Last year we covered Faroese artist 'Fródi' when he released his lovely album 'Hola', and we were able to remind ourselves of its charms when we created our 'Favourite Albums of 2019' list. It's definitely worth listening to if you haven't yet heard it. Anyway he's now released a video to the song 'Spor', and I've been totally transfixed by it, both sad and uplifting, as it charts the departure of French war brides, who'd married American soldiers and were embarking on their

This was originally meant to be an 'In Short' review, but the Faroese musician Fródi has released an album which has grown on me so much that I felt I should cover it in more depth. His new album is entitled 'Hola' (translated to 'A Hole') and it's a powerful, unusual release, which maintains a sustained vigour through use of minimalist inspired rhythms (and maybe there's some progressive influences in his music too), and when it opens up there's a lovely melodic ambitions as

We're stumbling towards our main annual break of the year, and inevitably the final week has become a complex mad rush of holiday packing, 'real' work responsibilities and organisation for our Nordic Music Live series in September / October. So apologies for the lack of posts this week, but I think the first track we're featuring is such a beautifully written song that I like to think we'll be forgiven pretty quickly. 'Sawdust & Rust' is collaboration of Swedish singer-songw

Straight over to the Faroe Islands now with a lovely track from a singer songwriter we haven't featured before, but who has an international reputation for his music, whilst still retaining an independent feel to his songwriting. Dan Olsen is now based in London, but his journey so far has involved him representing the Faroe Island Under 21's football team, playing in a Champions League qualifier and studying in Australia, before moving to the UK to pursue his music career. H