Podcast 125: With Buddy Greene

This week, an interview with country musician Buddy Greene. He's probably best known in the Untied States for co-writing the Christmas song "Mary, Did You Know?" But he's also a harmonica virtuoso and he played a concert this month in the Faroe Islands. Our good friend Heri Simonsen interviewed Greene after the show, and also recorded Greene performing a traditional Faroese song with a choir. We've got the interview and the music on this week's show.

Also, we sample music from some of the acts announced for this year's G! Festival. And while we can only sample the tracks on the podcast, you can listen to them in their entirety below.

As always, you can listen on iTunes, on our media player above, or you can download the show directly here:

http://traffic.libsyn.com/faroepodcast/Podcast_125.mp3

And now, music. Here's John Grant singing "Sigorney Weaver"


And Hogni Reistrup singing "Reykjavik"


And the nutty lads from Retro Stefson with "Kimba"


Enjoy.

Podcast 124: The Island Games

This week, our good friend Heri Simonsen talks to the organizer of the Island Games about the history of the event and about the Faroe Islands' bid to host the games later this decade. Then we visit a very unlucky ship (pictured above).

As always, you can listen on iTunes, on our media player above, or you can download the show directly here:

http://traffic.libsyn.com/faroepodcast/Podcast_124.mp3

Podcast 123: Scenes From a Hike

This week, we take a hike up a feature commonly known as Slave's Peak.* It's a relatively easy hike, but the host and producer find a way to make it difficult. Along the way, they encounter stiff winds, angry birds (the birds, not the game), and piles of dung from various animals.

The hike takes between one and two hours, but this podcast is only 20 minutes long. So think of all the time you've saved.

As always, you can listen on iTunes, on the media player above, or you can download the show directly here:

http://traffic.libsyn.com/faroepodcast/Podcast_123.mp3

And as an added bonus, here are some images we reference during the show:

This is the place where we see the "grave" sign. And below, a close up.

And what hike would be complete without some heroic images of Tollak atop a mountain?

(*It's called "Slave's Peak" after a local legend that claimed slaves would be pushed off this cliff after their service was complete. However, the historical accuracy of this legend has been called into question.)

Podcast 122: The Lobster Show!

This week, we crack open some Faroese lobster with our good friend Heri Simonsen. Heri works in radio and at a newspaper, but he's also got family in the lobster business. So we traveled to Heri's home and ate what is without a doubt some of the most delicious lobster meat anyone has ever consumed. This one will make your mouth water.

As always, you can listen on iTunes or on our media player above, or you can download the show directly here:

http://traffic.libsyn.com/faroepodcast/Podcast_122.mp3

Photo credit: © Hans Hillewaert / CC-BY-SA-3.0 (It's actually a Norwegian lobster, but we couldn't find any of the Faroese variety.)