faroe Islands Podcast: Remain in Light

12/05/2023

New Podcast: We talk more about Faroese film, Eurovision, and hear a little music from Stanley Samuelsen.

On this episode, we finish up our conversation with Gudmund Helmsdal. He's the Faroese filmmaker whose short film "Brother Troll" has racked up awards at festivals around the world. He's also worked on "Peter Pan and Wendy" and the last James Bond film, both of which were partially shot in the Faroe...

29/04/2023

It’s always a happy day when Sakaris releases new music. This is one of those days.

Provided to YouTube by DistroKidThank You · Sakaris · Janus Rasmussen · Janus Rasmussen · Sakaris Emil JoensenThank You℗ Sucky RecordsReleased on: 2023-04-28...

28/04/2023

New Podcast: We talk about the award-winning short Brother Troll and Faroese film with Gudmund Helmsdal.

On this episode, we talk to filmmaker Gudmund Helmsdal about his short film, Brother Troll, which has been hoovering up awards at film festivals around the world for more than a year. We'll talk about his journey to becoming a filmmaker, which started in the Faroe Islands and took him to Denmark and...

10/04/2023

New episode of Home and Away. This time out, Stella talks to a Faroese and Icelandic comic about the Nordic comedy scene.

On this special episode of Home and Away, Stella talks to an Icelandic and a Faroese comedian about an upcoming (now in the past) comedy show in Torshavn, and the gowth of comedy in both the Faroe Islands and Iceland. As always, if you'd like to hear the full episode with including the musical break...

06/04/2023

Tonight at 20:30 in the Faroes (That's 12:30 in Seattle, 3:30 PM, New York), KVF will broadcast a concert from Elin Brimheim Heinesen commemorating the life and work of her father, Jens Pauli Heinesen. You can stream the show live at this link:

29/03/2023

We gave a lot of qualifiers in our last podcast about flights to New York. But Atlantic Airways has made it official today. Flights from the Faroes start on August 22.

Les meira um okkara ferðamál, tá ið tú ferðast við Atlantic Airways.

28/03/2023

New Podcast: We talk with the head of Visit Faroe Islands about the last few unusual years in the tourism industry, and comment on the possibility of a new Atlantic Airways flight to New York.

On this episode, we talk with the head of Visit Faroe Islands about the tourism industry in the Faroe Islands and how its holding up during the weird few years we've all lived through. We also talk about fun things to do when you're visiting in the winter. We also talk about the (almost) announcemen...

24/03/2023

Perhaps the most ambitious yet. It's Yggdrasil on a windy afternoon during the height of the pandemic...

Yggdrasil feat. Cinthia Gonzalez Parada performing in the valley Havnadalur outside of Tórshavn. This recording was made in June of 2020.The songs performed ...

23/03/2023

Stops just short of officially announcing dates, but it looks like this is going to happen.

Ticket prices for a return trip start at about DKK 6,000

19/03/2023

Home & Away is mixing it up for this latest season. Here the first episode here.

This week, Stella starts a new series of episodes where the talks to mixed couples about how they met, why they married, and why they chose to make their lives in the Faroe Islands.  The first couple is Nelia and Jan Erik Niclasen. Jan Erik is from the Faroe Islands and Nelia is from the island...

03/03/2023

More fun, this time with Guðrið Hansdóttir. Enjoy...

Guðrið Hansdóttir here performing her own ‘Træ’ and ‘Lover, Where Do You Live?’ by Highasakite on the old road leading down to the village of Kvívík, Faroe I...